Posts by Room 215

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A little example of how severely the contributions for the Society are drying up

by sir82 in

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friends

just a little tidbit from the congregation i attend..... the congregation has approximately 120 publishers.. well over 1000 magazines per month are picked up, not to mention all the books, brochures, and tracts that are picked up.. there was a "local needs" part on the service meeting recently, asking for more contributions.. it seems our congregation has averaged just about $300 per month contributions to the "worldwide work" over the past year.. .

assuming 1500 magazines / month, that's just 20 cents per magazine - and that completely ignores all other literature that is picked up.. the last price the magazines had, 20+ years ago, was 25 cents per issue.

with inflation that would have been about 50 cents each now.. just another sign of how severely the contriutions to the society are drying up..... .

Room 215

$3 per week per publisher... no way! I have a total of 12 regular attenders in my immediate family--- that's $36 PER WEEK or more than $1800 a year in contributions.... as I said, NO WAY!

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Is the Governing Body EVIL or IGNORANT?

by cedars in

some of you will have noticed that i've been paying a lot of attention to the governing body recently.

this is because most jehovah's witnesses venerate them collectively (even if they can't name them individually), and i feel this makes it important to understand this group of men properly and expose their mindset as individuals.

as the saying goes, i feel it's important to "know your enemy".. i realize it's very convenient to think of the governing body as being "evil" when we consider that they are ultimately responsible for all the damaging jw teachings and beliefs.

Room 215

I think that whaever personal misgivings they may harbor in ther heart of hearts, they allow themselves to ride a wave of approbation that borders on veneration while enjoying a lifestyle of affluence that many dream of, but few attain.

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I remember a gorgeous sister was...........

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

i remember a gorgeous sister was making fun of her elder husband's big belly.

i do not know why she mentioned it to me about it in private outside of the kingdom hall.

any ideas why she mentioned about it to me?

Room 215

Have you tried cold showers? Saltpeter?

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EX JW's Retro

by Victor_E in

this is a test to see how retro you are.. do you remember?.

doc bob.

watchtower observer.

Room 215

What about Ozzie Post? He used to be a prominent contributor to this forum.

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Why is this saying not included in JW wedding services?

by truthseeker in

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friends

so simple, yet it could have prevented so many broken marriages if someone had just said something.... .

"therefore, if any man can show any just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together let him speak now or else hereafter forever hold his peace".

Room 215

... because JWs want a quiescent audience

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I MAY VERY WELL MEET RINGO STARR!

by Band on the Run in

newflash in the ongoing addiction and mania that started at age twelve when the national broadcast news showed pictures of these english boys with very, very long hair.

i stopped by a local grocery store b/c i was not certain that a challis scarf was wool or rayon b/c the fabric content is in arabic.

thank allah for arabic numerals.