Posts by FedUpJW

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

FedUpJW

the bank pays me 2% on the accounts

I sure wish my bank paid that. On the "preferred" account I have with a modest six figure balance they pay a whopping effective rate of 0.1%. Every quarter I get between $1.00 to $1.20 interest. That is one of the higher rates locally.

One of the things I do is to use credit nearly exclusively every month, then pay the account off in full with every statement. I can receive more in cash back from the credit card than I would ever make from using cash for initial purchase.

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Can you be happly married in the Org

by Hellothere in

happily.

can you have a happy and fulfilling marriage in this org?

never married inside jw org.

FedUpJW

Can you have a happy and fulfilling marriage in this Org?

I would say "NO". We need to remember there is a big difference between what may be termed successful or happy. Success does not automatically translate into happy. There are quite a number of people who by all reckoning are successful, but they will say they are not truly happy. BTDT.

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Capitol Attack Hearings

by shadowclone in

hearings are on the schedule for abc, bbc, cbs, cnn, msnbc and nbc.

not on fox "news".. will you be watching?

or maybe .

FedUpJW

I can think of a couple things I would rather do than watch biased, lying, main stream media coverage of this staged event.

1. Go to another meeting at the kingdom hall.

2. Take a beat down from BLM "protesters".

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Preaching the Good News with Rising Gas Prices?

by truthlover123 in

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i fear this could put an end to travelling a territory due to rising prices- where i am located in canada, we are now paying $2.08 per liter .

now since there is 3.79 litres in one gallon that equates to $7.88 per gallon... .

how many in a car group will kick in?

FedUpJW

How many in a car group will kick in?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......................GASP...................................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

NONE!

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Help please.

by lastmanstanding in

recently, in the past few months, and this only applies to in dubs who might have taken note, the watchtower study edition made a change.

it mentioned the “warning work” where dubs are going to march around and proclaim everyone is going to die.. anyway, this article said it was now only a possibility, not a sure thing.. i can’t find it.

did watchtology change it already?.

FedUpJW

If you then go knock on someone's door to tell them they're going to die and not only can they not do anything about it, but to actually gloat that YOU as a JW will be fine.......you're very likely to get someone willing to try that little theory out!🤕🤕😂

Oh but, "At that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from Jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not."

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Help please.

by lastmanstanding in

recently, in the past few months, and this only applies to in dubs who might have taken note, the watchtower study edition made a change.

it mentioned the “warning work” where dubs are going to march around and proclaim everyone is going to die.. anyway, this article said it was now only a possibility, not a sure thing.. i can’t find it.

did watchtology change it already?.

FedUpJW

I remember many years ago they said their warning work would change to a message of condemnation at the doors.

I remember this also. So many of the JW's I knew then got that "little tingle" down t heir legs as they claimed that they would soon deliver a message of CON-damnation instead of a message of salvation. Many of the ones I knew almost salivated over the thought of who they would most like to give that message to. So much for their "love" of neighbor!

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2022-Secret Watchtower Disfellowshipping Reference Manual.

by Atlantis in

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massive new document written by wt, 837 pages, meant for arguments vs officials and media to defend the disfellowshipping arrangement.

found in the casefile in norway.

meant to be secret.. .

FedUpJW

Thank you!

I noticed too the way this document claims that, "Individual congregants will then decide, based on their personal religious conscience, whether to limit or cease their contact with the person. . ." And we all know what WT will do to someone if that person decides that their religious conscience will allow them to have contact, limited or otherwise, with someone who is DF'd.

This is a just another blatant case where what they recently printed is a direct and intentional instance of doing exactly opposite of what they say they do not do. Damned liars! *** w22 April p. 9 par. 18 Are You “an Example . . . in Speaking”? *** "Of course, we avoid telling outright lies, but we also avoid deliberately giving the wrong impression to others."

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In person shepherding

by road to nowhere in

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since the resumption field service letter now my shutin wife gets a call that a group will stop by to visit after service.

same pattern as old, finish out time.

where were they before when she was having mental breakdown without nary a phone call..

FedUpJW

In the past I heard it termed, "Our internal ministry," by an elder who didn't want to actually go in the D2D. It was as you say a way to finish out time. And it makes their monthly report look good and either get or keep an appointment so they can be looked up at in awe at by the rest of the rank and file.

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Last nights Zoom meeting: Watching a nine year old on stage reading Bible passages

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my nephew called me sunday night to tell me that his nine year old son was giving his first talk.

he gave me the zoom i.d.. and password for his congregations in-person tuesday night meeting.. i haven't been to any meetings in nine years.

many things have changed.

FedUpJW

In JW talks, Is it unpopular to read from an actual Bible now?

Yes it is. ~~Tablets~~ I forgot, I should use the WT approved term, electronic devices, were just really catching on when I pretty well dropped out of sight at meetings, but I was given a stern talking to by a thirty some odd year old elder about how I should be a better example of keeping up to date with the society and their use of electronic devices instead of relying on hard copies of the Bible or publications. Besides the fact I was informed that paper copies were "really expensive and labor intensive" to produce when I could just go buy an electronic device and have everything right at my fingertips. What a muh-roon!

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2022-June-Documents!

by Atlantis in

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2022-06-documents.. 2022-governing body update #4 transcript.. 2022-june-announcements and reminders.2022-june-2nd-announcement.. 2022-june-3rd-announcement.. are you prepared for a natural disaster 2022?all in the zipped folder.https://www.filemail.com/d/gvybkvpfhomqplrorhttps://we.tl/t-vlsunqkp9x2022-06-publications approved for discard.

s-60-e. https://we.tl/t-xc7ornkzlj.

atlantis!.

FedUpJW

Thank you!