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  Retirement Planning

  by Whynot in

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  since waking up i can't help but look at the future in a different way.

  while i was working i felt it was ridiculous for me to start a 401k because i thought for sure the end would come before i retired.

  but now, i'm a stay at home mom with very small children and it bothers me that i have done nothing to prepare for the future.

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  FedUpJW

  There's rarely one huge things that you can save on but if there are lots of small $10 things going out of your bank each month those can really add up.

  A written cash budget can help. There are a number of great free budget templates online. I started one for curiosity over ten years ago, and never quit. Keep all your receipts and enter them in the correct categories. Keep track of everything, including cash for little things like a cup of coffee etc. You will see quickly WHERE your money is going and you can make needed cuts before expenses get out of hand. Cash "leaks" are the most wasteful and easiest spending to control...with a written budget. After I did this instead of always having an empty wallet, now I find that there is ALWAYS cash in it, and most of the time more than just a few dollars. Of course it will take discipline, and a little time, but the rewards can be great.
  
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  Are the 8 superstar Popes planning a purge?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  there are over 8 million jdubs and i would venture a guess that at least 20% to 30% are pimo.

  in my opinion, the kingdom hauls are only half full for two reasons....many have left but the majority are pimo and any little excuse will keep them home and they will report their token ghost hours in service.

  all it takes to stay home is being tired, too much school homework or i will go next week, no doubt many have taken part-time jobs and the fear of working the second shift and the guilt of missing meetings is gone.

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  FedUpJW

  How about having several meetings a month in some bunker as trial runs for the future.

  While there may be some locations where "security" dictates that kingdom halls go on lock-down I have noticed that even in small, think 5,000 or less, population towns the kingdom halls are doing a lock-down for all meetings. If you are not there by conclusion of opening prayer you have to knock and be admitted by an elder. Practice for bunkers? IDK, but the ramping up of the "things in the world are soOOoo bad for us JDubs" and the increasing persecution complex they are being fed it would be easy for people to get paranoid about what the WTB&T$$ cult leaders are planning.

  Personally I much rather expect the unexpected. No harm no foul if it doesn't happen, but prepared if it does.
  
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  You Know You're Starting To Wake Up When...

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  you start listening to music deemed "unsuitable for christians".

  you pretend to knock on the doors.

  you explain a jw teaching to someone and realize how ridiculous it sounds.

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  FedUpJW

  ...When you start noticing that the answer to every f**king question or problem is "study more" or "pray more"

  Or PAY more? You are not being blessed by gawd because he needs your money and you are not giving enough!
  
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  KH hall 4 sale just whose waters are supposed to be drying up again?!

  by nowwhat? in

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  avon lake ohio.

  while new mega church being built right down the street!.

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  FedUpJW

  ...then what?

  Enforced tithing? Link your bank account and let us determine how much you will give each month? Or maybe just another "going out of business" sale?
  
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  They've given themselves a out for refusing to give you your data if you ask for it

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  from the jw.org global data page.

  "upon receipt of your written request, after you provide sufficient evidence of your identity and enough information to permit us to identify your personal data, the applicable data controller will fairly consider granting the request by balancing the interests of the individual in gaining access to data or correcting or deleting data against the legitimate interests of the organization, including whether granting the request would endanger the organization’s right to religious freedom and practice.

  we will also notify any third-party recipients of the necessary changes.. please note that your data may not be erased if processing is required by law or if the data may be kept on other legal bases.

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  For example, the religious organization has an interest in permanently maintaining data regarding an individual’s status as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Deleting such information would unduly infringe on the organization’s religious beliefs and practices.

  Really WT...REALLY? If you deleted information regarding MY status as JDubya exactly HOW would that infringe on YOUR beliefs and practices? Unless of course you want to make sure that someone DF'd is going to be actively shunned and you could not do THAT without maintaining a permanent record to trot that information out any time someone might say "Hello" to a DF'd person!
  
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  WOW! Adam and Noah were the same generation.

  by FedUpJW in

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  2. beliefs

  this little nugget was found in the wt this morning, although 99.9% of people will not see it the same way i did.

  "how did noah hear about jehovah?

  he no doubt learned much from his relatives.

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  FedUpJW

  This little nugget was found in the WT this morning, although 99.9% of people will not see it the same way I did.
  

  "How did Noah hear about Jehovah? He no doubt learned much from his relatives. These included his father, Lamech, whose life overlapped Adam’s ,and his great-great-grandfather Jared, whose life overlapped Noah’s by 366 years."

  So I guess Adam and Noah had to be the same generation as Adam's life overlapped Lamech and Jared, whose lives overlapped Noah's by centuries...not just a few years. Yep I got it. Clear as mud!
  
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  Lies from the watchtower

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  2. beliefs

  i am interested in getting a list of lies that the watchtower has said or wrote in the past that could actually be proven to be as such, or, for the very least, deliberately misleading.

  1. in a morning worship lecture in 2015, stephen lett said .

  "rejecting false stories designed to separate us from jehovah's organization.

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  FedUpJW

  ...Jackson at ARC - presumptuous to claiming GB to be the sole channel to the divine

  I like to see how words are used. As such there is a word that is usually left out of this quote. That word is "seem". Jackson said it may SEEM presumptuous to claim to be the sole channel. In that light what he said is completely different than what he meant. He never said it WAS presumptuous to make that claim. Just my 2¢ worth.
  
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  Dating as a Jehovahs witness has made me PIMO

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey, i would like to share my experience, it is kind of long but i really appreciate whoever reads.

  last year i was a devout pioneer sister.

  well, i am naturally an imperfect 20 year old women.

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  FedUpJW

  Jehovah's Witnesses are sex crazed paranoid maniacs that need a hobby

  And yet the hypocrites have the nerve to call the "world" sex-crazed.
  
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  Example of sensitive data – should I be worried?

  by Fay Dehr in

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  2. scandals

  ### here's a link to a high-quality version of the above form: https://1drv.ms/u/s!amcrvjcxi6m6a2mdhysjdll3m00 ###.

  the attached image is the rear of form a-27; this is just example of many forms that contain personal data.

  i’d like to know: should i be worried?.

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  FedUpJW

  Are the 3 men making up the Service Committee always impartial and objective - in every congregation?

  HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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  April 2018 Broadcast - normal weird stuff

  by Listener in

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  2. beliefs

  we hear a story regarding the life of thomas and emma.

  she states that "when thomas and i first learnt that i was pregnant, we were both really shocked" she doesn't explain why they were both really shocked but it seems an odd reaction unless they were using the safest contraception invented or hadn't been told about the bird and the bees.two experiences that touched the heart of gb sanderson were as follows -.

  in russia a jw was jailed for 6 months, the jailers did everything to try to undermine his faith, which included violence.

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  FedUpJW

  HQ now being short of cash...have had a light bulb moment and...are using product placement as the way forward for their desperate cult...

  To target their consumer with product placement most effectively I would suppose they would need to use cheap beer, fattening fast foods, and cleaning supplies?