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FedUpJW
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2/2022 WT: a repeated request & more doubletalk
by neat blue dog inwe all know the now famous quote, "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.
" well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.
"during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .
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FedUpJW
Perhaps they'll have to excavate basements to WTBT$ specifications.
Could be. And remember what Rubber Face said about painting with a 2" paint brush? They will have those poor Dubs digging out a basement bunker with teaspoons!
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2/2022 WT: a repeated request & more doubletalk
by neat blue dog inwe all know the now famous quote, "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.
" well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.
"during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .
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FedUpJW
My take on the WT paragraph?
An elder is concerned about a fellow believer’s choices in dress or grooming. The elder will ask himself, ‘Is there a Scriptural reason preventing me from saying something?’ Conscious of the need to be controlling, he might ask another elder for his backup. Together they will review their personal viewpoints on dress and grooming. Then they will arbitrarily make a list of dos and don’ts. They feel that Christians have no right to express their individual taste even within Scriptural limits. So in determining what counsel is needed, the elders will consider if the person’s choices comply with their own personal tastes in dress or grooming. Jehovah's Witnesses do well to realize that two opinionated Christians will make personal choices for them, and to avoid making the governing body sad that must be acceptable. Jehovah's Witnesses should strive to always impose their own standards of right and wrong on fellow believers.
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FedUpJW
. . .until a squirrel goes by and they lose focus.
Thank you for providing me my first good laugh of the day.
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FedUpJW
They will get a stern talking too from the eldurrs, and then they will have five days of eternal life deducted from the back end?
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Renting to a Witness of the opposite sex...
by James Robinson ini need a question answered.
i know of a situation where a single sister took in a single brother as a renter, so she could be his caregiver, as he was very along in years.. long story short, they were forced to get married.
i believe it was labeled under "appearance of evil" by the elders.. my question is: what do the elders base this on?
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FedUpJW
JWs do have warped thinking patterns...
There are plenty of publications that say that if you stay overnight with a member of the opposite sex, you probably have committed fornication. . .
And the JW's have the nerve to claim that non-JW's are sex crazed? JW's seem to always have sex on their minds, especially when they worry about who is doing it with whom.
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2021-November-18--Pioneers!
by Atlantis in2021-11-18--pioneers.
click the image to make it larger.. .
https://postimg.cc/4nydmk0j.
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FedUpJW
Ah yes, let's all have a video promoting the governing body front and center, and skip anything about "holy spirit".
Pretty well shows where their focus is!
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | November 2021
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | november 2021. .
13. how did prayer help one family who were unjustly treated?.
13 consider the experience of a sister named vero, who lives in the democratic republic of the congo.
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FedUpJW
And pity that 15 year old girl if she were victimized by an eldurr sexually molesting her. All the prayer in the world would not help her!
Sorry b--tards!
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Dedicated funds
by road to nowhere inin one of the videos there was a mention of how hard the great eight work.
i noticed that they had to decide how to use donated money---not dedicated money.
a subtle difference..
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FedUpJW
@RTN - Yes, there is a subtle, but very real difference.
Donate: to contribute to a public or charitable cause
Dedicate: given over to a particular purpose
When the Dubs donate something particularly $$$$$ it has no stated purpose and can be used however the recipient sees fit. Even to buying cases of expensive whisky for their own personal use.
When $$$$$ are given under the dedicated condition the governing body members must use it for the purpose given, and nothing else. That is why they promote donating $$$$$ without putting a particular use in writing with the given $$$$$. They can line their own pockets that way.
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“A Better World Is Near.”
by Rattigan350 in"the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".
"more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.
in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".
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FedUpJW
"More than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe."
Well THAT certainly sounds like a "wise" use of dedicated funds! How do they have the cajones to say those MORE than 36 million PRINTED copies WILL be distributed, and at the same time instruct that ONLY persons who have already shown interest be mailed a copy? The rest just get a suggestion to go to Jay Double You dot Org. to read it.
I see a massive propaganda number in the future. 36 million printed copies, plus the actual printed copies that are mailed to those alleged interested people, plus every single web hit counted on their website = "THE MOST NUMBER OF MAGAZINES EVER DISTRIBUTED in history! Look how god is opening up peoples hearts to our wonderful message in this last second of this wicked world!"
Excuse me, I think I just threw up a little in the back of my own throat writing that last couple sentences.