Posts by FedUpJW

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Advice to reduce hours earn less and spend more time on the ministry

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

the advice to reduce work and earn less to spend more time preaching has not aged well.. the cost of living crisis means many have more going out on necessities than they have coming in.. so many asked their employer to reduce their hours and refused promotion only to see their colleagues go up the ladder when they stayed lowly position with rubbish jobs thinking the end will be here soon.

next week midweek meeting is all about preparing for an economic crisis.. they say have a go bag and new advice for all jws to store food and water at home and grow a vegetable garden, i kid you not.

this is the new direction..

FedUpJW

JW's are so very good at seeing a brother or a sister in a "naked" state and lacking the food sufficient for the day, yet saying to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed.”

I heard from a PIMI friend who still has some to do with me who said in the area where I live there are couples from THE BRANCH coming to do work on the local KH for nearly three months. There was a letter read that tried to guilt local JW's into furnishing them free living arrangements in apartments/ travel trailers, or "maybe you could move out of your home and stay with another family so one of those couples could stay in your home for that time." Of course never to let a good opportunity go by to beg for money they right on cue said, "If you cannot provide housing you can always have a share by contributing funds."

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Weasel Word Phrase--The Bible Does Not Say...but

by blondie in

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the bible does not say—the weasel word phrase that bugs me the most.

note that though the wts says this, it then proceeds to add :.

after jesus’ birth, why did joseph and mary remain in bethlehem instead of returning home to nazareth?.

FedUpJW

And then there is this little nugget of crap courtesy of Splane, if memory serves me correctly.

"Where the Bible does not say, we remain silent."

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Hailstone message.....June 23 WT

by mikeflood in

new jun 23 wt....elders to follow gideon example, even if instructions doesn't seems practical, gideon reduced army by 99 % and he obeyed, it could be changes in theocratic direction similar to this.

what that means?.

elders will need the courage to follow instructions "may relate to delivering a symbolic hailstone message...".. in another section "major world events may raise some from spiritual slumber".

FedUpJW

I thought the hailstones happened 100 years,ago. Or was that bowls?

Hailstones? More like kidney stones IMO. And as for bowls, I think given the crap coming out of New York recently it is more like bowels!

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Why did you leave the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i've never been a witness so i never left.

graeme hammond writes:.

for some years i’d had a growing irritation and disillusionment with the religion: i was getting tired of the pompousness, the arrogance and the control, i felt increasingly choked by their restrictions and i was drained by their demands on my time.

FedUpJW

The scripture re/religious leaders placing heavy loads, burdens, hit me like a ton of bricks

Okay, I'm sorry for my warped sense of humor but this comment made me spit coffee all over my keyboard.

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New System

by Gman2001 in

jehovah has to kill 9 billion humans in the big a. does anyone remember any talks on the actual logistics of "day 2"?

with no infrastructure it sounds like gb style madmax..

FedUpJW

Jehovah has to kill 9 billion humans in the Big A

But Top-shelf Tony claimed he and the rest of the 144,000 would be doing the killing along with Jesus. And remember according to the Bible it took only one angel to kill 186,000 in one night. That means a mere 62,499 people each for them. Maybe they could spend the rest of the night disposing of bodies?

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

FedUpJW

We are led by donkeys.

That is why the democrat party in the U.S. is perfectly represented by a donkey.

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

FedUpJW

the world needs an intelligent leader in charge of the Superpower.

Agreed. Trouble is that anyone with any intelligence is too damned busy trying to put food on the table and pay their utility bills thanks to the idiots in charge to run for office.

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

FedUpJW

He said he has to finish what he started. That doesn't bode well for the United States. Perhaps this country could be renamed. I hear Amerizuela is open.

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Why did you leave the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i've never been a witness so i never left.

graeme hammond writes:.

for some years i’d had a growing irritation and disillusionment with the religion: i was getting tired of the pompousness, the arrogance and the control, i felt increasingly choked by their restrictions and i was drained by their demands on my time.

FedUpJW

The lack of any real love.

This was an obvious reason, especially after my parents who sacrificed for and and slaved for WT were kicked to the curb in their old age. Ridiculed and ignored, and then blamed for not doing and giving enough or more.

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ponder on these---

by stan livedeath in

ponder on these imponderables for a minute....... .

1. if you take an oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?.

2. if people from poland are called poles, why aren't people from holland called holes?.

FedUpJW

1. Why do we park on a driveway, and drive on a parkway?

2. If you pronounce Canada as Can'-uh-duh do you eat a Ban'-uh-nuh?

3. If F-O-O-T is pronounced fuht, do you put a buht on you fuht?