Posts by road to nowhere

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Conventions, Kingdom Halls, Relief Funds, and Other Financial Scams and Schemes of Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Watchtower-Free in

a few seconds ago this hit the net todayhttp://jwvictims.org/conventions-kingdom-halls-relief-funds-and-other-financial-scams-and-schemes-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.

conventions, kingdom halls, relief funds, and other financial scams and schemes of jehovahs witnesses.

jehovahs witnesses often note that at their meetings (like church services), they dont pass a collection plate.

road to nowhere

30 million is peanuts for relief work. And most or all of it was donated (coerced) from fellow believers. I have never heard of any displaced family being put up in a hotel, just in the homes of some better off witness.

Don't forget to make your check out to world wide work, not a specific disaster. Last charitable donations I made were to give money to a needy couple directly, and I took some of the funds from what would have been in the contribution box otherwise. Knew of the good they had done in the past so I figured it was only the pay it forward type of thing.

I never contribute to anything but the local hall; they send enough on to the top from the cong account.

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Asylum Caravan

by dubstepped in

alright, so what is the deal with the thousands coming to the states right at election time seeking asylum?

i'm not up on this, usually try not to be, but how can this not be manipulative?

it's either manipulative in the size of the group and pressure that creates, or in where it started or who started this, etc.

road to nowhere

not all these people coming in are lettuce pickers. I know a lot of the ones I know (and like on a one to one) make more money, have better trucks than I. And there is strong discrimination against those of us who do not speak Mexican in certain stores and restaurants. Used to be the farm labor came, did the job, and went back, then the stronger laws screwed that up, so they stayed. Legal residents can't go "home" for Chrustmas and still need a wage.

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How Effective Are Anti-JW Internet Sites?

by minimus in

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i think that once you get on the internet and you see evidence that shows jehovah’s witnesses do not have the real truth, it can jolt you.

but i don’t think simply going on an internet site typically changes a person’s direction—even if the information is very damning toward the witnesses.

i think it takes time to eventually get out.

road to nowhere

The WT just told us to get all our news from their site. If you look there is little news, and nothing about any of the scandals. So, since they said there were others, the logical thing is to look. Hence, Reddit's increase.

I have heard witnesses tell people to look JW.com. LOL

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Concealed carry Dubs

by scruffmcbuff in

i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?

road to nowhere

You don't need a permit to hide a gun, just to be legal doing it I own pistols, and long guns, do carry openly at times, and concealed at times.

A lot depends on the culture of the state. We are not crazies looking to shoot things up

Guns are machines, it is the evil person using them to watch. How abouit pointed knives.

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Ex jw memorial

by lancelink in

recently a young person who was df'd died.

as you can imagine, there will be no talk at the hall.. well, enter some very courageous other young ex jw's who had their own memorial.. these people got together , and had a bonfire in memory of our friend.

and since we have hardly seen each other in over ten years, the conversation and tears flowed all night.. it just amazes me how all the parents of these grown up, normal young people think that ignoring their children is something that god approves of.

road to nowhere

sounds like a good idea even for ones still in better than a talk and then people wanting to get to the reception

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Should kids learn cursive handwriting?

by GrreatTeacher in

i am an elementary school teacher of the fourth grade.

in times past, students would start learning cursive handwriting in third grade and by fourth should be transitioning to writing in cursive at all times.

as you might be aware, this has all but been taken out of the curriculum.

road to nowhere

yes be able to write at speed faster than printing and witout needing keyboard skils, or even a keyboard

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Disaster Relief Funds

by StephaneLaliberte in

if the need for relief is beyond what the congregations in the area can provide, the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses arranges to supply what is needed.

[...] since the work is performed by unpaid volunteers, the funds that are allocated go toward actual relief, not administrative expenses.

- jw site.

road to nowhere

I looked at the JW.Org "news". All the disasters have help being provided by "3 near by congregations", "local brothers", "housed in homes of other publishers", "tree removal crews", under direction of the branch(es). Spiritual upbilding is being provided by CO's and others. Not one penny can you find that the society has sent to do anything; maybe the best you may find is a mobile kitchen and bathroom setup being used, if it wasn't sold during the RBC auction.

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BS stories in the publications

by Billzfan23 in

this is an example of a story that just strikes me as funny from their publications:.

"wilson, a christian from ghana, was notified that in a few days, he would be fired from his job.

on his final day at work, he was assigned to wash the private car of the managing director of the company.

road to nowhere

Vidiot local unemployment is funded by a tax on employment, the employer pays according to wages, and also to how often someone has to draw againste being unemployed by that company. So if a person quits it does not make a mark against the employer and raise his taxes.

Best part is he told one guy to "take a day off and think about things" after catching him goofing off. The guy was a clown, but when there was a job to get out, he did it. The guy took the day off and found a job with higher pay and benefits. LOL

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medical directives

by road to nowhere in

i just took a good look at the "blood card".

it is cartoonish with the x'd out blood bag.

and a sample directive from the hospital is a way better form for making wishes known.

road to nowhere

I just took a good look at the "blood card". It is cartoonish with the X'd out blood bag. And a sample directive from the hospital is a way better form for making wishes known

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JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped

by pale.emperor in

i asked the question on quora: .

if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.

road to nowhere

We Trump supporters do not believe everything he says. Nor do we believe everything the opposition says. So far most ofr the penalties for disagreeing have come from the PC crowd the same as disagreeing with the WT has penalties (see the thread about shunning "weak" members). It is not like we got any viable choices.