anyone have any anecdotal reports of individual congregation finances since the stealth takeover by the wt of their checking accounts?.
are donations up?
can they pay their bills?.
Working class congregation. Donations seem to slowly exceed expenses until the magic ceiling hits and then a non Robert's resolution is made.
There is no breakdown; donations, "bill", and amount in WWW box. Any special need like aroof,paving, vandalism etc.is seperate.
Add the hospitality coercion and feeding pioneer school.
since covid in france, especially in the countryside with lack of brothers, it was quite common that some sisters were using the computer at the back of the kingdom hall to manage zoom session.. i heard a rumor that new instructions, maybe a july letter, stated that this was reserved for male only, even unbaptised publishers, but no sister if there is at least a male available.
that would be a steps back and disappointment for these sisters.
last week i heard at my mom’s house how they were happy that this service was available for them, a proof that the org was moving forward.
Except Pogo was and is true. Digging at political party conventions and news media right now, even though the commentary was written on 1952
become a circuit overseer in your mid to late 20's.
you would have had to qualify as an elder previously.
this would mean the male would have had to have been an elder in his early 20's.
90 day wonder.
Move from parental support to mooching off congregations.
COs bragging about all the vacations they took galls me. Always on donated money. Then they get upset when I mention needing overtime (required)
i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.
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i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?
My suspicion was the speakers did research. Also gave ideas.
it happened at a rally in pennsylvania, apparently.
he seems ok i've seen a photo of him bleeding from his ear.
this is absolutely nutso....if it's too it doesn't surprise me the way they constantly describe him as "far right" and that his supporters are "maga republicans".
Trump is not far right nor even consistently conservative. An honest look at the violence in America shows a demographic led by leftists.
awake 1976 - should a pocket calculator be in your pocket?.
somehow this totally zany 'bible based' article passed me by first time around!.
anyone remember it?.
WWJD
should there be an abacus in your pocket? Or that work of the devil a tablet. Remember the advice to ask for householders password to show them a video?
a pair of young blokes came to my door @ 10am (ish) today (wednesday, if that matters).
i opened the door a crack to : hi!
just asking a question: do you think that the world is getting better or worse?*".
How about a new conversation? Do you think we are nuts?
Traditional reigion is falling from the norm anyway. Replaced by climate extremism, political saviors (or demons) hedonism......
Heard about a bro getting heat stroke yesterday
i haven't seen any jws in years.
i visited a family and the guys all had beards.
like wtf a while back i remembered you got disfellowshipped and guess you would get destroyed .
Permission was given. And the men went overboard acting on it. Women pant suits too, except on stage. Ties and jackets off with the same exception.
The announcement was to keep your yap shut. Now I hear the "neatly trimmed modest" mantra which was not decreed.
Local standards are still being dictated
i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.
people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.
meanwhile, i got judged over this.
Once burned twice shy
just picked this summary up.
"some of the key criticisms that have been raised about the jehovah's witness organization include:.
strict control and authoritarianism: the organization is highly centralized, with major decisions being made by the governing body.
Was rat being facetious? The official line is they never prophesied and until recently a beard was a sign of rebellion
