Posts by road to nowhere

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Disaster Relief - Used to Beg For Money/Charity

by thedepressedsoul in

for a organization that "doesn't ask for money" they sure do ask a lot.. i've been noticing that over the last few months "disaster relief" has been brought up in almost everything jw.

wt, congregation study, broadcast, special updated video, etc.... & i've noticed two things every time it gets brought up, which is a lot lately.. they talk about giving physically and how much money will be needed for the disaster relief work.

that we should be generous.

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Note that they always ask that you do not designate the donation for any set disaster fund, but rather to general use, so they can do what they danm well please with it.

I figure that if I sent in money tagged for "whatever" they would just subract the amount they would have sent otherwise to help others.

From what I can tell the relief is done by nearby congregations with THEIR funds and manpower. The most the borg does is keep track of who is doing what where and then taking credit. I have never seen an actual check or recepit for anything the bigwigs did.

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Assembly

by dothemath in

dragged to the convention, the speaker was from the canada bethel.. one of his talks went into the refugees not being welcome, and some countries attitude toward foreigners in general, and even mentioning acts of genocide.. he contrasted this with the bible, and showed the scripture where israelites were to be kind to other nationalities living among them(there is a verse that says that).. i don't think he gave the complete picture though, as israel also practiced genocide.. then jehovah said to me, ‘see, i have already begun to give siʹhon and his land over to you.

start to take possession of his land.’ 32 when siʹhon came out along with all his people to meet us in battle at jaʹhaz, 33 jehovah our god handed him over to us, so that we defeated him, his sons, and all his people.

34 we captured all his cities at that time and devoted every city to destruction, including men, women, and children.

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So says one of the most stand offish and isolationist groups in the world.

relief for Puereto Rico

by road to nowhere in

if i got the broadcast about the relief work right, apparently the jw's don't have problems with blocked roads and lack of gasoline, and no phone or electric working.

the truer part was probably that people (not just jw's) share and help each other.

i didn't follow the donation part completely, $3 million.

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If I got the broadcast about the relief work right, apparently the JW's don't have problems with blocked roads and lack of gasoline, and no phone or electric working. The truer part was probably that people (not just JW's) share and help each other. I didn't follow the donation part completely, $3 million. Was that donated to the org. or given by them? What does work out is that with over 25000 JW's, it is less than $120 per.

It is true that you cannot drive a truck from a neighboring area over there, ships have to be loaded and manned; and a free for all on supplies would benefit thieves. So some of the criticism of the government is off base.

Some of this has been posted already but I couldn't find the older post.

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A "Three-fold cord"?

by stuckinarut2 in

we all know of the well used scripture that speaks of "a three-fold cord" in marriage.. sure, it is meant to indicate that any marriage that has "god" in it as the foundation of the couple's life will be successful.

but how often have we noticed that what it really means for witnesses is that the society, or the gb has the right to be an unwelcome and nosey intruder in the lives of couples.

every decision that family unit makes is influenced by the organisation.

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Jeez I can't imagine a woman asking about going down to a presumably older person.. It is even borderline inappropriate mentioning it here. Let your imagination run for a minute, then don't post, but think of all the details as to "how, and how much".

Actually the 3rd thing may be partly a shared religion, but also things like a common outlook and background. And the ability to roll with changes that inevitably come.

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New Song to be sung for Warwick Dedication on Oct 7

by Drearyweather in

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a place that will bring you praise.

https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201801_8_video.

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same song first verse

a rabbit don't have a tail only a powder puff

same song second verse

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US violent crimes and murders rose in 2016, the FBI says

by Simon in

i can't remember the exact topic but i think a few people predicted the same thing - that the blm movement would cause an increase in violent deaths of young black men, ultimately doing more harm than good.. and so it has: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41391333.

an 8.6% rise in the homicide rate is pretty appalling by any standard unless it started at very low levels, which we know it didn't.. this is why i object to movements based on false premises and invented media lies / selective coverage.

the people who suffer the most are not the ones marching in the streets.

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The biggest threat to young black men is other young black men. They have come to have a culture of gangs, celebrate it. The police have an attitude too, you can't get around that. BUT if there is a bulletin for a robbery suspect describing a black male, who are they supposed to stop? And don't tell me that a lot of robberies are not by black males, it is part of their "heritage" now. They feel somehow the rest of us owe them. Who labels well behaved blacks (and there are a lot) as uncle toms or "acting white"? You can see the same thing in the hispanics, the new generations have lost the old reverence for their elders.

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JW's are S.O.B's

by James Mixon in

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i didn't say it, it was the president....

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me too, but we were not giving worship to a flag or country. I don't know what these clowns are protesting now, most of them are role models for the thugs they decry.

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2017 Annual Meeting

by obarac in

on saturday, october 7.. any chance to get user name and password for stream?.

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just get on here a couple days later and everything "worth" knowing will take all of 15 minutes. You gotta remember these guys can be really wordy, I think the work is bloviate. I don't know when the original meeting is, but there are rebroadcasts for the whole weekend to cover everyone.

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White supremacy is an ideology of peace

by OneEyedJoe in

i'm tired of hearing these constant attacks on white supremacists after the events in charlottesville.

why are moderate white supremacists being lumped in together and sharing the blame for the actions of one reprehensible man that misinterpreted the ideals of white supremacy and became violent?

clearly the motivation of such attacks on white supremacists is nothing other than racism.

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Anyone who thinks all those non whites are just poor misunderstood souls ought to move into their neighborhood. There is a gang mentality in a lot of minority groups, same as a mob mentality in a bunch of white skinned.

Go to any hospital and you will find a lot of decent caring people of all colors. This points to people needing to have a purpose. Too many have been shut out, and now want to stay victims. My doctor is a well mannered articulate smart brown woman. (and very pretty)

I think this is getting muddled, hope someone can follow my thoughts on good people that exist.

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double halls signage

by road to nowhere in

i visited a double hall.

one thing i noted on the bulletin board was page 3 of some letter with a large a on it.

apparently there is at least a 4 page letter complete with a proper sized a or b or c to differentiate the sides.

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I know about the information board, that is why I called it what it really is any where else. Do you remember that the Kingdom Ministry was also the bulletin, informant, kingdom service and some other names I don't recall. Now it is the CLAM workbook (with little work they didn't do for you).

What amazes me is there may have been a 15 minute part about the letter. I could have done it with one page, telling them to get their own A, or draw it with a felt pen.

Then they wonder why we call the meetings boring.