i have been thinking about the legal departments that look after the wts interests around the world.i can`t believe these legal eagles offer their services on a voluntary basis like the r&f do.and i don`t believe their services would come cheap.. as an organization the size of jw.org and its offshoots of companys and interests around the world ,the cost of keeping them gainfully employed must amount to a considerable sum of money.. especially the law suits against them with child abuse court cases that arise on a regular basis ,and the government inquiry`s into the jw religion that is happening in different countries now.. all paid for by the voluntary contributions that come from the r&f for the worldwide preaching work .. contributions to pay for the wt organization`s legal department to defend themselves in court ?.
did jesus and the apostles pay lawyers to defend them in a court of law with funds donated by their supporters ?.
I thought the brownstones were for the elite; lawyers, doctors etc.
They need lawyers for child abuse, privacy, real estate, tax dodges. I sure would not want one of their lawyers help me plan my estate; nothing in the will for them. Any assets go to my undereducated kids.
i am so sick of hearing ( wife is pimi):.
critical times so hard to deal with.
last nano second..... buy out the time.
Every talk and song is entitled. Never named, called, about, on the subject, or titled.
I guess I am entitled to be a grammar nazi
i am just curious if anyone knows whether the "friends" still are required to wear "meeting clothes" for attending meetings through zoom?
such emphasis on dressing in a godly manner over the decades, would be interesting if some attend in pajamas or their work clothes, no makeup, etc....
More blank screens every time, or a photo background. Quote:" it is disrespectful to jehovah to not dress up".
Comments on decorations made too don't want ant any distracting backgrounds.
No apology about nagging people for missing the daily text ( a meeting not authorized by the wt) they spend a half hour to hour bloviating. Even those of us with nothing to do have things to do.
this was sent to me by a cooky uber-dub.
apparently it's making the rounds locally...it's typical lighthearted jw satire (that they think is great!!
smh :-/ ) .
Pete Z
That perfect keynote would be just right for tomo
my great granddad met abraham lincoln when he was a boy.
when i was a kid i met him, he was 100+.
so according to the generation teaching i knew lincoln.
My great granddad met Abraham Lincoln when he was a boy. When I was a kid I met him, he was 100+.
So according to the generation teaching I knew Lincoln.
one thing that aggravates me is long concluding prayers, especially at the midweek meeting.
you work all day, rush home, grab a quick bite, dress up in meeting clothes.
then, go to the meeting.
Long ago some little kid yelled amen in the middle. We all knew why.
a friend of ours who is married to a jw said that this morning for service everyone who was on zoom got to do a call while the rest listened in on the call.
there were thirty-one this morning listening in on one who would call someone to preach to.
shouldn't the person they are calling on be warned first that there will be so many listening in on their phone call from the zoom meeting.
Non profits and charities are exempt in the US from nuisance calls laws. I dont think they are recording video of the callee. How often does anyone even do more than hang up?
Who has a phone number you can find? You know how wicked it is to make a witness call in an adjoining territory.
due to the high number of people that have been infected in the usa ,particulary in ny / ny state and elsewhere and the amount of deaths that have occured there ,i just wonder how many jw`s have been struck down by this virus ?.
in hq?.
in bethels ?.
I hope they can count better than the government. We are supposed to report any sniffle to the elders. I dont know what they will do then: make us quarantine zoom?
zoom been down in parts of the uk today so church services and meeting been disrupted.. a news paper published some comments and jokes about it .
"looks like the church broke the internet".
"zoom is down.
And they say prayers are not answered.
just imagine.
boy who for 16 years have been taught to live for god’s kingdom, be no part of the world and not to kill, been called up for military service and have to put on the army uniform….. i thought i was prepared for it.
but the moment when i was given my army uniform, the truth fell on me.
You dont state your country. Sounds like universal service where you are. After boot camp it gets better. You will make new friends. Bayonets are not front line any more, mostly exercise. Not everyone gets into combat, not even most. If you do you will form a bond like no other.
Learn the math, mechanics, computers, machinery, it will serve you well all your life.
