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  News of fires out of control in California

  by ballistic in

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  hope everyone near to the region affected in california is ok. it's shocking to hear of the destruction.

  these affected areas are some of the places i visited when i came on a tour of the us.

  malibu, santa barbera, la, santa monica, hollywood and so on..

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  Jw.org says nothing. Go figure
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  How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?

  by LauraLynn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.

  salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.

  to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.

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  A function of work (not works) for .org.
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  Canada exploring changes to tax rules that exempt religious organizations

  by Scully in

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  https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelicals-oppose-removal-of-tax-status-in-canadian-proposal.html.

  the proposed change will revoke charitable status of canadian churches who have an anti-abortion position, and will not give tax exemptions to organizations whose sole claim is to promote religion, which is the basic claim for all jw related entities in canada.

  this will be interesting!.

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  Telling us what to believe; be pro abortion and athiest
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  The Greeks had a word for it, but the Watchtower didn't

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recall as though it was only 60 years ago, sitting in the kingdom hall on those horrible chairs, learning of the four forms of love: agape, philia, storge and eros.. the watchtower never mentioned pragma.. pragma: this is a committed, compassionate love that often grows as two partners continue to cherish and care for each other.

  this type of love is associated with being together for a long time.

  in some cases, the passion of eros can grow into pragma over time, this forging a lasting bond.. i think i know why; the watchtower isn't into committed, compassionate, cherishing and caring, are they?.

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  I went from ludus to eros to pragma and am damn proud of it. Philautua entered as I HAD to maintain sanity to carry on pragma.
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  FAQ LIES: Dress Codes

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  speaking to the general public:.

  frequently asked questions...is there a dress code?no.

  however, jehovah’s witnesses try to dress modestly and respectfully.. meanwhile, speaking to members out of the other side of their mouth:.

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  Loaded application. Polyester suit was the normal go to. Locally the betterxdressed church goers are blacks who know respect for the occasion. The sister pants is even harder to assess. Last time in a store the women's suits were wrinked like just out uf a suitcase.

  I guess no tie will keep me off the stage. Or zoom it in pajamas. I have only 1 family tie to be c[ncerned about now then can fade.

  Beards are a running joke with poor grooming. Unusual hair color makes me wonder is she will ** or not.
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  Age Appropriate Friends

  by Riley in

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  2. friends

  we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.

  it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.

  he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.

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  I watched a minor attracted person (MAP) ruin a young sisters life. It came out later he had driven another one to suicide but it was a secret. The idiot rules on that sort of thing meant nobody was warned by whichever elders read his intro lettter.

  If at all possible get intervention by her parents. You may be too far removed to go to child protection or such.

  This is the bunch that idolizes David .
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  Annual Report

  by St George of England in

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  the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.

  george.

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  Zoom meetings=older, disabled, can't see at night, don't have to dress (Camara off). Add making excuses about the above. Boring meetings so turn on zoom and d o something else
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  Removed - blood card

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.

  i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.

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  Who knows. I knew one DF person who still had a key and let us in the hall before the elders showed up.

  My doctor gave me a far better directive than the preachy blood card
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  Avoiding love of money

  by road to nowhere in

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  2. bible

  this week's midweek.

  pretty cheeky to counsel on not loving money when they do.

  my budget includes a small amount for my wife's kingdom hall.

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  This week's midweek. Pretty cheeky to counsel on not loving money when they do. My budget includes a small amount for my wife's kingdom hall. Cost benefit analysis tells me to not give a dime to GB. They raid excess funds anyway.
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  We Don’t Give Christmas Presents; We Give Presents To Each Other All Year Long!

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
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  how many of you dutifully told this lie to your friends as a kid?.

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  Most of us. Actually a selfish religion. Some did party days, not prom dances, costume getups,picnics. Mostly verboten now.-get in your time, no fun

  My mom n dad were skeptics way back so I got to bday parties, Halloween, t giving. A school buddies mom gave me a real taste of xmas one year--decorating tree and the works