Posts by Spoletta

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Another Burnt Out Elder

by Spoletta in

young elder(mid-thirties) in my congregation stepped down last night.

nicest guy, with two lovely kids, a great supportive wife.. it got to be too much, as the other elders are practically useless, let him do all the hard work, while they did all the "important" stuff.

literally ran him ragged.. he's still in good standing, gave the final prayer.

Spoletta

Young elder(mid-thirties) in my congregation stepped down last night. Nicest guy, with two lovely kids, a great supportive wife.

It got to be too much, as the other elders are practically useless, let him do all the hard work, while they did all the "important" stuff. Literally ran him ragged.

He's still in good standing, gave the final prayer. His poor wife wore sunglasses to hide her tears.

He doesn't realize it, but it's the greatest gift he could ever give to his family, to have the time to give them the attention they deserve. May many more follow in his footsteps.

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3.(e) By Charitable Works for the Relief of Poverty

by Lostandfound in

looking at the australian wt memorandum and articles of this line took my attention.. when did they ever undertake works to relieve poverty, some discarded bethelites facing poverty would laugh at this, more like charitable works for the extension of poverty.

but no poverty facing the ultra heavies and gb members replete with obscene displays of the means of telling the time..

Spoletta

I don't know how many times I've cringed when someone on the platform denigrates secular charities, while extolling the Organizations feeble efforts.

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Trump Voters, Is This What You Voted For?

by Village Idiot in

all that talk about hillary clinton's unsecured e-mails?

read the following:.

"deagazio posted additional photos from the weekend, including one of his dining companions kissing trump on the cheek, a selfie with white house strategist steve bannon and another selfie identifying a man named rick who he says is responsible for carrying the nuclear “football,” which allows the president to authorize a nuclear attack while away from the white house.. "“this is rick,” wrote deagazio.

Spoletta

Simon. I think Conway may be on the way out. Have you considered applying for the job? You've got the spiel down pat.

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Trump Voters, Is This What You Voted For?

by Village Idiot in

all that talk about hillary clinton's unsecured e-mails?

read the following:.

"deagazio posted additional photos from the weekend, including one of his dining companions kissing trump on the cheek, a selfie with white house strategist steve bannon and another selfie identifying a man named rick who he says is responsible for carrying the nuclear “football,” which allows the president to authorize a nuclear attack while away from the white house.. "“this is rick,” wrote deagazio.

Spoletta

Interesting that the new right defense against any criticism, is that when we speak negatively about their positions, it's because we believe that they're racists, therefore they spend their time defending themselves, rather than the policies themselves. I don't think they're racist, they just dislike or fear anyone that's not like them, or is better off than them.(Unless they're Trump or his cabinet)

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New "Become Jehovah's Friend" Video - The Ransom

by pale.emperor in

: https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/#mediaitems/allvideos/pub-pk_e_26_video.

sickening propaganda for our young ones.

they've laid off on the "armageddon will be here soon" angle and now it's all about "hope".

Spoletta

There is certainly no talk about never growing old in this system of things, Elsa will no longer be around to remind them how wrong they were.

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Map: Clinton Archipelago vs Trumpland

by Simon in

great visualization of the voting difference from the election!.

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https://www.inverse.com/article/25635-map-remakes-us-trumpland-clinton-archipelago.

Spoletta

The question is, is there a mechanism for Americans to force an investigation, or are we at the mercy of the majority party? I can certainly see the Republicans stymieing any attempt to investigate the present administration.

I would support any sort of major investigation of both parties, because(and this is my biased opinion) I suspect that the Republicans have a lot more to hide then the Democrats.

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The Inherent Founding Paganism of the Jehovah's Witnesses

by Finkelstein in

there is an inherent founding association with paganism through and by the founding leader of the watchtower corporation that has to be realized and accepted as such.

c t russell was once the head editorial writer for the wts.

right up until his death in 1916. russell had associated himself with freemasons for awhile, giving talks at freemason halls and handing out literature he published at the same time.. he made up more or less a commercialized version of the gospel based upon a new era for mankind which he calculated by measuring the dimensions of the great pyramid of giza.

Spoletta

The sad thing is, if not for the coincidence of WW1, we probably wouldn't be here discussing this. The Watchtower would be long gone.

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Moral High Ground

by Spoletta in

it seems that the other threads about trump's policies are veering off into endless ideological theories about how much better we are than islam.

does anyone think there is a chance that islam can be changed in the same manner that christianity has over the centuries?

with the inflow of ideas from western countries into the middle east, will people gradually want to move away from sharia law to something less patriarchal and cruel?

Spoletta

Luhe. Totally agree with you. But all concerned countries need to get on board.

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Moral High Ground

by Spoletta in

it seems that the other threads about trump's policies are veering off into endless ideological theories about how much better we are than islam.

does anyone think there is a chance that islam can be changed in the same manner that christianity has over the centuries?

with the inflow of ideas from western countries into the middle east, will people gradually want to move away from sharia law to something less patriarchal and cruel?

Spoletta

So, do we just admit defeat? So far, from the majority of the responses, it seems to be the consensus is it's us or them. So do we destroy them first? That will be quite a trick.

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Moral High Ground

by Spoletta in

it seems that the other threads about trump's policies are veering off into endless ideological theories about how much better we are than islam.

does anyone think there is a chance that islam can be changed in the same manner that christianity has over the centuries?

with the inflow of ideas from western countries into the middle east, will people gradually want to move away from sharia law to something less patriarchal and cruel?

Spoletta

So we just leave the status quo, keep supporting the Islamic countries that we have an economic interest in, and ignore the rest? If we totally wipe out Isis with Russia's help, that will solve the problem?

I'm sure Nazi Germany would have been satisfied with all of Europe, the Middle East, the African continent, and any other adjoining country, if we had just stayed out of the war.

Bombing Islam into submission is impossible, unless you are willing to use nuclear weapons to eradicate every Muslim nation in the world, since statistics seem to show that Shariah law is favored in a large percentage of those countries.

If you really believe that the majority of Muslims want us converted or dead, then it's already too late. We might as well just enjoy life while we can until the hordes sweep over our borders and kill us.