MrRoboto

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  Good Works by "worldly people".

  by Lost in the fog in

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  i have friends who are called "worldly people" by jws.

  these people are actively involved in feeding the homeless over christmas.

  managing thrift shops so they can send financial aid overseas to poorer children.

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  This is one aspect that really bothered me even when I was all-in. I haven't seen anything official on it in while some time. I know alot of JWs are stuck in the past and hold quite strongly to old light, it's this still taught though? If so, can anyone point me to an article from the last 10 yrs or so?
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  Wife came home upset ...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

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  Three guys are walking down the street. Two of them walk into a bar, the other one ducks.

  Keep em coming, this is great!
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  Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  hypocrites!

  i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

  please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

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  I wouldn't be surprised if there were another man behind the curtain behind the governing body but who that could be (or if its even true) would be anyone's guess

  I would love to found out though.
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  New Resolution

  by label licker in

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  was anyone told today that there will be a new resolution coming in two weeks about tax receipts and donations?

  there will be new changes to how these are handled.

  we had a phone call tonight and our friend stated that it wouldn't be mentioned until another two weeks.

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  I'm thinking that the talk of extra accounts with the loot is a bit of topic (unless it turns out that's what this resolution is really about) but I find the idea incredulous and interesting. Shell game to hide the loot but I'm sure that a judge, if ever it was found out, could still order that money to be used to pay debts of WBTS and maybe give them a nice hefty fine for trying to hide it. So much for Romans 13 and the superior authorities, it's clear that the most superior authorities are the GB.

  I suppose that giving all that loot to a few trusted men might actually be quite the temptation as using it to do whatever they want would not be stealing (?) since its under their control. Someone might get in trouble, sure, but not to the same degree as theft, especially with those big numbers involved. Maybe a nice new CO car or residence, elders need to dress well so some new suits would be in order. Hey maybe every publisher could get in it, depending on how much we're talking about... A little bit of Robbin Hood perhaps?

  Would make for an interesting blip in the news anyways.
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  communicating with DF and inactive

  by road to nowhere in

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  the last study covered it pretty well.

  can i still tell my brother (not in) to tell his daughter to tell mine?

  or how about smoke signals?.

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  Road, I like your reasoning and though I have no DF/DA family,I would definitely borrow your line of reasoning if I did.

  Really though,I would probably just get the boot if someone I cared about got the boot cuz there's no way I'm enforcing their laws.
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  the life saving message

  by jookbeard in

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  the life saving message of death and gloom brought to a town centre near to you!.

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  I'm pretty sure I'm The least exemplary but since I don't go out (I count my time in other ways, mainly by looking at my last report and fudging it just a hair and submitting for current month)

  But if I was out,I would be doing the door to door deal as I watch all the others go their own ways and avoid real field service like the plague...
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  What is you 'red line'?

  by no-zombie in

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  today we hear a lot about red lines in political commentaries these days.

  but for those of us who are pimos, what be your red line?

  what would be the doctrinal change or event that would tip you over the edge into leaving for good, regardless of the repercussions?

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  Other than to laugh to myself, I don't really keep track of doctrine anymore. Yes, I'm pimo but for me now its just a matter of time & family matters, not doctrine.

  Having said that though, if doctrinal change would be a red line for certain others, I could probably go straight to pomo. I don't support the bORG more than minimal and the elders don't seem to care enough to hassle me about it. Works for me for now but really just biding my time, may have to just cut loose if things don't go fast enough but would prefer a fade for familial reasons.
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  If Trump is Impeached...the alternative is Pence ...

  by tor1500 in

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  it's me again...with the question, if trump is impeached, the alternative is pence....well, it's not really a question but your thoughts...... who is he ?

  & where did they find him ?

  thoughts..... tor.

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  meanmrmustard - what I meant was not that the courts would remove him, but that they could give the office to whomever they wish after the removal is done (by the senate, as noted) this situation would be unprecedented and only the courts would settle a perceived or claimed fraudulent election. In case you missed the memo, the constitution has been dead for many years. Case in point - think about all the situations the police or feds can search you, your belongings, or seize the same... WITHOUT a warrant - then go back and read the constitution and see what probable cause was necessary to do.

  I'm not saying anything did or didn't happen to validate the removal of Trump but I think by now it should be clear to most that real reasons don't need to exist for the will of the powerful to be impressed upon the less powerful.

  People are exonerated all the time when evidence is overwhelming.

  People are convicted all the time when evidence is lacking.

  Those wielding the heavy hammer of JustUs do not need actual criminals to convict, they can simply point at a person and haul them off. And yes, I'm talking about the USA, where Trump is.

  I'm simply relaying to you a possibility that may happen and that actual wrong-doing is not necessary to prove to get it done.
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  If Trump is Impeached...the alternative is Pence ...

  by tor1500 in

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  it's me again...with the question, if trump is impeached, the alternative is pence....well, it's not really a question but your thoughts...... who is he ?

  & where did they find him ?

  thoughts..... tor.

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  MrRoboto

  Factually & historically speaking, the courts can do whatever they deem fit (esp. SCOTUS) so if the POTUS is found to have gotten his position illegally then not only can he be removed from office but there would be nothing standing in the way of removing all his folks and handing the goods over to the "rightful owner(s)" who would probably be Clinton.

  It would be a huge upset and not exactly legal but we've seen elections be given away on the basis of the opinions of courts before. Some people would be ecstatic and some would probably buy a lot more guns.

  I'm not saying that all this would happen but it certainly could, and noone would be able to stop it.
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  Isiah 65:17 (Memory wipe?)

  by pleaseresearch in

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  “for behold, i create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.. i need some help with this please guys and gals.

  what is this implying?

  god will wipe those past memories, the past system of things from our minds?

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  MrRoboto

  what this is spoken here in this verse is being spoken by god. This is evident in context.

  verses 16 and 17 go together well and say nearly the same thing, giving you a little perspective on who exactly is doing the forgetting here: the same one creating is the same one from whose eyes the former things are hidden.

  Keep in mind though that heavens and earth don't always mean the literal form nor the forms that JWs teach.

  Of course this is all a moot point if you don't consider the bible as having a divine origin.

  (from the KJV)

  16: That he who blesseth

  himself in the earth shall

  bless himself in the God of

  truth; and he that sweareth

  in the earth shall swear by

  the God of truth; because

  the former troubles are

  forgotten, and because they

  are hid from mine eyes.

  17:

  For, behold, I create

  new heavens and a new

  earth: and the former shall

  not be remembered, nor

  come into mind.