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  New "donation" arrangement begins to FAIL

  by Tech49 in

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  so here we are, almost a year into the "new" congregation donation arrangement.

  and its beginning, as was predicted, to fail miserably, and to have direct negative consequences on the poor sheep.. let me give you a little experience, directly from our congregation of about 80 publishers.

  back in may, after reading the letter about the "new" arrangement, the elder body decided to "donate" the extra funds on hand to wt, as directed.

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  NoGoodDeed - From what I've seen, I think they're either doing it differently here in the U.K. or they're just a bit behind the U.S.A. in implementing it.

  They had the "pledge slips" a few months ago but it was presented more as "a survey" - I don't think the congregation here at least is sending off fixed amounts each month just yet, but they did send an initial lump sum off to the WTBTS. Maybe the arrangement is different because of the rules around charities here, or maybe it's just because the congregation is quite small. I think they're just reporting back to the C.O. for now.

  One interesting thing - I do know recently that the WTBTS here wasn't happy with how seemingly infrequent the contribution box was being emptied and counted (small congregation, so sometimes there is nothing there) - so now they want each contribution box receipt scanned and emailed to them as soon as it is written.

  I was accounts servant a few years back and I never heard of this being done - can anyone tell me if they've heard of this before?
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  New "donation" arrangement begins to FAIL

  by Tech49 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here we are, almost a year into the "new" congregation donation arrangement.

  and its beginning, as was predicted, to fail miserably, and to have direct negative consequences on the poor sheep.. let me give you a little experience, directly from our congregation of about 80 publishers.

  back in may, after reading the letter about the "new" arrangement, the elder body decided to "donate" the extra funds on hand to wt, as directed.

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  Very topical that they've just considered the account of Jephtha in the bible reading for Judges - don't make rash decisions or you'll be sacrificing your children next.
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  Tight Pants Tony's wife wore a Sophia & Caleb Badge out Witnessing

  by Listener in

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  2. beliefs

  in the february jw broadcasting they show anthony morris the iii out witnessing with his wife during a convention.

  she is wearing the convention badge and also a badge with sophia & caleb on it.

  i find it very amusing and she is not even a grandmother even though they like to portray am as a grandfather.. here's what their 1990 w 12/1 says about movie stars.

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  What's next Bible character action figures.

  Or even governing body action figures?
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  Wife is FOR SURE waking up

  by cappytan in

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  well, this is a new development.

  she broached the subject of ttatt tonight.

  said i was right about the flood.

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  Sounds like you're doing all the right things.

  You just have to be ready for that crunch moment when someone wakes up and realizes the whole thing is a lie - some people react badly at that point.
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  Over 96% Accept 99%!

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  today i added a new article to my blog that shares a bit of astounding evidence of just how ridiculous it is for a jw to tell anyone anywhere that jws abstain from transfusion of blood, and plasma in particular.

  this article is based on two studies authored by medical staff at duke university's center for blood conservation, a program that is heavily touted by the active "noblood" crowd among jws.

  one of these studies contains a real whopper of a piece of information!

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  Isn't blood plasma 95% water? (by volume) Or are these percentages without the water?
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  CO has been coming to my door. Would like 1 or 2 solid and easy arguments.

  by The Laser Viking in

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  i am 6th generation.

  i have been out for a few years.. back story on the situation:.

  i had a co come by while going door-to-door in the neighborhood.

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  Agreed - a C.O. of all people has his life so invested in the cult that he is just not going to seriously respond to anything which proves the JW's wrong - to acknowledge that would mean his whole life is pointless.
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  Blondie's Highlights in February 22, 2015 WT Study (FACING THE END)

  by blondie in

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  2. bible

  paragraph 1.

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  paragraph 3.

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  hoser and steve2 nailed it - the WTBTS is hemorrhaging younger members, and all they can come up with is a Watchtower blaming young people for looking elsewhere? They are so far up themselves, they never stop to consider that people might be leaving because there are huge problems and people can see the WTBTS for what it is?

  There is no real future for young people by staying in, missing out on college etc. - if they stay in, they will just be another slave to the WTBTS property development business, and Armageddon will still be "just around the corner".
  
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  IDEAL BATHROOMS

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  i use to dream about designing a bathroom that was, well.

  crazy.. today, i saw this photo and almost fell over.

  obviously somebody else had the same dream!.

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  The Man's Bathroom...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-V04Q-Ymhk
  
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  Neanderthal man

  by scary21 in

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  my ex husband and father of my daughter was never baptized but is still a believer in the wt.. a couple years ago we were talking about evolution ( which he does not believe in ) i brought up the subject of the neanderthals and how we all have their dna except africans ( the ones that never left africa ).

  he said neanderthals are apes and not humans and jw's do not teach that they are humans.

  i said i believe they do.. in the life- how did it get here book, under the sub heading " the human family "is says " neanderthal man....... was undoubtedly human.. his response was " they are just talking about what other people believe " ahhhhh .

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  Seems like a good excuse to wheel out the diagram...

  
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  The 'Message" is spread into 700 languages...SO WHAT??? Big Deal!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  you know how the org goes on and on about how the "preaching work" takes place in so many languages by the website?.

  they also trumpet the fact that witnesses are in "sooooo many lands and nations"....... so what!.

  just because the message is spread far and wide, does not mean the content of the message is correct or of value.. take the example of coca-cola or mcdonalds.... these products are in nearly every nation around the world....but does that mean they are beneficial or healthy?

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  Translation is a nice money spinner for them these days - besides the money they get from potential new recruits, their property scheme also includes lots of "regional translation offices" popping up all over the place, like the one in Wales.