Posts by piztjw

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2014 Annual Meeting not being streamed worldwide?

by Richard_I in

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i haven't heard a peep about the 2014 annual meeting being shown worldwide (or at least across north america) like it was last year.

they made a big deal with the am last year, congs had to get the projectors and screens for the showing, and we were told in advance of the time and location to attend.

but i have heard absolutely nothing this year, at least here in canada.

piztjw

Congregations are in a mad rush to get their "Data packages" installed. 2) 50 inch flat screen TV's, a computer that can run everything, including the security system, thermostat, streaming, etc

ALL at the cost of the congregations.

So true. In my area the local KH the eldums just had to get the newest technology so as to, "Be able to get the Annual Meeting, and the branch visit." Never mind the congregation is made up of mostly poor, unemployed, professional welfare users, who don't have a pot to piss in. Never mind that they had just guilted the members into paying over $1,000 for a brand new computer system that had to be scrapped after only three months to pay for the next big thing. Never mind that the congregation basically signed a blank check when the resolution was written for a cost of, ""$1,800 minimum, but possible more."

BTW, does anyone know how many JW's make up the ownership of Audio Acoustics, who seem to be the providor of all these electronic gadgets? What is their skim off the top?

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Elder's School: 2015 KMS Program

by pixel in

good morning.

want to attend?.

kingdom ministry school.

piztjw

It is really bizare that it takes them 90 minutes to tell elders how to conduct the WT....can't figure out why it is such an issue.

My zacts athoughtly. It's pretty simple really. ask the printed question. Call on pre-school Susie. She whispers to mom, "What do I say?" And then yells in the microphone, "JEEEEZUUSSSS!!" Everyone smiles....

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Elders, apostasy and disfellowshipping issue's - thoughts please

by FeelingFree in

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friends

ok so... when i was talking to my mil about why i no longer wanted to be a witness she kept trying to convience me that i needed to speak to the elders.

i said from the word go i didn't feel the need to as my mind was already made up and no one could change it.

i also said if the elders new all my reasons for leaving they would view me as an apostate and i would get disfellowshipped.

piztjw

How do you avoid elders?

The saying, "Fight fire with fire," comes to mind. Ignore them, the same way they ignore anyone who isn't of their elite appointed snob class.

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The Blatant SEXISM of Watchtower!

by Island Man in

from my yahoo answers question here: .

"the bible says of deborah: "now deborah, a prophetess, the wife of lappidoth, was judging israel at that time.

5 she used to sit under the palm tree of deborah between ramah and bethel in the hill country of ephraim; and the sons of israel came up to her for judgment.

piztjw

Jehovah used Deborah to summon Barak from Kedesh-naphtali and inform him of God’s purpose to use 10,000 men in defeating the huge army of Canaanite King Jabin under his army chief Sisera.

This is a direct quote from the Insight book of the WTB&T$. So yes, it is 100% correct to say Barak was a warrior who was sent for by Judge Deborah - he was Judge Deborah's instrument, not the other way around!

But to call this to the attention of any "normal" JW will result in fingers in the ears, eyes clamped shut, and saying, "la la la la la la...I can't hear you!"

I will though have to try to get called on and make a comment about this IF I manage to get to the meeting. Since the last couple times I was called on, usually out of desparation for an answer, by the conductor, and made intelligent, thought provoking comments, I have been pretty well ignored as of late.

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best blonde joke ever

by JeffT in

my wife (a blonde) told this one to our son and i yesterday, knowing we'd find it really funny.. .

a blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde.

the blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license.

piztjw

A blonde buys a fancy little sports car and takes it out for her first drive in the country. Suddenly the car sputters, jerks, coughs, and quits on the side of the road. The blonde calls the dealership and complains. They send a repairman out, he opens the hood, tinkers around with the engine for a few minutes and tells her to try starting the car. She turns the key and the engine fires right up, and purrs like a kitten. She is amazed and asks him, "What was wrong, and how he fixed it?" He says, "Oh just crap in the carburator." She gets all huffy and asks, "And just how often am I supposed to do that?"

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best blonde joke ever

by JeffT in

my wife (a blonde) told this one to our son and i yesterday, knowing we'd find it really funny.. .

a blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde.

the blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license.

piztjw

A blonde is driving down the road in the country and sees another blonde in a little row boat out in a plowed field pulling on the oars for all she is worth. She pulls off the road and parks, goes over to the fence and yells to the blonde, "What in the world are you doing?" The blonde in the boat yells back, "Can't you see? I am rowing this boat across this field!" First blonde replies, "That's a bunch of foolishness. It's doing things like that, that give us blondes a bad reputation. And if I could swim I'd come out there and kick your ass!"

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best blonde joke ever

by JeffT in

my wife (a blonde) told this one to our son and i yesterday, knowing we'd find it really funny.. .

a blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde.

the blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license.

piztjw

A blonde walks into a bar, she is all smiles and tells the bartender she is celebrating a special event, and to set up a round of drinks for everyone in the bar.

The bartender asks her what the special event is and she replies, "I just finished putting a puzzle together. The box said 3-5 years on the front, and it only took me three weeks to finish it!"

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Watchtower Takes in $2 Million Conditional Loan and Won't Return the Loan, Is it True?

by BucketShopBill in

i heard several stories of the watchtower taking in loans and donations given by rich witnesses who have fallen on to hard times and asked for the money back and the watchtower won't return the money.

have you ever heard of the watchtower only paying the money back on "conditional loans" once legal experts get invovled?

one of the stories that is around is a family donated a large chunk of their nest-egg to the watchtower and the husband got sick and the branch refused to contact him when he asked for his conditional donation back, would the watchtower screw people out of their money?

piztjw

Money may be donated under a special arrangement in which, should the donor request it, the donation may be returned to him.

And there you have it folks. Notice the wording? The org in true "splitting hairs" fashion has worded this as MAY be returned to him, not WILL be returned. That is their loophole.

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Watchtower In The Window

by watson in

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friends

every time i see this new "logo", jw.org, i'm taken back to the days in the late 60's and early 70's when we used to put a watchtower in the rear window of our cars when on the way to our vacation..er, i mean, the district convention (that's what they called it back then).

then, some years later we were "admonished" to not put the watchtower in the rear window of our cars while on the way to the dc.. how long before they council the "friends" to not bring "undo" attention to the organization?.

boring subject?

piztjw

How long before they council the "friends" to not bring "undo" attention to the organization?

It won't happen as long as jw.org is the new "golden calf" being promoted by the gibbering body.

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Posters do you know of any cases where a devout JW was DF'd for Lesbianism?

by booker-t in

i think this is a hush hush topic among jws but i remember years ago at an assembly i saw two sisters(i am only assuming they were jws they could have been studies or relatives of jws) walking arm and arm like a married couple.

some of the jws looked at them like they had horns.

some of the jws moms were covering their small children's eyes and those two women were stared at like they had the plague.

piztjw

he would have anyone disfellowshiped for any type of "loose conduct" while he covered over his daughter's sins by making back-room deals!

So a typical eldurr, then?