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  What is the Real Financial Cost of a Circuit Assembly?

  by FairMind in

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  my congregation along with about thirty others attends circuit assemblies at a facility that is owned by the organization (a converted school).

  this building also has a section that serves as a kh for three local congregations.

  i have noticed that when the financial reports are read at the assemblies that the expense (which is not detailed) is always around $4,000.

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  But that's ignoring the real cash cow, and the real reason for these events: the $3000-4000 donation generated at every assembly day.

  Yes, that is the real reason, and what if they did not meet the amount to even break even after that donation. They would have to stop making those donations. What would the society do if those donations to the WWW stop and only assembly expenses are covered? They would stop the assemblies. Close the unprofitable stores, like any other business. The blessings of a bad economy.
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  Is there Racial harmony among the JWs?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i joined the jws, racial issues were not really discussed much, other than some mention in the material given to me during my bible study in the "truth" book.

  our kingdom hall had only one dark skinned individual, who is portguese, and one of the anointed.

  i believe that he is now deceased.

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  Smiddy said:

  Racial harmony ? segregation ? Are those two terms compatible ? In America before the 1960`s when segregation was enforced , JW`s complied ,KH`s had segregated people , blacks in their halls , whites in their halls never the two to meet .A white man could not go to a KH with the blacks , and a black man could not walk into a KH full of whites .And jehovahs witnesses whatever colour made sure that never happened. Why ? because it is the law they said. We must pay ceasers thing to ceaser but Gods things to God . Hang on, didn`t they break the law when it suited them to get their way and proclaim they were champions of freedom ? in their going from door to door , witnessing etc.? They broke existing laws.

  This is something I have heard and if I was living in that time, I would go to any KH that I wanted to, to support my brothers. Being white, I like going to the predominately black congregations because the rebel in me likes the defiance of segregation.

  But other than this I don't see racism in the organization. But that was not racism in itself.

  Today there are even black churches that advertise themselves as African American and black only or white only.
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  Why do Jehovah Witnesses hate when you bring up going to Jesus?

  by sheila wright in

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  Because it is emotion based. And emotion does not belong in religion.

  And because Jehovah's Witnesses have come to Jesus.
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  is all religon crap?

  by thesaint in

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  like jw are crap is there any religon dat is atally conneced to god?.

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  Yes.

  I wish they would repeal the first amendment and ban all religion.
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  Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

  "at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

  his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".

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  The unsaved world tarnishes Jehovah's name because it is imperfect and flawed.
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  Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

  "at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

  his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".

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  I agree with that Watchtower and the two scriptures the OP quoted, also support that.

  "Savior of the world." sanctifies Jehovah's name, because the unsaved world tarnishes Jehovah's name.

  John 3:16 is not relevant to this issue.

  And Jesus would use Jehovah's name. Since he quoted the scriptures that had his name in, it would be a sin for him to change it and not quote it.

  Don't throw out the 'baby with the bathwater'. Just because you don't like some things that are taught, does not mean that all things that

  are taught are wrong.
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  What Is Your Biggest Regret Because You Were a Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  growing up as a witness makes it nearly impossible to deal with the "world", as a child.

  constant pressure is put on witness kids to conform.

  most lead a "double life" out of necessity.

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  This is the religion of regrets.

  Regrets from not doing school activites, from not going to college, not marrying the person best suited but instead sticking to the ones in the congregation, not taking the good job because it interferred with meetings and field service, or quitting the good job, regret giving up good friends, shunning, so many others.
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  How often did you entertain the "Traveling Overseers", and did you regret it afterwards?

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found taking the traveling overseers out for a meal, to be a waste of time.

  our literature regulary spoke of the upbuilding talk the local congregations received by entertaining our brothers.

  now some of the modern cos look at their telecommunication devices, talk of things not related to our ministry or phone it in.

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  One time we took a CO and his wife to dinner. I looked at the bill afterwards and I didn't offer to pay for theirs. What happened to living simple and frugal by the people who are to be example?
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  Jehovah does NOT cause bad things to happen

  by DS211 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok third rant since last night.

  a "demonstration" was given on how to give some brochures and in this demo it starts:.

  "hi im suchandsuch and im one of jehovahs witnesses".

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  It is often said that if you find a watch or a house out in the desert, you know it had a builder. It just didn't appear by winds blowing materials together, then the same thing is said for people and animals. They had a creator.

  However, if a watch stops working, one can take it to that maker to get it fixed. If a house needs repair, the builder can repair it. But with humans and animals, when they need repair, they are self repairing for the most part, but when the damage is too extensive, the maker does not come in and fix it. Other humans do that.

  When humans make a product, they upgrade it. 2.0, 3.0. Has God done any upgrading?
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  I think I know why JWs are So Discouraged!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the 9/15/2012 watchtower this sentence starts off paragraph 12 on page 25. .

  just think how discouraging it could have been to expect the end and for it not to occur!.

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  JWs are discouraged and depressed because when listening to an uptempo song like Chim Chiminy, ones feels guilty because he sings about lucky.