i've been reading so much lately about the pre message of the rc is about downsizing and living in bunkers.. are we getting ahead of ourselves?
living within your means has been a good piece of advice.
i do have a big house, but along with that i have to pay extra to heat it, extra work to clean it, more on residential taxes, worries about the volatile house market.
The problem of downsizing to a condo is the outrageous condo fees.
Even if I sell my larger house and pay cash for a condo, the condo fees are in perpetuity, and are likely to go up over time.
At $300 a month, that's $3600 a year. I could easily pay a neighborhood kid to mow my lawn and shovel snow for less than that.
And then I don't have my neighbors walking over top of me.
seriously, you have to read the comments.
just a peek into what the general public think about jw's coming to their doors.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3608286/father-two-accused-opening-door-jehovah-s-witness-wearing-open-superman-dressing-gown-revealing-manly-shape-cleared-exposing-himself.html#ixzz49h8vohm1.
we had a good giggle over this.
It happened to me. I was just a kid, tagging along with 2 sisters.
They gave their presentation to a man lying on a sofa just inside the door.
He agreed to take the magazines and when he got up off the sofa, he dropped his blanket and proceeded towards the door buck nekkid.
One of the sisters put her hand over my eyes!
So funny, looking back on it.
I wonder if they went back for a return visit?
i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.
if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.
i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.
Women wearing masculine hairstyles?
So now they're picking on the little old ladies sprouting a few chin hairs?
Because, otherwise, what the hell is a masculine hairstyle?
well, last monday my mother, a jehovah's witness since her baptism in 1968 died last week because she would not accept a blood transfusion.
she was 76 and had lung and skin cancer.
i know that the cancer would have gotten her anyway, but she was bleeding internally, and was told that she needs a blood transfusion, as her blood count went all the way down to 3.2 (should be 12-14.
I am terribly sorry for your loss, especially the way it happened.
I have lived the travesty of the blood issue with my parents as well. They both survived, but not without a good look at the HLC and the helplessness of knowing your parents have "lawyered up" with their DPOA and you are not a decision maker.
Bump. Worth a listen, guys.
There's no video, just audio, so you can play it in the background while you get other stuff done.
Great story. It's rotten at the top and those who have been at Bethel smell it first.
via reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
Another thought: maybe the Watchtower are thinking of going into residential real estate.
You know, buy up apartment complexes with rank and file donations, then encourage them to rent. Then they collect rent money every month from JWs.
It's the perfect scam.
via reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
It really drives me crazy that they put down homeownership and promote renting.
I've been a homeowner long enough (22 years) and have enough equity that I would easily pay an extra $1000 a month if I rented.
So stupid.
If I hadn't have put an addition on my house, it would nearly be paid off.
If they promoted people buying small houses, then they could hit them up for extra donations once they're middle-aged and their mortgages are paid off.
Such short-sighted thinking. And they hurt themselves as well as their followers in the process.
maybe it's time for a less serious thread .
i have just finished watching dirty dancing ( again ) .
what is your feel good movie , the one that makes you smile and cry happy tears ?
thank you to everyone who made it out to the beach yesterday.
it was a fantastic event.
by my count, there were about 60 people.
i want to share this great article from an informative website on religion and how it is an age old play on emotions and why many are fleeing from religion, including you.
the other insightful articles on this website will help to soothe your complex worries and open your eyes to a great reality.. one love.
http://wakeup-world.com/2015/11/21/waking-up-from-religion/.
Oh, goody. Your comments are complete.
And so is your forum posting tone deafness.
