Posts by LevelThePlayingField

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Any dave ramsey fans here?

by c5 in

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hey!

long time since i have been here.

lots and lots of new posters.

I wanted to bump this thread. Reason why is that, in the "truth" I was never shown how to handle money, ever. Just work enough to get by and put all the rest toward's the organization. But Dave Ramsey is a whole lot about how to actually get ahead of things as far as money is concerned.

I truly believe that if I would have know about the Dave Ramsey baby steps back when I first started to know about the JW's by now I would be nearly a millionaire. He really knows his stuff well. Here's a link to the baby steps video. And for all those out there that say, I don't have time or the money actually to invest, well, if you only invest $5 a month (yes, that's five dollars a month) from age 18 and then continued until age 68, you would have over $74,000 put away based on 10% earnings, even though you would have only put in $3,005.00 of your own money at $5/mo.

I know that Simon had put out a very nice post about how JW's and ex-JW should consider putting money away for retirement. Hey, y'all, we are the ones who are awake, right? Well, let us think clearly about our potential future. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU7HEIs3IWw

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Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

by _Morpheus in

had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

LevelThePlayingField

Gee, I can't wait, as I have an in wife that I attend with. I will end up going to all 3 days in a bit.

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They should show this 2 minute video about 1975 at the convention

by LevelThePlayingField in

if only there was a way to hack in and play this.

:).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmca1qdhho&feature=push-u&attr_tag=3yku113wrp-khxdt-6.

LevelThePlayingField

If only there was a way to hack in and play this. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmcA1qDHho&feature=push-u&attr_tag=3yKu113wrp-KhXdt-6

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Is JW.org unbreakable

by UnshackleTheChains in

i ask this question for good reason.

let's face it, despite all the books, videos, forums, court cases, hearings, protests etc that have been exposing the society for many years.

jw.org continues to roll on almost 'it seems' unscathed.. for example, just walk into any kingdom hall there is not so much as a whisper about anything that has been exposed outside of jw land.

LevelThePlayingField

I agree with Magnum and Chook, JW's are just not the hard core people they used to be. They used to talk doctrine with people. Now they tell you to go to jw dot orgy. What a bunch of garbage.

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My Younger Brother Has Left The Witnesses!! :-D

by pale.emperor in

absolutely thrilled to give you the news that my younger brother, a zealous full-time pioneer has left the witnesses!!.

i haven't seen or spoke to him in a year.

i'd lost all contact with him, no facebook, no mobile number, i didn't even know his address because he'd moved house.

LevelThePlayingField

I have noticed for myself too, that the less I do for the Watchtower the better I feel. Happy for you.

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2017 International Regional Convention, Toronto – Entertainment at Sony Centre

by SAHS in

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i’ve been hearing from several very reliable sources that there will be an exclusive elite gala entertainment event hosted by the watch tower organization, featuring specially chosen jehovah’s witnesses of outstanding talent as well as spiritual reputation, at the sony centre (formerly called the o’keefe centre) in toronto, ontario (canada) as a special “after hours” addition to the 2017 special international convention.. those chosen have to meet very strict criteria, including, not so much technical and popular talents, but, rather, their spiritual maturity which can be easily and practically related to by the audience (i.e., degree of conformity – you know what i mean!).

a notable and very well-known professional “super star” from some other country (i don’t know which one) who has achieved highly recognized and popular talent was surprisingly not chosen to participate in the extra entertainment program, whereas other performers with rather ho-hum musical abilities ended up being selected, ostensibly for their altruistic and “theocratic” qualities.

(something tells me that there is going to be some jealousy and indignant, hard feelings over this rather authoritarian, arbitrary selection process.

LevelThePlayingField

Well, Watchtower is totally main stream Christians now, complete with their own band and singers and everything. All they have to do now to make them totally like Christendom is have a snipet of this during the program and walla, there you have it.

What a bunch of shit.

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What "Rules" Did The Elders In Your KH Make?

by minimus in

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some congregations were known as liberal and others were considered very conservative.

back in the 1970s a nearby congregation made all speakers who gave public talks a white shirt to wear.

if a speaker came in wearing anything but white they were brought into the library and were given a white shirt!

LevelThePlayingField

In our hall, they put the words to the songs on the screen. The CO came and said they can't do that because of copy right issue. So the elders just stopped displaying them until after the first of this year when then society put it's own version out.

I asked one of the elder, what copy right issue? How could we violate our own copy right? We are using it to sing Kingdum songs so why is that an issue with the GB? He just looked at me and said that's what the CO said to do. I responded back, yeah, but does that make it right? What actual harm is that doing to anyone by singing kingdom songs in the Kingdom hall? I said this in front of a bunch of other witnesses. He had a look of "how dare you".

In the JW world, they mistake a free thinker to be a non humble person. I will not drink the effen cool aid.

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Why Do People Join Cults? A TED Talk -- JW's to a T

by daringhart13 in

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https://youtu.be/kb-djacxaxa.

great video for showing how to define a cult.

LevelThePlayingField

Yeah, fits JW's pretty close. I like that the video was only 6 minutes.

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Judge doesn't want youngster to go to any assemblies/conventions or memorial

by LevelThePlayingField in

from the article, "the judge concluded that there was a risk of the youngster suffering "emotional damage" if he was taken to to jehovah's witness assemblies, annual conventions and memorials.".

read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/jehovahs-witness-agrees-not-show-son-religious-cartoons-risk/.

LevelThePlayingField

from the article, "The judge concluded that there was a risk of the youngster suffering "emotional damage" if he was taken to to Jehovah's Witness assemblies, annual conventions and memorials."

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Wanting Less Involvement (long newbie story)

by DepthsResounding in

i was raised a jw and am currently pioneer in a foreign language congregation.

i have been unhappy on and off with my involvement in this religion and am ready to step back again.

growing up i was always active but extremely reserved and a low hour publisher.

LevelThePlayingField

There is a lot of good advice here. You may find some of it harsh, but you will realize that facts sometimes come in those packages. You'll get used to it, and even welcome it.

Yes, there is so much that you could be doing if you worked a good paying full time job. If you were to get your own place then I think you will have more room to think things clearly. And with a decent income you could save money and think of other plans.