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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-16-2014 WT Study (MAKE SACRIFICES)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 02-16-2014 wt study (december 15, 2013, pages 11-15 (make sacrifices).

  review comments will be in black.

  wt material from today's wt will be in a quote box.

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  Laika

  Thanks Blondie!

  My Dad sacrificed for the Watchtower Society. No pension for him, since he'd never reach retirement. He's 61 now, good work Watchtower!
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  No mention of Satan in 5 church attendances!!!

  by quellycatface in

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  2. beliefs

  following on from jgnat's post, if that's okay.why do i not hear of satan in normal churches?

  ?it's really refreshing not to be scared anymore..

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  Laika

  5 different churches or 5 services in one church? Just as a warning (to prepare you for disappointment) you probably will hear about him eventually.
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  Girls can't do maths

  by Laika in

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  a story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).

  me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.

  secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.

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  When I was in my early 20s and an MS I was assigned to a group with one other male, the elder who took the group but used to suffer from back problems so often missed, this meant I had to take it usually with a group of women in their 50s and 60s and had far more experience than me in the ministry.

  The elders wife had been a Witness 60 years and even served as a missionary in Northern Ireland during the war at risk to her life, and I had to lead her on the ministry! I found it completely embarrassing.
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  Girls can't do maths

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).

  me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.

  secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.

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  Laika

  How it works: (xkcd.com)

  
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  WT Video on how to handle JWs contemplating suicide

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cvas6fcrc9zca94/shepherding_instructional_suicidal_widow.avi.

  i just watched beginning of the recently leaked video produced by the wtbts allegedly instructing elders how to treat jws contemplating suicide.

  i am so apalled i cannot even begin to describe it!.

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  Laika

  Why does that elder keep smiling!? Lunatic!
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  Girls can't do maths

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).

  me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.

  secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.

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  Laika

  I wish I'd had you around Justitia, that job did my head in!

  I complained about it to an elder once; he told me that one of the big "secrets" in the organization is that sisters handled most of their husband's spritual responsibilities.

  I knew a PO who got taken off by the CO because he allowed his wife to handle a lot of his work. The same wife also typed up the theocratic ministry school for the School overseer. Not come up with the schedule, just type it up from his handwritten one for use on the noticeboard because he couldn't use a computer, she got stopped from that job too and I ended up with it.

  Apparently girls can't type either.
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  Arrested by French authorities for wanting to perform Female Genital Mutilation

  by Syme in

  1. social
  2. current

  here's the story, from guardian:.

  http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/10/france-tough-stance-female-genital-mutilation-fgm.

  these are very interesting news.

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  Laika

  Fun fact! Male circumcision isn't called "male genital mutilation" because it is primarily practiced by white people, while female circumcision is called "female genital mutilation" because it is primarily practiced by Arabs and Africans.

  Given that muslims tend to perform male circumcision I'd have thought the majority of circumcised males in the world are Arab or African?
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  Girls can't do maths

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).

  me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.

  secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.

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  Laika

  So now counting money = "teaching". . . . Interesting. . .

  Along with carrying a microphone, showing people to their seats, distributing literature from the counter, reading out loud... anymore?

  "Can you imagine if women were allowed to run judicial committees? They'd start crying and letting everyone off, nobody would get disfellowshipped, it would be chaos" (yes, 'chaos') #thingselderstoldme
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  Girls can't do maths

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).

  me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.

  secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.

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  Laika

  "Sisters can't be elders because they're emotional, whereas men are logical, it doesn't mean they're inferior, it's just how Jehovah made us."

  #thingselderstoldme
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  Girls can't do maths

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).

  me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.

  secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.

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  Laika

  Is this actually a rule or just an overzealous elder? I never did find that out...