Posts by Pete Zahut

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Did You Ever Hear An Elder or Bethelite's Comments That Made You Question ??

by minimus in

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years ago, the society's speakers used to give many off the cuff statements.

a lot of personal opinions and questionable remarks.. anything ever stand out for you in this area?.

Pete Zahut

Serving Jehovah is supposed to be a joy and a privilege, yet back when they announced the lowering of the hours required for full time Pioneers, the audience broke out in enthusiastic applause. (Yaaaaay....we don't have to serve Jehovah as much anymore !!!)

The Elderly Bethel Elder who made the announcement added, as the applause died down, "Yes....the "Friends" are getting tired" he also made reference to Jehovah's loving kindness and refreshment of our souls and the loving provisions made by the Faithful and Discreete Slave. (weren't the FDS the ones who lovingly came up with the original 100 hours per month in the first place ??)

I remember thinking how these guys always seem to find a way to put a holy spin on everything they do even if what they are doing is damage control from a blunder that isn't working anymore.

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bassackwards

by stuckinamovement in

am i the only one that finds it funny that the organization's campaign this month is to offer a printed magazine that is simply an ad for a website?

what's more is they have printed close to 50 mil copies which will be delivered by an army of volunteers who drive minivans and knock on the doors of empty houses repeatedly until they find someone at home...... can you imagine facebook going door to door to spread the word about how awesome their site is?.

Pete Zahut

The information offered by the Watchtower Society that is intended to give people hope and to assist them when they are having difficulties in their personal life is so rudimentary that only the proflundly clueless are benefited by it. If you need serious answers or true guidance, you had better look elsewhere. Same thing goes for most of the Elder one encounters. The scary part is that they view themselves as so enligntened and so above anything offered elsewhere.

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Did your congregation have a "Pioneer Appreciation Day"?

by Coffee House Girl in

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my mom (who is now a regular pioneer) has been laid up after having major surgery, and i assert my "biblical" rights as a daughter to do what i can to take care of her, so i have been trying to go to her house on my day off to vaccum and run errands for her since she is not supposed to drive.. she called me last saturday to tell me that i couldn't come by because she was driving to her pioneer appreciation day get-together, wtf .

i'm just curious if this only happens in my area (michigan, us)????.

chg. .

Pete Zahut

It seems to be a harmless enough idea until you realize that the Bible makes no mention of Jesus or his apostles getting any extra recognition for their efforts and is silent in regard to drawing extra attention to good for nothing slaves who are only doing what they "ought" to be doing.

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bassackwards

by stuckinamovement in

am i the only one that finds it funny that the organization's campaign this month is to offer a printed magazine that is simply an ad for a website?

what's more is they have printed close to 50 mil copies which will be delivered by an army of volunteers who drive minivans and knock on the doors of empty houses repeatedly until they find someone at home...... can you imagine facebook going door to door to spread the word about how awesome their site is?.

Pete Zahut

This reminds me of when email first started being used, some of the "brothers" used to call to let me know they just sent me an email.

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The Gall & Hypocrisy!!

by Simon Morley in

just got a call from my daughter that she got word that the jw honeywagon (literature stand) has set up in the university she teaches at.

one (and there are many) of the reasons we left was due to the stance on higher education, she was persecuted by the elders for attending the very university they are now set up in.

my daughter eventually got a masters degree overseas and now teaches at the same unversity, is self sufficent and will not have to eke out some pittance of a living while fighting a very delbilitating health condition.

Pete Zahut

Have your daughter print this out, from their own website, hand it to them and demand an explaination.

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What does Elizabeth II have in common with the GB?

by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

an aversion to beards, no less!

didn't her grandfather, george v, have one?.

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Pete Zahut

The Queen is the figurehead of an empire known as G.B.

The G.B. are figureheads of an empire near Queens.

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Two circuits in Ohio dissolved!

by kneehighmiah in

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announced that two ohio circuits are to be dissolved including 5 congregations.

congregations in the dissolved circuits will be assigned to two existing circuits.

the excuse the letter offered is that people are moving, or that people are retiring and leaving the area.

Pete Zahut

How's things goin' for the JW's in Cedar Point, these days?

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Inaccurate hours recorded

by snare&racket in

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ignoring the fact that all but the super jw's had a random stab at hours done in the ministry, with all the different activities the society said counted as ministry hours, just how accurate is there annual report?.

what activities do you know of that were allowed to be counted as ministry time?

here are some i knew of.... .

Pete Zahut

Scanning the Internet in search of opportunities to stick up for the FDS, Jehovah and sometimes Jesus whenever anti JW comments are discovered.

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Well my JW elder dad has lost his job...

by BU2B in

as a little background, my dad became a jw in 1980 i think, went to bethel, married my mom in 86' went back for another year and then i came along... he worked in the auto repair shop at bethel while he was there, and upon leaving, continued working in this field.

my whole life they have been the type of jw parents that tell you how you will never get to high school, never graduate it, never get married in this system, never have children in this system etc.. i say this to illustrate the end is just around the corner attitude they have always had, probably because they fully bought/buy into the hype at the conventions/wt articles.

my father has no plan in place for retirement, and he is physically slowing down doing such hard laborious work.

Pete Zahut

I think it would be unfair of them to expect you to take them in under these circumstances. As a parent, the last thing I want to do is be a burden on my kids. It would be one thing if they were too sick or old to help themselves but to expect you to foot the bill while they choose not to have an income is too much to expect.

There is a scripture at Thessalonians 3:10 that says basically that if you don't work....you don't eat. By Pioneering, they are choosing not to spend their time engaging in income generating work and should not expect others to suport them. In my area, in order to obey Cesar's law, one who is receving unemployment benefits must be actively persuing employment and is not allowed to turn down suitable work.

Once you let them move in, it would be difficult to get them out without a huge family blowout. If they have their own home, it's likely they could stay there less expensively than it would be to rent an apartment. Maybe they should look for another Pioneer couple or Border to move in with them and they can charge rent.

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This photo woke me up

by krejames in

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i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).

Pete Zahut

So are we humans any less loving?

I hear what you're saying Tornapart but humans, according to our JW upbringing,although made in God's image, are cursed, wicked and flawed . He supposedly wants us to obey his laws and expects our actions to reflect his good qualities. I think the original poster was reasoning that if God is so loving, just and perfect, why would he create animals with teeth and claws and cunning skils to hunt and also instill in those same animals the instinct to survive and the ability to feel utter terror and horrible pain while being shreadded by a faster,stronger animal ? Seems like an almighty loving father/creator could have come up with a better plan . Even wicked humans fight to ensure there are laws that punish or prevent animals from being treated cruelly.