Pete Zahut

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  "Do you believe that the 'faithful slave' is God's channel of communication?"

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a jw had the nerve to ask me this question, i'd say to them, "you go first.

  using only scriptural proof, show me why you believe that the wtbts/ccojw is god's choice and i'll tell you if i agree with your scriptural reasoning.".

  wait for the silence and the rabbit in the headlights moment.. i searched on the wt cd rom for references of "channel of communication.".

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  "Do you believe that the "faithful slave" is God's channel of communication?"

  Not until I got Internet access, logged on to JWdot Org and confirmed that it's true.
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  Unwritten, congregational 'rules'

  by Thetruthhurts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what were some of yours?

  the big one in our hall was no frontal hugs!

  these were generally thought of as inappropriate, only side hugs should be given between sisters and brothers.

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  Two door cars and cars with wide tires and custom wheels (mine) were frowned upon.

  No meeting with friends to study next Sundays Watchtower.

  It's ok to ask someone why they weren't at the last meeting or haven't been seen in service lately.

  It's ok for a kid (me) to come home and watch re-runs on TV but he can't be on the school swimming team because it would expose him to worldly influence.

  JW boys (me) have to stand along the wall of the gym watching because they're not allowed to participate in wrestling in their P.E.class because their Presiding Overseer (who's son didn't want to wrestle) came to school with his green bible to show the gym teacher how it says that Christians don't need to learn to fight.
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  TV actress Ja'Net Dubois has passed away.

  by NoAbuse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  she was very active in the 1970's then kind of faded away.

  i remember her mostly as "weezy" on 'the jeffersons' but she also played the mother 'mrs.

  evans' on 'good times'.

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  Ja'Net was on "Good times" rather than on the Jeffersons but she wrote (and sang) the Jeffersons themes song "Movin' on up'" as a promise to her mother regarding how things would be when she (Ja'Net )became famous.

  I think Florence, the Jeffersons maid was played by Marla Gibbs.
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  What happens to bethel members who get sick?

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i am sure if you are at bethel and have the flu you just get time or what ever to recover, but what about serious sickness.

  say you get cancer or some possible terminal illness?

  what happens?.

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  What happens to Bethel members who get sick?

  When I was at Bethel they used to make their own ink and their own soap. I always wondered what it was made out of.
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  Where is Watchtower Getting the Money???

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  brilliant video by a friend of ours in exposing watchtower & the new temple farms/chelmsford branch.

  https://youtu.be/dscsobamwsc .

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  Pete Zahut

  Sometimes depending upon the interest rate and fees that a money lender is charging, it's smarter to get a loan rather than to use your own money if your own money is getting a good return on what it's currently invested in.

  I don't see a problem with that.

  In the video it sounds as if she's saying that the lender can call in the loan at any time and demand repayment and repossess the properties if Watchtower can't pay up. I doubt that is the case. It's not as if J.P Morgan is some kind of Loan Shark. By law a fixed repayment date and a repayment schedule over a set period of time would have been established in advance and the fees and interest to be paid and was known upfront.

  It's long been known that for legal reasons, the Watchtower is divided up into different entities that handle certain aspects of the organization such as real estate development and these entities must be classified as such rather than classified under something that sounds more religious or biblical to the average layman.

  No new scandal here as far as I can see and I don't quite understand why these folks who are digging into Watchtower behind the scenes, seem utterly delighted when they find something questionable, rather than saddened, disappointed or concerned for their JW friends and family. They seem determined and delighted to use even the most feeble bit of information as evidence of wrongdoing.

  To me, the original question still remains. Why does it take so much money to get the message of the Bible out there when everyone is a volunteer?

  If 8 million JW's donated a mere 1 dollar per month they'd have 96 million dollars a year coming in. If each of those JW's spent a mere 1 hour a month preaching, there would be 96 million hours a year spent spreading the word.

  We know that most JW's donate much more than 1 dollar a month and spend more than 1 hour a month in preaching. Why isn't that enough money to get the word out....why has it taken so long....where is the money going?
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  Marital sex

  by Tedeily in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my wife and i have always shared naked photos respectfully over the years.

  being the only thing to fill that void in our relationship due to being apart.

  recently my wife has become jehovah, and we’re not sure if my wife is allowed to respectfully share herself with me while i am away.

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  Recently my wife has become Jehovah, and we’re not sure if my wife is allowed to respectfully share herself with me while I am away.

  If she gets caught, she could wind up on the cover of Disfellowshipped ! magazine.
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  People Were More Ingenious in the Past

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ok, you'll have to bear with me with this one.. i want to talk about toasters.

  a) a toaster you can buy today, any brand.

  b) a toaster invented in 1948. for a bonus, how long do you think a toaster purchased today will keep working?

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  Talk about ingenious....when I was growing up we used to have an old toaster like that.

  When we were out of breakfast cereal and if we were hungry enough, why us kids would open the little door on the bottom of the toaster and shake the crumbs into a bowl and pour a little milk on them.

  We called it "Toaster Shakins ".
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  Ex JW of 30 years , still messed up from it

  by Doubledecker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi , this is my first post .. i left jws 30 years ago as 18 year old unbaptised youth and after the initial fallout from leaving pretty much put the whole thing in a box and buried it .. however , i am now starting to realise how much the doomsday messages and the ‘them and us’ doctrines that’s fed to you from birth has remained in my core beliefs.. how have others managed to reprogram themselves ?.

  thanks for reading , have a good day .

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  We are wired to survive and keep ourselves alive therefore we pay more attention to information that causes us to be fearful. Information that cannot be backed up by hard and tangible evidence can cause fear in us because we are afraid of the unknown and willing to fear the worst...just in case.

  People used to believe that the earth was flat and if you sailed off the edge of it, there were monsters and dragons waiting to kill you. They could’ve just as easily assumed there were fluffy clouds and magical fairies there to rescue you but it was easier for them to believe in something scary.

  Accurate information about the earth was the key to ridding themselves of these fears. Likewise disapproving the doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses that established these fears in you in the first place, is the key to ridding yourself of the fears they systematically placed in you.

  The trouble is, the doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses also teach you not to dare to look beyond what they have instilled in you.
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  My husband and I told our families we want to disassociate

  by erinee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, these stories are always fun, right?

  let me share mine.. my husband and have been pimo for 2 years.

  inactive for one year.

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  My husband and I don't want to be recognized as Jehovah's Witnesses anymore.

  insist

  I understand this but really it’s an ego thing and it’s about you getting to have the last word and all the drama that follows. In reality no one really gives a rip. Non JWs don’t even know who JWs are and the JWs you know, don’t really care until you insist on getting up in their face about it.

  Put your ego aside and get on with your life. Don’t burn any bridges... they’ve made it clear, you don’t have to.
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  How Satan has helped the WT

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  satan is the number one enemy of gods chosen ones a.k.a.

  the jw's.. as far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true christians.

  with that in mind, why has satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

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  Job is a humbling book showing how disaster draws strong believers closer to God

  So you literally believe that God allowed Satan to kill all 10 of his children by collapsing his house on them and that his solution to replace them with 10 more, was a good one?

  What about poor Mrs.Job?

  She had already given birth10 children and tragically lost them in the game God was playing with Satan. Then, after all she'd been through, was supposed recover from that trauma and be pregnant 10 more times.

  Would this solution bring anyone closer to God?

  Come-on...really ???