Posts by FadeToBlack

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Donations

by FadeToBlack in

i think that since i am the sole wage-earner in our household, i need to make it clear to my wife that i don't want any of my hard-earned wages going to the wt.

i know she makes a monthly contribution to an animal shelter and i am fine with that.

what do you think?

Wise words Oubliette, but I'm starting to feel like I've already lost her. To be honest, it seems like we are just 2 people that happen to live under the same roof. I think the only thing we have in common at the moment is our love for our dogs. I think she is still willing to make a go of it (with the hope that I come back to 'the truth'). but I'm just feeling angry.

I know that I need to 'get it together' for the both of us, but I'm just not feeling the love. Her comments on the side, seem to imply that she also is feeling stuck in a place she'd rather not be. I guess we are going to have to have that grown-up conversation sooner or later.

Thanks (honestly)...

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Donations

by FadeToBlack in

i think that since i am the sole wage-earner in our household, i need to make it clear to my wife that i don't want any of my hard-earned wages going to the wt.

i know she makes a monthly contribution to an animal shelter and i am fine with that.

what do you think?

FadeToBlack

Good point Searcher. I will remind her that we need that XXX amount more than they do. I don't recall getting any subsidies from the WT when I was out of work (although, to be honest and fair, I did get some 'friends' that lent us some money to get by: but isn't that what normal people do?)

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Donations

by FadeToBlack in

i think that since i am the sole wage-earner in our household, i need to make it clear to my wife that i don't want any of my hard-earned wages going to the wt.

i know she makes a monthly contribution to an animal shelter and i am fine with that.

what do you think?

FadeToBlack

@wannabefree: of course I don't discount her contribution to making it work. Her retirement is used for paying off our mortgage (less than 10K) , If she feels strongly about it after watching recent PBS child-abuse video we may have a problem.

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6 branches subsidize the rest of the branches.

by hoser in

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i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.

6 countries subsidize the rest.

he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

FadeToBlack

Why is JHVH's spirit-directed organization so obsessed about money. Surely the great Jah could add a few more decimal points to the bottom line. Everybody else does it, why can't he? Perhaps he needs better management?

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Donations

by FadeToBlack in

i think that since i am the sole wage-earner in our household, i need to make it clear to my wife that i don't want any of my hard-earned wages going to the wt.

i know she makes a monthly contribution to an animal shelter and i am fine with that.

what do you think?

FadeToBlack

I think that since I am the sole wage-earner in our household, I need to make it clear to my wife that I don't want any of my hard-earned wages going to the WT. I know she makes a monthly contribution to an animal shelter and I am fine with that. What do you think?

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Child Abuse must be getting out of hand if they're addressing it...

by thedepressedsoul in

i'm referring to the video that was uploaded where they finally mentioned the child abuse issue.

we all kinda guessed that if they ever addressed it they'd blame it on the media and apostates.

well, looks like we were spot on.

FadeToBlack

This is probably the one and only issue that might give me some leverage with the wife. I fully intend on showing her this from jw.org (she is getting a tablet soon) and ask her this question: if it is not an issue, why are they talking about it?

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Is this what the society imagines will be above that 'secret hiding room' in the basement?

by Esse quam videri in

FadeToBlack

I'm with you Vidiot. They prefer Armaggedon-Lite, in the distant future. Just not now.

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Freudian slip in this weeks WT study!

by stuckinarut2 in

oh....ok....hahaha...did anyone else pick up on this classic stuff up in the wt for the weekend of 21/22 feb?.

after speaking about the destruction of sodom and gomorrah, paragraph 6 says:.

"only lot and his daughters, who stuck close to him, survived".

FadeToBlack

I'm guessing they were actually pregnant before the actual destruction (they had boyfriends, right?) or got knocked up by the visiting angels (2 angels, 2 daughters). They were probably pretty hot! Remember angels like earthly sex. Then later they made up the story about Lot. What could he say?

Regarding the doubters about where the wine came from - they were probably spirit-directed to a cave where lots of wine was being stored (cave = cool temps). Of course, all of this was evidently either approved or condoned by JHVH.

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WT now promoting literature officially at book fairs

by StarTrekAngel in

can there really be any doubt now on how commercial it is?

if you thought the new kh design seemed commercial in nature, now imagine one of those halls turned into a jw store.

we know they exist.

FadeToBlack

Interesting. Nice pics. I am guessing they were taken during setup and not while the public attended. Otherwise, they wasted money on the event.

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Why are JW talks & publications never uplifting?

by thedepressedsoul in

i was sitting at the meeting the other night and for the first time it hit, jw talks or magazines are never uplifting!

i rarely, if ever hear a talk or read a magazines and have it give nothing but praise to jehovahs servants or just praise jehovah and jesus throughout it.

they never just a read through the bible or just a bible story explained or told.

FadeToBlack

On the flip side, I heard my still-JW wife telling my mother on Skype recently that she really feels alive again going back to work in the city once a week, She is a massage therapist. Recently she has been doing a lot of cross-training She always gets lots of postive feedback from her clients and students. I hope the office she is working with now continues to be successful.

She never comes back from the meetings with anything but: the friends (some of them) said they miss you. She is currently attending less than 50% of the meetings, but she does go out in service once or twice a week,. I wonder when she is going to get an invitation for some counsel about being regular?