Judah perfectly represents how men have a double standard towards women in the bible. He is also a good representation of the GB condemning other religions "prostituting themselves" with the nations, and they themselves do it. "UN library card" yeah....
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God is in no necessity to communicate with mankind
by Ireneus inhere is an interesting incident reported in the bible.. judah (the fourth son of jacob), the founder of the israelite tribe of judah, slept with her daughter-in-law tamar when she showed herself up as a prostitute in disguise.
(genesis 38:16, 17) “about three months later judah was told: "your daughter-in-law tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.
" judah said, "bring her out and have her burned to death!
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Advanced Hearing Aid Technology for less than $200
by Bonnie_Clyde inhope i'm not out of line asking this question...just want to know if anyone has had any experience with this.. i just saw an ad in popular mechanics about "mdhearingaid".
it says it uses the same kind of technology that costs thousands more and is less than $200.
it's "high-quality fda-registered, is medical-grade offering sophistication and high performance, and works right out of the box.
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Costco was also recommended from someone that got it there. I think my dad fell for a deal that was cheap and it didn't really work because we found it in a pile.
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Digital Billboards and Anti Witnessing.
by SnakesInTheTower injust thinking out loud here.
i drive a lot of miles for my job in the st. louis, missouri area.
digital billboards popping up.
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When I was driving home, I saw a billboard advertising playing the slot machines. I thought "that is one of things you can count on in humans - the desire to take a chance to win." Putting up information on the billboard, is like that too in my opinion. A chance to "win" by freeing someone from the WT.
I don't think it's a bad thing to do. You never know.
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Today's Watchtower :Paragraph 5
by jwdoctrine in1 cor 13:5:"keep testing whether you are in the faith; keep proving what you yourselves are.
or do you not recognize that jesus christ is in union with you?
by ‘testing whether we are in the faith.’ to do that, we do well to ask ourselves: ‘do i really believe that i am part of the only organization that jehovah has approved to accomplish his will?
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Oops, should be 2 Cor 13:5
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Registering with JW.org
by mann377 inso the wife was sick and stayed home from the meeting.
she tuned in through the phone so she could listen.
she had the phone on speaker and therefore i could overhear what was said.
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And i can see the org contacting the elderly and
convincingscamming them into making it a fixed amount every month. Just so they won't have to go through all the hassles of remembering..... And then little by little, secretly increasing the amount for "inflation" -
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But it's alright if we do it.
by Lost in the fog inwe were talking with a friend who is in a different area and they mentioned that their present kingdom hall building used to be a church before the brothers bought it cheaply and renovated it.
"of course," john then said, "it'll be dedicated to jehovah after all the work is done so even if everyone in the community still call it the old church, we'll know it is jehovah’s place of worship.
hadn't consciously thought about it until now, but isn't it hypocrisy to (re)dedicate a church and it becomes ok for the witnesses to use.
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There has been articles that condemn Christendom for blessing pagan items and adopting ideas from false religion. The WT surprisingly does the same thing...
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Tony: Isn't it nice of this young brother to let me wear his hat? He's such a fine young man to be thinking of this poor old Governing Body member out in the sun.
Young boy thinking to himself - I found that in the trash....
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Memorial Invite
by littlerockguy ini moved back to my hometown almost a year ago after being away for almost 20 years.
since that time it's gotten around to others in the area and my relatives how i view the organization, not to mention that my brother and sister have outed me to some people about my sexual orientation and that's all it takes.
so now i feel estranged somewhat from relatives i used to be close to even though i have not been outright shunned by them.
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Just happened to me the other day. I was going out and there was the tract slipped into the screen.
After looking at the front picture, I notice the copy he is holding up, is differently composed then what is on the current tract. I guess they couldn't make up their mind and edited it at the last moment.
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Connect the dots: Cut the baby in half
by OrphanCrow in*thanks to bubba on reddit for the heads up this uplifting children's activity.
what is the purpose of this activity?
what is the message?
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First the wife of lot as a pillar of salt, and now "whack" the kid.
I'm waiting for a connect the dots to see the Governing Body in Action.
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Wifes parents are in a bad way.
by blownaway inmy wife's parents are in a bad way.
she went to visit and her mother has alzheimer and father has a hart condition.
they are jws and he quit his job at gm many years ago for 1975. he moved to where the need was great to wait for the end.
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I have to start a second answer because the quote box wouldn't let me escape.
As CovertsadJW said, only do what you can.
My mother doesn't really fully appreciate what we are doing. As a JW, she would be shunning us right now if it weren't for the fact she's been living in a rat infested hoarder house and her "spiritual" children wouldn't even set foot in it. So even tho I know this, they are still people that need help. My father isn't a JW and is in the worse shape after having a fall. So cleaning the interior has been ramped up so that he can come home hopefully. This has taken up alot of our free time and involved cleaning really nasty stuff.
We are at the point tho, that some outside help is going to be looked at.
There are others here that have had the same experience. Hope that you can find a solution.