Della s. You also forgot the baptized male aged 10 years being over his mom and most other females.
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Withdrawing community support in the congs
by purrpurr ini've noticed in the past 10 years that the social support that used to be available in the congs, a shoulder to cry on, elders to help with family/marriage issues these seem to have been purposely withdrawn.
counsel is even heard from the platform that the elders are not there to help people with their problems.. so first in the 80s-90s they take away the congregation get to getters and social events and now they seem to be going one step further in taking away the emotional support for people too.. this will take away an aspect that i'm sure was keeping alot of people in the borg, the community support.
if that's not there and its just about meetings and ministry how many will start to get their emotional support elsewhere?.
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Wasted A #@$%&!** Day
by FedUpJW inwell i got to waste another day.
for the sake of still in family i attended the circuit assembly.
they say a joy shared is doubled, and a burden shared is halved.
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"The law of Christ" (ὁ νόμος τοῦ Χριστοῦ) is a New Testament phrase of uncertain meaning, found only in the Pauline Epistles at Galatians 6:2 and parenthetically (ἔννομος Χριστῷ "being under the law to Christ") at 1 Corinthians 9:21.
Answer: Galatians 6:2 states, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ” (emphasis added). What exactly is the law of Christ, and how is it fulfilled by carrying each other’s burdens? While the law of Christ is also mentioned in 1 Corinthians 9:21, the Bible nowhere specifically defines what precisely is the law of Christ. However, most Bible teachers understand the law of Christ to be what Christ stated were the greatest commandments in Mark 12:28–31, “‘Which commandment is the most important of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The most important is, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” The second is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’”https://www.gotquestions.org/law-of-Christ.html
I guess the witnesses should change the You Shall Love your Neighbor as yourself to You shall love the dog as yourself. How many times was it explained that loving your neighbor meant a bible study with them or giving them a magazine? Not any physical help. They also bragged about fixing all the witness houses and showing the world how great they were. (if they had time, they might fix a worldly house or two, just to look generous) If I was that Wicked Catholic lady, I would have been saying to myself "Look at them feeling sorry for that dog, but what about me?"
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News from Australia: Tasmania Anglicans to sell property for redress
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/tas-anglicans-to-sell-property-for-redress/news-story/f56eb0caabc16212229c3b0d6d940e3c.
tas anglicans to sell property for redress.
survivors of child sexual abuse in tasmania will get a payout after the anglican diocese announced the sale of more than 120 churches, halls and houses.. kaitlyn offer - australian associated press april 22, 2018 2:30pm.
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Wow.
They are selling off properties to pay victims, the WT is selling of properties to pay lawyers to try to keep victims from getting any money. In the end, victims of WT do get some money, but at a great cost.
Good example to bring up in comparison to wT.
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2018 Courage Convention video invitation
by Listener inthe video invitation for the 2018 convention is just creepy.
i thought it was some parody at first as it seems 'dark'.it begins with a young man being pushed whilst standing at his locker and the voice over says that 'in critical times we need courage more than ever'.
next, comes a clip of a male putting his hand on the shoulder of a female worker, the look she gives him would be enough to give him nightmares for the next year.
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Wow, pathetic. I guess the being bumped in the hallway is supposed to be about bullying - which is a current topic - but it wasn't even as if the guys going past said curse words or even gave him a stare down.
And so now witnesses are going to feel extreme when a person bumps into them. I think they are encouraging witnesses to feel every incident is all about them and their religion. And in the past, they would have shown mourners at the grave sobbing while a witnesses patted them on the back and gave them a track but now it was the least shown part (and he wasn't even crying)
Just wait for the assembly parts - Sister Cleaner: I was vacuuming the floor like I always do on this job, and the Home owner touched my vacuum! But I was courageous and told him to take his hands OFF! - Wild clapping from audience - Thank You Sister Cleaner for showing us true courage in this time of The End!
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I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if "Religion" had never reared it`s head.?
by smiddy3 incan you imagine what the world of mankind would be like if their was never any concept of a god or religious beliefs ?.
for the love of me i can`t ,maybe i don`t have an imaginative mind equipped well enough to do so .. how about you guys ?
any takers ?.
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Religion is the remembrance displays at an accident. The cut piece of hair that is kept. The deep longing for a person that has died. It is the way that people comfort themselves over the loss with the belief that life goes on after death.
It also becomes the tool others use to make money with, control others to gain an advantage and to make themselves rulers.
It is also the curiosity of what and why combined with our desire to find an answer. Maybe in the not too distant future, the whole concept will change of what people need in their lives.
I can only hope that religion as it is, as well as animosity towards other nations/races changes.
Although Pacific Rim 1 & 2 is just a scifi movie, it has continued to try to show a world united against an alien race. Still have people's annoying quirks and money issues but I enjoyed the feel of the movie with international casts.
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JW Christians Are Supposed to be Good, BUT.....
by OnTheWayOut inso, serving "the one true god" and being "in the truth" are supposed to make jw's better people.
they are bringing their "truth" to people and that probably makes them feel that they are good to "worldly" people.but they do it to "get their time in.
" they do it no longer in any life-saving mentality.
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They also find going out in service or standing by a cart, more important than taking care of elderly parents. We experienced that recently when we had to clean out our parents house. The righteous ones knew that the house was a health threat and wouldn't set foot inside - but they didn't seem to care that their JW mother lived in it. So while they were devoting their time to Jehovah, we were battling rats, rat poop and pee and mold and piles of clothing and old food.
Only after we cleaned out the most of the house and pulled out rugs did they appear.
Yeah for their spiritual goals.
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Song: The Life Of A Pioneer
by pale.emperor init struck me today how the lyrics to kingdom song 81 "the life of a pioneer" sound almost like a slave song from a plantation or something.
what's also sad is, if you read, you'll notice that they sound not only like slaves, but slaves that are admittedly tired and worn out yet grateful to serve their governing body overseers master to prove their devotion to him.. very sad indeed..
at the start of the day, with the sun yet to rise,.
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Yes they are "enduring" I've "endured" the "truth" the same way.
en·dureinˈd(y)o͝or,enˈd(y)o͝or/verbverb: endure; 3rd person present: endures; past tense: endured; past participle: endured; gerund or present participle: enduring- 1.suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently."it seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain"
synonyms: undergo, go through, live through, experience, meet, encounter; More cope with, deal with, face, suffer, tolerate, put up with, brave, bear, withstand, sustain, weather;thole"he endured years of pain"formalbrooktolerate, bear, put up with, suffer, take, abide;informalhack, stand for, stomach, swallow, hold with;"I cannot endure such behavior"
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Nephew’s JW Fiancée Begins Conversion to Judaism Due to Passover Date
by Rabbi Midge init’s been a while since i posted, but for those who remember, i came on here to get some information about jehovah’s witnesses because i have a nephew who was getting engaged to a girl who was a jehovah’s witness and, along with some other sites, i was recommended this one.. since then we’ve been busy with passover and jehovah’s witnesses have had something they call the memorial of christ’s death (i believe i have that right).
this clashing of the two observances apparently did more for this girl than anything else i ever saw in our months of conversations with her.. respectfully, jews do not proselytize.
these are people who, of their own desire, “join the tribe” after some years of study and practice--something this girl has just begun to do.
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This information is rather confusing. I know Rabbi M is gone but maybe someone else can answer. Is she saying that being a Jew is like being Irish? In the sense that you are born to Irish parents that have a culture and traditions - but don't necessarily have anything to do with religion? I guess when you think of a Jewish person, you automatically associate it with the Jewish religion. There are of course varying degrees of that religion. Some rather strict.
And if you compare it to the Catholics, Mormons and even some JW's, some drift along with most of the religious ideas but not all of them. My grandma was a Jack Mormon.
I guess you could view Rabbi M's posting as sort of "Hey, another JW escaped from JW land, it can be done!" But it could also be for a variety of other reasons. Just talking to myself now.
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Cart witnessing at the Toyota Grand Prix
by Dagney inpicture 185,000 people on the streets attending the biggest event in long beach.
there is a main downtown street which is the only way into the grand prix.
it’s chaos because it is not private property that can be contained; these are working boulevards with cars and people vying to get where they want to go.
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You could have said "What? No racing strips? How fast can these things go around the track?
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Cancer in Animals
by Normalfulla inwe were taught sickness and death is a result of the sin inherited from adam and eve, so why do animals get cancer?
they are supposedly still as big j intended, so therefore cancer is a creation by the big fella himself?.
just an exercise for one's who believe in the whole bible story thing.. (not me)... any others anomalies you can think of ?
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The cancer thing in animals will be explained away by JW's by saying it was Adam and Eve's fault. They raised imperfect sinful children who ruined the earth with chemicals and so made the animals sick.
I just think that there is examples where God does things he tells us not to do. Like when he was chastising the israelites about blaming the children for what the parents did. Um isn't that what you did when you cursed A and E, effectively cursing all the children born to them? Children who didn't eat a forbidden fruit?
Not that I believe that anymore.