Hairyrapunzel:


They are thesame thing no difference. So you mean they tell people to give offering tithe etc by force. Hmm ignorance. That progress by giving you still preach it. Doesn't jehovah love a cheerful giver?

Your cartoons that say children should put their ice cream money in donation boxes. Infact your organisation steals from children. How is it voluntary telling children to put their ice cream money in donation box?

FUNNY YOU, CHILDREN! YES! GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER, WE ARE TEACHING THEM TO GIVE CHEERFULLY. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME, AND NOW I GIVE WHEN MY HEART MOVE ME, WE DON'T PREACH MONEY YOU SEE. WE PREACH HOW TO BE A GOOD FATHER, CHILDREN, WIVES AND ALSO HOW WE CAN DRAW CLOSER TO GOD, HOW WE CAN BEST PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF GODS KINGDOM, HOW WE CAN LOVE OURSELVES AS CHRISTIANS AND AS A FAMILY, HOW WE REACT WHEN WE ARE HURT ETC------ETC-----ETC WHAT TIME DO WE HAVE TO PREACH MONEY OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE "CONGREGATION MEMBERS". WHAT WE WILL PREACH FOR THE NEXT ONE YEAR IS READYYYYYYYY. ARE YOU SAD? THEN JOIN THEM, MAYBE OUR GOD JEHOVAH WOULD HAVE MERCY ON YOU.

paulGrundy:


Which adjustments? Back and forth adjusts? Like the adjustments on the teachings of how witnesses should behave towards superior authorities?



At a time in history your watchtower was sold from door to door, not until the US made a law that forced Religious groups to pay Taxes on the sale of religious literature, that was when they stopped selling Awake! And watchtower.
the Watchtower Society then initiated the 'voluntary donation' arrangement. A letter to elders in the United States was sent on February 21st 1990, changing the distribution of magazines to a donation arrangement, effective from March 1st 1990. This was rolled out to other countries over coming months. Information explaining the arrangement to congregations was provided in the Our Kingdom Ministry,1991 March pp.3,4 titled "Our Simplified Literature Distribution Arrangement". To ensure that the Watchtower would not be disadvantaged by the new arrangement, Witnesses were told to donate for the literature they pick up at the kingdom hall, and then also donate any money received from householders, something akin to double-dipping. A further letter to congregations followed January 24th 1991, with the following explanation for why the double donation was not to be considered donating twice.





In 2010, the valuation of Watchtower real-estate in Brooklyn alone exceeded a billion dollars. By claiming religious or charity status, the billions earned over the last century have been largely tax free.

The Watchtower Society has used stocks, bonds and trusts as investment vehicles. One such trust was the H M Riley Trust, from the deceased estate of Henrietta Riley.


This trust trades in a wide spread of bonds and shares in companies such as Exxon Mobil, Coca Cola, Proctor & Gamble, Phillip Morris (one of the world's largest cigarette manufacturers) and Cardinal Health (who supply medical equipment including for blood transfusions.)


In 2007, Watchtower had an SEC filing for a $40 million dollar hedge fund through K2 STB Fund Ltd, located in the Cayman Islands. For a full description see watchtowerlies.org.

Shares have also been held in Rand, a supplier to the U.S. Department of Defence, as shown at this SEC filing as of 20th Feb 2015.

Watchtower was an attendee at the Goldman Sachs 2012 Growth Markets Summit, Growth Markets Insights: Shaping Global Investment Themes (link active as of 2 Jan 2016).

THIS IS BETTER THAN YOUR FRAUDULENT LEADERS WHO EXTORT MONEY FROM THE POOR IN THE NAME OF "TITHES" . WHO BUY PRIVATE JETS WITH THE MONEY FROM THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD 3SQUARE MEALS A DAY. THOSE WHO WISH YOU WELL SO THAT WHEN YOU PROGRESS IN LIFE ( HALLELUJAH, MY PASTOR SAID IT) THEN YOU BRING HIS OWN SHARE IN FORM OF OFFERING AND TITHES.
ARE YOU IN PAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE FUNDS? IF ITS BECAUSE OF THE TOKEN (VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION) PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE FOR THE WORLDWIDE WORK DID YOU THINK THE "WORLD WIDE WORK CAN BE DONE" ?YOUR OWN HATRED FOR JEHOVAH'S PEOPLE HAS CONSUMED YOU!
JUST COMPARE AND LOOK FOR THE TRUTH, YOU ARE LOST!

paulGrundy:


Which truth my friend? “Truth” that gives false predictions and has never got one correct? “Truth” that is confused, misquotes sources, and persistently lies about her history. Open your eyes and see bro, Jehovah does not direct the society, just some greedy group of governing bunch after profit.

pls kindly point out the LIES in my posts.

YET ANOTHER LIE! JEHOVAHS PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO FOLLOW JUST WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES AND THEY ARE NOT ASHAMED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENT IF NEED BE, BUT YOUR SO-CALLED RELIGIOUS TEACHERS WILL NEVER CHANGE THE FALSE TEACHINGS AND PAGAN CELEBRATIONS YOU INVOLVE YOURSELVES, BUT THE WITNESSES DO NOT EXTORT PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF TITHES, THEY DO NOT SELL RELIGIOUS BOOKS, THEY DO NOT FORCE ANYONE TO LISTEN TO THE BIBLE BASED MESSAGE THEY PREACH-------- SO ANSWER ME, IN WHAT WAY IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THESE PEOPLE AFTER THEIR OWN MATERIAL NEED? WELL TO ME, I WILL RATHER FOLLOW THOSE WHO ARE 80% FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST THAN THOSE WHO ARE 40% FOLLOWERS, BECAUSE JESUS SAID "BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL KNOW THEM" .

PAULGRUNDY, YOU ARE DOING THE WORK OF DARKNESS, THERE IS ALWAYS A RIVALRY BE TWEEN EVIL AND GOOD SINCE SATAN REBELLED AGAINST GOD, AND YOU ARE IMITATING SATAN IN THAT SAME WORK, EVEN YOUR HATRED FOR THE TRUTH CANNOT AFFECT JEHOVAH'S STANDARDS AND HIS PEOPLE, YOU ARE FULL OF LIES AND BLASPHEMY JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER OF OLD.

PAULGRUNDY------PLS ANSWER MY QUESTIONS CORRECTLY (1)--WHY WERE YOU DISFELLOWSHIPED? HAVE YOU FOUND THE TRUTH SINCE YOU LEFT JWS? WHERE DID YOU NOW WORSHIP? ASK YOURSELF, IS MY PERSONAL LIFE BASED ON TRUTH AND LOYALTY TO MY GOD JEHOVAH? AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, WHO------OR------WHAT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO JUDGE A RELIGION THAT IS BEARING JEHOVAHS? Remember even Nebukadneza and pharaoh and was too small for our almighty God Jehovah to handle, What of apostle Paul? You know his former life? you or PUTIN HAS NOT EVEN STARTED!

Remember, in that same verse, they where also Told to avoid fornication and other things as well, if you think that verse was meant for some other people, what of fornication(in that same list on the verse)? OK, ONLY SOME were to ABSTAIN from blood but as for the other commandments, Christians in general should obey, Guy reason Nau!