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   From: seaviews7@yahoo.com   
      
   https://twitter.com/SiriusP17/status/1540673895954468865?t=zmRuw   
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   its like the Bidens?   They are Jehovah....    They even put some of   
   them in body bags.   Then lie to the people, im the president.   
      
   On 7/5/2023 9:40 AM, servant scribbled:   
   > We noted that bethel, the name of the various jw vatican monastery's, was   
   > inthe bible a name ffor a place of golden calf worship.   
   >   
   > Friend james took exception saing there were no monastery's with vows of   
   > poverty; alas he like most jw vaticanfollowers is kept ignornt on many many   
   > such topics.  Here a part of a scanned documents sent to the monks/nuns at   
   > u.s. bethel monastery because of a change in the name of the "order" to   
   > which the monks/nums took the following vows, easily found on the web by   
   > its title:   
   >   
   > Bethel "Vow of Poverty"   
   >   
   > VOW OF OBEDIENCE AND POVERTY to the ORDER OF SPECIAL FULL-TIME SERVANTS OF   
   > JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES   
   >   
   >         As an ordained minister, wholly dedicated to Jehovah God. I hereby   
   > express my solemn desire to be recognized as a member of the worldwide   
   > Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses ("the Order"). I   
   > vow as follows:   
   >   
   >         1. While a member of the Order, to live the simple, nonmaterialistic   
   > life-style that has traditionally existed for members of the Order;   
   >         2. In the spirit of the inspired words of the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah   
   > 6:8) and the prophetic expression of the psalmist (Psalm 110:3), to   
   > volunteer   
   >         my services to do whatever is assigned to me in the advancement of   
   > Kingdom interests wherever I am assigned by the Order;   
   >         3. To be submissive to the theocratic arrangement for members of the   
   > Order (Hebrews 13:17);   
   >         4. To devote my best full-time efforts to my assignment;   
   >         5. To abstain from secular employment without permission from the   
   > Order;   
   >         6. To turn over to the local organization of the Order all income   
   > received from any work or personal efforts in excess of my necessary living   
   >         expenses, unless released from this vow by the Order;   
   >         7. To accept such provisions for members of the Order (be they   
   > meals, lodging, expense reimbursements, or others) as are made in the   
   > country where   
   >         I serve. regardless of the level of my responsibility or the value   
   > of my services;   
   >         8. To be content and satisfied with the modest support that I   
   > receive from the Order as long as I am privileged to serve in the Order and   
   > not to   
   >         expect any further remuneration should I choose to leave the Order   
   > or should the Order determine that I no longer qualify to serve in the   
   > Order   
   >         (Matthew 6:30-33: 1 Timothy 6:6-8; Hebrews 13:5);   
   >         9. To abide by the principles set out in God's inspired Word, the   
   > Bible. in publications of Jehovah's Witnesses. and in policies dispensed by   
   > the   
   >         Order, and to follow the directions of the Governing Body of   
   > Jehovah's Witnesses; and   
   >         10. To accept readily any decision made by the Order regarding my   
   > membership status.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)