Good idea, i have been carrying a small business card with all my family members names with mother, dad ect. written next to them. I've been doing that for about the past 15 years. Fortunately no one has had to use it.
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Has anyone heard of the ICE program?
by Lady Lee inmy daughter sent me this and it looks like a great idea.
we all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.
if we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call.
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Here's the reason for the 3% jump in publishers for the past year
by sir82 init is immigration that explains the vast majority of the increase.. who is it that immigrates?
the poorest of the poor, the desperate ones that would be dead from starvation or execution by gangs/guerillas within 5 years anyway.
these were not the ones being converted in their home countries - when you have to work 14-18 hours a day, 7 days a week just to feed your family, there is no time to "study", attend meetings, go out in field servce, etc.. so, they go to their new country.
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sir 82, regarding the census. Thanks for the answer. Its funny. i have to talk to former witnesses to get honest questions answered. Everytime i had a question for a witness their answer would be a verse from their bible.
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Here's the reason for the 3% jump in publishers for the past year
by sir82 init is immigration that explains the vast majority of the increase.. who is it that immigrates?
the poorest of the poor, the desperate ones that would be dead from starvation or execution by gangs/guerillas within 5 years anyway.
these were not the ones being converted in their home countries - when you have to work 14-18 hours a day, 7 days a week just to feed your family, there is no time to "study", attend meetings, go out in field servce, etc.. so, they go to their new country.
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Hi mostly a lurker here. Never been a witness nor any of my family. But many times over the years they have tried to recruit me. At work , my home on the street. I guess i have a invisisble sign attracting them. Anyways i think there is something to this post regarding immigrants. I was born and raised here in the U.S. of Mexican heritage and speak no spanish ( you may be suprised how many of us dont ). Well a couple of times a few years ago mexican wtnesses have come to my door. They asked in perfect english if my home was a spanish speaking only household and if any one lived there who only spoke spanish. When i replied no they immediately turned and walked away. It was a pleasant surprise to not have to listen to their preaching. I could never just shut the door on anyone.But wondered we both speak english why did they not even try. It occured to me that they are going after immigrants more aggressively. Over the years the more new immigrants in my neighborhood the more the witnesses came around. I am sure they are having alot of growth with mexican immigrants just as they did with 4th , 5th generation americans in the early 70s. Just my personal observations. Thanks for listening.
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Prince Still a Jehovahs Witness ??
by mah319 inhi everyone, i have only posted here a few times.
i come here once in a while to see whats going on.
anyways, i was was wondering if prince was still a jehovahs witness.
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Hi everyone, I have only posted here a few times. I come here once in a while to see whats going on. Anyways, i was was wondering if Prince was still a Jehovahs Witness. I ask because he recently was inducted into the British rock n roll hall of fame. In his acceptance speech he thanked God whereas in previous acceptance speeches he thanked Jehovah. I guess my real question to you guys is, would a active member of Jehovahs Witnesses ever use God instead of Jehovah ? In my personal experience with Witnesses they have never said God. Are there any unsaid, said rules that apply to this? I guess Prince would be the only one who could answer if he is still active.
Anways thanks from a obvious Prince geek. PEACE!
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Apple Bees seems to be the in place to go after meetings.
by Singing Man inyes, apple bees seems to be the in place to go after meetings.
and on any given meeting night in any town where you could find an apple bees" you can find jehovah's witness scarfing down the sampler plate.
then wingers comes in at a close second.
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Wow that must be the reason that place was so quiet the last time i went there. I have been to funerals that were more lively than that place.
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Banned and Censored on Princes' web-site ( NPG Music Club )
by mah319 inhello people, first a little background on myself.
i was born and raised a catholic.
one of the other members posted a subject about the watchtower being a cult.
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I failed to mention i still have access to the site. Just not the messageboards. Its hypocritical. They feel Im good enough to take my money but not good enough to have a opposite viewpoint.
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Banned and Censored on Princes' web-site ( NPG Music Club )
by mah319 inhello people, first a little background on myself.
i was born and raised a catholic.
one of the other members posted a subject about the watchtower being a cult.
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Thanks for the responses. Shamus that was pretty funny. Actually some of the members on his site are actually considering becoming JW. Its pretty sad. I like Prince , but to convert ? I thought i was a mindless groupie for just buying all his records. But some people take it to the extreme.
simplesally, I would go back under a different username but i dont want to drop another $25.00. I never intended to go there and use the messageboards. I just wanted access to his new music and some of the other stuff. But that got boring after a while and went to the boards. Its becoming funnier as time goes by.
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Banned and Censored on Princes' web-site ( NPG Music Club )
by mah319 inhello people, first a little background on myself.
i was born and raised a catholic.
one of the other members posted a subject about the watchtower being a cult.
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Hello people, First a little background on myself. I was born and raised a catholic. i have not practiced in that faith for many years. But i still hold those beliefs. I have been looking around here for a while and the subject matter is very interesting to me. I first became interested in Jehovas Witnesses when i had constant contact with them in the early 90s. They were always quick to refute my beliefs and tell me the catholic church was run by satan and many other things. I am not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to the bible and of course i was not as prepared as they were to answer their questions. To be short, my contact with these witnesses ended when i moved to another town and i pretty much forgot about them and lived my life.
Well to get to my topic fast foward to 2002. Im a big Prince fan, more of his music than anything else. Im a big music lover and i felt he was one of the best musicians. As far as a person , he is one strange guy. Well as most of you know he has become a JW. I wondered wow, how did he get into that ? The music was still good to me but the lyrics were to preachy and hard to get passed. Anyways thats what got me interested in this subject once again. I put JW in a search engine and i found Freeminds and this place. WOW ! i could not believe places like this exsisted. I found the other side of the coin of jehovas witnesses. I try to see things from all sides before i form an opinoin on something.
Finally to the point, i was banned from Princes' messageboard on his site. One of the other members posted a subject about the watchtower being a cult. The member pasted a article by Randall Watters and left a link. Some other members were upset with the post and a few minutes later it was deleted. I then posted a thread on his post being deleted. And of course my post was also deleted. I played the game for a while. Posting i was deleted everytime it happened. A JW member gets on and post the watchtowers beliefs. I then respond with some critical questions and those were deleted. I logged off, went back later and was informed i was banned from the forum. No explanation. Maybe we went it about the wrong way in making our statements. Before all this happened i noticed other critical statements on other beliefs were not deleted. It seemed very biased and this situation has confirmed it. You cannot be critical of the watchtower over there. Im sure this does not come to a surprise to any of you. What are your thoughts ? I hope i have not intruded on you guys. Good luck to all of you and peace be with you.
thanks mah319 - 319 is a prince song. no meaning behind the #, just easy to remember when i log on to the messageboard.