don't forget the beer :) if my mom and wife goes to the conventions i'm always about hanging out w/ the other jdubs drinkin some brewski's :) bars must love the conventions with all the new business pouring in! you know the bars have to be paying kickback money to the governing body for hotel locations....
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The Mystery behind the Conventions and Assemblies
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style3 { font-family: arial; font-size: 20px; color: #000066; } .style4 { font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; color: #000066; } --> the mystery behind the conventions and assembliesin the organization, the idea behind the conventions was to unite gods people under one roof.. .
looking back and knowing it is not gods organization raises.
a few questions about the conventions and assemblies.. what was the real motivation behind the conventions?did the watchtower hold conventions to show the world god has a united people?.
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If Something Bad Happens To A JW, Are You Happy?
by minimus inevery so often, i read that some posters have such contempt for jehovah's witnesses, that they are happy when they hear that one died or suffered from cancer or some other disease or tragedy.
they rationalize things by saying, "jws are so corrupt that getting rid of them in any way is good!".
or, "i'm glad that this bad thing happened to them.
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dustyb
how about this.........i dislike brownboy =D
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Words to Live By - What are Yours?
by pettygrudger inin trying to deal with the everyday realities of our existence, we usually pick "catch phrases" or principles with which we use to try & guide our life, growth & development.
in my case, the #1 thing that i try to live by is to take what is mine & own it.
yep, i didn't have the best circumstances growing up, and had some pretty crappy things that happened to me as a child.
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dustyb
MADD {Mothers Aganist Drunk Driving} motto:Say nothing,....Do nothing,....STOP,nothing.
DAMM (drunks against mad mothers): geezus lady, i'm not driving, let me sit here and drink until i piss myself then i really won't drive!
and yes i'm a part of DAMM because i'm a responsible drunk that doesn't drive!
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Words to Live By - What are Yours?
by pettygrudger inin trying to deal with the everyday realities of our existence, we usually pick "catch phrases" or principles with which we use to try & guide our life, growth & development.
in my case, the #1 thing that i try to live by is to take what is mine & own it.
yep, i didn't have the best circumstances growing up, and had some pretty crappy things that happened to me as a child.
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dustyb
hey hey hey, smoke weed every day!
lets all get drunk today, fk tomorrow!
na, not really, my best quote is from my grandpa (and US president Teddy Roosevelt). "Speak softly but carry a BIG stick"...
if you speak softly you won't offend anybody, but if you do, you got the good ole' whippin stick out ready to defend yourself if necessary.
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When will JWs decrease?
by Nosferatu infirst of all, i found this webpage, which is full of charts on jw statistics very interesting:.
http://www.jwic.com/stat.htm.
let's face the facts, jws are still overall increasing.
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dustyb
and WT statistics don't count ppl that fade, get disfellowshiped or disassociate themselves.... all-in-all they break pretty much even. if you compare the growth of the JW's compared to the growth of the world, they're shrinking because i see more and more old people kick the bucket. it just takes a bit of time for them to fade out =/
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SHOW ME THE MONEY!
by conoroberst ini am an active (but leftfield) jw, who visits here periodically, one of the things that i have never understood is certain posters assertions that the wtbts is a money making scheme.. i was just wondering where these people think the money goes, has anyone here ever seen as ostentatious elder (in full time service) or gb member, or anyone who relies on the wtbts for their income with a rolex on?.
i havent, any elders or cos i have met with wealth are from their careers before going full time....all these people who quote the society's $1bn turnover seem to think some people are asking it in, if you do the math $1bn split between 6m supporters is really not much at all.... allll i would say is, show me the money :).
c.o.. uk
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.......the money is in real estate slick. when you try to make money it takes it to make it. the WT isn't very good at making an exessive amount of money for a profit because they have some of the MOST expensive real estate pieces in New York and all around the world. Plus they print off a world record amount of Watchtower and Awake magazines, the most distributed religous magazine ever. paper ain't that cheap. they gotta buy the rainforests that they cut down to supply people with their false information. so the money's there, its just being used to make a bigger and better "jehover headquarters" constantly....
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Saturday Is THE BIG DAY!!
by minimus inour daughter's getting married!
and her (pioneer) grandmother, her best jw friend, my brother and his jw family, and one longtime elder friend and his wife will be there.
tonight is the rehearsal dinner.
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dustyb
don't forget the condoms! gj gj to min and his family
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How much harm has your congregation caused you?
by avishai init covered up my bro's molestation, etc., etc.
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and they taught me what masturbatin was at the age of four!! yay, i mean booooooooooooooo!
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How much harm has your congregation caused you?
by avishai init covered up my bro's molestation, etc., etc.
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dustyb
my congregation turned me into an acoholic at the age of 19, turned my g/f into a nervous wreck at 17 and still goes strong (not counting the other things done to other people.)
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Does Jehovah God Mean Anything To You Any Longer???
by minimus ini believe many here do not believe in "jehovah god" any longer.
are you in that category (yet)?
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dustyb
Jehovah's just another name, like the mexican name Jesus (pronounced Heyzeus). just a name for another object/person/being....
so God means something to me, but not the name, just another label that someone can copywright =D