AMWAY. No, really 90% of all new business go bust in 5 years, its a harder market than a J.O.B. "Just Above Broke. At 53 I had the same problems + wife of 35 years died of breast cancer, my job of 25 years downsized, I walked away with nothing, no home, ofamily, no benefits. EDD paid me to go back to school, tech.. with no computer experience. Got my CNE, CNA, MCP, Microsoft workstation and server certs, was picked up by the school to teach the networking lab for 6 months and then got on with the county as head of the digital imaging dept. The 2 years inbetween I lived in a warehouse and then a freinds garage. Many times life was the situation I wanted out of. There are options, search for them, they may not even be what you expect. Have faith........in yourself.
lesterd
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Mid-Life Crisis?
by jt stumbler ini'm 42. tired in my career of 17 yrs.
taking anti-depressants because i can't deal with my jobs pressures.
my give a damn is busted but i have loved ones who depend on me.
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Society laying the groundwork for "new light"?
by sir82 inin the january 1 2007 wt, there is the following quote in one of the articles regarding the "first resurrection" (there are a few other posts on that article already):.
it seems that resurrected ones of the 24 elders group may be involved in communicating of divine truths today.. this may be the most significant sentence in the article (haven't read it in its entirety yet).
i don't recall seeing anything like it in print before.. seems to be laying the groundwork for a "flash of new light", to be exposed probably whenever the last of the 3 old-timers hanging on (barr, barber, jaracz) drop off:.
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And who are the ones doing this? Anointed? No, so the direction for this is not from spirit begotten members of the body of Christ. I know of several who do not partake at public meetings because of this "great crowd" prejedus. And as I remember it, when ever there was a split in Gods nation, it seems that the lesser number were the ones wh still had his favor.. So if in 1918 those cast out of the BORG, a small number, that according to the BORG had to be replaced. BUT if the numbers are reversed there is plenty more room for new anointed. And those that were cast out were humble enough not to talk out about the BORG, out of fear or respect for its apparent representation of Christ and Jehovah.
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Society laying the groundwork for "new light"?
by sir82 inin the january 1 2007 wt, there is the following quote in one of the articles regarding the "first resurrection" (there are a few other posts on that article already):.
it seems that resurrected ones of the 24 elders group may be involved in communicating of divine truths today.. this may be the most significant sentence in the article (haven't read it in its entirety yet).
i don't recall seeing anything like it in print before.. seems to be laying the groundwork for a "flash of new light", to be exposed probably whenever the last of the 3 old-timers hanging on (barr, barber, jaracz) drop off:.
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To think; less than 2% of the count of "anointed" are at Bethel and how many of them are GB, that means the body of Christ is in the field, how much input do they have when it comes to prophesy and doctrine? I'll tell you...none. I have known of anointed that have gone to Bethel with "light" and not made it past the receptionist. The GB says that the other sheep can be used by the spirit to write the WT, well a jackass was used in the Bible to direct the prophet Balam, so I guess todays prophet is talking out its ass too.
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Sacking of entire bodies of elders
by yaddayadda ini once heard about nearly an entire body of elders in a congregaton that got demoted/sacked from being elders because of some scandal in their congregation that they collectively covered up or didn't deal properly with.
i think it was about some relative of a dominant elder that should've got disfellowshipped but they all brushed it under the carpet.
the branch heard about it and sent a circuit overseer especially out to investigate it and he sacked nearly all of 'em and some new ministerial servant school graduates were quickly assigned to come in and take their place.
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lesterd
In the sixties, in California a CO was doing elders wives and pioneers in just about ever congregation he "serviced". A sweeping DF happened, sime of the elders were in on it. The COs last name was Daves, then there was another named Sargent, not for morals, but a few went down then too.
If they want to "keep the organization clean", then they should start at the top.
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if satan turned and came clean,would he be the biggest threat to evil ever?
by The Dragon inif satan wanted freedom..shouldn't he search for the truth if nothing else is working?
(truth sets free?).
isn't that what a rebel wants?
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lesterd
watch christofer walken in the prophecy movies
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What are the qualifications for being of the "annointed"?
by hubert inam i correct to say that the "annointed" are the 144,000 that will be with jesus in heaven, according to the watchtower?.
if so, in ....luke 23:43...jesus said to "dismas" (the good thief) who was also being crucified along with jesus, "truly i tell you today you will be with me in paradise".. wouldn't this make dismus "one of the annointed"?.
wouldn't this also show that dismus, who had no qualifications for being of the annointed, went to heaven with jesus and became one?.
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Wonderful observation, also if Jesus was in the tomb for 3 days Demis could not have been raised to paradise that day. Right?
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Where do JW's take their breaks today?
by moshe ini was at a buffet restaurant on saturday for lunch and noticed a boy around 10 years old at the ice cream sundae bar- he had a suit on- .
i was curious as to where jw's take their breaks today and what times they stop for one.
i am on paid leave from work and would like to look for more opportunities to talk to them..
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They are JUST counting time!!!
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Letter from a dear friend and elder.
by AK - Jeff ini had sent dale a copy of my da letter, and a personal one.
i showed only kindness, though disgust with the organizations' moral bankruptcy and doctrinal miscues.
yet the robotic mind sees all things in a twisted light of god/organization.
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lesterd
Thats what I was taught to pray for, that my unbelieving father would die before A, from the time I was a child...Sick huh??? Dont know how much confusion that caused me.
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numbers?
by lesterd injust an observation, ever notice that the count of remaining anointed is never done as a demographic?
no ages or average age, ever wonder why that information is not divulged to the other sheep?.
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Wouldnt it be interesting to see that the age of those remaining never saw 1914, like a few of the GB
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numbers?
by lesterd injust an observation, ever notice that the count of remaining anointed is never done as a demographic?
no ages or average age, ever wonder why that information is not divulged to the other sheep?.
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Just an observation, ever notice that the count of remaining anointed is never done as a demographic? No ages or average age, ever wonder why that information is not divulged to the “other sheep”?