I found even as a PIMI that most jws I asked for specific things they heard or learned from the convention/meeting/talk, they would get that deer-in-the-headlights look and just say some general statement that could fit any WT event. Or worse yet, "it was all wonderful." They had no idea, nothing that stuck out in their minds.
Posts by blondie
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30wt and money
by zeb inwell she went off to the big convention this morning.
as she left i ventured a bare tiny 'dont give them money' 'they have millions.
' she spun back, (we are on pensions.).
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As Seen On TV....Have You Ever Tried Any Of Their Products?
by minimus inif you have , was it worth what you paid?
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blondie
I might add that a few of these products are sold in stores like Walmart, Walgreens, etc., locally, at a lower price, much lower.
I purchased one product at Walgreens after seeing it on tv, an alternate for shaving your legs, plucks the hair with a rotating coiled disk. Still have it and I'm still using it.
But I remember Teflon pans, never lasted more than a year. I have cast iron for some pans and and use stainless steel pots/pans for most of my cooking. I have a saute/omelet pan that use for most things, just 2 of us to cook for.
I do check online for reviews and cautions, sites that have no agenda. Reviews by unsatisfied customers.
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As Seen On TV....Have You Ever Tried Any Of Their Products?
by minimus inif you have , was it worth what you paid?
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blondie
min, based on often I have listened to them, I think they have been a bargain.
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As Seen On TV....Have You Ever Tried Any Of Their Products?
by minimus inif you have , was it worth what you paid?
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blondie
I have purchased DVDs, CDS from TimeLife online.
Robin Williams work over the years, what others have to say about them, very good, worth the money
And some oldies CDs, listen to them all the time
That's about it
I think about it and then I realize that if the only endorsers are celebrities and unknown people in a contrived audience, stay away.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Came to My Neighborhood
by Juan Viejo2 infor nearly two years i have not seen any jehovah's witnesses going door to door in my neighborhood.
that was not the case when my wife and i first moved here (north central oregon).
in fact, our neighborhood was visited at least once every 4 to 5 months - even in the coldest winter months.
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blondie
There are some old ways that people "counted time"
1. Talk to your 5-year old grandchild every day for 2 hours, walking down the beach, on the golf course, etc.
2. Writing letters, write 1 letter, copy it 100 times and put in the door of 100 NHs. Count 100 hours.
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Approximately 40 authors wrote the Bible considered as GOd`s inspired word .Jesus never wrote one sentence in the bible.
by smiddy3 inthe bible from genesis to revelation and some apocrypha books are considered "god`s inspired word" written by imperfect men over the centuries.. yet jesus christ who never wrote a single sentence yet claimed to be the son of god and changed the history of the world not by what he said and did ,but by what others claimed he said and did.. moses wrote five books jesus wrote none .. how can jesus be considered greater than moses ?.
did the political powers that be in those days see an advantage of making jesus and christianity an opportunity for power and authority over the population of the time ?.
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blondie
redvip2000, I know I left something out from my post sometimes my fingers don't type everything that I am thinking, that Moses did not compile the first 5 books either. That is only a dance around jws/WTS use to explain the discrepancies in authorship.
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wt and money
by zeb inwell she went off to the big convention this morning.
as she left i ventured a bare tiny 'dont give them money' 'they have millions.
' she spun back, (we are on pensions.).
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blondie
zeb, I found it to be true from a jw that participated in this WT program and saw WT representatives present this "requirement" and he saw it collected as well. Having jw relatives in the area, he was privy to the process from someone who experienced that.
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JW earworms
by neat blue dog indo you ever find yourself starting to hum a jw tune subconsciously?
several times while driving alone i started singing one of them, and then i get to an offensive lyric which jolts me 'awake', and i say something to myself like 'no!
if anybody heard they'd think i was a few bricks shy of a load 😆.
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blondie
I can remember some ex-jws writing new lyrics appropriate to their own changed thinking. I rather fill my mind with other music, better written music/lyrics, figuratively needing more room for the new, so I toss the old from my memory or put them in a rented storage area, far away in another galaxy.
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Merger aftermath
by Rattigan350 ina couple of months ago, i reported on my congregation being disolved and merged with another.. on sept 1, cong b merged with cong a using the same hall, thereafter using cong a's meeting times.
also nearby cong c moved into the hall using cong b's meeting times and cong c's kh is being put up for sale.. i've since been to both sunday meetings and both midweek meetings.
at all, the parking lot is totally full, cars have to park around the corner and on the street.
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blondie
Publicly, jws have to find a way to seem to support WTS changes or be viewed suspiciously by the rest of the members. What they think behind the scenes is hard to know. How many of us were thinking differently privately before we finally left.
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Did Russell come up with the no hell fire and no Trinity doctrine or did steal that belief from another religion as well?
by nowwhat? injust wondering hate to give the devil his due.
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blondie
Good point, cofty.
Evidently the "adulation" of his followers went to his head.