it was announced recently that the elders in my area had met to discuss the plans of building 4 or 5 halls in the next 5 to 6 years. I leaned over to my mother, and said "looks like I've got time to go to college".
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richie,
you made my day!
not only college -- possibly graduate school too :-)
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The CO says --
by stillajwexelder inthe co has said in his latest talks "some have lost their sense of urgency and the organization is worried about it" .
even in the apostles day there was a a sense of urgency
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April 2006 Kingdom Ministry at reexamine.org
by JW_Researcher inapril 2006 kingdom ministry is at reexamine.org but the 8 pages are individual images at this url: .
http://www.reexamine.org/index.php/special:newimages.
pdf may be available soon.
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I completely digested this nourishing 8 page meal from Jah in about 2 - 3 minutes. The sad part is that they will spend 2 - 3 HOURS rehashing it at the Service meeting in mind-numbing depth.
btw - anyone else catch the direct mention of the suggested 15 - 20% tip for restaurants. I'm surprised they didn't mention not to leave literature as a tip. (I thought they used to, since a large number surprisingly did). Anyhow, what better "informal witness" than a bunch of JWs with convention badges (which should be worn along with "convention attire" when dining out) stiffing the wait staff at a restaurant. Or better yet, leaving a few back issues of the WT / Awake.
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This Year The Push Is REALLY On To Invite EVERYONE To The Memorial!
by minimus inthe word's out to invite anyone and everyone-----as this could be the last celebration (per my mother as she heard it at the hall).
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I'm still waiting for Nissan to release the "Christ-mobile" -- numerically model Nissan 14.
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Circuit Overseers Are On a Pledge Drive
by Severus injehovah's witnesses will be experiencing a special treat during their co (circuit overseer) visit this season: a bona-fide pledge drive.. during the thursday night meeting the normal co talk will instead be a video entitled:.
building kingdom halls advances true worship.
this 30-minute advances video is well produced and explains the watchtower society's program to build simplified kingdom halls in third-world and poor countries were materials and funds are scarce.. interviews and footage focus on south america, africa and eastern europe.
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Actually, I've heard from those "in the know" that contributions from the poorer nations are actually higher than contributions from the richer ones. Counter-intuitive until you realize that most JWs in the richer counties are realtively poor. 3 generations of actively discouraging higher education have come home to roost.
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READ THIS - YOU'RE SO FUNNY
by jgnat inlook at meeee!
but you don't worry.
my ego is too flashy to check if you responded or not.
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LOL. jgnat you're pretty cool. :-)
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Your frst ever computer
by greendawn inwhat was the first ever computer that you owned?
no doubt some here had some of the earliest home computers that came out such as the commodore 64. .
i bought my first one relatively late in 1997, it had cpu 200 mhz mmx, 2.3gb hard disk, 64mb ram, 2mb graphics card, modem 36k.
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1986 -- apple IIe -- 128 KB of RAM. I was 8 years old.
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The Atheist's Book of Bible Stories - new - The Demon of Saskatchewan
by RunningMan inwell, i have once again put finger to keyboard and produced another article.
i have to say that i have never had as much fun with a subject as with this one.
you can really see the goofyness of religion under the demon microscope.
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The Smurf was so impressed that he began to study and today is serving as an elder in a congregation in Minnesota.
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and he is better known as Prince. :-)
(who is really short AND lives in Minnesota and is a JW)
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What did people know about conception 2000 years ago?
by Hellrider inthis is taken from a "new" scroll, discovered in the middle east in the 70s.
it is believed to be a dead sea scroll, or a scroll connected to the essenes.
it`s believed to be from the 1st century, and is referred to as "the angel scroll".
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well, didn't Onan get in trouble for "spilling his seed on the ground" (pulling out) because he didn't want to father a child. So obviously whoever fabricated Genesis knew this basic part of where babies came from.
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Armageddon bunker in Brooklyn bridge?
by silentWatcher intoo funny ... .
lol.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/us/03/21/coldwar.trove/index.html .
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too funny ...
lol.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/21/coldwar.trove/index.html
NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York workers have discovered a trove of Cold War-era supplies within the masonry of the Brooklyn Bridge, a cache meant to aid in survival efforts in the event ... Jehovah God brought an end to this wicked system of things.
okay, I WT-ed the quote; replace the contents after the ellipse with "of nuclear war." Of course, I'm sure this WAS NOT the Governing Body's bunker, since there was no miracle wheat or booze in the bunker. Curious for anyone "in the know", did /does Brooklyn have a bomb shelter for when the Big-A did start or did they "rely on jah for protection".
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A question on the Central Wisconsin Apostate Hotbed Activity!
by TooOpinionated inwell, i have to take my primo apostate hat off to all of you that have done the fine work in marshfield and neillsville.
now....being in nearby wisconsin rapids, i have a question.
we da'd, and everyone shuns us.
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Marshfield is like "Jehovah's Brothel!
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Thanks for the info about Madison. I was just curious, since I haven't seen any KHs in my travels around town.
Not interested in going to a KH in Madison, but Marshfield sounds kind of interesting! :-)
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