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  Which meetings did you hate the most?

  by JH in

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  out of the 5 weekly meetings, here are the ones i hated the most.. in order.

  1. theocratic ministry school ( i hated speaking in public) got me so nervous.. 2. service meeting ( too much crap and statistics and presentations).

  3. the book study ( just a waist of time ).

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  DannyBloem

  From top, hated most, to well less annoying

  1) Watchtower study. Boring as hell, takes always longer then 1 hour. Had a congregation where the talks were mostly only 40 miniuts, still the conductor, knew how to make the WT study end 10-15 minutes late. That is more then 1 1/2 hour for a few simple paragraphs.

  2) service meeting. Never anything to do. It did not help it was the second meeting also.

  3) bookstudy. Well, you had to answer or you were appointed. But anyway, there was room for soem jokes and fun, sometimes.

  4) public talk. it depended the speaker. But sometimes the time went quicker to make a list of stupid things he said.

  5) theocratic ministry school. much more time spend preparing, then the elders who did the service meeting. More refreshing because sisters had parts.

  When I did the TMS and a BS, these were the most interesting, went the quickest, because you had to participate.
  Liked to give comments on the talks by the brothers and sisters
  hated the preparation though. hated it more when you as conductor was the only one who did not prepare

  Danny
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  WHAT DID YOU THINK OF APOSTATES ?????????+

  by vitty in

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  when you were still in the org, did you ever wonder what the apostates were saying?

  the society would just say lies and half truths.i always assumed it was about the trinity, and other religious stuff.

  i thought they were exjws who had become born agains !.

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  First of all I thought the term apostates only mean those who tried to stop us from preaching and tried to get us out of the organisation by providing us lies. (ex jw's but also other opposers)

  I did not know many actually. I knew some df-ed persons, butthey all were always comming back or trying to come back. Some people had faded and did all things that were wrong, but were quite innocent for people in the 'truth'.

  The only time I saw some people with banners near a convention, they had bible text written on them. I looked up the text at the convention, but it did not make much sense. It were things like joh 3:16 or so. Not really things that make you think.

  All things, the UN scandal, the 607 issue, and many other scandals I only learned since I came to this board. But before this I had alerady decided on logical grounds that it was not the truth.

  Danny
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  Ever go to a meeting DRUNK?

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  a few years ago i was living with a buddy of mine here in downtown calgary.

  we were both inactive dubs but still half - assed on the fence.

  one night i came home from work and there was a slew of beer bottles all over the living room, and my buddy slouching on the couch in his suit and tie, beer in hand.

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  DannyBloem

  
  Well,

  One of the first times I was drunk, was when I was still schooling, and living with my parents. Me and another brother went to a late saturday night party that was organised by some studen girls. We both did drink really to much, so much that he could not drive back home but had one of the others who had no car drive us back.
  On the drive home I trew up in his car, and on my clothes.

  It was already late when going home. After coming home I did not want to show to my parents that I had been drinking, and my dirty clothes would surely give me away. So I decided you wash myself and my clothes in the high fountain, in the middle of the plaza, close to our house. A lot of people must have seen me, doing this probably, but I was too intoxicated to think very logically.

  Of course the clothes had to try, and it took longer then expected. After throwing up in the fountain again, and waiting a long time, the clothes were still not really dry, but it was getting more light, the dawn was breakin, so I headed home and sneaked into the house.
  
  Not to long after this we start preparing to go to the meeting, and I did not want my parents to notice, so I dressed for the meeting and went. I think my parents must have known something in retrospect.
  Anyway I was still not feeling very clear, and there I was in the meeting, so was the other brother I came with the last day. We smiled at each other ad I never brought up the subject about what state his car must have been in.

  I don't think anybody in the hall noticed, even though me and my buddy had to use the bathroom, more frequently then normal.

  Danny
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  Anthropic Principal Debunks Naturalism

  by Shining One in

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  the anthropic principle .

  by dr. norman geisler .

  the anthropic principle (greek: anthropos, "human being") states that the universe was fitted from the very first moment of its existence for the emergence of life in general and human life in particular.

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  DannyBloem

  
  Shiny,

  Some of the arguments given in your first post are true,

  many of the so called facts are just not true,

  some are true, but follow logically from each other. a=b, b=c, what a coincidence that a=c ....

  But you are probably not willing to discuss this, and just run away, so what use would it have to explain all those points to you....

  Danny
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  General Quotes we like.

  by Rayvin in

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  the proverb warns that 'you should not bite the hand that feeds you.

  ' but maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.. .

  -thomas szasz

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  "Your Honor, I will show first, that my client never borrowed the Ming vase from the plaintiff; second, that he returned the vase in perfect condition; and third, that the crack was already present when he borrowed it."
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  What's your posting routine?

  by sonnyboy in

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  do you first check your post history and respond to former posts, or do you simply read the active topics and go from there?.

  i always feel guilty if i don't respond to a question or comment from the previous day, but i've been posting so much lately that it'll take too much time to go through my post history.

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  DannyBloem

  it would be a nice idea if you could sort the post history to the date last modified.
  (or can you that I am nor aware of?)
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  Are you ready for this week's book study?

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  something to think about for this week's book study:.

  it's found on page 57.. now look at paragraph 24; the last two sentences read:.

  "like the roman empire, it (the anglo-american alliance) has proved to be "strong as iron", exercising ironlike authority.

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  DannyBloem

  "Like the Roman Empire, it (the Anglo-American alliance) has proved to be "strong as iron", exercising ironlike authority. The iron legs of the dream image thus include both the Roman Empire and the Anglo-American dual world power."

  he he,

  maybe I will raise it in the comming bookstudy. But I know already the answer.
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  Which bible quotes did you hate most?

  by DannyBloem in

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  probably we all had bible quotes (mostly out of context) used against us.. .

  which of these quotes did you have most?.

  of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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  DannyBloem

  EF,

  Deut 25:11-12 Should a wife, in defense of her husband, accidentally grab the privates of the man her husband is fighting with, her hand must be cut off. "Thine eye must show no pity"
  
  
  Duet. 23:1 If a man's private parts have been crushed or cut off, [a] he cannot fully belong to the LORD's people.

  yes there are many 'gems' in deut. It is a stupid woman unfriendly book, to put it very mildly.
  A book normal for it's time, the only problem is that people still use it today....

  p.s. i did mean more that were used agains us personally. hmm, well I hope these quoted were not used against you.....

  Danny
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  Which bible quotes did you hate most?

  by DannyBloem in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably we all had bible quotes (mostly out of context) used against us.. .

  which of these quotes did you have most?.

  of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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  DannyBloem

  Probably we all had bible quotes (mostly out of context) used against us.
  

  Which of these quotes did you have most?

  For me:
  Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. (Used when i studied, etc, etc)

  Danny
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  Do all Kingdom Halls have the same meeting schedules?

  by hubert in

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  2. beliefs

  do all kingdom halls have the same schedule as far as times and dates go?

  i would like to have a list of all meetings that the j.w.

  's have every month, especially for new bible study people.. like, do they go to thursday night meetings, service meetings, sunday services, etc.?.

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  DannyBloem

  
  times and weekdays vary.
  It depend on the culture of teh country.

  Some congregations have to share the kingdom hall (sometimes with 3 congregations), so it is nessesary for them to have the meeting on different times.

  Most of the meetings are quite boring.