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  Anybody ever see anyone put money in those cardboard boxes?

  by wordlywife in

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  i actually saw two people put money in at last weekend's convention.

  i saw a boy who put in 5 bucks, and my husband, who put in a twenty!!

  ugh!.

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  Lilycurly

  I remember very well the frustration I felt when I saw my father drop a twenty or two in those box. Especially since I knew very well we needed those bucks more then the big shots up there. He always fell for the "please donate generously with your heart" speaks and of course the nice smiling sisters sitting next to the box helped.

  Just knowing he still regularly wastes money like that makes me mad, so I'll just not think about it. My bet is it gives him a nice warm feeling of generosity and accomplishement when he does so. I never found the heart to put even a buck in there.
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  Cave men?

  by Lilycurly in

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  i'd love to know how jws explain the discovery of 6000+ year old remnants of cavemen?

  i mean, they can explain dinosaurs, but what to they say about the prehistoric men?

  i'd ask my jw father, but i want to be prepared first....

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  Yes Legolas.:P I do know my hobbits, being a HUGE fan of Lord of the Rings. I just thought that poster was talking about the "hobbit" skeleton they found a few months back.

  Lily- Pippin Took's number one fan!
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  "This just can't last much longer...."

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  i went over and visited my parents today.

  my mom broke her hip while we were in hawaii, and i've been mostly house/bed ridden myself since we got home.

  so i finally got over there today.. we talked a little about the hurricane, which was on the news she turned off.

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  Lilycurly

  People have been pointing out the atrocities of their time since forever and told that phrase again and again. Where is it that I read that the people living in years previous to 1000 A.C. were certain that the year 1000 would see the end of times. They were convinced because of the evidence they saw around them, natural disasters, violence, horrible diseases that killed large parts of the population. Today makes no exception...people who can't take reality need to beleive in something better, I guess.
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  Wanna be an elder? This book will get you your stripes in 6 months!

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  wanna be an elder?

  this book will get you your stripes in 6 months!.

  from publisher to elder in six months (click for details and ordering info) .

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  Lilycurly

  Lol! I sometimes have difficulty to identify sarcasm...those reviews and comments on the site, are they actual comments from actual elder wannabes?lol
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  Is being a Witness really so bad? Is religion bad in general?

  by jwfacts in

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  i have no intention of ever being a witness again, but when i look at my family i wonder if they are better living in the ignorance they call spiritual paradise.

  many people seem to have a need for religion.

  is it better if they remain as they are?

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  Lilycurly

  My father keeps saying how the JWs made him a better man, and that he could have gotten worst if he would have stayed "in the world". And it might be true. I truly don't give a damn if he chose to stay a JW, what I don't like is his trying to scare and guilt my little brother into it. Very "lovingly" of course, but I still call it guilt-tripping when it's to that point. It also makes me worried that if ever one of my brothers should need blood, he would pick up a fight so they don't have it.

  Some religions can be inoffensive and constructive and a brotherly-buddy community to some people like my dad, but that's when nothing bad happens, all hells can break loose at one point or another.
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  Cave men?

  by Lilycurly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd love to know how jws explain the discovery of 6000+ year old remnants of cavemen?

  i mean, they can explain dinosaurs, but what to they say about the prehistoric men?

  i'd ask my jw father, but i want to be prepared first....

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  Lilycurly

  Hobbits!? lol Oh! Do you mean that very small human-looking one they found? I loved that news.:P

  As for the dating error and mistakes...a few hundreds years wrong, I could beleive, but from what I've seen they found bones WAY older then 6000 years....is a million exagerated?

  The WHY would they need to live in caves is also a good point, thanks! But I've learn from talking to my dad, that everything unexplainable, they will just gloss over with the simple classic phrase " We will understand in time".
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  Cave men?

  by Lilycurly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd love to know how jws explain the discovery of 6000+ year old remnants of cavemen?

  i mean, they can explain dinosaurs, but what to they say about the prehistoric men?

  i'd ask my jw father, but i want to be prepared first....

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  So they really do beleive that those found with tools and all are not as old as the scientists say they are? That's just putting your head in the sand, imo, how can they contradict what specialist say without any proof of the contrary? If my dad tries to tell me that, I'll just look at him with disbeleif written all over my face, mouth hanging and all, and say "whaaat?!"

  That's kind of pathetic, I thought they would have thought a better argument against them. Defd, any opinion?
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  Cave men?

  by Lilycurly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd love to know how jws explain the discovery of 6000+ year old remnants of cavemen?

  i mean, they can explain dinosaurs, but what to they say about the prehistoric men?

  i'd ask my jw father, but i want to be prepared first....

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  Lilycurly

  I'd love to know how JWs explain the discovery of 6000+ year old remnants of cavemen? I mean, they can explain dinosaurs, but what to they say about the prehistoric men? I'd ask my JW father, but I want to be prepared first....
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  Will the WTBS ever relax the current clothing/dress/grooming standards?

  by Utopian Reformist in

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  as numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the wtbs may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?

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  please share your opinions of why/why not.

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  Lilycurly

  Spaghetti straps are frowned upon? Wow! There were so many young sisters wearing them over here, and it's not because of hot weather either, I'm in Canada! They would parade around in form-fitting spaghetti strap tank-tops and short skirts. (Those were usually the ones dying to get married.lol)
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  The 3rd return visit.............

  by vitty in

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  this got me thinking when i read another post "not knocking".

  we could count the 3rd and subsequent return visits, a bible study, if you read a scripture.

  these were called door stop studies.

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  Lilycurly

  Yes, it was very common over here, probably still is. Never managed to do it once though. I thought it was a pretty lame thing to count it as a study. But you know...it does look good on a report.;P