Posts by ackack

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Entertaining brain teaser! (Petals on the Rose)
by ackack in
1. social
2. entertainment
just an interesting brain teaser i came across.

took me about half an hour to solve.

i feel kinda dumb.. petals on the rose.
ackack

Just an interesting brain teaser I came across. Took me about half an hour to solve. I feel kinda dumb.
Petals on the Rose
There is an interesting story about Bill Gates and how he solved it .. BillG is a silly silly man.
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Anybody just plain get fed up and DA?
by toby888 in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm sick and tired and i just can't take it anymore.

i think i can "be all i can be" by joining the world and thinking about da pretty soon.

slow fade may not really work for me.
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I up and DA'ed myself. I realize in doing so I was playing by "their rules" but I was seeking some closure and detachment.
I got what I wanted. My parents haven't spoken to me since. Did it "work out"? I guess so. (within the parameters of what I expected
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is the watchtower observer site still around?
by johnny cip in
1. jw
2. friends
is the watchtower observer sitll around ?

kent steilberg?

john
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I would be happy to host observer.
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Long way to travel to "service"
by gladdy in
1. jw
2. friends
arwen had a visit from a long time jw friend who now lives in the west coast.

she showed her all the info about the united nations and wt, etc.

and told her all that has happened in the past few months.
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I remember once a number 3 talk given in my cong, where it was a householder vs these two somewhat crazy scottish sisters. (A mother daughter team. If one was on the platform, the other one would be. So 3 and 4 talks could turn into a threesome)
This talk dealt with apostate material. At the end of the talk, the sister used OVEN MITTS and a PAIR OF METAL TONGS to toss it in the TRASH CAN. A very funny moment.
As Dumbeldore says, fear the name increases fear in the thing itself. (or soemthing like that). I like Dumbeldore had been one of my elders. :)
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kwintestal == birthday boy.
by ackack in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm jealous.

he's gonna get all the attention.

way to go kwin!
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I'm jealous. He's gonna get all the attention. :(
way to go kwin! congrats! 27.. woohoo!
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"Jehovah saves groups not individuals"
by Rayvin in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is what my dad told me .

i mentioned how i didn't want to attend a congregation where people were claiming to do good works in the name of god and knowing that they were doing opposite.

he says " well, when the last days come.. when ever that is... jehovah saves groups not individuals" well what we're in the wrong group dad?
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Haha Leolaia, well put.
I've always wondered about the awkwardness of that conversation between the two sisters.
Sis One: So, I guess we wanna have kids, and the men around here sure are scum!
Sis Two: Boy, you got *that* right!
Sis One: So, you wanna get Dad drunk and do him?
Sis Two: Sounds like a plan.
I just can't picture this for some reason. :)
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"Jehovah saves groups not individuals"
by Rayvin in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is what my dad told me .

i mentioned how i didn't want to attend a congregation where people were claiming to do good works in the name of god and knowing that they were doing opposite.

he says " well, when the last days come.. when ever that is... jehovah saves groups not individuals" well what we're in the wrong group dad?
ackack

I sorta thought the whole theme of the destruction of S&G was that God saves individuals, not groups. Did I miss something there?
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Meat on fridays & hypocrisy
by ackack in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was reading some older watchtower articles on the catholics and meat on fridays.

i only have a couple of quotes here.. tell me, he asked, how can i have confidence in anything?

how can i believe in the bible, in god, or have faith?
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Helpful? please do tell how.
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Meat on fridays & hypocrisy
by ackack in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was reading some older watchtower articles on the catholics and meat on fridays.

i only have a couple of quotes here.. tell me, he asked, how can i have confidence in anything?

how can i believe in the bible, in god, or have faith?
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Thanks tallp. You're cool.
This is just so nutty. I don't think I've ever read anything as nutty in WT before. But I guess before 1975 ANYTHING goes! HOOWOO! Denigrate other religious, it don't matter!
Reminds me of someone trashing their car because they're getting a new one tomorrow. Whoops. They didn't get the new car.
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Meat on fridays & hypocrisy
by ackack in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was reading some older watchtower articles on the catholics and meat on fridays.

i only have a couple of quotes here.. tell me, he asked, how can i have confidence in anything?

how can i believe in the bible, in god, or have faith?
ackack

I was reading some older watchtower articles on the Catholics and meat on fridays. I only have a couple of quotes here.
“Tell me,” he asked, “how can I have confidence in anything? How can I believe in the Bible, in God, or have faith? Just ten years ago we Catholics had the absolute truth, we put all our faith in this. Now the pope and our priests are telling us this is not the way to believe any more, but we are to believe ‘new things.’ How do I know the ‘new things’ will be the truth in five years?”
But whatever the reasons for the revision, this change in the confessional is serving further to shatter the confidence of many Catholics in their church. Within just recent memory revered “saints” have been dropped, the Mass has been altered, meat can be eaten on Friday, and now this change. Catholics may well be wondering: What next?
Can anyone place these quotes? Can anyone provide a full list of funny things said about this whole meat on fridays issue? Thanks! :)
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