I know this is slightly off topic... but when the GB insure all their real estate, do you think they laugh or cry when they read the section about 'not being covered for "acts of god"'? I suspect the former.
I don't remember Jesus saying to his crew, "Come chaps dig deep, I need an assembly hall! What!? Do you expect me to give a sermon on a mount or something!? Bloody cheap skates!!!".
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Assembly Hall shakedown - Columbia SC
by sir82 infrom someone who attended:.
there was a big elders meeting in columbia sc on saturday june 9.. around 240 congregations, 2000+ elders.. the society wants to build a brand new assembly hall in columbia, sc, to handle the huge influx of jws moving to the us southeast from up north.. they expect to have it done in 34 months (finished by april 2010).
total cost estimated to be approximately $8 - 9 million.. they want to have the whole thing paid for by the time the building is done - no long term loans.. they "strongly suggested" that each of the 240 congregations commit to supporting "their share" of the expense.
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a little frustrated...(not in that way)
by sparrow ini forwarded the link to the uk jw donation site to my father a couple days ago as for me, it was christendom at its best - give me cash even when you don't have it.
he probably wouldn't be a jw if it wasn't for her and i am hesitant to say too much to him because of her.
she is a loyal (even though they had to get df'd to get married) .
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Hi Sparrow... sounds to me that your father isn't exactly as true believer! Which is good news.
Perhaps there's a better way of putting the problem to your father. There may not be a better organisation in his eyes, but there maybe 'other' organisations that would benefit more from his devotion, time and money. If he spent his time working for a charity, contributing to a charity and believing he could make a difference; surely more good would come from that?
Maybe if you took the lead you could involve him. Find a charity, humanist organisation, skills bank, etc.. etc.. and enjoy making a real difference in the world rather than 'waiting for an absent god'.
Whatever happens, good luck with it.
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I am stuck in a life I don't want and can't see the way out
by Orgull insome of you have encouraged me already in the week or so i've been here and i think you.. here's the situation.
i am single.
i am 34 years old.
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Do you get BlackAdder in Canada? Perhaps you could try to emulate Captain Blackadder's efforts to avoid 'going over the top' during the war... It's a simple plan; basically it involves putting two straws up your nose and wearing your pants on your head - perhaps accompanied by various chicken clucking noises. Not only will you be discouraged from attending meetings, you'll be pardoned (rather than shunned) on the basis that you've gone stark raving bonkers.
Obviously, if people realise you're "working your ticket" you're in trouble...
On a more serious note... I don't say this to be mean... but do not assume you have 'any' friends in the truth. You'll be amazed how your 'witness friends' turn out to be anything but 'friendly' once you're on the outside.
Basically, if you're going through anything like the same feelings as I did, you'll be feeling like you're about to step off a very large cliff. There's no safety rope, no parachute... and no obvious bottom to the pit. 14 years after stepping off, nothing's changed... but I've learned to enjoy the free fall!
Good luck...
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The irritating slant to almost everything negative I have seen on Witnesses
by free2beme inwhen i left the witnesses, a person from work gave me a video about the witnesses that his church uses.
i thought it would be interesting, so i set down and watched it.
what i found was another example of one church taking about another, to then counter with points that support their way of thinking.
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Hey bigmouth... yeah I used to jump to correct people when they said something dumb about the borg too. I never really understood why, I assume some lasting sense of loyality to the collective. It seems time has cured me though! Now I very rarely correct peoples view about the borg, after you "don't" for a while it becomes almost liberating.
Try even adding to the lies and exageration! It can be fun!
They say "Yeah, Jehovah's don't believe Christmas", you say "I know, mind you they aren't even allowed to watch TV!".
They say "Wow, Dubs aren't allowed blood transfusions", you say "Really? I think I heard they can't eat crisps/chips".
Perhps... "Don't Jehovah's have to knock on doors and stuff?", you say "Yep! If they don't shift 10 mags they're not allow sex for a week!" -
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anyone know any email addresses for the gb?
by JapanBoy inany info.......or has the wts foresworn any forms of digital communication?
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I always assumed it was all done with the holy spirit?
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Men, women and toilet seat etiquette
by Gregor ini've never quite understood the big deal about men leaving the toilet seat up but since i hear so much about it i try to comply.
i do have a pet peeve.
sometimes when i lift the seat there are obvious signs on the underside that a female has used it and not bothered to 'tidy up'.
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I'm glad to see that so many other chaps are equally annoyed about this as I!
With the last girlfriend she continually nagged me to "put the seat down you lazy git!"... I must confess it took me a while to get into the routine, but I got there in the end. You know just to keep her happy. But as usual there's no pleasing her, I simply just couldn't win. She then went on to complain the seat was covered in piss.
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JWs are gossip mongers
by unbrainwashed inonce i left the jw social scene and started hanging out with "worldly" people a lot more, i realized that these "worldly" people don't gossip nearly as much as the witnesses.. i didn't realize it at the time but now i can see how much of a gossip-based social structure it all was.
jws absolutely thrive on gossip.
has anyone else noticed this?
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My primary goal whilst on the platform, regardless of the drudgery... was to quietly fart just as I'd finished... just so I could enjoy watching the next speaker suffer - If it was someone I particularly disliked, I'd ensure I ate lots of cabbage for dinner before the meeting.
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Weird crop circle sighting...
by troubled mind inmy husbands cousin lives in a small rural area in illinois and over the weekend crop circles appeared in their soybean crop .
i just talked to his cousin , and she is beside herself from all the publicity .
she said the phone started ringing at 6am this morning .
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Oh guys... I think I had them convinced it was people with a plank! Then you go and spoil it all with that, clear pictures of Alien Crop Circles. Damn and Blast.
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Weird crop circle sighting...
by troubled mind inmy husbands cousin lives in a small rural area in illinois and over the weekend crop circles appeared in their soybean crop .
i just talked to his cousin , and she is beside herself from all the publicity .
she said the phone started ringing at 6am this morning .
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OMG... Come on... Why is it so hard to believe? We all like doodling complex patterns with a pen and paper. If you found a complicated doodle on a pad somewhere, you would go "Oh wow, what an amazing natural phenonomomnonon" (that's a big word).
The very complexity of the patterns should tell you that they are created by very clever talented pranksters! The ones you should be excited about are the boring rough hewn crappy ones, they at a stretch might have some natural explanation. The fact is, nowadays, the pranksters have to create bigger and better patterns, otherwise nowone will care about their little creation.
What's all this about 'no clues' or being observed. They often leave clues... big clues... they're often even caught and prosecuted! But I suppose a believer would just ignore that fact, saying "the rest are true CC" because no one was caught doing those?
"Perfect designs"??? What's perfect about them? They quite simply are not perfect, in any way... how can they be... the medium is bent over grass? How can it been 'Perfect'? I mean, if in a crop cirle - every piece of grass bent at precisely say 10mm from a preset above sea level point; etc... perhaps you could call that perfection?
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You Are 86% Evil Clearly some people have been fibbing on the test... THAT'S PRETTY DAMNED EVIL.