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  I had a discussion with a JW sister today about miscarriage and the new WT

  by BonaFide in

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  so this morning was the public talk and wt study.

  after, we did our usual and went to eat.

  the group was mixed ages.

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  daniel-p

  Its great whenever the Society basically says "we don't know" when they choose to speculate about the Bible. It's feigned humility, really. Because they WISH they could give an answer.

  If you had all the bound volumes collected together in one room, you could remove 90% of them and that would be all the speculation--all the attempts to fill in the gaps with what the Bible DOESN'T say.

  If there's one thing I'd like to say to the Society as a whole, it's this: "Just shut the FUCK UP about what you think the Bible really says, because when it comes down to it, you DON"T KNOW CRAP now, do you? Just SHUT UP and keep your trap shut and stop dicking around with people's hopes and dreams. You have no right to expound, interpret, or speculate on the Bible or any other matter."
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  JWs and DC discussed on "The View"

  by cabasilas in

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  i don't know if this has been mentioned here yet.

  i apologize if it has but i haven't seen it here.. jws and the latest district convention ("keep on the watch") was recently mentioned on "the view.

  " one of the commentators is a former jw:.

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  daniel-p

  Even with them talking about JWs, I can't listen to that cackling gaggle.
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  I just heard of more organizational changes...........

  by awildflower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a good friend of mine e-maild me today with this information.

  aparently brother hurd says as of 2010 all the magazine printing and distribution will be moved to canada.

  the only printing the us will do is the books.

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  regardless of the benefits of leaving NY, I don't think they would take the risk of moving out of the US....at least for the time being the US still has the biggest bang for the buck.

  And I don't think it would be cost effective to move every Bethelite up there, divest of their properties down here, just to have to expand up there, all for the health care. There are just too many variables in the mix.
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  I just heard of more organizational changes...........

  by awildflower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a good friend of mine e-maild me today with this information.

  aparently brother hurd says as of 2010 all the magazine printing and distribution will be moved to canada.

  the only printing the us will do is the books.

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  Of course, the above isn't consistent with the theory that they will be moving printing to Canada for the health care. For this to be, in fact, the reason, wouldn't it make sense to move ALL Bethel operations to Canada? In that case, Wallkill, Brooklyn, and Patterson would have to be shut down. And that doesn't sound realistic.
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  I just heard of more organizational changes...........

  by awildflower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a good friend of mine e-maild me today with this information.

  aparently brother hurd says as of 2010 all the magazine printing and distribution will be moved to canada.

  the only printing the us will do is the books.

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  daniel-p

  Here's a thought:

  We know they're moving out of Brooklyn. Patterson is maxed out... they wouldn't be able to move all the white-collars from Brooklyn to Patterson without significant expansion. However, if they move all the printing to Wallkill, and lay off a few hundred more people at Wallkill and Brooklyn, they could move the remaining Brooklyn Bethelites to Wallkill. Then Wallkill would become the main complex for HQ, except the printing would be moved to Canada. That would enable them to keep Wallkill, and not have to build somewhere else for all the Brooklyn folks. THere would be a lot of buildings and facilities that would no longer be needed (printing room, packing, warehouses, etc.), but for the most part the Wallkill complex could live on as worldwide HQ.
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  how hard is it to move on?...lose everyone?...start new???

  by oompa in

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  i have already lost nearly all my friends....maybe just a handful will even be social........but i so hate to lose my mom and dad and my jw son.....one is df......so he still shows that he loves me.....but damm........i so hate to lose the little bit of fam i have left.......is that normal?......stupid question.....i guess i know from my time here....i so hate these guys that can take them away.....oompa.

  i know a bunch of you have done it.....just please help me through it...........

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  daniel-p

  It's as easy or hard as you want it to be. How much are you willing to lose?
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  COULD NOAH READ AND WRITE?

  by badboy in

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  the vinca script dates from 3,500bc,.. if he could,i wonder what script he used.

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  daniel-p

  badboy is a brand.
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  COULD NOAH READ AND WRITE?

  by badboy in

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  the vinca script dates from 3,500bc,.. if he could,i wonder what script he used.

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  daniel-p

  IF HE DID, I'M SURE HE WROTE IN ALL CAPS.
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  Update from Open Mind.

  by Open mind in

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  i don't get much chance to post on jwd, err, jwn anymore thanks to a major tightening of web policies where i work.. .

  this place was a lifesaver for me.

  i owe simon and the heavy-lifter posters of yore an enormous debt.. .

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  daniel-p

  Thanks for the update OM. I miss your posts around here.
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  Does God Hear Your Prayers?

  by daniel-p in

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  many of us have axed ourselves, "does god hear my prayers?

  " the simple answer is... no, he does not.

  jehovah god is approximately 440 light years away from earth.

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  daniel-p

  Does no one get my humor? BLARG!!!