last night i was surfing the net when i came upon this beautiful quote.
i thought that everyone here would get it.
those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation---------Thoreau
Life is like licking honey off a thorn---------------(?)-Mark Twain
What is the answer to life and everything?---------42!----------Restaurant at the end of the Universe (maybe you didn't ask the right question)
the puppy wolf thought about the fence, and how he'd never been on the.
the farmer heard his.
he puppy you raised.
assholes!
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does anyone know if the watchtower has ever claimed to be inspired?
i know that they claim to be directed by holy spirit, which means the same as being inspired, but have they ever used the word inspired?
You guys are unbelievable! Atlantis that was a great post and the research was the best.
The WTS is in trouble with this group watching them.
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i heard first hand from an elder that they are makin shpeherding calls using certain pages of the keep on the watch!
brochure, at the direction of the society.. i can't remember the page numbers, but the article is about our priorities and having a sense of urgency in the times we live in.. as this is coming from the society, do you think they are worried, what with their 1.3% increase for 2005 service year?.
i mean, this is 2006 after all, not 1998 - the society have given jw's nothing to hope for anymore, no sense of the impending doom of babylon the great.
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i will tell you why i think that you didn't get picked later.
Sounds like Low Key is not a redneck, just maybe a pink neck.
this is probobly a long shot & i doubt it`s happened but does anyone know if any circuit overseers or district overseers have ever left.
if so, in what circumstances?
I can't add any actual account of a CO or DO leaving but I did hear a rumor in the early 80's:
The rumor was that Dennis Trumbore, a DO and KM School instructor in Chicago (he was my instructor in 1972) developed some serious doubts about the Org and the GB brought him into Brooklyn and worked with him for several months to assuage his concerns.
Reportedly he "recovered" and stayed with the borg.
I saw him at a Chicago Dist. Convention in the mid 90's and he seemed a different person.
Anyone know anything about him?
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i heard first hand from an elder that they are makin shpeherding calls using certain pages of the keep on the watch!
brochure, at the direction of the society.. i can't remember the page numbers, but the article is about our priorities and having a sense of urgency in the times we live in.. as this is coming from the society, do you think they are worried, what with their 1.3% increase for 2005 service year?.
i mean, this is 2006 after all, not 1998 - the society have given jw's nothing to hope for anymore, no sense of the impending doom of babylon the great.
I quit going to the BS meeting (no pun intended) last May when we were studying the "Keep on the Watch" brochure. I was stunned with the chapter that discussed 'warnings' that people shoul pay heed to.
The mentioned, earthquakes, tornados and interestingly NEVER did mention ANY THING specifically for us to watch for, just simply, Keep on the Watch! It was amazing, go back and read it, it will blow your mind. Absolutely not a word about the UN, Scarlet WB, or the end of the system, just Keep on the Watch.
I'm proud to say it was my last bookstudy, forever with the WTS.
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i just got a bit nostalgic when i see an old nwt that i have that still has the old 4 page sheet that compares the nwt to other translations.
the one that i always remembered was the kj version using the word "shambles" and the nwt using the words "meat market.
i guess i am showing my age here (late 40's).
How about the comparison to the AS in Isaiah 14:23----"Besom of destruction" NWT--"Broom of annihilation"
1. moultrie georgia, my dad helped build the town's first kingdom hall.. 2. ft. walton beach, told ken rogers i wanted to marry his daughter melanie.
3. pensacola, always ticked off that i had to go to meeting when lost in space was coming on.
4. jesup, ga, tiny little white block bldg, had to pass speaker to go to the bathroom, i was only witness kid in the town.
IP-Sec
Uvalde, TX!!!
We lived east of you guys for 10 years or so, and went to Garner State Park occaisonally. Beautiful place.
Had an elder friend in Onion Creek, Austin, that was going to move to Uvalde. Last name was Antu. My folks lived in Del Rio for 10 years or so in the 80's and 90's.
We lived in Luling, Austin and San Marcos, from 89 to 2000.
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http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2005/3/22/article_01.htm
clearly they are god's organization
You shouldn't make fun of their efforts to keep the Good News of the Kingdom so prominent in our lives.
(Probably was an article to fulfill some agreement with Hershey)
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