Posts by wozadummy

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PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME A NEW FRIEND

by schne_belly in

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calico ethel.... one of my best friends!!!

glad you joined us!!!

now you can see for yourself why i talk about jwd and all the sweet people on here!

Anyone watch a series called "Surface" on NBC?

by free2beme in

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last season this series came out that i really did not think much of, from the previews, and then i started watching it and i never missed one.

it was called surface, and it was about this group of people who came together through a common story line, to bring about the truth about an possible new life form that was coming out of the sea.

it was sci-fi all the way, and reminded me of close encounters of the third kind at time, and a little bit of the abyss.

Nothing important.

by skyking in

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friends

blinders have many uses for people, religious, political... but no matter the type of blinders, blinders are dangerous.

different people have different ideas, they are not stupid or dumb if their ideas happen to be different than yours.

hurtful words can be as damaging, as damaging as a person with blinders on.

wozadummy

Aw come on ,they can't be that bad , there here are'nt they not on the governing body at least?

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Did You Ever "Tell Off" An Elder or Circuit Overseer?

by minimus in

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i know of very few that would "dare" tell off a co but elders were different.

having been an elder for many years, it was very easy to go back and forth with a fellow elder and basically tell him he was dumb.

wozadummy

Glad to see I'm not alone in speaking up.

Once called to be disciplined over interfering in a committee matter and ended up exposing one elder as a major liar and told another one there that the watchtower he pushed in my face did'nt apply in this case - and it did'nt!

Another time I made a comment to an Elder whilst visiting him at home about his copy of the book of Mormon on his bookshelf. I was a mormon before and asked him whether he thought there was a difference between having books on satanism and having the book of mormon as the society says they are satan works.

Well he did,nt say too much to me but he did to the CO who was staying at his house for the CO visit. The CO called me up and asked me to come around and proceeded to lecture me on letting people read what they will because of their conscience! Well I answered forcefully that I was under the impression that it would be unwise to read the writings of those opposed to the "truth" ,and he said that they have the book of mormon at bethel so I proceeded to tell him that this was wrong ,even hypocritical to tell us not to read apostate material and then have it on the shelf themselves! When I look back there were many things I put back in my mind but in time it all came back and motivated me to question everything the society teaches.

That CO ended up leaving the society

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Changes at NY Bethel

by architect in

last dec 2005, the ny bethel gave talks indicating that they had to downsize (word is mine) due to "improved technology" and that as a result of this simplification some bethel family members would be invited to serve in the united states field in various assignments at various congregations where the excellent training they have recieved at bethel could be put to use and contribute much to the preaching and disciple making work.. what do you make of this?.

i wonder how they would determine who stays or goes?.

are there any former bethel members out there who can comment on rather this would be an easy transistion for those who have to leave?.

wozadummy

Sir82

Stuff him I say ,he did'nt give a rats butt about you when he was there massaging his contemptable ego, he's only ringing you to give him a leg up and he probably is ringing others too looking for the easy way.

Again stuff him

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"Kingdom Hall Quickbuilds are only possible with God's Holy Spirit"

by under_believer in

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this is what you hear every time there's a part on the kingdom hall construction program.

they're only possible because god's holy spirit blesses the work.

otherwise, what is accomplished would be physically impossible.

wozadummy

sorry i vented so dramatically

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"Kingdom Hall Quickbuilds are only possible with God's Holy Spirit"

by under_believer in

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this is what you hear every time there's a part on the kingdom hall construction program.

they're only possible because god's holy spirit blesses the work.

otherwise, what is accomplished would be physically impossible.

wozadummy

I'm busting to say something here!

My father-in-law was brought to his elders for molestation over twelve years ago ....naturally pleaded innocent....and in the meantime the elders let him do building work on his hall in that time!! Where's the holy spirit here! Same elders there who naturally keep it secret that he is a scum pedophile.

Also years ago a local elder "donated" land for the local KH and was involved in it's building ,turns out he molested his daughter too !!

I don't swear usually but this hypocrisy and spiritual blindness gives me the shits,and I hate the orgs guts.

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Crocodile Hunter - Steve Irwin - DEAD!!!

by misspeaches in

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html.

crocodile hunter steve irwin dead.

september 04, 2006 02:14pm.

wozadummy

It's a funny world is'nt it , when on one hand this guy shows the world some amazing animals and how he handles them all the time even when they probably don't want it ,and yet here in Australia the other conservationist people are banned from getting within too many metres of whales in our oceans for fear of upsetting them! Whose got the right values?

It's sad to hear of anyone dying such a death ,but maybe it's a good time to reflect on how the world views everything on this planet.

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Aussies/Canadians of JWD most laid back~

by FlyingHighNow in

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i was thinking today, i've been here at jwd for nearly three years now.

i've observed that our aussie members are the most laid back members on the board here.they don't take their country, their politics or anything too seriously really.

people who are from europe tend to be more laid back than the brits and americans.

wozadummy

Canadians are just Americans with a more finely tuned accent but with a better world understanding!

Ian

Jeez Ian you like to live dangerously ,maybe that's why you people are so uptight

Steve of the the barely awake kind

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Aussies/Canadians of JWD most laid back~

by FlyingHighNow in

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i was thinking today, i've been here at jwd for nearly three years now.

i've observed that our aussie members are the most laid back members on the board here.they don't take their country, their politics or anything too seriously really.

people who are from europe tend to be more laid back than the brits and americans.

wozadummy

We're so laid baaaack here that our Prime minister can't find the motivation or energy to pull his head out of Bush's arse!

But my daughter in law is American and she's pretty laid back and she loves it here. I guess the intensity of life in some states and cities in America must have driven people to different thinking and outlook .

I sometimes watch the US cop shows,and there is proliferation of them here on TV, and wonder if all there is to America is New York,Las Vegas, Seattle and of course LA and all that hype and tension, but then my daughter in laws sister who lives in New York city seemed pretty cool when she stayed here.