Posts by baltar447

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Mrs Cedars and I try an interesting diet...

by cedars in

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i guess no matter what country you live in, the costs of food and everything are going up.

it's certainly no different where mrs cedars and i live, and we're noticing a huge increase on our monthly spending for basic commodities - especially food and drink.. normally when we go shopping i tend to stock up on drinks - mostly beer, wine, and fizzy drinks like coke, fanta or sprite.

i tend to be quite picky with my fizzy drinks, and i can't really tolerate cheap "store brand" imitations.

baltar447

We used to mix vodka and soda, but we've switched to club soda and a little juice instead.

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'Forget You'--A song to the WT

by sd-7 in

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yes, i know cee lo green said that other thing, but...#3, in the posting guidelines.

i had to edit it!

cue the music.... i say the.

baltar447

You know I am gonna sing this with the uncencored version

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My take on current direction of WTBS

by Cagefighter in

after keeping up with the changes and new practices of the "org" one thing seems clear to me: the wtbs is looking at getting out of the religion business.

it seems running a worldwide religious organization is becoming too much of a legal liability especially when relying on uneducated and poorly trained men to run said organization.

look at the quagmire, the catholic church suffered with the child abuse scandal and this was a much larger and educated group of people.. that being said, i see the wtbs retreating back from being the head of the religion and moving back towards simply being a publishing company.

baltar447

I doubt the GB could stomach giving up ANY control. They'd see it burned to the ground before that happened.

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The Decline of Elders and Ministerial Servants

by Londo111 in

i seem to remember somebody saying that since the 90's the number of elders has declined from 90000 to 60000. does anybody have any hard figures regarding this?.

the organization is desperate for "qualified" men.

but their standards are much too high, especially the monthly field service hour requirements tagged on to endless meetings and congregational busywork.

baltar447

Wow Jamir. That is nutty that they still keep you as an MS. They must be desperate.

Sorry to hear about your relationship issues. I'll comment on that, the best thing you both can do is work on rebuilding your relationship together and not letting others interfere. Even if you guys(or she) have slip ups, don't involve the borg. It's your private business. You'll probably find that alot of the reason for the relationship issues are borg related. Even if they aren't, getting out of it and working together as true partners and friends without any interference is the best thing you can do.

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Watchtower honors Jehovah's Witness Elders responsible for Candice Conti and Menlo Park Fiascos

by Balaamsass in

this weekend was the convention for the southern san francisco bay area.

it was held at the santa clara convention center in the silicon valley http://www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter/ which is an improvement over the old s.f.

cow palace which is still used..just not as much.

baltar447

LV, unless it's been documented it's just rumor. Unfortunately the media doesn't care too much about this silly sect/cult. The court case and millions of $$ award has come and gone for the media.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-02-2012 WT Study (TRUE FREEDOM)

by blondie in

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true freedom.

law that belongs to.

what is true freedom?

baltar447

Freedom=Slavery

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Watchtower honors Jehovah's Witness Elders responsible for Candice Conti and Menlo Park Fiascos

by Balaamsass in

this weekend was the convention for the southern san francisco bay area.

it was held at the santa clara convention center in the silicon valley http://www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter/ which is an improvement over the old s.f.

cow palace which is still used..just not as much.

baltar447

GuitarGuy302, there is NO end to their madness unfortunately. One major reason I'm outta there!

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Watchtower honors Jehovah's Witness Elders responsible for Candice Conti and Menlo Park Fiascos

by Balaamsass in

this weekend was the convention for the southern san francisco bay area.

it was held at the santa clara convention center in the silicon valley http://www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter/ which is an improvement over the old s.f.

cow palace which is still used..just not as much.

baltar447

What exactly is this "strong message"? Other than these elders are on an assembly program? Can you Provide specifics like a direct quote? I feel like we are not hearing the whole thing.

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