Posts by sparky1

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Has Your Political Views Affected Your Buying Habits or Entertainment?

by minimus in

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will you avoid nike or tend to not buy apparel because of their support of colin kap?

would you stop doing business with anyone simply because you disagree with their politics?

in california, in and out burger, democrats were being told not to support the chain because they donated to republicans.. will politics affect your spending habits?.

sparky1

"Will politics affect your spending habits?"

NO.

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2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP

by Not_Culty in

sept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.

sparky1

"I never went past the 10th grade and look at me. I'm on the Writing Committee!"

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2018/19 new light

by Ray Frankz in

hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.

today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.

they say people in warwick were commenting on this.

sparky1

I guess I'll never be one of the anointed.I got 'defiled' last night and last Friday night and last Wednesday night and last Monday night.....................

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How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

by Sour Grapes in

a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

sparky1

I was a Bethelite in the mid 70's and travelled down to Baltimore one summer weekend for a John Denver concert. He NEVER said any such thing at the concert I attended. The Witness rumor mill is filled with ignorance and malicious lies.

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District Assemblies now being held at Circuit Assembly locations?

by ShirleyW in

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i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.

i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.

why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.

sparky1

Doubter:

45,000 divided by 65,000 = 69% . That is 11 points less than 80%.

It just proves that you calculated what you wanted to calculate.

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Financially Are You Doing Better Than a Year Ago?

by minimus in

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this isn’t a usa question.

is your financial situation better or worse or pretty much the same?.

sparky1

No. Out of pocket medical expenses over $8,000.00 so far this year. Also, a dental complication of over $3,000.00. On top of that, my oldest sister almost died from bacterial meningitis in the Spring and I took time off from work to help with that. She was in critical care for over a month. Looking on the bright side, at least I had the finances to pay for these things.

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"We don't do that" - Serena Williams talking about celebrating birthdays

by vivalavida in

i guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.. serena williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.. i did know people like that, raised as a jw but never actually baptizing.

that didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though..

sparky1

I agree with you 100% Finkelstein. My issue is that the poor little child will probably pay the price of Serena's hypocrisy and unbalanced religiosity. Many of us raised by 'Witness' parents know full well the mental and emotional price we have had to pay being raised in such an environment.

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"We don't do that" - Serena Williams talking about celebrating birthdays

by vivalavida in

i guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.. serena williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.. i did know people like that, raised as a jw but never actually baptizing.

that didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though..

sparky1

Poor little Alexis Olympia. She is in for a 'wild ride' mentally and emotionally for the next 18 years. Let's hope she survives with minimal scarring.

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