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  2008 DC - Is higher education/college mentioned?

  by mavie in

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  to those who have attended the 2008 dc, first of all my condolences.

  second, i am curious if there are any hard hitting talks against higher education.

  thanks.

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  The convention is coming to my town soon. Does anyone know if there is a hard hitting education talk?
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  Well, I finally did it.

  by mavie in

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  i finally contributed to a presidential campaign.

  during my witness years i could never understand why people would give up their money for such a passing transient thing such as a presidential campaign.

  don't they understand that the president will only be in office for 4 - 8 years and then the next one will most likely extinguish any good work they had done?

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  I finally contributed to a presidential campaign. During my Witness years I could never understand why people would give up their money for such a passing transient thing such as a presidential campaign. Don't they understand that the President will only be in office for 4 - 8 years and then the next one will most likely extinguish any good work they had done?
  
  Well, after leaving the dubs and realizing this is it, this is all we have then observing the apathy with which the majority of the American people exhibit towards their democracy I told myself I needed to get involved. Democracies only work when the people exercise their rights.
  
  Get out there and get involved, for America's sake.
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  A Study of Comparative Religions… includes Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Moxie in

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  greetings friends,.

  this week i was approached by an anthropologist who is doing a study of comparative religions.

  the study is focusing on religions founded in the united states and on a broader scale - the new world.

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  Thanks Moxie,
  
  Comparative religion is the first thing I began to seriously study after I left the dubs.
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  JW Sex Offender found in Kingdom Hall bathroom...

  by mavie in

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  2. current

  http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4588516a6000.html

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  http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4588516a6000.html
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  $10 gas

  by JimmyPage in

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  2. experiences

  my father-in-law heard from someone who has connections with the higher-ups that the society thinks gas will be $10 a gallon in january.

  i'm "bookmarking" that statement on my calendar.

  if january comes around and gas isn't $10 i'm going to remind him of "what the society said".

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  "The government can do little to nothing to reduce the price of oil, because the price of oil is determined by a middle-eastern terrorist organization by the name of OPEC."
  
  Seriously?
  
  "But the government can reduce the price of gasoline. They can eliminate federal gasoline taxes. That would take about 50 cents off of each gallon."
  
  WTF? You are worried about two quarters per gallon when the price could rise to 5, 8, 10 per gallon? Instead of focusing on such a short term solution why not examine the price of gas in its larger context? China, India, and the rest of the developing world are increasingly looking for oil to drive their economy. Oil production has probably peaked and will started declining.
  
  Subsidizing our addiction to oil is INSANE. Instead, the high price of gasoline will spur innovation. Suddenly, that hybrid car doesn't look so bad...and hey, why can they make the thing run on solar power? We need high gas prices to sober up from our addiction to oil.
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  2008 DC - Is higher education/college mentioned?

  by mavie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to those who have attended the 2008 dc, first of all my condolences.

  second, i am curious if there are any hard hitting talks against higher education.

  thanks.

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  mavie

  To those who have attended the 2008 DC, first of all my condolences. Second, I am curious if there are any hard hitting talks against higher education. Thanks.
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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  Edward Elder,
  
  Thank you for your additional insight.
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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  If this outline can be procured...o wow. I had so many elders telling me going to college was ok.
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  2012: The Year The Internet Ends

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality.

  06/01/2008 - every significant internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small commercial package of sites you can visit and you'll have to pay for seperate subscriptions for every site that's not in the package.

  what can we do?internet providers have realized that the only way to not lose massive amounts of customers over this is to make sure there are no alternatives, that's why all major internet providers are currently making agreements and planning to switch simultaneously somewhere in the year 2012. this is currently all going on under very strict nda's (non-disclosure agreements) because the last thing they want is the masses speaking out against it.

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  You mean I'll have to pay for porn?
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  Hello

  by mavie in

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  been a while.

  how are all the enlightened ones here doing?

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  Crumpet...I wish Thom's was still around...
  
  Honesty, I am doing well. Life is good outside the org.