Posts by compound complex

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JW's And Their Education Level

by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

i was thinking about this.... in my congregation, i was literally the only one with universitary education, out of a cong from around 110 people.... and we're very close to a very big university, which makes it even weirder.. on the other hand... sooo many here with their own business, mostly small cleaning businesses.

cleaning windows, or cleaning somewhere else... painters.... all have jobs that do not require any education level, cos they never had a decent education.. how is the composition of the jw people/congs that you know about?.

how many painters... cleaners... compared to people with jobs that require higher education?.

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I quit college and got baptized and pioneered, and later to Bethel, although an anointed sister (whose son was a college professor) urged me to stay in school.

My first official janitorial job landed me in a bowling alley at 2:00 a.m., where I vacuumed acres of carpet for some 4 hours a night, about 3 times a week, and was paid $1.25 an hour, US. I was ecstatic to get so much dinero per diem (late-'60s).

Now, an autodidact, like many of you, I use high school liberal arts training and new things learned to eke out a living.

I'll never retire, at least not until the New System arrives and eases all my burdens!

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Did you have a favorite pub . . .

by compound complex in

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friends

publication, that is?.

i just found all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial in storage.

i enjoyed studying it, as well as make sure of all things, hold fast to what is fine.. our thinking has changed, of course, but, back then, did you have a wt publication you especially liked?.

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Publication, that is?

I just found All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial in storage. I enjoyed studying it, as well as Make Sure of All Things, Hold Fast to What Is Fine.

Our thinking has changed, of course, but, back then, did you have a WT publication you especially liked?

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Share, Please: Pictures of Your Garden

by compound complex in

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paradise regained, at home:.

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Hi, Nancy:

I would love to be a winged sprite,

to come and perch in bower of night . . .

Secret Garden is the place for me,

Please let me in and I'll stay for free.

THANK YOU!

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I'm Dating . . .

by compound complex in

because i am still very much held a prisoner to past beliefs and practice, i dress in suit and tie and bring a briefcase on my frequent dates.. i talk business during the entire happy meal (macdonalds), displaying ad brochures and spreadsheets relative to whatever business plan i happen to be hawking that day.

i count the venture as a business expense and jws who frequent this fine diner know i am not on a date.

there are no smirks, no snickering, no knowing glances.

compound complex

Thank you, Nancy!

A true story, a happy ending!

Well, it ain't over till it's over . . .

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Brother Lett and Gerontocracy

by compound complex in

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greetings, friends and fellow posters:.

while searching for another topic, i came across an old thread of mine on cultural diversity and our "imminent" ushering into paradise.

i was surprised to see a photo of steven lett (posted four years ago).

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SBF:

I Googled "Joel Elliot" and, of course, there are many of that namesake. I wish I had copied his info, but he specifically asked that his work not be copied. Nine years ago I was, in today's hindsight, not prescient . . .

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Brother Lett and Gerontocracy

by compound complex in

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friends

greetings, friends and fellow posters:.

while searching for another topic, i came across an old thread of mine on cultural diversity and our "imminent" ushering into paradise.

i was surprised to see a photo of steven lett (posted four years ago).

compound complex

Greetings, friends and fellow posters:

While searching for another topic, I came across an old thread of mine on cultural diversity and our "imminent" ushering into Paradise. I was surprised to see a photo of Steven Lett (posted four years ago).

Additionally, I was reminded of the meaning of gerontocracy:

"government by old men"

Please check out this link, page 2 of the thread:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/133995/how-society-portrays-cultural-diversity?page=2&size=20

Sad to say, Joel Elliot's article is no longer available.

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Aren't you a bit amazed that the WTS/JWS is still around ?

by Finkelstein in

i know i am, to me its a bit of a peculiar anomaly that the wts is still around and functioning in reflection of its decades and now complete century that the wts has been bullshitting to people .

organizations like the church of god have shrunk dramatically from its heyday of the 1980's, this too was another organization that spread and grew by publishing its own magazine proclaiming a armageddon soon doctrine and its main publication was called " the truth " .

i'm guessing some of this has to do with the fact that people who get lured into this cult aren't aware of its past, its doctrines, the people who started it and so forth.

compound complex

You're welcome, Finkelstein!

Urban myth or not, it has been written somewhere (The Freeminds Journal, by Randall Watters, I think) that Fred Franz read TPT magazine. If I can find the reference, I'll post it.

Edited to add: A wonderful thread by cameo-d on The Worldwide Church of God and H.W. Armstrong . . .

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/175584/this-man-responsible-many-your-nightmares

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Aren't you a bit amazed that the WTS/JWS is still around ?

by Finkelstein in

i know i am, to me its a bit of a peculiar anomaly that the wts is still around and functioning in reflection of its decades and now complete century that the wts has been bullshitting to people .

organizations like the church of god have shrunk dramatically from its heyday of the 1980's, this too was another organization that spread and grew by publishing its own magazine proclaiming a armageddon soon doctrine and its main publication was called " the truth " .

i'm guessing some of this has to do with the fact that people who get lured into this cult aren't aware of its past, its doctrines, the people who started it and so forth.

compound complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plain_Truth

The Plain Truth, a former free of charge monthly magazine, was first published in 1934 by Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of The Radio Church of God, which he later named The Worldwide Church of God (WCG). The magazine subtitled as The Plain Truth: a magazine of understanding gradually developed into an international, free of charge news magazine, sponsored by the WCG church membership. The magazine's messages often centered on the controversial doctrine of British Israelism, the belief that the early inhabitants of the British Isles, and hence their descendants, were actually descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

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New Tactic for Jehovah's Witnesses

by compound complex in

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friends

bbc's comments on the trolley/cart work:.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28166192.

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OUTLAW:

Looks like home! Pathways from point "A" to point "B."

THANKS!

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Just changed my car

by snugglebunny in

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friends

they're known as marmite cars in the uk.

you either love them or hate them.

i love mine.. what do you think?.

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punkofnice:

Thanks for what you taught me today; also, "expiry" is new to me:

"The MOT test (Ministry of Transport, or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in Great Britain for most vehicles over three years old used on any way defined as a road in the Road Traffic Act 1988; it does not apply only to highways (or in Scotland a relevant road) but includes other places available for public use, which are not highways."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOT_test