The old Bethel adage was:
"Spare the Bethelite,
Kill the Temp."
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Interesting discussion about Bethel
by DagothUr init's from the jwtalk.net (the jdub forum).
the name of the topic is "bethel volunteers?":.
dub1: it was announced at our meeting last night volunteers for bethel in nyc.
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Michael Shermer: The Believing Brain
by leavingwt inon june 9, 2011, the center for inquiry-new york city and nyc skeptics hosted noted skeptic and bestselling author michael shermer for a talk about his new book, "the believing brain: from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracieshow we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths.
" the event was held at the auditorium on broadway.
this is the full video, including both the talk and question-and-answer session.. .
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He was in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA about 3 weeks ago for a similar event.
I didn't know he was a Born Again Christian in his earlier years.
I'm about half-way through the book. So far, a very good, reasonable, surprisingly non-polemic read.
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Terry Walstrom went to prison over the draft.
Here's his whole bio.
http://www.freeminds.org/stories/mylife.htm
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magazine supply reduction
by agent zero inat the meeting tonight was read a letter to all congregations in canada.
it explained that since most publishers end up with left-over public edition magazines that didn't get placed at the end of each month, they will now no longer continue to have an individual magazine order per publisher.
instead, the entire congregation's supply of service edition magazines will be in a stack at the back of the kh, and they are to be taken according to need, with whatever is left over after service to be put back in the stack.
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I pick up a stack of magazines whenever I go to the KH (about once a month). I make sure they hit the recycling bin and not the garbage.
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Today's WT lesson: Desperate for more MS. How many get appointed 1 yr after baptism?
by Open mind intoday's wt lesson: serving jehovah with all seriousness, excerpt from paragraph 11:.
"if a brother has been baptized at least one year and to a reasonable degree meets the scriptural qualifications for ministerial servants outlined at 1 timothy 3:8-13, he can be recommended for appointment.".
how often have you seen someone become a ministerial servant one year after baptism?
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Para: " Good to see you're not an elder anymore, how goes the fade?"
Hi Para. Right back at ya.
Things are going great. Wife and kids are all mentally out. Kids rarely attend a meeting. I'm the most "spiritual" of the bunch as I attend about once a month. Extended family are worried about us, but seem to be treating us with kid gloves so far.
How are you and Bobbi?
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Today's WT lesson: Desperate for more MS. How many get appointed 1 yr after baptism?
by Open mind intoday's wt lesson: serving jehovah with all seriousness, excerpt from paragraph 11:.
"if a brother has been baptized at least one year and to a reasonable degree meets the scriptural qualifications for ministerial servants outlined at 1 timothy 3:8-13, he can be recommended for appointment.".
how often have you seen someone become a ministerial servant one year after baptism?
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Thanks for your up-to-date perspectives burnedout.
I stopped being an elder a couple years ago, but I also have NEVER seen someone recommended for MS just one year after baptism.
Maybe this Watchtower will help to scrape up a few more grunts.
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Today's WT lesson: Desperate for more MS. How many get appointed 1 yr after baptism?
by Open mind intoday's wt lesson: serving jehovah with all seriousness, excerpt from paragraph 11:.
"if a brother has been baptized at least one year and to a reasonable degree meets the scriptural qualifications for ministerial servants outlined at 1 timothy 3:8-13, he can be recommended for appointment.".
how often have you seen someone become a ministerial servant one year after baptism?
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Today's WT lesson: Serving Jehovah with All Seriousness, excerpt from Paragraph 11:
"If a brother has been baptized at least one year and to a reasonable degree meets the Scriptural qualifications for ministerial servants outlined at 1 Timothy 3:8-13, he can be recommended for appointment."
How often have you seen someone become a Ministerial Servant one year after baptism?
This isn't a new rule, but the reminder to elders speaks volumes IMO.
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42% of Canadians can't read (DC Talk)
by burnedout ini heard this statement at the dc today (saturday), the talk about some new brochure to help those who can't read in order to learn the basics of the truth:.
"one study finds that 42% of canadians can not read well enough to function in society... that's right brothers...
of course, no source was given, and then the speaker says how important this new 'tool' will be in the ministry.... i asked the wife what she thought of that and she agreed it sounded fishy.
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Hello burnedout. I missed your introductory thread a few days ago.
You have a Private Message.
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Buried my father today
by littlerockguy ini mostly post fluff and music posts on this thread more often now but just thought i would let some people here who still know me about what has been goin on with me recently.
my dad about a 7 month battle with lung cancer which metastasized to the bones and he died early wed morning.
my dad was a fascinating man, complex, sometimes open and sometimes a very aloof and detached person.
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Hang in there LRG.
Your words were a beautiful tribute.
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Astounded Newbie Here...*Waves Hello*
by mummatron inall i can say is "wow!
" in the 10 years i've been out i had no idea that forums like this existed.
a tad naive-sounding for someone with a background in it, i know, but it's taken me this long just to feel comfortable enough to type 'jw' into google.
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Welcome aboard the good ship JWN.
Enjoy your voyage.
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