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  Counting Time

  by Xena in

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  i don't know about anyone else but this could be the source of major contention between dubs in my halls.

  you had those who started their time as soon as you pulled out of the hall parking lot (me), those who counted from the first knock at the door or laundry mat visited, and the die hards who didn't start until they actually spoke to someone(my sister).

  my sister and i would go round and round about this, i finally just pretended to start my time when she did just to shut her up.

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  Well... I have never been very active in service. I hated it. But we normally counted time from the first "door".
  On long days, particularly when the district for the day was a long drive away, we used to visit one house, only to get the time running, and then drive for 30 minutes, and on our way home, maybe visit the same house again (if they were not at home earlier) to finish it up for the day. Before I was babtized, the others were of course counting time on me also.
  
  But the worst part of the time reporting every month was not the time but the other things, in particular the "return visits".
  
  I was not ashamed of my 13 hours, 20 magazines and maybe even a book (hey, we were giving them away!). But I hardly ever went on return visits. Too shy to do that, and when I tried (because we were instructed to at the meetings), I usually stuttered out something silly and messed it all up. But at the same time I was also embarrassed to submit a report like that, with plenty of hours and litterature, but not doing any follow ups.
  
  So, it was really easier only to report five hours a month. I wouldn't have time to do any return visits then.
  And even better: no report at all. I'm finally free :-)
  
  kifoy
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  Your Least Favorite "Special" JW Event

  by Nosferatu in

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  there's a few "special" jw events that happen throughout the year.

  in case you've forgotten them, i'll list them (in case i've forgotten one, please refresh me):.

  the 3 (sometimes more) day district convention .

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  lost_light06:
  «Then passing around a couple crackers and some wine.....And you don't even get to eat or drink it!»
  
  In my old cong. the baking of the bread was done by turns (is that the right idiom?), so when it was us who made the bread we also got to bring it back home (no anoy(nt)ed people at our place) -- and eat it there. Quite good actually.
  
  The most boring "special event" was the "special" talk. Because it was nothing special about it.
  
  The one I liked the most, I think, was the CO's visit. Because they often stayed at our place, and they were often really fun people. I did not like the increasing amount of time in FS that week, though.
  
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  Need to change email address

  by kifoy in

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  my current mail server is shutting down, so i've got a new email address.

  but how do i change my email address/username on my jwd account?

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  kifoy

  My current mail server is shutting down, so I've got a new email address.
  But how do I change my email address/username on my JWD account?
  
  kifoy
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  If there were no boundaries, where would you like to live?

  by JH in

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  no boundaries, but still differenet speaking languages, and different looking people and different customs, but no boundaries so you could find work anywhere and have the same privileges than you would have in your own country.. i'd definitely move where it's warmer.

  that wouldn't be hard to find.... .

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  I would like to live exactly where I live today, but it would be nice if the place could be relocated some 2-3000 kilometers to the south...
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  Pathetic Speakers

  by Alpaca in

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  this is great.

  i was suffering through an interminably long sunday p.m. public talk (we flip-flopped w/ the other cong--at least sunday a.m. was a little more tolerable because there was still some of the day left to do something).

  the speaker was talking about "physical training being beneficial for a little" and how some exercise was necessary.

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  <http://youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcb09eDOs>
  
  Not related to JW, but I love the eyes of the guy when he realizes what he just said... :-)
  
  kifoy
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  LOOKING FOR POST ABOUT MEMORIAL

  by pixel in

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  onthewayout made this post the other day:.

  good point kifoy..

  otherwise, there was a thread about a new memorial outline that addresses the remnant.

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  «So, where is that thread about the Memorial Outline? Thanks in advance.»
  
  I think it might be this one:
  <http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/130058/1.ashx> Topic: memorial new light
  
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  Has the number of 144,000 changed?

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  through out my witness life i have always believed that when the partakers at memorial went up that means.

  that some of the anoited were unfaithful and had to be replaced.

  i have beleived this for 40 years.

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  Undercover:
  «If there are 8,000 remnant left and 10 "fell away" and had to be replaced with 10 new ones, then the number is still 8000.»
  
  Not if the 10 that has fallen didn't get the message... :-)
  
  kifoy
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  What is your favorite Pagan Gods !

  by 5go in

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  skadi .

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ska%c3%b0i.

  isis.

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  Since my early schooldays it's been Balder:
  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balder>
  
  kifoy
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  does the ability to pray come naturally??

  by lostyettobefound in

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  hey guys as you can see i am still new and still keen to hear other peoples points of view on my issues.

  anyway i always wondered because i have friends who are pentecostals who seem to have this amazing ability to pray and they feel like they are talking to god.

  i never ever felt like i was communicating with someone when i prayed it always seemed futile and it always seemed like a repetition of someone elses prayer.

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  This was one of the things that in the end made me leave to never return.
  
  In meetings and conventions there were always these sisters and brothers on the platform that told that they had this personal father relationship with Jehovah. And that praying gave them strength and a great feeling and so on.
  
  I never felt like this, and I have no idea what this was supposed to be like.
  I could might as well have prayed to the wall, that's how I felt.
  
  I never had any feeling that told me that God was close to me.
  I tried to intensify my studying, but It became too routine, and it was too boring, unless there were some action involved. And history.
  
  When reading the bible I loved the Book of Esther, the Book of Judges, and the fun parts with histories and action. And hated the Psalms and the prophetic books. Nothing happened.
  
  I don't know.
  But i know that I did not feel any difference between praying regularly (before dining and before sleeping -- only because I was told is was the right ting to do) and not praying at all, so I tend to stick to the last one.
  
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  Talk on Apostates

  by IslandBrother in

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  have you ever walked on the beach and tried following another persons footprints; matching your own steps with them as exactly as possible?

  by calling ourselves christians, we have indicated our desire to do just that, to follow closely in the footsteps of christ.

  have you ever noticed though that on a crowded beach, , there were several sets of footprints, many of them may look alike.

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  =======
  Quoting Garybuss:
  "So Friends, hypothetically, and I repeat hypothetically, even if an angel were to come down here and land on this platform, today, at this moment, and to present something to us that didn't fit into the pattern of truth, what should we be ready to do? We should be ready to say, "Hold on there, that doesn't fit into the pattern, and I am not going to listen to it!", Yes even if it were one of Jehovah's angels."
  Minute 23, Beware Of The Voice Of Strangers, District Convention Of Jehovah's Witnesses, Selkirk, Manitoba, July 12, 2003
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  Well, Peter tried that finger-in-ear tactic, did he not? When this carpet, or somthing, with banned food came down from the heavens. God demanded him to eat, and he refused. Not once but a number of times. But he was reprimanded.
  
  And when were talking about Peter.
  When Peter, the most clumsy, truthlacking disciple of all times, were given the most honourable tasks (the keys, and beeing the rock), there should be hope for anyone...
  
  kifoy