Posts by erandir

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We'll All Be Dead Someday
by nvrgnbk in
1. jw
2. friends
and with that thought............everybody have a great weekend!.

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erandir

ooooo....left that one wide open, didn't I? (hmm...i'm in danger of doing that again with this post as well...)
Redneck Dictionary: Innuendo
"Yep...the robber went innuendo and out ya back door!"
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What did YOU do to stay awake???
by TheCoolerKing in
1. jw
2. experiences
back when i was still a jw, i used to work night shift alot for my job.

this included saturday nights as well.

our kingdom hall had our sunday public talks in the morning and i always found it difficult to stay awake, especially after being up all night!
erandir

I drank lots of coffee or other caffeinated beverages and then had to get up during the meeting to make a few deposits. Kept me alert and on my feet. Two things to avert drowsiness.
Nothing keeps you awake like a full bladder.
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We'll All Be Dead Someday
by nvrgnbk in
1. jw
2. friends
and with that thought............everybody have a great weekend!.

.
erandir

Ah, at last...a cheery topic!
Hard to believe it sometimes...in that "I can't believe it will happen to me" kind of way, but yes.
You have a good weekend, too. I'm off celebrating my 10th year anniversary with my wife...and putting such sobering thoughts of death behind us.
Oh, but before that, my wife requires me to mow the lawn. Figures.
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Emoticons
by exwitless in
1. social
2. humour
is it possible to carry on a thread using only emoticons?

let's try.

i'll start:.
erandir
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If you ain't a PIONEER, You ain't SH**!!!
by Open mind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my loyal-dub wife had a wonderful morning knocking on empty homes earlier this week.

last night she confided in me with an observation.

she has noticed what she perceives to be a "pioneer clique" in our congregation.
erandir

I think of this when I hear the word:
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The "Seventy Years" explained
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here is a picture-based explanation of the "seventy years" prophesied by jeremiah.. http://au.geocities.com/doug_mason1940/70_years_of_servitude.pdf.

please note that there are several pages and that you should set your pdf reader to full page.. as i said before, i have a red-green color vision deficiency, but this time i have taken the plunge and used color.

please tell me where i need to make corrections with the colors.. as always, i appreciate your suggestions for improvements, corrections and additions.. doug.
erandir

Your threads are like smelling salts for the Watchtower apologists.
It's like watching the resurrection Live and in living color.
You guys are too funny.
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What JW beliefs do you still share?
by JH in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
uncle rat wants to know .
erandir

The internet is not a good place to go if you want to keep being a JW.
(Hint: It's not a good thing to want to keep being one.)
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How does your congregation compare with neighboring congregations?
by erandir in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
our congregation is one of those diminishing ones where a lot of people move away or fade.

when i came into it, the congregation was at zero growth.

now it is negative.
erandir

Our congregation is one of those diminishing ones where a lot of people move away or fade. When I came into it, the congregation was at zero growth. Now it is negative. We have a couple dominant elders who are control-freaks, a strong undercurrent of gossip, and most people are related to each other (inbred, most likely) by blood and/or marriage. Those last two tend to go together. I'd rate it as an ultra-conservative, ultra-conformist kind of congregation with a lot members doing the double-life thing, especially the younger ones. I'm not saying the double life thing is a bad thing, either. I just don't understand how these ones can stomach the meetings and then go back to their everyday lives.
My congo is so bad that it has people from neighboring congregations looking down on ours and calling it a "bad congregation." LOL That is like a bunch of dogs all refusing to smell a particular dog's crotch. "We're all disgusting, eat-our-own-vomit dogs, but see that dog over there? Now HE's gross!" (Use of illustration: 2 points)
But, doctrinal and organizational issues aside, how did/does your congregation compare to the others around? For example, mine drives people way. In contrast, the one I go to in a blue moon with some friends in another city is one of the "cool" congregations where the majority of people there seem to be well-balanced and much more tolerant. A couple elders there seem to take the WT directives with a grain of salt. People try to mind their own business there. Obviously, they are the exception to the rule.
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If you ain't a PIONEER, You ain't SH**!!!
by Open mind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my loyal-dub wife had a wonderful morning knocking on empty homes earlier this week.

last night she confided in me with an observation.

she has noticed what she perceives to be a "pioneer clique" in our congregation.
erandir

In our congregation there were a couple of pioneers who quit for a while for personal reasons and later went back to being a pioneer. They were not fully accepted back into the clique for a while, if ever. Both moved to other congregations.
Anyone hear about the Pioneers Assist Others program that was started a few years back? It didn't go over so well in our congregation due to lack of interest from the R & F and due to lack of pioneers. We only had 2 or 3 full time pioneers and maybe 1 auxilliary pioneer (aux. pioneer every month for the year). That kind of putting pioneers on a pedestal thing just adds to the clique-i-ness of it all.
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WT + Awake Update - restrictions
by stillajwexelder in
1. watchtower
2. bible
study edition of the wt will be restricted - it will be as per km
erandir

Of course, this all brings to mind a very important question:
Will Blondie still be able to get a copy of the study WT?