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  Was /is your former congregation expanding or shrinking?

  by badboy in

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  any takers?

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  Current cong: Shrinking - there is a strange mixture of disorganization, bad personalities, and uncaringness that is causing it
  
  previous cong: Growing - there were many brothers and sisters coming in from other halls. that cong was considered like the golden cong.
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  Bible Reading - Jeremiah 5

  by metaspy in

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  ok this is kinda twisted.. a brother in my old hall, used to always complain that he got the 'bad' bible readings.. for instance, he got this weeks reading - it include jer 5:8.. who really wants to say that from the stage?.

  i got thinking, how many times does the wts have us read that verse when we are in jeremiah?.

  out of the 5 times we have read jeremiah in the last 20 years, 3 of those the wts had some poor shmuck of a brother reading 5:8..

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  metaspy

  Ok this is kinda twisted.
  A brother in my old hall, used to always complain that he got the 'bad' Bible readings.
  For instance, he got this weeks reading - it include Jer 5:8.
  Who really wants to say that from the stage?
  
  I got thinking, how many times does the WTS have us read that verse when we are in Jeremiah?
  Out of the 5 times we have read Jeremiah in the last 20 years, 3 of those the WTS had some poor shmuck of a brother reading 5:8.
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  Letter back from JW friend.

  by Matt_fs in

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  something weird happened there, it didnt post.

  now i have to re write it ha.. .

  hey folks.

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  From what I got out of his letter, your friend has left the borg.
  
  I guess I'd like to ask you if you believe what the Jehovah's Witnesses teach? Because if you do then you have made a decision to ignore it, which means I should not have contact with you. As it says in 2 John 9,10.
  
  
  So what I gather from his letter: if you ignore your previous questionings and go along with the JWs, he will not have contact.
  Perhaps I am reading this wrong...
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  Just how honest are you?

  by ButtLight in

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  lets say you go throught the bank drive through, and cash a check.

  they give you an extra hundred bucks.........would you tell them?

  (i have to admit, i didnt, and felt guilty).

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  I have returned extra money from a bank, wallets, etc.
  Once when I got laid-off from a job they gave a severance package.
  I was the only one in the companies history to ever get a severance package and be a part time worker.
  so they paid me the X weeks of severance at 40 hours, they were supposed to pay at my current part time hours.
  I brought the check back and they were thankful (even though they hadn't caught the mistake).
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  Any Nintendo Wii'ers out there?

  by Jourles in

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  hands down the best new game system you can buy.

  forget the ultra-highend graphics, being part of the game is where it's at.

  we've had one for a couple months now and even my wife loves to play all the games we have for it.. bsom's thread about d&d reminded me of something...you know how many jw's will watch lord of the rings but will spurn harry potter due to the witchcraft portrayed?

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  If there was a store around me that could hold one long enough for me to get there, I would have one.
  of course I am usually one system behind, so it doesn't bother me that much.
  I do think that it was the best of the 3 new systems (xbox360, PS3, Wii)
  But I am biased (PS3 cost too much; I hate M$)
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  Threats My Mother Made...

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  my mother was a short (5'2") red-headed, blue-eyed irish woman.

  i was just sitting here thinking about some of the bizarre threats she used to make, either to us kids or to someone else that had her dander up.

  we always knew they were threats and would rofl or lmao most of the time when she made one.

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  "you're gonna have fun, even if I have to break every bone in your body!"
  (gotta love 'forced fun')
  
  "who put a nickel into you?"
  (translates to Shut up)
  
  "you are never too old to be spanked, mister!"
  (this usually went along with the 'evil eye' that she was good at giving)
  
  "Stop being a piece of crap"
  (um this was in reference to any of us not wanting to do what she thought we should be doing.)
  
  "DONT..." (evil eye again)
  (a bluff, she has no idea what we were doing, but she felt she needed to give a warning shot first)
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  Decided not to wait.........put the videos on YouTube....

  by ButtLight in

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  i only have 2 of the videos up there.

  but you can watch them.

  i would have rather waited to put them up to view in windows media player, cause they are easier to see.

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  OK... I have watched many times.
  They are definitely not glitches in the camera. As others have pointed out, it is just too complicated to be a simple camera glitch.
  
  They are definitely not dust. Dust does not move without an outside force.
  
  I have not ruled out an insect. It is doubtful because of the season. However, I have bugs in my house (ladybugs mostly) even though it has been 10 to 20 in temp around here. In the dark they would be invisible to the eye, but would come up on your night vision screen. I am assuming you use the night vision with the light off - with the light on, it tends to 'blind' the night vision. Especially since bugs are known to fly in any direction, both straight up and in circles like the two videos.
  
  I am not saying it isn't spirits, but at this point I would go with the bug theory.
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  Things YOU eat, that other people think is weird.

  by misanthropic in

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  this mornings events have got me thinking about things.

  i love peanut butter, not the sweet kind but i like the old fashioned peanut butter, usually laura scudder's with no sugar or preservatives - it just tastes better imo.

  i put it on everything including pancakes which are really good with peanut butter and maple syrup.

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  Ok, I have one that I started eating when I was in grade school.
  I have met no one but myself who likes these - or even can stomach them:
  
  Peanut butter, pickles and pepperoni on a tortilla - nuked for 30 seconds to melt the PB.
  Mmmmmm!
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  What did you have to dispose of when you became a dub?

  by exwitless in

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  2. beliefs

  little drummer boy's comment on the d&d thread made me think about this:.

  when i became one of the borg, i threw out about $600 worth of pnp materials and books, a fact that i was proud of at the time and which makes me sick now because almost all of it is irreplaceable.

  he also threw away who knows how many cds that were "bad" for dubs; also threw away a framed picture of a dragon that was really cool, and maybe some cool rock band t-shirts.. i don't remember having to physically throw away a lot of stuff, but i had to resign from the citizen's band i was in (played the clarinet), threw away my good friends from high school, etc.. what did you all throw away when you became dubs that you regret now?.

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  I was more or less raised as a JW. However, my mom got baptised when I was 5. So, until then we had "bad" things - especially since my dad never was a JW. When he left, so did the 'bad' things.
  
  Complete set of StarWars action figures in MINT condition. (I could be retired right now)
  A few NES games that were considered questionable.
  a few hundred G.I. Joes
  I feel like there were other things, but I cant think of them right now...
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  Dungeons and Dragons

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  has anyone or does anyone here play the comp game?.

  i remember this from when i was a kid and recently googled it.

  i was amazed with the graphics and thought about downloading the game.. way back when n64 was the big thing, i got into zelda ocarina of time (?

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  metaspy

  I personally just finished playing the new Twilight Princess installment of Zelda.
  IT rocked!! I recommend it to anyone who has either a Gamecube or Wii.