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  I just gave blood and I feel great!

  by hallelujah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in australia we have only voluntary blood donations.

  it's quite amazing really that people regularly take at least half an hour out of their lives to give blood.

  so i joined them.

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  Don't you feel tired? I what of thought that giving blood would be a 'bit of a drain'!
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  Awake only published once a month but still pitifully poor!

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking through the latest copy of the awake that i got from my wife who has just got back from the meeting.

  what strikes me is that although the awake is now only published monthly it is still the same old tired format.

  'watching the world' still has the same pathetic cartoons, and the style and tone of the articles are just the same.

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  RubaDub,
  Does make me think though. Do they have the crossword any more? I always found it an insult to my intelligence!
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  When you receive an ...shepherding visit, why not express appreciation ..?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "when you receive an encouraging shepherding visit, why not express appreciation for it?

  " wt may 1, 2006, p. 21 pp.

  sorry for stealing your thunder blondie, but this suggestion really struck home.

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  BluesBrother,
  I have the same experience as you. Wife still active but to my knowledge she gets no positive encouragement.
  As for me, I stopped going to the meetings had the usual round of elders visits in the first couple of months but since then nothing for about 2 years.
  My guess is that they are embarassed to come and see me. What would they suggest; a Bible study for some one who grew up in the 'truth' and served as an 'appointed man' for 30 years?
  Shepherding is a nonsense - for a religion that has no idea of what true Christian communion is about.
  Eyeslice
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  SECTRET DOCUMENTS: Talk Outlines for 2006 District Convention

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thanks to an anonymous source we are now able to see two of the talk outlines for this years deliverance at hand district convention.. talk no.

  8: deliverance from painful distress.

  talk no.

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  Feel like I could just get up and give these talks - they're just as I remember. Old habits die hard.
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  Awake only published once a month but still pitifully poor!

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking through the latest copy of the awake that i got from my wife who has just got back from the meeting.

  what strikes me is that although the awake is now only published monthly it is still the same old tired format.

  'watching the world' still has the same pathetic cartoons, and the style and tone of the articles are just the same.

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  slimboyfat - I agree with you totally! I thought that the idea was to change the 'focus' of the Awake.
  Personally, I don't see any difference, just the same old tired articles.
  Also, given that the name is Awake, you would think you find things in the Awake first. The way things usually work out is that you've read other articles in National Geographic Magazine, Readers' Digest, Time Magazine, etc, way before Awake catches up.
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  Awake only published once a month but still pitifully poor!

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking through the latest copy of the awake that i got from my wife who has just got back from the meeting.

  what strikes me is that although the awake is now only published monthly it is still the same old tired format.

  'watching the world' still has the same pathetic cartoons, and the style and tone of the articles are just the same.

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  Looking through the latest copy of the Awake that I got from my wife who has just got back from the meeting.
  What strikes me is that although the Awake is now only published monthly it is still the same old tired format. 'Watching the World' still has the same pathetic cartoons, and the style and tone of the articles are just the same.
  Given the major change in moving from twice monthly to monthly, surely they could have gone for a total re-vamp. Sack all the existing editorial staff, bring in some new blood and ideas and take the opportunity to do something exciting with a magazine that has a guaranteed captive market.
  What a waste!
  Eyeslice
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  Extra training ... so you know that shooting babies is WRONG ?!?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  how dumb and pathetic.. no extra training should be necessary for even slightly trained and disciplined soldiers.

  i guess it is for some of the rabble that the us call "troops" though.. of course the real problem is not just those on the ground that have committed the latest attrocity.

  it is the chain of command that tried to cover it up and all the way up to the president who sanctions bombing of civilian targets with nothing more than rumour for "intelligence".. from now on america, you are on your own.

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  War is always wrong and horrible things always happen. Reminds of the Pete Seger song 'When will they ever learn'.
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  Hey everybody

  by ColdRedRain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not feeling too good and if it wasn't for my mom threatening to put me on suicide watch, i would be dead by now.

  anyways, i think i might have to get hospitalized soon.

  i'm sorry to all of those who i put through pain.

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  ColdRedRain
  Hey man don't give up the fight - you are worth it.
  I found a book called 'Stop Thinking Start Living' by Richard Carlson very useful. Why don't you get a copy - it must be worth a try.
  lots of love and positive thoughts for you
  Eyeslice
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  Bethel Downsizing - Management Discussions

  by core in

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  2. friends

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  the spin on downsizing is apparently "go out into the field" yet when the gb initially considered this it must have been presented as a practical problem - too much surplus hr capacity/ too expensive to maintain - or whatever and yet they turned it into a positive matter by stressing the return to the field - all those in such discussions are clearly able to deceive themselves as much as they try and deceive the "flock" - what do you think - did a discussion on a practical problem have to have a positive outcome and how did they twist their minds so as to sell it as such - for years they begged people to stay in bethel service (make it your home for life) and now they cast them out into the world with the thin veneer of "speedin g up the preaching work .. etc".

  all those at the top must have been involved in turning this huge embarrasment (jehovah will provide etc) into a positive spin - they should try out for a marketing award "downsizing - the only way to grow!

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  They also went through a downsizing exercise in India. The problem there was nepotism - once in people did their level best to get all their friends and relatives into a fairly cushy environment.
  What a shock when many were 'returned to the field' - witnessing in hot (110 degree F plus) dry rural areas!
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  Why did God create mosquitoes?

  by JH in

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  i tried to finish mowing the lawn this morning and just couldn't.. there were about 775 mosquitoes around me .

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  To make us dither whether we shuld take ant-malarial tablets when travel to exoctic places on holiday.