Christ-----how many more times are they going to have these "special tracts" that are supposed to anger the public so much that 99.9% of the worlds' religions are "done away with"?
Answer: Every year.
Posts by lrkr
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38NEW TRACT CAMPAIGN PLANNED....
by sir82 in....for october 20 - november 16.. there is a new tract to be introduced, with the title "do you want to know the truth?".
it is not a "kingdom news" campaign - after the campaign, this tract will join the "regular rotation" of tracts to be used in the field misery.. it is designed to replace the "do you want to know more about the bible" tract - the goal is to use it to start "bible" studies.. the goal is to cover all of the congregation's territory in 4 weeks, similar to other campaigns in the past.
unlike other campaigns, though, the congregations can order as many as they would like - they are not limited to 50 per publisher.
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Stay or leave your spouse after leaving JWs - Do you have regrets?
by Awakened at Gilead ini am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.. my wife is diehard witness who gets upset whenever i talk about the org negatively.
she is not happy that i am on jwd... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw i was on jwd... she is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home!
this concerns me, since i am not going to have any friends in the org, and i need at least a few friendships...she doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that i don't share my doubts.
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lrkr
Personally, when I saw the light, my relationship with my wife improved. She was much less indoctrinated than I. When I finally got my head out of my a** and could dump the JW personality (like Cognac's husband) I had much more time for my family and could be much more honest and loving. No borg thought censoring your every statement. I am very glad that my wife didn't go ape on me when she first had doubts. Things might be different now.
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Paying More than the Usual Attention
by WTWizard inhow many people hear that from the a$$emblies?
the funny thing, if we kept following the advice, the "more than the usual" would become the usual.
and there is only so much attention one can pay to the topic at hand.. and especially when it is the same crap you have heard every year since you were two.
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lrkr
Funny, if people would pay better attention, they might catch the logical fallicies, attempts at thought control and outright contradictions. So I say- Yes pay good attention, and think too while you're at it.
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Further Education - WTS ups the pressure
by dozy inthe wts are upping their opposition to further education.. at our recent co visit , much of a talk on youth concerned the evils of college & university education.. the meeting of the elders & ms included a similar but harder line section , stating that the appointed men should set an example.
the question was raised does an elder continue to qualify for his privilege if he , his wife , or his child goes to further education.
what attitude is he showing regarding the fds stated view on this matter?.
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lrkr
I say Go WTS Go!!! The more they make logical, normal behavior off limits and against the rules, the more people will wake up!!! This is one of the things that woke me up!!!
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What's Wrong With Children's Sports?
by compound complex ingreetings, friends:.
this weekend i helped a friend - a professional photographer - with his photo shoot of nearly 200 little leaguers.
i was apprehensive beforehand as the paperwork (my job) can easily go wrong and i hate crowds.. well, everything went well and i discovered two things: .
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My son's little league team, and soccer team have been one of the great joys of my life. There is no feeling like coaching a group of 7 and 8 year old and watching them "get it". Youth sports are so good on so many levels. I am so glad I woke up while he was still young enough to enjoy this part of childhood.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-6-08 WT Study (Missionary)
by blondie injesus christ---the greatest missionary.
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lrkr
This is interesting- 2 study articles about how to be a good missionary. Tells me that there may be some problems in this department. Maybe missionaries are coming home after a few years- dissillusioned and bent out of shape??? Maybe they are getting complaints from local congregations about superior, know it all missionaries coming in trying to tell everyone that their local customs are not biblical???
No statistics are published about the number of active missionaries- but I bet there is a story to be told there. I wonder what the average retention time is for a missionary??? Anecdotally, I would say about 2 years.
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Its all about the cost of doing business in NYC. Brooklyn used to be a prime location on the docks. Now anywhere near a highway is a prime location. Just easier and cheaper to do business in upstate than in NYC.
Try driving to Brooklyn. Then try driving to Patterson. Which is cheaper? Patterson by a long shot. Cost of everything delivered to NYC is more because of the tolls, congestion, etc.
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when is armagaedon coming
by bimfy inour great teacher, please tell me when the end is coming.
i have been waiting to tell everyone the great news, that i will live in paradise, and they will simply die, and that includes there kids.. i love all jws.
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lrkr
Please... all of the facts point to 1799.
DAMN!! Has that already passed???
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Worst Kingdom Melody lyrics- your votes?
by JimmyPage inmy votes for worst kingdom melody lyrics: song 125- "jehovah is on my side" (try singing these lyrics without laughing like beavis and butthead): "i know that in this crucial hour my faith will yet be tested/ around me swarms the devil's crowd like bees that were molested/ but i can ever beat them off beneath divine protection/ on those who love to bear his name god sets his deep affection.
" or how about song 201- "rejoicing with god's nation" (grab your thesaurus for this one): "in a land so good and spacious/ free from strife and things vexatious/ look!
a happy crowd vivacious/ in god's service that is efficacious.
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Kiss the son lest God be angry and you perish in the way.
I'm sure that means something in some language.
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Bye-Bye Brooklyn....were OUTTA there! Real Estate news.
by oompa ini was told today by a heavyweight elders wife, both of whom were at bethel for many years and are very well connected to the brooklyn brass, that all brooklyn bethel operations will be moved to wallkill and patterson.
in fact, there is a very exclusive walk-through next week for some of the top real estate investors/developers who will see all the properties, starting with the sands, and its lobby has now been remodeled to look just like a high-end hotel..................just fyi.................................oompa
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lrkr
I agree with Billy- operating costs are the primary reason. Some years ago, the Accounting Department started running the numbers on everything the Society does and started shutting down operations that didn't make sense. Window factory, cardboard box factory, fruit farms, etc, etc. Well, looks like one thing led to another and...here we are. Soon enough someone will figure out that is cheaper to pay someone else to print the literature too.