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  How did we EVER do it all?!??!?!

  by poohbear1962 in

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  there has been something that has been bothering the "engineer" part of me for a lonnnng while.

  we have heard it from the platform time and time again about what we should be doing as "servants of god".

  so, today i finally sat down and calculated if it is even possible to do all of the study, meetings, field service, secular work, school, etc, etc.

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  How did we Ever do it all ...

  You didn't ... that's where the Watchtower guilt trip kicks in.

  Larc, I've just been accepted into a local college but I am working full time also ... any tips? Did your college have many evening classes?

  I figure given the success rate of the Watchtower Corporations Armageddon 'suggestions' ... I should be able to get a degree, buy a more comfortable house in the country and have a leisurely but interesting retirement before the end of the world arrives any day now (TM).

  Edited by - Flip on 14 September 2002 3:8:16
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  We visited the assembly hall today!

  by Golden Girl in

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  continued from my post about hubby having cancer.

  we talked to the dr that is going to install his porta vein for the chemo he is going to get.he mentioned special papers he will have to sign because of the "no blood".

  well hubby freaked out.

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  They have also sent him some juice that is called Noni juice that is supposed to "Cure Cancer". I don't believe it but he does!

  GG, click the link and look about a third of the way down, under the heading Noni Juice Nonsense http://www.tcms.org/magazines/0201.html

  Whole life insurance, Amyway riches, Noni Juice, the Watchtower Corporation ... is it just me or is there a pattern here.
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  Help me SAVE my family

  by hamptonite21 in

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  in 1989 i was in my freshman year of high school.

  i became interested in the girl who was a jw.

  basically you can tell what happen from here.

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  and rather turn it to a positive energy and save those from the WT that I love.

  Welcome hamp' from what I've read regarding your story perhaps 'saving' people, either one way or the other, isn't necessarily your bag.

  In your case, I recall a saying that goes,

  " For peace of mind ... resign as General Manager of the Universe "
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  Bethany Hughes Funeral

  by Kenneson in

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  'freedom fighter' buried.

  hundreds pay tribute to jehovah teen who fought against blood transfusions.".

  http://www.canoe.ca/calgarynews/cs.cs-09-13-0008.html

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  "We live in this great country called Canada where you can say whatever you want and can write down whatever you want and do whatever you want," she said softly.

  "We have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... but if you're under 18, you don't have freedoms.

  "In a year, I'd be a citizen, but right now I'm not a citizen. I'm almost 17 and I can't make a decision that a person one year older than me can make and that upsets me." - Bethany Hughes

  Perhaps Im mistaken, but was Bethany speaking also on behalf of Jehovahs Witnesses 18 years and younger being freely authorized to invoke the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms within the confines of the Kingdom Hall?

  And if young inquisitive Jehovahs Witnesses reach a different conclusion than Bethany, is she demanding they be allowed to continue or discontinue their association as a Jehovahs Witness free of sanction or threat from the Watchtower Organization and family and friends who are also currently Jehovahs Witnesses?

  If this is actually what she meant, then I think Bethany has a very good point and must be pursued as per her request.
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  WT Nov 4 Study Article - Damage Control??

  by Tish in

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  just been given this watchtower and found the 2nd study article very interesting..... is this the societies damage control to panorama and dateline?.

  para 8 onwards says...... 8 satan tries to break our integrity through the sowing of doubts about what we have been taught.

  today, as in the first century, apostates and others seek to destroy the faith of the guideless ones.

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  Where do these idiots (Watchtower Organization) get this obsurd thinking from?

  I agree TTB, the Watchtower has, during a hundred years of marketing to Jehovahs Witnesses, learned how to maintain the depths of useful adherents unquestioning trust while deploying a smoke screen of anonymity that detracts attention from most everyone else.

  What appears to be written by idiots on the surface, are exquisitely designed products manufactured to confuse only two intended audiences, current Jehovahs Witnesses living under the weight of disfellowshipping and individuals or organizations somewhat unfamiliar with actual Watchtower Corporation policy.

  I sincerely doubt that former Jehovahs Witnesses and interested scrutinizers have ever been tracked on the Corporations radar screens as targets requiring correction or response.

  It would be a complete waste of the Corporations financial resources to try and convince an individual or group who is already convinced otherwise.

  However, remaining attentive to negative or positive Watchtower Society policy/publication reviews and preparing countermeasures or enhancements that could dull the senses of current Jehovahs Witnesses, would be time well spent for the Watchtower Corporation.

  PS Boozy, you beat me to it, that quote jumped right out at me.

  Edited by - Flip on 13 September 2002 1:24:12
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  Should I have a Christmas tree?

  by scuba99 in

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  hi folks,.

  i'm rather new here, only posted a couple of times.

  although i have been visiting the site daily for a good 2 months now.

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  'Tanks99', be very wary of the words of anyone that uses should or shouldn't.
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  "They streamed across the bridge to Brookl...

  by LDH in

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  the history channel had a spt.

  11 show on last night, and most of it was the same ol' same ol'---but something did catch my attention.. video was being shown of people evacuating lower manhattan, and the brooklyn bridge was filled to capacity with people.. the voice over says, "people fled every way they could--they streamed across the bridge to brooklyn.".

  now, i'm wondering, if you had just left ground zero and you were one of the ones runningon the bridge--and you saw a big sign that said--.

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  All Bethelites were to 'stay' in the building they were in until it ws time to go home. Until then...no walking between the buildings and all buildings are locked down--for security. (They had one man on the street run in for 'safety'...and they don't want any 'strangers' coming in!).

  Whether the above statement is true or not, thankfully the little Cathedral adjacent to the WTC (World Trade Center, not to be confused with the WatchTower Corporation) didn't follow a similar directive to close their doors and cease to be a haven.

  Similarly, no doubt across the bridge, every Bethalite they could muster working that day at Watchtower Central must have mobilized and set up tables, chairs and blankets to help those immediately in need, such as children and the injured with simple things like using the washrooms, providing water for drinking and cleanup or offering phones to contact families and friends to arrange a rallying point for pickup.

  But you know how the Watchtower Corporation brags that it doesn't boast about its charitable works.
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  MORE BAD NEWS FOR ME......

  by Mary in

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  well i went to the cancer clinic yesterday, where i was told not only do i have endometrial cancer, i also have a rare form of it called clear cell cancer.

  apparently, it's a very aggressive cancer and has a tendancy to spread towards the lymph nodes.. i was absolutely stunned when then told me this one..........yep, i don't smoke, do drugs, i'm not a drunk and i don't screw around and yet i get cancer.. i really would like to try the gerson therapy clinic in california, but it's $4,900.00 us per week........so with the conversion from canadian dollars, it would be about $8,000/week and i'd need to be there for at least 3 weeks.

  anyone have about $25,000 i can borrow?

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  Mary, I'm so sorry.

  I think you may be kidding about the money, but listen to OFC. If not, could you recommend a reputable method of donation that might filter its way down to you, please let us know.
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  Will they grow Hemp in that Paradise garden?

  by kenpodragon in

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  i was thinking today about that paradise garden the witness always pictured.

  i remember all those happy blank faces, with the rosy cheeks and content look.

  they were all smiling eating a apple, petting a lion, and running around the trees.

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  In the 'New World' (tm) today's World Cotton Cartel will still kick anyones butt if they try to seriously grow hemp, the superior clothing, multi-use, e nvironment friendly raw material.

  Edited by - Flip on 10 September 2002 15:51:21
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  JW's in interfaith service

  by Osarsif in

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  from: http://www1.richmond.com/output.cfm?id=2161158&cfid=568503&cftoken=77338460.

  wednesday, september 11 [...].

  virginia holocaust museum 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., 2000 e. cary st. interfaith service for the museum's "new home for tolerance" will mark the dedication for the museum's new shockoe bottom home.

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  Interfaith service for the museum's "new home for tolerance Representatives from the Islamic Center, the Catholic Diocese and Jehovah's Witnesses will also take part.

  In regards to Jehovahs Witnesses or, I suspect, more accurately, the Watchtower Organizations marketing reps being present, its always been my understanding that expecting the act of TOLERANCE to be internally reciprocal as well as external to the Watchtower Corporation. Perhaps I was mistaken.