Posts by RisingEagle

Why? Wasn't Wales annexed in the 1200's under Edward I becoming English property in the 1500's? I also thought the Union Flag was made up for King James to show the uniting of England and Scotland (at least on ships) later adding the cross of Saint Patrick to show, well, union.

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Do they still go ahead and disfellowship if you threaten them back?

by ThomasCovenant in

supposing local elders were to approach me with a view to a 'judicial committee' and subsequent disfellowshipping.

law # 1 i believe everything the 'society' says.. law # 2 i also believe everything the 'society' has ever said in the past even when it contradicts law # 1.. law # 3 i also believe everything the 'society' will ever say in the future even when it contradicts law # 1 and law # 2. law # 0 (zeroth law) i believe law # 1, 2 and 3 all at the same time.. please don't disfellowship me.. .

if you carry out this action i will take it upon myself to make the local jw's life uncomfortable.

RisingEagle

Mulan: When my cousin's husband was invited to a judicial committee, about 10 years ago, he countered by sending them a legal document, (he had taken some legal classes) "suggesting" they cease and desist harassing him, or they would be sued. Something to that effect. He never heard from them again. He was never df'd.

I now have a new hero!

He had a fatal heart attack last February.

I'm sorry for your loss.

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Fluffity fluff fluff. Word puzzle, can you solve it?

by RisingEagle in

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friends

i found this word problem on the net from another website i frequent.

have fun and post your answer below.

facts:.

RisingEagle

10990. C'mon, give us a hard one!

Check out the big brain on jourles! 8 minutes from post to solution, duly impressed!

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God Talks to Gov. Body AND ...

by Rabbit in

i am so glad i don't hear the voice of god iin my head...it's vewwy, vewwy, scawwy !.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_re_us/oral_roberts_scandal.

back to story - helproberts says god forced his resignation by justin juozapavicius, associated press writer 58 minutes ago.

RisingEagle

On Tuesday, the founder of a Christian office and education supply store chain pledged $70 million to help the university, provided it passed a 90-day review of the school's finances. Oklahoma City businessman Mart Green, founder of the Mardel chain, offered to donate $8 million immediately.

I wonder why they only wrote about this guy owning Mardel. He also owns Hobby Lobby which is a much larger chain. Mardels are often built next to HL's, but not always.

I'm also beginning to think that the voice of God may have been in the form of this guy talking to Oral and telling him that if he got his boy to step down he'd pony up the funds.

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Fluffity fluff fluff. Word puzzle, can you solve it?

by RisingEagle in

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friends

i found this word problem on the net from another website i frequent.

have fun and post your answer below.

facts:.

RisingEagle

nope, check the wording of the Q? and try again.

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Fluffity fluff fluff. Word puzzle, can you solve it?

by RisingEagle in

jw
friends

i found this word problem on the net from another website i frequent.

have fun and post your answer below.

facts:.

RisingEagle

I found this word problem on the net from another website I frequent. Have fun and post your answer below.

FACTS:There is a bus with 7 children inside of it
Each child has 7 rucksacks
In each rucksack there are 7 big cats
Every big cat has 7 small cats
Everything listed above is entirely in the bus
All objects are unique
There is no driver
Every child has 2 legs
Every cat has 4 legs

QUESTION:
How many legs are in the bus?

(Oops, I meant to post this on the entertainment folder. My apologies.)

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Minimus and me

by seven006 in

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he told me that the thread he started yesterday tell me what you think of certain posters had been locked because some people though the bantering between he and i was serious.

im sorry but i laughed.

a lot.

RisingEagle

THIS THREAD IS DONE! NO MORE POSTING ON IT!!!!!!!!

Who's minimus?

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So, why are YOU up at this hour?

by AlmostAtheist in

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it's nearly midnight, and all this week we're doing some after-hours work.

we have to do this when the agents are off the systems, thus after 11pm.

hopefully we'll finish it up here before 2am.

RisingEagle

Lessee, ankle biter got picked up at 3:30. FIL needed some brake fluid, steering fluid and antifreeze to get his truck in working order (he's a motor sickel guy, but it's getting cold) and so he won't borrow our ride. That put us home at 4:30. 4:45 the spousal unit called for a pick up and then it was a mad dash to the grocery store for sustenance. Varmint had gymnastics at 7 home by 8:15 her bedtime 8:30. Dishes needed washed, dried and put away. Dogs got fed at 9:15 finished at 9:30. Football on tube and news at 10-10:30 to get tomorrows weather lie. Realized the kid critter and wife critter had no uniforms for school or work tomorrow so it was warshin and dryin for me and somebody has to fold the rest of the laundry.

Mostly, I'm up to post trivial stuff that won't be read. And I'm high on Tide and Snuggle.

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JW's kids must NOT attend nursery school

by aligot ripounsous in

i thought that after some 30 years as a jw the wts's teaching is so familiar that i can hardly find anything new in assembly talks, which may be the reason why, as many attendants do, i gently noze down and opening an eye from time to time is enough to catch up the drift of an all too well known talk.

still, i've been genuinely surprised last sunday by a point a bethel visitor rose in one of the p.m talks, namely that jws are not advised to send their kids to school until an age when he (she) can take a personal stand re.

xmas, birthdays, etc.

RisingEagle

Along the lines of restrangled's post I'm going to share an experience I had in my mispent youth.

Winter 1985. My sister's congo in BFE southeastern Oklahoma (three elders, hall is so small there are no audience mikes) sends for help in reaching the boonies. A pioneer sister in New York agrees to move there so we load up in a van, attach a UHaul trailer and like Jed moving to Beverly, off the Okies go to fetch her. Several families in NY agree to put a few of us up for a couple of days while we make a mad tour of Bethel, NYC and Jersey (Stanley) and pack the sister's belongings into the UHaul. I end up staying with a wonderfully nice elder's family of about 60 people (exaggerate much? Couple of generations) in a nice brownstone in Brooklyn.

The night before we were to pack the sisters stuff, the family I stayed with all gathered in the living room and we started talking about the differences in being a jw in OK and NY. The whole family pretty much makes the point that in NY, in 1985, that if a child had not made a decision to be a jw by age 7, they were pretty much lost to the troof. And to further drive the point the kids (ranging from grade school to high school grads that pioneered) each told me the age they were baptized. At 15 I was unbaptized and they were almost in shock.

Looking back, I think several factors were involved in that situation. The proximity to Bethel (I recall that Bethelites were attending the congo in some format), the fact my host was an elder and a need to impress the hick from Ok. But if the thinking really was along those lines in '85 how much moreso it would be by a Bethelite now.