Posts by karter

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Alcohol Consumption—How Can You Stay in Control?

by Lost in the fog in

so i was doing some research for a community group which i belong to as we are going to present information in the run up to christmas about the dangers of overindulgence in alcoholic beverages.. anyway while googling information i spotted that the jw(dot)org website had a recent item on the subject and decided to be nosey as to the advice the wackos were giving out these days.. here's an actual quote from their website page - "try this: if you are concerned about your drinking habits, pray to god for help.

ask him for strength and self-control.

and take time to discover the practical wisdom found in his word, the bible.

karter

There are so many drunks among the J.Ws that they need to do anything to get them to stop.

As a child i remember there were 5 Elders in our congro that drank like fish at any congro get togeather wedding ect they would all sit togeather and knock back alcohol like theres no tomorrow.

As far as i know 1 got removed becouse he crashed his car while drunk.

1 got removed becouse he was caught drunk so many times... He also did some work for me and asked for cash under the table.

The rest are still Elders.

This is inly one congro!

karter.

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1975 selling of houses

by Paul Bonanno in

jw
friends

as 1975 was approaching, many witnesses sold their property.

do you know about specific cases that are willing to share their experience of doing so?.

karter

1974 the "Divine Victory" Assembly in Christchurch New Zealand G.B member Leo Greenless said " This may be the last Assembly this side of Armagedden".

Fast foward 1976 Nathan Noor went on a world wide speaking tour as the number were rapidly falling.

In his speech he said "In the very unlikely event of the system going on till the turn of the century.

Karter.

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Is the Governing Body still considering giving an apology?

by was a new boy in

cricket australia apologised to child sex abuse survivors on monday.. https://supersport.com/cricket/news/d697602e-7832-45d7-9710-024493595f57/cricket_australia_sorry_for_historical_child_sex_abuse.

is it still foreseeable the governing body will consider giving an apology to anyone who has suffered sexual abuse in australia?

7 years ago.

karter

If they Apologise they then admit its a problem .

As far as they are concerned there is no problem .

Since the ARC whats changed?....nothing.

Karter.

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Another congregation closed

by hoser in

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friends

15 years ago there were 5 congregations now there is only one and it is still struggling.

congregations closing their doors doesn’t mean business is good.

it looks like this last one to fold had no young witnesses, they either left the religion or moved.

karter

I live i Auckland New Zealand in 1991 we built a K.H to seat 240 with 2 congregations meeting there and was filling up fast. now 1 congretion and empting out as fast.

karter.

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Quick builds

by moley in

what was the standard of quick builds.

did they cut corners, ignore building regulations, were they unsafe .

karter

I worked on a Quick build and it rained all weekend , They should never have put the Gib board on as the framing was wet but a Brother who was an Engineer singed it off .....well not long after mold started comming throught the Gib and had to be ripped off dryed out and replaced , They should never had put the gib board on but to show how wonderful they are building it in a weekend they went ahead and payed the price.

Another one i worked on the put an M.S in charge of the scaffolding he had never done scaffolding before , My Brother was a qualified scaffolder and told him to stop pulling out some Braces to use else where , He said "I'm in charge here you do as i say" just becouse hes an M.S thought he knew better , My brother went to the guy incharge and said im out of here unless this is done properly as any accidents ill cop it.

Karter.

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Punkofnice Gig

by BoogerMan in

@ punkofnice - .

oscar wilde was an irish poet who moved to london in the late 1800's where he became famous.. his brother toby who was a songwriter, decided to emulate his brother and traveled to england to seek fame & fortune also.

he chose lincolnshire as the base for his songwriting, and settled in the town of bourne.. it was here where he wrote his most well known song, "bourne toby wilde.