Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  At the RC now part 2

  by All for show in

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  ok... my other thread i cant respond.

  we went to shut up our family... but myhusband is seething and said his brain has shut off.. the stupid is amazing.. they are playing videos that are lame and pointless for the first symposium.. for the first symposium... they asked why the bible has no pictures.

  because it was before photography...jesus used word pictures!!

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  they asked why the bible has no pictures. Because it was before photography.

  So, why didn't Jesus invent photography, movable type, computers, the Internet, and DVDs?

  ...I guess he wasn't so 'perfect' after all.
  
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  Today my son told me that he can't stand this religion

  by hardtobeme in

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  i have talked to him ttat.

  and he understands.

  he doesn't wanna be a jw.

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  I'm lost here. I don't know what to do. Please everyone help me...

  It sounds like you're already off to a wonderful start!

  My wife tells me that we have to "help" him. That she has seen that he prefers friends outside the congregation, that those kids are bad association and that someday I will regret it if he leaves the truth.

  If this is an issue that you feel needs a response, I'd suggest something like, "He's getting older. We can't just put him in a playpen anymore to keep him safe from the world. Our effort is better spent to give him a good foundation in love, morals, and ethics. If we try to control his every movement we'll just exhaust ourselves and build a huge amount of resentment in him such that when he turns 18 he'll run out the door into a world that he's completely unprepared for. [insert an example, if you know any JW kids that left their controlling parents at an early age] He's got to learn how to interact with people that aren't JWs because we want him to get a job and support himself. We can't afford to support our grown children. [such as in the society videos where the engineer dad seemed to make enough money that he was unconcerned with how his nearly adult children would support themselves or have friends outside their immediate family, or the video where the dad had a construction business and the sons both worked for him.]"
  
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  Geoffrey Jackson Bio!

  by elkatire1980 in

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  2. bible

  in the watchtower august 15 in the topic: "let the many islands rejoice" appears the following paragraph: .

  then, however, it came time for a serious decision.

  would i accept a scholarship to go to university?

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  ...many high school students start applying for and receiving scholarships...

  No mention of him applying for a scholarship, but it's typical WT to have these stories of being offered scholarships with no mention of applying for them or taking college entrance exams. I received a helpful scholarship, but it was only after I'd already applied and was accepted to university.
  
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  big accident at Warwick construction site

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wt society is fond of using the tilt-up method of construction where a network of rebar is made on the ground, concrete poured on it and allowed to cure, then the whole thing is tilted up and voila' you've got yourself a massive big-ass wall ready made.

  these walls for several stories-high buildings are indeed massive and weighty so you need a heavy-duty crane to raise into position.. i just heard from an eye-witness ldc volunteer that while there a few weeks ago they had an enormous accident.

  the crane tilted and crashed, the only one hurt was its operator.

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  Construction is a high risk occupation. There have been plenty of accidents at Watchtower that just aren't talked about. They take lots of safety initiatives, but it's not like there are guardian angels flying around the site.
  

  Similarly, a crane tipped over at Patterson working on one of the residence buildings. The weights of the tilt-up panels are painted on them so the operator knows what he's dealing with. A panel was heavier than what was written on it. Crane operator lifted it and started to travel when "timber!", over it went. It was a Watchtower crane. They uprighted it, fixed the crane and the boom.
  
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  New August Watchtower -- Getting rid of the Generation again??

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the new august study watchtower just posted on jw.org is all about how long it may be until the end.

  whole article on that topic..

  but it never once mentions the overlapping generation..

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  LOL. I was always an underliner. I found that highlighters too often bled through to the other side of the page... which was like "overlapping highlighting"... come to think of it, I could have let the highlighter bleed through and study only half the lesson, but it would look like I studied the whole thing.
  
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  Introducing myself

  by Bill Covert in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  it was suggested that i do a post of introducing myself rather than just starting to do posting.

  i am one of those viet nam war felons who had to refuse community service in lieu of military induction per direct instructions of wbts.

  my mother was from a old time jw family in the calif. bay area the "garigs".

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  Welcome!
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  New August Watchtower -- Getting rid of the Generation again??

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the new august study watchtower just posted on jw.org is all about how long it may be until the end.

  whole article on that topic..

  but it never once mentions the overlapping generation..

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  If their sweeping "this generation" under the rug, I'm almost curious enough to check what is written in that Botchtower ... almost
  
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  outside consulting firm used for JW building site , to be complete in 2019.

  by brandnew in

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  crofton wins key role on jehovah's witnesses campus.

  6 may 2015 | by yoosof farah.

  engineer lands role on scheme that will predominantly be designed and constructed by volunteers.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  @ brandnew - I'm pretty sure Jesus hired some good Roman engineers to build him some waterfront luxury condos.

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  Wait, sorry, I think I have Jesus confused with Emperor Nero. That's it... the GB is doing what Emperor Nero did.
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  New August Watchtower -- Getting rid of the Generation again??

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the new august study watchtower just posted on jw.org is all about how long it may be until the end.

  whole article on that topic..

  but it never once mentions the overlapping generation..

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Didn't Rutherford say of that generation, "Millions now living will be thrown under the bus!"?
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  outside consulting firm used for JW building site , to be complete in 2019.

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
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  crofton wins key role on jehovah's witnesses campus.

  6 may 2015 | by yoosof farah.

  engineer lands role on scheme that will predominantly be designed and constructed by volunteers.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  It's been a while since I've done any bible reading, but isn't this the type of thing that Jesus did when he was on earth? You know, collect as much money as he could from both the rich and the poor, then use the money to build a massive compound where he could comfortably write, print, and ship all his wisdom? Then sell that compound, collect more money to build another big compound? And maybe have to use some of those extra millions of drachma to pay off the victims of the child molesters he had among his disciples?