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  Bethel Tour - What a Joke

  by tresdecu in

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  i had to laugh (internally of course), i was over at a friends house and he was showing me pics of a bethel trip they took sometime in the spring.

  pic 1...a bunch of people (the tourists) in suits walking through a (seeming empty-ish) warehouse with goofy smiles on their faces.

  (oh boy a warehouse!

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  Things I am ashamed of...

  by tresdecu in

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  being an attendant 'guard' at assy's and feeling that 'goose-bumpy' chill that i was in the vicinity of a gb member.

  oh boy...he said "hello brother" to me.

  accepting commendation for talks, being told i was a 'good teacher' when all i did was parrot info from the cd rom.. thinking to myself "i can't wait to see the look on the apostates faces, when the big 'a' comes and they see the wrath of jah".

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  Question about "Keep yourself in God's Love"

  by tresdecu in

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  on another thread someone talked about new light as explained in the new book from 08 dc about disfellowshipped / inactive family members.

  i didn't get a copy.. does anyone have a few specifics they could share about association with these family members?.

  thanks.

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  Paradisecafediscussions.com

  by tresdecu in

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  is anyone a member?

  seems decent...i've read it a few times.the wt section is kind of slow, one poster named bangalore seems to be the primary guy there that gets topics going.. i know because of the name, it wouldn't be appealing to many though..

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  How many knew of...

  by tresdecu in

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  elders, mss, pioneers, ... heck even cos who privately expressed doubts to you directly or other reliable sources?.

  (i hate the distinction between those "spiritual giants" (i never was one...just a r&f/ms) and the common folk).

  but it's interesting / stregthening to hear stories of them expressing their distaste at some of the bs..

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  401K vs University Education

  by tresdecu in

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  here's something i thought about this morning that made me mad.

  the wts is so anti-education now, saying the "end is so close" "deep in the last days" etc (tm) ...why have they not come down on having retirement plans?

  i know many elders that work for big companies (younger guys in their 40s), they are planning for their future by investing etc....what!?

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  Top 5 posters you'd like to hang out and have a beer with...

  by tresdecu in

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  i'll start:.

  awakened @ gilead .

  billy the x bethelite.

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  FIRST AID at the DCs

  by tresdecu in

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  the thread about the old woman who died at the assembly got me thinking about how first aid is run at the conventions.

  for many years i worked as an attendant, we were always instructed that, if there is a medical emergency to contact first aid and not to call an ambulance directly from the location.

  in the age of cell phones it made much more sense to me to call 911 right away (for serious emergencies) , if it's a stroke or heart attack time is critical.

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  The 'A' Word

  by tresdecu in

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  because of cognative dissonance, and years of fearing the word apostate, i am actually still afraid to think about it too much.

  what brings me some comfort, is the fact that there are aprox.

  7 mil witnesses, and out of that number, at least half if not more are "apostates" (my personal guess anyway).

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  Yet another new guy...

  by tresdecu in

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  first, let me say it is scary posting here for me.

  if my past self could see me now!

  i am a ms, been so for about 12 years.

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