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  "The End is Closer Than You Think" came up at a party.

  by RubaDub in

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  we were at a party (get-together in jw speak) and somehow the ones i was talking with changed the subject to a talk given by the co that "the end is closer than we think.".

  i just sheepishly asked the group ... "i don't understand that phrase, "the end is closer than we think.

  " i said my parents told me i would never go to school, then later that i would never graduate from high school, and that i would never get married.. then i mentioned my parents were expecting the end to be in 1975 ... my grandparents were expecting the end numerous times in the 1920's and 1930's.. so i very nicely asked, "isn't is more correct to say "the end is farther than we think?

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  I would love to ask, "If you are so sure, what are your emergency plans in regards to food, water, electricity, etc.?"
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  Help: What percentage of your income do you pay on rent/mortgage?

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm trying to find a place to rent on the other side of the country, sight unseen.

  i have a friend and real estate agent helping me, but it's pretty much a nightmare.

  they've done several walkthroughs and sent pictures of some places, but things are looking grim.

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  The rule of thumb nowdays is that housing should not cost more than 30% of one's income. If your debt load is low, then going a little more is not a problem.
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  Why The Hell Do People Defend Israel?

  by Blue Grass in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first i see a lot of americans defending israel's execution of at least 9 peacekeepers and the attempted murder of several others.

  now people are calling helen thomas a bigot?

  the most evil and bigoted people live in israel.

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  It is strange that evil Israel is the only nation in the Mid-East that allows Arabs to vote. And Iraq.
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  Cool laser audio thingy I need

  by gubberningbody in

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  http://www.ted.com/talks/woody_norris_invents_amazing_things.html.

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  Police and Military forces are developing this for dispersing crowds with non-lethal force.
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  What Did You Do With Your WWW Money When You Left?

  by mentallyfree31 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  question: when you awakened and discovered the truth about "da troof", what did you do with the www money in your service bag?.

  i must confess: i took my apostate brother out to lunch and paid for it with my www stash.

  i hadn't deposited my money in a long time, so there was about $30 in there.. .

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  Having looked into publishing my own (never completed) work, the WTS is probably doing very well with what they bring in. Even at a smaller scale, paperbacks can be printed a thousand at a time for about 50 cents each, the magazines for about a dime, and the 192 page books can be had for a buck maybe two. I would be surprised if the Kingdom interlinear would cost $10 to print. Keep in mind that these estimates are for: farming out the work, paying taxes, and buying only 1000 of them. A non-prophet on the scale of the WTS can do it for less than half of what my guesses are.
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  Using Wikipedia to Quote Sources

  by Georgiegirl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, i've seen alot of posts using cut-n-pastes from wikipedia.

  .now, i love wikipedia - but - for those of you who may not be aware - wikipedia is not a credible source.

  we aren't allowed to use it as a reference for any paper in university, and anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a scholar and researcher would lose all credibility by using wikipedia as a direct reference.. wikipedia is user-created - which means i can create a wiki on any subject i choose (whether i know anything about it or not).

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  The best part of a Wiki article, as far as research goes, is the links to the sources at the bottom.
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  Elder "predicts" how many jws are going to live

  by XPeterX in

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  parents went to a jw gathering to read the wt for this week.a jw said that only 5 people out of 125 in my congo will survive armageddon and then that elder said: "no,not 5 people,maybe 20".

  damn i don't have words for him.

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  If Jehober truly loves Dubs, he would loosen the requirements so that there would be more of them to clean up the mess after the Big A. How is a million Dubs ever going to build houses for 20 billion people? That is about 1 house a month for a thousand years - with everything else they have to do.
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  Court orders Jehovah's Witness boy be given blood transfusion

  by purplesofa in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  court orders jehovah's witness boy be given blood transfusionsean fewster from:adelaidenow june 04, 2010 7:12pma hospital has won the right to give a child potentially life-saving blood transfusions despite the religious objections of the boy and his family.. in a south australian legal first, the supreme court this afternoon gave the women's and children's hospital the right to give a 10-year-old boy - a member of the jehovah's witness faith - transfusions as part of his cancer treatment.. the decision, in line with similar rulings from around the world, paves the way for hospitals to take action in future debates with religious parents.. the boy is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer that doctors fear will spread throughout his entire body if not treated with an intense 39-week regime of chemotherapy and surgery,adelaide now reported.. .

  the speed of that process will not allow his blood cells time to regenerate, meaning he will require transfusions so that the chemotherapy can continue unabated.. in a statement read to the court, the boy said transfusions carried spiritual consequences.. "the doctors have told me i might die and i don't want to - but i don't want blood," he said.. "the blood will change me... when you take blood, you are taking someone else's life.. "i really don't want this and my heart is ripping apart.".

  read more about the court's blood transfusion order at adelaide now.. .

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  I wonder if the boy and his parents are secretly relieved.
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  Why do all intelligent Christians disobey Jesus?

  by StoneWall in

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  2. bible

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-slagzjmdu.

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  This is what happens when you strip verses of all textual or historical context.
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  Can I see your invitation? Can I see your birth certificate?

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  Because the fellow in question is black, therefore; It MUST be a race thing!