I agree that this forum is wonderful and glad you were part of it. Enjoyed many of your postings and happy one-year forum anniversery.
straightshooter
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Thanks to everyone on this forum!
by cedars intoday is my first anniversary as a jwn member.
it's hard to believe that only a year has passed since i joined, but i feel that's a testament to how much i have been welcomed and made to feel like part of the furniture.. i would very much like to take this opportunity to thank everyone on the forum for the immense help and assistance i have received, particularly in my first few weeks/months of posting.
it truly was a lifeline at a very distressing time for me.
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CURIOSITY HAS TOUCHED DOWN ON MARS!!!
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straightshooter
Could they have spent the money helping ones on earth? Seems like a waste, though the knowledge this will provide will be interesting.
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I think people want to believe in an Armageddon
by dgp inthe end of the world (aka "this system of things") has been predicted to happen "soon" many times.
in my own lifetime, and not being a jw, i have been warned that the world would end like six times already.
harold camping predicted one end of the world twice only last year.
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straightshooter
According to a recent BBC report, Americans especially dwell on some sort of an end coming to the world. That may be why recent issues of the WTS magazines headline world disasters.
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Is Iran the new Iraq?
by Justitia Themis induring the bush years, i tried to discuss the inaccuracies, errors, and misinterpretations in the bush administration's iraq intelligence that was used to rally the nation and march to war.
but most people's eyes would glaze over and they would mumble some comment about foreign policy being too hard and too time consuming to understand.
as a nation, we failed in our duty to check our leaders, which led to the iraq war, which deleteriously diverted our attention from afghanistan, and has contributed greatly to our financial demise.
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straightshooter
Heaven forbid if the U.S. goes to war with Iran. Yes I believe that Israel and the U.S. will go to war with Iran, but Iran is more fanatical and well equiped than Iraq was. Remember that previous U.S./British and Iran confrontations over prisoned solders have ended in the U.S. and Britain being humbled.
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Do You Like or Dislike Algebra? Why and Why not?
by Scott77 injuly 28, 2012is algebra necessary?by andrew hacker .
a typical american school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra.
in both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail.
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straightshooter
When I was younger and smarter, I loved algrebra. I frequently used it when I programmed computers.
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Why did you become a Jehovah's Witness ?
by Gnosis inwhy did you become a jehovah's witness ?.
initially upon entering the religion what were the positive things you experienced ?.
how did that particular way of thinking both benefit and harm you ?.
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1. I converted because I loved what I learned about idols, flag salute, military service, hellfire, and the Trinity 2. Loved many of the brothers and sisters. When I was young and got baptized, I found that many of the things I did in the world, such as parties (dancing and drinking), was alive and well in the cong. Many of the brothers and sisters were loving. 3. Clamped down on parties and gatherings by the WTS. One of my friends almost got df for telling other jw that he was going to the beach and others then showed up and they got out of line. Brothers and sisters socialized only at the cong instead of having picnics and gatherings. The brothers and sisters became casual acquaintances. 4. I went up the rank to elder and now actually saw the hypocrisy in the BOE. 5. My daughter got df and they wanted me to kick her out of my house to stay an elder. So I faded away. My 5 children, though raised as jw, do not associate with the jw anymore. My wife and her side of the family have stayed with the cong.
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New contribution box at the hall ?
by Poztate indo you think in view that they now have wt production videos.. (a costly endevour) that they might in addition to the www, local and literature donation boxes start a wt video productions box with special guilt laid on parents with small children to donate ?.
it does seem to be all about the money so it wouldn't suprise me...how about you.
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straightshooter
If they skip the DVD production and just go to web streaming/downloading, then their costs would even be lower. They could tell the flock that bandwidth costs are high and they need to donate more to the all-encompassing worldwide work.
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The Field Service will end someday, maybe?
by Quarterback inlast month i heard a talk from a c.o.
he mentioned that the door to door service will come to an end.
he said that jehovah will tell us to stop it, eventually.
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straightshooter
It serves as a way to measure the spirituality of the flock. It also serves to know which brothers should be promoted.
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"MONSTERS in CLERICAL GARB" judge calls them....
by mind blown inhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/us/philadelphia-church-official-to-be-sentenced-in-abuse-case.html?_r=1.
philadelphia (ap) the first u.s. church official convicted of covering up sex-abuse claims against roman catholic priests was sentenced tuesday to three to six years in prison by a judge who said he "enabled monsters in clerical garb ... to destroy the souls of children.".
monsignor william lynn, the former secretary for clergy at thearchdiocese of philadelphia, "helped many but also failed many" in his 36-year church career, common pleas judge m. teresa sarminasaid.. lynn, who handled priest assignments and child sexual assault complaints from 1992 to 2004, was convicted last month of felonychild endangerment for his oversight of now-defrocked priestedward avery.
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straightshooter
Hopefully this is the start for any who cover up child preditors from justice, including the WTS.
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US Clergyman Sentenced For Allowing Abuse
by straightshooter inus roman catholic monsignor william lynn has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for enabling a priest to carry on abusing.
will this open the door to the wts higher ups being held responsible for abuse in the congregations?.
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US Roman Catholic Monsignor William Lynn has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for enabling a priest to carry on abusing. Will this open the door to the WTS higher ups being held responsible for abuse in the congregations?