I saw the thread title and thought this thread was about a fungal disease, or bacterial infection.
miseryloveselders
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Hierosolyma Perdita Est or Hierosolyma Est Perdita?
by snowbird inlatin for "jerusalem is destroyed.".
uprisings against jews in germany and other countries during the early 19th century were called hep-hep riots.. burntheships, or others who know latin, can you help me?.
syl.
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Anne Rice Quits Christianity!
by Inkie ina friend of my sent me this cnn news story.
thought i share.. .
legendary author anne rice has announced that shes quitting christianity.. .
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miseryloveselders
Why'd she feel the need to come out and say she's quiting Christianity? Couldn't she just quit? She could fade without any fallout, right?
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Is There (Was There Ever) an Anglo American Dual World Power?
by BluesBrother inif you live in the u s a or the united kingdom, this is how the wt society views your government, your nation :-.
yes, as an ugly, evil terrifying beast !
this is based on the book of revelation chapter 13 , quoted as follows in the revelation climax book.
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miseryloveselders
This thread just brought back some terrible memories. 90 degrees outside, and stuck inside some little dining room without air condition. If we didn't come early enough, we'd be forced to sit on the chairs donated from the KH. Those awful metal folding chairs. The conductor didn't understand half the lessons, neither did the rest of us stuck in the room. Little kids being forced to stand up and face the corner wall because they kept falling asleep during the book study.
That picture always horrified me, but at the same time fascinated me as I was into Godzilla back then. That book was creepy. I swear the SyFy channel couldn't come up with anything as creepy as the locusts with the man faces.
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Say NO to a mosque at Ground Zero!!
by Scully in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjs0novt3x4&feature=digest.
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miseryloveselders
bttt
MSNBC just reported a NYC panel just gave the ok to build the mosque.
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How many times (after high school) have you fallen in love?
by UnConfused inand how far apart were they?.
thanks.
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miseryloveselders
This thread has the makings of a really cheesy power balad from an 80's romantic comedy. I'm thinking Foreigner's I Want to Know What Love Is? Or anything by Journey.
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CO Arrangement Ending?!
by Doubtfully Yours inis it true?!!!
extremely curious about it.
who'll be the watch person then?!
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miseryloveselders
I know there are plenty of Elders and Ministerial Servants who'd be thrilled if this arrangement was terminated. No more extra meetings, arranging people to feed him, getting up earlier in the morning for field service, arranging for someone to work with his wife, driving all the way to the KH to meet with the congregation, and then driving all the way to the territory, etc..
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How many times (after high school) have you fallen in love?
by UnConfused inand how far apart were they?.
thanks.
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miseryloveselders
Wow, I really hate this question, but I hate the answer even more. Not once have I been in love since high school.
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miseryloveselders
I have to credit listening to David Splane at a Circuit Assembly 10 years ago with my decision to leave and not go back. Seeing and hearing a Governing Body member pound his finger into the podium and angrily tell the audience that they must listen to the Faithful and Discreet Slave as the voice of God was the icing on the cake. Experiencing it live leaves no doubt about the delusion these men live under.
Funny you mention this, because he's a key reason I woke up. The District Convention following the elimination of the Book Study arrangement, he was one of the final speakers on Sunday. I was tired, irritated from doing the attendant thing, and couldn't wait until it was over so I could pack up the folks, and hit the road. While listening to him, he was speaking about changes the organization has experienced. He went on to say in more words or less, "The friends appreciated our mercy in eliminating the book study arrangement." Excuse me? Your mercy? I felt a rage I hadn't felt in quite a long time. I felt insulted. If I could have gotten close enough to him, I might I stuck my 10 1/2 Adolfos up his rear. AllTimeJeff seemed to have known the guy and stated it probably was just misspeak on his part. I don't know, it came off more to me that the guy thinks too highly of himself, and probably the other GBs think too much of themselves. Looking at his pictures, he looks like an odd fellow.
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Change in meeting attendance procedure - can't figure out why though
by sir82 inper a recent letter to elders:.
beginning september 1, there will be a change to the way attendance is recorded at congregation meetings.. currently, attendance is counted at 4 of the 5 meeting (public talk, wt study, congregation "bible" study, and service meeting).. but after sept. 1, meeting attendance will only be taken at 2 of the meetings - during the "first quarter" of the wt study, and also at the cbs.. .
no reason in given for the change in the letter, and i can't figure out why myself.. the numbers are not published anywhere - the only "official" record is a 6 month average the co puts together during his visit.. why request less information from the congregations, especially when it "costs" nothing to accumulate it in the first place?
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miseryloveselders
Interesting that they're limiting the counts, but it strangly coincides with eliminating the total count being mentioned in announcements. Remember we used to announce at how many were in attendance following the public talk, and following the Theocratic Ministry School. Then we recieved the letter to no longer mention those figures. Now they're limiting how many times we actually do the count.
I'll believe it when I see it when it comes to them eliminating the CO arrangement. Although I do know of a CO getting married and supposedly getting out of the CO work all together. Nobody saw it coming. He was what you might call a confirmed bachelor, hetero by the way. I wondered when I heard the news, did he know COs are about to get the axe? Is he getting married to get himself situated to some degree before the Branch pulls the plug on him and his fellow COs? Who knows. At the same time, I know of three other brothers in our circuit who just got the ok from the Branch to do backup CO work, for cases of the CO being sick or other reasons. Who knows whats going on anymore.
Maybe Winston Churchill, the poster can enlighten us, I thought he was a CO right?
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Medical People: Lipitor vs Zocor (Simvastatin)? Which do you recommend??
by AudeSapere ini know we have a good representation of medically-trained people on this board so i want to put out this question:.
when treating a person with high cholesterol, which do you prefer: lipitor or zocor (simvastatin)?
if a person begins treatment with lipitor, is it necessary to use it for the rest of that person's life?
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miseryloveselders
I'm not a doctor or pharmacist, but I work with quite a few in my profession. From what I've been trained on in regards to these "Statins", they're all clinically similar, if not the same. They all have the same potential for side affects, mostly leg cramping. From examining the numbers at my company, Simvastatin (Zocor) is the most popular, and I guess because it was the first blockbuster Statin to go generic. Mevacor (Lovastatin) went generic quite a few years ago, but its not that popular. Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, and Crestor are all supposed to be pretty much equal in therapy for hyperlipidemia. I'd say, if you're trying to save some money, it'd be cheaper to go with Simvastatin or Pravastatin(Pravachol). I believe Lipitor is going generic either next year, or the year after.