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  March 2012 Aux Pioneering

  by truthlover in

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  so far what is the response to the aux pioneering this year vs last year?.

  in our cong - only 10 so far vs 52 last april.

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  zoiks

  My mother breathlessly told me about it the other day.

  Mom: "Did you hear about the special 30-hour auxiliary pioneering arrangement?"

  Me: "Oh, right...you did that last year too, didn't you?"

  Mom: "Well...yes...we did."

  Me: "Good for you."

  I felt bad taking the wind out of her sails; she is so eager to tell me everything and anything about JW-related topics as she holds on to the hope that I will return. But come on, JWs! Such short memories! This will become a regular thing, and by next year none of you will remember when you didn't have 30-hour pioneering in April. Then some other minor change in your Theocratic TM routines will get you all excited and breathless and happified. Sad.
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  It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.

  in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.

  ( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).

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  zoiks

  Ahh, gotcha. I am guilty by design of some hit-and-run posting, in order to keep my computer time to a minimum. I will try to check back on my posts with more regularity. Cheers!
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  It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.

  in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.

  ( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).

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  zoiks

  Berengaria said:

  zoiks what is Eagle..............something??

  Sorry, didn't see this until just now, and it took a second for me to figure out that you were referring to my statement on this thread.

  Anyhoo, I had been drinking some Eagle Rare, a pretty decent Bourbon:

  
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  Everybody have a great frickin weekend!

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's all i have to say about that.. okay, one gratuitous jesus joke.... .

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  zoiks

  Good call, Shack. I had to see it for myself, and also LOL'd
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  It makes no sense whatsoever that a" CREATOR" would only communicate with a minority of the population then put the onus on them to convey this life saving message to the WHOLE wide world

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.

  in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.

  ( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).

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  zoiks

  N. Drew: That's your stupid definition of faith. We have two adopted cats. I don't like you.

  SBC: This is quite possibly the best response I've ever elicited on JWN.

  I am in love with this little exchange.
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  Everybody have a great frickin weekend!

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's all i have to say about that.. okay, one gratuitous jesus joke.... .

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  zoiks

  Have a good one, bro.

  [missing witty Jesus image on account of already having hit the Eagle Rare HARD]
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  Drawings of NEW Watchtower World Headquarters in Warwick, New York

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  scroll down to last few pages to see the drawings.... http://www.townofwarwick.org/wt_con/_appendix%20m_swppp%20&%20drawings.pdf.

  among the ammenities are a sand volley ball court, two tennis courts and a full basketball court.... there's also parking garages and picnic areas for visitors.... by the way, not sure exactly what this is but you'll notice a shaded area labelled "undergound chamber"... interesting.... (i wonder if moving out to the middle of nowhere was intended to keep bethelites from sneaking out at night and going to the liquor store... just saying).

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  ..which can only mean one thing: now the Borg has its own PEs on staff! What is next? Their own inhouse architect, structural and MEP engineers, their own Construction Management division...the free labor we know about....

  Yan, when I was on the engineering staff of my RBC, we would get visits from a Bethelite sister who was a licensed Architect. Every drawing that required a stamp had to be reviewed and approved by her.

  In the case of some of the older hall builds that I remember, local Civil Engineers were sometimes hired. I worked for one of these guys for a few years and his recollection of working with the Elder body during a local build was that they were always fighting and difficult to work with. Ahh...memories.
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  Please keep our buddy SD-7 in your thoughts (and prayers)!

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sd-7 texted me today.

  his wife is in labor, has had some complications and is having an emergency c-section.

  he asked me to spread the word to the folks on jwn.

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  zoiks

  Congrats, buddy, on the birth of your son. He is a handsome little man for sure.
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  YOU ARE ALL DEMONIZED

  by Badfish in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you are all demonized apostates don't you know this, this is exactly what the slave was warning us about not to take apostate tracts and listen to apostates now you're all doing the same thing you were warned against and now you've corruspted my mind and made me mentally diseased and i hope jehovah destroys you all at armageddon!!!

  !.

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  zoiks

  LOL :dias nostaW

  !nataS rof semordnilaP
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  YOU ARE ALL DEMONIZED

  by Badfish in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you are all demonized apostates don't you know this, this is exactly what the slave was warning us about not to take apostate tracts and listen to apostates now you're all doing the same thing you were warned against and now you've corruspted my mind and made me mentally diseased and i hope jehovah destroys you all at armageddon!!!

  !.

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  zoiks

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  stiawa lleH