Posts by jayhawk1

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Anna Nicole Smith dies at 39

by Gregor in

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what a tragic life.

jayhawk1

Anna dies after decades of voluntarily abusing drugs & alcohol > countless soldiers & Iraqis dying in a senseless war??? Sick.

It's all about celebrity and what brings in the ratings. Nobody knows about the poor young man who dies in war. Heck, he's lucky if his name is at the end of a newscast in the form of a crawler. Maybe the local newspaper will print an article about how brave he was. But Anna dies, and it's a headliner.

I do feel bad for her new born baby. Hopefully the courts will pair the baby up with her real father soon and she can have something that resembles a life.

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My Bethel Experience Part 9

by new boy in

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the the worst thing, someone could call you at bethel, was a "jack".............. as in " that guy is a real jack, he doesn't work at all".

the other term not used very much anymore, was "pot licker" used basically the same way.there has been some bad things done at bethel.

you name it, someone has done it...........but the absolute worst possible thing, a bethelite could do is be a theft!

jayhawk1

Keep 'em coming!

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My Bethel Experience Part 6

by new boy in

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i 'm sorry all of this is not in order.............i'm writing as all this comes back to me.. my first room assignment was room 33 in the 129 building....it was and old building, built around the turn of the century,...the society owned it but it had worldly people in to.......i'm not sure why but maybe there was a law that provented them from being kicked out or something.

it was a 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment (about 1000 sq.

ft.) there were 7 of us in there, all new boys ( less then one year there).

jayhawk1

Keep the Bethel episodes coming. I've enjoyed each of them so far.

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AWESOME! New Article on Blood and Canadian Sextuplets

by V in

ethicist says b.c.

blood feud may save children and jehovah's witness parents.

published: thursday, february 1, 2007 | 8:46 pm et.

jayhawk1

This has been fascinating to follow. It's a shame kid's lives are at stake to prove the point the Watchtower is a bad orginization. I'm glad the Canadian authorities have stepped up, protecting the lives of the remaining 4 and making the JWs look terrible in the process.

Looks like Jehovah's people are stumbling the world.

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Hey wait a minute The WTS' pick and choose attitude about history

by Lady Lee in

if you were to ask almost any jw about the history of the movement, how it got started they might talk about how they are true christians just like in the times of jesus.

they might say they are of course the only true christians.

they might also tell you they are the only people on earth who use the name of god.

jayhawk1

Lady Lee, take your logic just a bit further...

They claim the Bible is written by imperfect men to reflect the thoughts of a perfect God, right? So if Jehovah God could see to it the Bible authors got every word right, (All scripture is inspired by God) why does God allow mistakes today? Looks like God is losing his touch.

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Sleeping during meetings

by darth frosty in

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i was just remembering some of the great sleep i used to get at the meetings.

towards the end i would sleep while reading for the bookstudy and the watchtower lesson.

who can top that?

jayhawk1

Only during the conventions and assemblies...

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My Bethel experience part II

by new boy in

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back to the food..........the saying was "its the best food in the world before they cook it" the coffee was the really bad.

they would take a 55 lb.

bag of good coffee beans and boil the shit out of it.the joke was if anyone could find the guy that made the coffee, and kill him, our production nwould go up and armageddon could finally come.

jayhawk1

Looking forward to part 3!

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My Bethel experience

by new boy in

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because of the length of this, it will be done in two parts.

part 1. i when to bethel march 21,1970. at the time you had to be a pioneer for two years to apply, by the time i left in 1974 they were calling people in who had never pioneered..........average stay was 5 months ( they had signed up for 4 years)..........the reason they left was......well, it was hell.. one of the reasons was, knorr hated bethelites, but he loved the gilead students and why?

because when they screwed up they were thousands of miles away!........just before i got there, they had kicked out over 60!

jayhawk1

I work in a jail and everybody gets a full plate of food every meal.

Once upon a time, so did I and there is no doubt inmates have it better than Bethelites. The local congregation had a young man who went to Bethel. We was so excited when he returned, because we all expected great stories about how Jehovah's House ran. Instead we got back a broken young man who had nothing good to say about his experience.

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144000, Where did Russell get his idea, and what do other religions believe

by jwfacts in

where did russell get the notion that the 144k are a literal number, and that they are the rulers in heaven?

what do other religions believe this group to represent?.

what did john really mean?.

jayhawk1

Why is there different names for the 12 tribes that make up literal Israel and the 144,000?

Just speculation, but consider that Revelation is just a compilation from different authors. Perhaps whomever wrote the passage that includes the 12 tribes in Revelation got the names wrong.

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Watchtower 2007 3/15 -- Is 1914 dropped?

by observer in

watchtower 2007 3/15 is very unusual.

it is titled (when freely translated) "how coming of the christ affects you?".

in the first article there is not speaking about 1914 or invisible presence.

jayhawk1

If Jesus came, why does he keep leaving? Like my mom says, "Take off you coat and stay awile."