Posts by oppostate

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What is the exact meaning not posting in a language other than English in the Guidelines

by SonoftheTrinity in

in other words, can i use a loanword.

or a parochial phrase of an english based dialect.

or a short motto from another language along with a translation without being in violation.

oppostate

Bien dicho,

Well said,

me parece que puede escribir en otro idioma sin que nadie le diga nada si incluye una traducción.

I think you can write in another language without anyone minding if you include a translation.

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My three days of hell summary - Part I

by cookiemaster in

well guys, i finally got back from the dc or whatever it's called nowadays.

it wasn't really as bad as i expected but still, it was pretty bad.

the first interesting thing happened on the road.

oppostate

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Assembly Invitations: A Sad, Pathetic Anachronism

by metatron in

jw
friends

so, witlesses are handing out assembly invitations locally for their gatherings to invite the public to attend...... .

a meeting that's 50, 100, 150 miles away?

there was an era when placards were put in storefront windows and bombastic sermons were delivered by radio.

oppostate

designs says:

People travel hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles to events they consider important- Peace rally, political event, Woodstock, other.

You said it "events they consider important". The proof is that there's just about no response from the public and nobody but loyal JW's consider the event "important".

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Do the GB travel with assistants (body men)?

by Skinnedsheep in

just curious.

i would love to spend about 3 hours on a plane discussing things with one of these spiritual giants..

oppostate

Greenlees certainly did travel with body men (ASSistants).

He was well known for having a young and handsome bethelite "companion" with him wherever he went. Sometimes more than one.

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At RC, Splane says 1000+ new KH's needed, last year only "60" new one's built.

by oppostate in

so there are now regular, full time "construction servants" and their help is much needed along with regional rbc volunteers, who better get working because over a thousand kh's are needed and last year only sixty were built by the u.s. branch.

.

splane also said that just with the new baptized this weekend all over the u.s. we had one whone new circuit, so we better put more work into building needed kingdom halls..

oppostate

Good question Blondie.

In the New England (MA) area a little twitty CO by the name of Scotty Henry had instructions to merge as many local congregations as possible.

All around the District there were congregations that had split into two the last decade that were now being merged once again.

And those that were merged and asked to go to another KH were asked to help expand and renovate their new assigned Hall, and their old one sold, KH and land, the money from the sale didn't go to updating the old Hall that now had two merged congregations meeting inside, the money went to the KH building fund so that the old Hall could take out a loan from the Society, back when this happened about seven years ago we were still paying interest on loans from the Society.

It was quite a scam! And the scam continues.

Because there are so many KH's that had merged congregations that now the traveling overseers and the RBC'er bigshots are recommending building new KH's. One recent new KH in Leminster MA is the latest one in this new scam. Over in New Hampshire, near Concord, before the KH project was begun a letter was read to all neighbouring congregations in a two hour circuit to help donate towards the building materials. A congregation in Keene with about 60 publishers mostly retired folk, most in their late 60's 70's and 80's (two in their 90's) donated $30,000 toward the building materials. No accounting was ever sent back to the Keene congregation about what was done with all that money says the Secretary, but it was found out that another congregation also in NH had given $15,000, several other NH congregations smaller amounts, and one in Eastern Vermont $8,000 for the same purpose. What did the KH Building Fund put out???

When the time's up and the money needs to hit the table, the borganization reps of the RBC and the traveling overseers make sure that the local congos get fleeced even more so that Momma WT doesn't have to dish out any of its easily conned contributions.

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Pets aren't people, says speaker at Regional Convention. Fido and Mimi better watch out! And instead of drinking wine or beer go do some gardening or play golf.

by oppostate in

a big discussion driving back from the regional convention about what exactly was meant about pets.. the warning was obvious to me.

don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.. as to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized.

however he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).. maybe jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at cana to sober up and go till the fields.. .

oppostate

Wouldn't it be nice if these talking heads from Bethel would just give up talking about what doesn't concern them?

Maybe then they'd be more able to give encouraging spiritual talks about Jesus lessons on loving your neighbor and doing good to others.

But probably not, they're only concerned about what's good for the borganization and doing good for the Watchtower Investment and Real Estate Holdings Company.

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If you had the audience of the GB, what is your #1 question you would ask them?

by Darth Fader The Sequel in

there are a million of them and mine is by no means the most important question to ask them if i only had one shot at it.

but, i have always wondered what kind of bs excuse they would give as an answer to this question: "brother goober bum, given that there are both male and female partakers here on earth who claim to be of the 'anointed' and plan on being of the 144,000 ruling with christ in heaven for eternity........ why are the female 'anointed' treated as submissive, second class citizens and why is their opinion on doctrinal matters, matters of teaching and reproving, anything at all.... why are they not recognized while here on earth even though you claim that jesus has selected them to become angels to rule with him?

".

oppostate

My Question:

"Who the F. do you guys think you are.

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At RC, Splane says 1000+ new KH's needed, last year only "60" new one's built.

by oppostate in

so there are now regular, full time "construction servants" and their help is much needed along with regional rbc volunteers, who better get working because over a thousand kh's are needed and last year only sixty were built by the u.s. branch.

.

splane also said that just with the new baptized this weekend all over the u.s. we had one whone new circuit, so we better put more work into building needed kingdom halls..

oppostate

So there are now regular, full time "construction servants" and their help is much needed along with regional RBC volunteers, who better get working because over a thousand KH's are needed and last year only sixty were built by the U.S. Branch.

Splane also said that just with the new baptized this weekend all over the U.S. we had one whone new circuit, so we better put more work into building needed Kingdom Halls.

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Pets aren't people, says speaker at Regional Convention. Fido and Mimi better watch out! And instead of drinking wine or beer go do some gardening or play golf.

by oppostate in

a big discussion driving back from the regional convention about what exactly was meant about pets.. the warning was obvious to me.

don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.. as to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized.

however he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).. maybe jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at cana to sober up and go till the fields.. .

oppostate

A big discussion driving back from the Regional Convention about what exactly was meant about pets.

The warning was obvious to me. Don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.

As to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized. However he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).

Maybe Jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at Cana to sober up and go till the fields.

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From Amherst Maine, no that's Massachusetts, errors galore from platform, warning to Russians not to take Ukrainian's Bibles

by oppostate in

i went to the whole three days of regional convention in amherst ma.

mostly i slept through the talks, and i did get a lot of exercise walking around the concourse area looking for a bathroom that didn't have an exesive wainint line to go pee, yes, at this convention even the men's rooms had waiting lines!!!

it seemed like a full third of the audience was perpetually walking around and socializing during the program.. there were so many errors, so many speakers tripping over their words from the manuscripts they were reading.

oppostate

I went to the whole three days of Regional Convention in Amherst MA. Mostly I slept through the talks, and I did get a lot of exercise walking around the concourse area looking for a bathroom that didn't have an exesive wainint line to go pee, yes, at this convention even the men's rooms had waiting lines!!! It seemed like a full third of the audience was perpetually walking around and socializing during the program.

There were so many errors, so many speakers tripping over their words from the manuscripts they were reading. So bad in fact, that probably explains why people would rather be walking around or getting hour long bathroom breaks than sit through the talks?

We watched the GB'ers and GB administrative assistants talk to us through the TurboTRONs.

And GB Bro Lett what wide open eyes you have, the better to see everyone with through the TurboTrons on stage!

Bro Splane also a GB'er had much 'splaining to do about the third heaven and none of it made any sense, the new light wasn't kindled enough since during the lunch breaks there was much arguing about exactly what he meant. So we'll wait for the WT article next summer to clarify.

He (Splane) told the Russians who were sitting next to the Ukranian delegation to stay away from the Ukranians new gray NWT Bibles being handed out, and be happy with the fore and after material from the Bibles which was handed out to them as tracts without the Bible that is for the Russians to enjoy.

Of all language groups, why give the Ukrainians a new gray Bible and not some of the faster growing language groups like Spanish and Portuguese?