I'm sorry to hear about that Hambeak. I'll probably never know what it's like to lose a child, but I can only imagine it is the worst thing that a parent would go through.
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Hambeaks Extremely Heartbreaking News
by Sparkplug inour friend hambeak just got the most dreaded phone call from his jw child.
the news was passed on as he was asked for by name and not as"dad" and let known that "they" just called to let him know that his other son, brian, age 26, is dead.
he was in a car accident.
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2006 WorldWide Service Report
by Midget-Sasquatch inhere it is scanned straight from the feb 1 2007 wt:.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5103/rep01dc4.jpg.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3761/rep02xh5.jpg.
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Jayhawk,
First, we take the difference between the two years - 234. Then we divide 234 by 8,524 which gives us our actual increase percentage - .02745. To verify that this works, multiply 8,524 with .02745 or 2.745% and add that amount to 8,524. You will see that a >2.7% increase over 8,524 equals 234.
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2006 WorldWide Service Report
by Midget-Sasquatch inhere it is scanned straight from the feb 1 2007 wt:.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5103/rep01dc4.jpg.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3761/rep02xh5.jpg.
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A 1% increase in memorial partakers!
Actually, the amount of partakers from 2005 to 2006 increased over 2.7%. Compare that to the worldwide growth of 1.6% and something is definitely off.
Personally, I believe that the amount of wackos has increased by 2.7% over last year. Which makes total sense if you take a conregation of 100 pubs --- usually a couple folks have mental issues. The question then becomes, are they mental enough to partake?
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Starbucks
by Sailor Ripley ini can't help it... i love the freakin' place!.
i know it's insanely expensive, has long lines and possibly, no, actually is quite obnoxious.
i don't care.
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Oh, and Beaner's offers wifi for free. Try and find free wifi in the majority of SB's.
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Starbucks
by Sailor Ripley ini can't help it... i love the freakin' place!.
i know it's insanely expensive, has long lines and possibly, no, actually is quite obnoxious.
i don't care.
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Michigan's alternative to Starbucks. We do have a few SB's here in town, but the anti-SBer's go to Beaner's.(and no, it's not run by the local mexican population!)
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Revelation Climax, page 52, Kindly Respond
by compound complex indear readers of revelation,.
i have been reminded that a simple question is more effective than an elaborate presentation.
i have become very careful about what i say and how much i say to most people.
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I couldn't help but get a chuckle out of the penciled in note of, "100, 44000." Was this book used by a child per chance?
I'm gonna have to steal this reference number for my future posts. ***I've got dibs on it!!***
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Scientific proof why we live 80 years and other animals live much less...
by FreedomFrog inon the first day god created the dog.
god said, "sit.
all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone .
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Hmmm, makes perfect sense to me. I've got another 25 years or so to slave under the sun, unfortunately.
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List the Best
by Outaservice ina previous thread asked us to list our favorite song.
also, i am wondering what you would consider your all time favorite 'book'?.
i am presently reading, and like very much, the book entitled..................... an arrow pointing to heaven, a devotional biography of rich mullins.
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The book that influenced my life the most was, "Young People Ask: Answers that [never] work." Publisher - Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
This book made me into the free thinking, apostate that I am today. If it wasn't for them showing me all of the unrealistic world and society views from the vantage point of a young person, I could never have called "bull$hit" on them.
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Watchtower printing benefit from globalisation, cheap imports, less workers
by truthseeker inthe information below is very interesting and is taken from ewatchman.com.
http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2617.
14,292 kingdom halls have been constructed which also need chairs and supplies.
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On their listed average cost basis, they have spent $7,349,560 on building 860 kh's. That really is a drop in the bucket for them when you condsider that the lot for the Aspen, CO congregation is worth nearly $1 million. And if I recall correctly, a brother donated this lot.
When you get down to the nuts and bolts of the matter, the WTS probably gets much of its real estate for free. I can think of two kh locations where the land was donated. One is the current Alpine, CA kh up on Victoria Dr., and the other is the Silverthorne, CO kh on Rainbow Dr. Both locations are located in very expensive communities. Couple this with the fact that the WTS now owns this real estate, that is free money in the bank. The Alpine location is probably worth several hundred thousand and the Silverthorne one is probably the same. That's TWO! halls which are worth more than $1.5 million combined.
The WTS is loaded in real estate.
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Watchtower printing benefit from globalisation, cheap imports, less workers
by truthseeker inthe information below is very interesting and is taken from ewatchman.com.
http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2617.
14,292 kingdom halls have been constructed which also need chairs and supplies.
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On EW, "Kenneth" says:
Also China is it one of the biggest polluter on the planet and with goods being produced there its only going to get worse.
It is likely that "Kenneth" lives and buys goods in the very same country which is not a member of the Kyoto pact. I wonder if he does his due dilligence when making purchases to see if something was Made In the USA? Afterall, it is the USA which is the largest polluter on this earth, not China.