Actually yes it did. I have to do some public speaking in my present job and I have to say that what I learned all the years being on the school absolutely helps.
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38Does Anyone Feel the Ministerial School Helped Them?
by Band on the Run inas a born-in, i was eager to join the ministry school.
my cousins were also born-in but lived in different states.
there was keen competition to see who could do mature things, such as baptism (my mom said when i was 35) and ministry school.
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I could do with some help please?
by chrisuk inso the elder i studied with called round last wednesday.
i didn't tell him i'd lost my faith, i just said there are a number of reasons i wouldn't be able to return to either my studies or the meetings.
he asked me whar 2 or 3 of my reasons are so we could discuss them.. my reply: 1 i think all christians should partake of the bread and wine.
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Mary
@ Chrisuk: if you're not baptized, don't even waste your breath. Their goal is not to "make sure of all things", but merely to ensure that the sheeples are towing the party-line. They couldn't care less if you can prove your assertions from the bible alone. It all boils down to two questions: Do you believe that Jehovah is using the Witchtower Babel & Crap Society as His "mouthpiece"? And do you believe that the Slobbering Body members are "the Slave" through which He makes His word known?".
If you want the conversation to end real quick, just tell him you're in the middle of reading this and he'll run screaming out of your house never to be seen again:
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I Am Home Today With A Lousy Back Ache
by minimus inmy lower back went out again.
typically, once every 9 months, i get a terrible spasm that can last for days.
right now, i am icing it but i am so sore!
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Mary
any suggestions for some pain relief??
Percocet and red wine always works well.
Actually, if your back is out like that you should go to a registered massage therapist and/or an osteopath.
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Billy's Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-19-2014 WT Study (7 Shepherds, 8 Dukes)
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in16-20. we shall also have to raise up against him seven shepherds, yes, eight dukes of mankind.mic.
what is the most important thing that you can do now to prepare for any future attack on gods people?.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. .
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My god Billy I was having flashbacks to studying Babylon the Great Has Fallen .........Your comments were well done, well thought out and well presented. I can't believe they're dumb enough to try this crap yet again but nothing these idiots do should surprise us.
Love the story about the grill!
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Highlights from the Circuit Assembly!!
by DATA-DOG ingod's word is beneficial ca:.
full time service:.
there are sound reasons for pioneering.. 1) it's the most satisfying work there is.. 2) you cooperate even more fully with the angels and the anointed [ which equals the gb/fds, not sister old mcsingletilldeath.].
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The Boss finally gave up. He fired her, she got her 401K to live on, and then got re-hired with insurance
Let's interview this pioneer in about 20 years when she's blown through her 401K and has squat to live on. My dad was specifically told 64 years ago not to pay into the pension at work because "Don't you know where we are in the stream of time??? Armageddon will be long gone before you ever retire!"
Guess who's been retired for 18 years now? Funny how you never see Witnesses who got royally screwed over by their 'sky is falling' mentality on the platforms eh?
Truly nauseating.
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Prayers that God answers. Any examples?
by punkofnice inwhen i believed in god i tried not to pray for anything selfish.. after a while i began to think that a lot of things i was asking my imaginary friend in the sky for were selfish for some reason.. i do not ever remember a single thing i prayed for ever being answered.
if there was the appearance of an answer it was because i did mental gymnastics to make it fit the delusion that god had actually answered me.
there was never an obvious message/answer from god.
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PunkofNice asked: Any one here believe they ever had a prayer answered in an obvious way?
I'll let you know just as soon as I check my lottery tickets from Wednesday night.
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How many victims of the blood issue do you know?
by refiners fire ini knew two personally, in my congo.
i suspect this is pretty rare.
not that man people die of refusing a blood transfussion i think.
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My father nearly died twice because of the ban on blood transfusions. The second time he was saved ironically because of me being on this site. At the time he was admitted to the hospital, he had not signed his blood card yet (thank god). When the doctor heard he was a JW, he looked horrified and said to my mother and me "you realize he is probably going to die if he doesn't get a blood transfusion." I told the doctor that there were some things that JWs were allowed to take now and he said "is plasma one of them?" I thought it was and I said "I think so". He didn't bother waiting till we knew for sure and he administered the plasma which saved my father's life.
My brother-n-law died just over 4 years ago in part due to the ban on blood. He had a particularly horrific form of leukemia and there was no way he was going to survive it without blood transfusions keeping his counts up until he could get the stem cell transplant. With his red and white counts bottoming out, the idiots at the hospital administered a very concentrated bag of septra to him 2 days in a row (it was supposed to be diluted and it wasn't). Because his lungs were starting to break down because of the lack of oxygen, the septra went to the weakest part of his body---his lungs---and fried them. He was in a drug induced coma for a month before he died.
Even if the hospital hadn't screwed up, he would have been dead within a month or two anyway. With his red count being down to 71 (which is less than half of what it should be), there wasn't enough oxygen being circulated in his lungs and the tissue was breaking down. He eventually would have had a heart attack from lack of oxygen and died.
How these pricks at Crooklyn sleep at night knowing that this damn doctrine is needlessly murdering their own people is beyond me.
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Justitia passes bar!!!
by crmsicl inyay...my awesome friend justitia just found out last night she passed the bar exam.
regardless of how you may feel about her you gotta admit that is an accomplishment..
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Am just seeing this now. Fantastic news Justita!!
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The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.
by THE GLADIATOR injanuary 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
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Bookmarked for later. (Assuming 'this generation' is still here.....)
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this week's wt study
by thedog1 ini conducted the wt study tonight on higher education.
i wondered what the reaction of the bros and sis would be.
there was no deviation from the idea that a university education is not a good idea.
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"Higher education The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, with its emphasis on academic study limited education and unquestioning obedience, often produces graduates followers who have few or no practical skills, leaving them unprepared to deal with the realities of life."
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
