i just started to watch the february broadcast when i noticed a metallic rattle over the drone of sam's voice.
(does that man speak with a mouth full of chowin' tobacco or is he choking on the rubbish he reads off the autocue?).
yep it's his rolex.
The point is not whether its Rolex or not. If its real it is crass at best and opens all sorts of other questions as well. I thought Bethelites have to sign a vow of poverty.
If it is a knock off it is a pretence of greater wealth demonstrating a hankering for material wealth not attained.
In either case it has no place on that wrist. It demonstrates the rift between GB1 and GB2. Jack Barr or Lloyd Barry would not have been seen dead in one. They were at least sincere however misguided.
i just started to watch the february broadcast when i noticed a metallic rattle over the drone of sam's voice.
(does that man speak with a mouth full of chowin' tobacco or is he choking on the rubbish he reads off the autocue?).
yep it's his rolex.
"it is perfectly apparent that god is monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect whatsoever.
the moment you banish him, your life become purer, simpler, cleaner; more worth living in my opinion.".
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since so many athiests in this thread, and since i'm going to college, i was curious if what i would learn in biology would change my thoughts and show that life clearly and easily spontaneously happened.
just looking up the origins of dna or rna there is nothing conclusive.
for example, scientists today are able to manipulate life.
The wonderful thing about advancing knowledge is that since we still have questions, we know we don't have all the answers. We never will. It is the bozos who claim to have all these answers that should be steered by widely.
Keep asking the questions, use good scientific method to find the answers and your life will be fulfilled.
i've managed several thousand employees in the last decade.
i've had a handful that identified themselves as witnesses.
from experience, they were no different than any other employees.
I have employed several JWs. There are exceptions but generally I would say that it is a bad idea. People expect to be released for "theocratic" activities however difficult that makes it for their workmates and the good of the business. They expect to be paid top money whilst having next to no commitment to the job. There is little employer/employee respect. There is an unspoken expectation of favours above and beyond those extended to worldly colleagues.
On the domestic side dubs expect work done for nothing if you are doing something for them. Conversely if you get a dub to do a job for you they expect eye watering rates to be paid.
In short, there is never a proper business like relationship. It just doesn't work. As a rule, employing friends and family is a mistake for similar reasons.
ever had this thought about an upcoming movie?.
and then i would feel guilty for putting my entertainment desires ahead of god's kingdom.. .
shameless!.
i thought we needed carpenters and plumbers in paradise...oh well... the hypocrisy.
to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territoryre: experienced attorneys and paralegals needed at bethel.
dear brothers:.
did anyone notice this wt's subtle attack on wikipedia?
they wrote (from the 2011 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, pp.
9-10. source: 'tracing all things with accuracy'):.
entries written by unidentified or unqualified persons
The venerable WT org does nothing but write articles in the above way. Wikipedia is honest, properly referenced and editable if found to be wrong. It benefits from the wisdom of crowds. It is the WT publications and pronouncements that are written by the unidentified and unqualified, it mis-uses quotes and does not ever properly reference them.
november 15, 2014 wt study issue.
january 18, 2015 to be studied.
opening comments.
[quote]some might assume that a scientifically-minded person would pick evolution and that a religious person would pick creation.
but not always.. rama singh, professor of biology at canadas mcmaster university, says: the opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.[/quote].
end-of-quote in awake.
