Posts by MrFreeze

The number of pioneers would probably drop dramatically. Then again, you can never forget the factor of people wanting to put on a good show and come off as better than others.

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A new lesson from Caleb's mom...

by cedars in

...totally freak out and drop something if your child fails to say "please.".

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/please-thank-you/.

the woman is clearly a nervous wreck, and very easily offended.. if this is her reaction to caleb forgetting his manners, i shudder to think how she will cope if she ever finds him doing drugs.. .

MrFreeze

That was a pretty lousy looking sandwich. Where's the meat mom?

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DC: apostates are the Anti-Christ

by under_believer in

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the more you know, i guess.. also, they used a metaphor likening them to known sex offenders.

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good times over here in day 2. .

The whole thing with apostates in Bible times is that the apostates were trying to get their own following. Rarely do you see modern day "apostates" doing that. You are deemed apostate for just telling the truth (and they will admit that).

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Interesting quote from the DC

by GoodGuyGreg in

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i don't know if anybody else has mentioned this, but i'm currently at a dc in sweden, and this morning, during the symposium on different kinds of service, it was mentioned that 40% of baptisms are the result of informal witnessing.

if you add the number of baptisms of children of jw parents to this, how many are left that are baptized as a result of the door-to-door work?

doesn't sound very effective at all....

MrFreeze

Reminds me of my discussion with two elders Christmas day a few years back. I brought up about how JW's are taught only JW's will survive Armageddon. They said it wasn't true. God reads hearts. It isn't up to us to decide. People can hear the message and decide whether or not to accept it. Here's what I told them:

"You mean to tell me that someone is going to be judged based on a door-to-door visit where they turned the magazines down? Put yourself in their shoes. Saturday morning, you are eating breakfast with your family on your day off and two random people come to your door and offer you magazines. You really didn't want to be bothered today so you just said 'Sorry, not interest.' You mean to tell me that you are going to be judged eternally based on that?" All I got was deer in the headlights.

Have you seen some of these people they send door-to-door? If I owned an electronic shop, I wouldn't trust half of them selling TV's let alone trying to sell something as important as the religion that determines your everlasting well-being.

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Classic 1969 footage from the BBC on 1975...

by wizzstick in

found this on you tube:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4as2abu8cm4.

relevant jw bits are from:.

MrFreeze

The guy who left the church and wrote that book had it nailed down exactly what the WT would do when 1975 failed.

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A scary day in FS today

by InChristAlone in

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friends

today, the jw who normally comes and his son visited my house.

we were talking on the doorstep for about ten or fifteen minutes when the son began to to faint.

i saw it coming, but i couldn't reach him before he fell backwards, hitting his head on the brick landscaping border.

MrFreeze

Do you live in the area of the US that is experiencing extreme temperatures? Hope he'll be okay.

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Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?

by Simon in

this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.

there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.

'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.

MrFreeze

Is the new forum coming during the overlapping generations?

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Millions now living will never die

by MrFreeze in

yes, rutherford proclaimed in 1918 that "millions now living will never die.

" well it's been 95 years since.

how many 95+ year old people are alive on earth today?

MrFreeze

Yes, Rutherford proclaimed in 1918 that "millions now living will never die." Well it's been 95 years since. How many 95+ year old people are alive on earth today? Does it number into the millions?

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Rich people don't create jobs

by slimboyfat in

just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

MrFreeze

Okay truthurts, why don't we replace the word "Rich" with "Greedy". I think that is a more fair assessment. I don't resent people who are rich. I resent people who step over everyone else to get an extra buck. This video is saying what I've been saying since I first heard this debate. The greediest rich people out there are not up in arms about everyone wanting them to pay higher taxes because its less money they have to help other people by putting that money elsewhere. Those greedy people are up in arms because its less money in their pocket.

It doesn't matter how rich you are. If nobody can afford to buy what you are offering, you will go out of business.