Posts by drewcoul

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What was your favorite convention beverage?

by i_drank_the_wine in

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there's so many good choices, i can barely pick!.

dart?.

shasta cola?.

drewcoul

Ms Jones, YOU HAD CHOCOLATE MALTS????!!!!?? I don't remember chocolate malts.

I always liked the frozen OJ, cheese danishes and shasta lemon-lime.........

Does anyone remember the burritos? I loved those too.......a white cooler full of hot burritos, I loved the sight of that.

We used to have breakfast at our CA's in Indianapolis. One of the menu items was "Muff-n-egg" I think it was 5 tickets. I was young, but I remember thinking "What are they doing having THAT on a sign?" I guess I had a dirty mind even in my pre-puberty years. lol

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Question about 607/587

by drewcoul in

i am not an expert on this issue.

i have read and re-read information about it, but i guess i am somewhat dense when it comes to this topic.. my question is simple: the watchtower suggests that they believe the bible is the unerring word or god.

that it must be believed above anything else.

drewcoul

Alfred, No need to apologize.....I wasn't insulted. I have just had trouble muddling through all the information to get to what I am really interested in.

SAB- are you saying that the WT is correct to say that the archaeology doesn't coincide with the scriptures?

I have never heard of the 70 years being symbolic before.....Interesting.

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Question about 607/587

by drewcoul in

i am not an expert on this issue.

i have read and re-read information about it, but i guess i am somewhat dense when it comes to this topic.. my question is simple: the watchtower suggests that they believe the bible is the unerring word or god.

that it must be believed above anything else.

drewcoul

Alfred, I know it would screw up their 1914/1918/1919 extrapolation. However, if Jerusalem was destroyed in 587, does it contradict what the Bible says? I know there is a lot of information about it, but I can only seem to find information that seems to prove the 587 date. My question, more simply put, is: What is the WTS stated reasoning for 587 not being consistent with the bible? How is 587 actually consistent with what the Bible says?

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Question about 607/587

by drewcoul in

i am not an expert on this issue.

i have read and re-read information about it, but i guess i am somewhat dense when it comes to this topic.. my question is simple: the watchtower suggests that they believe the bible is the unerring word or god.

that it must be believed above anything else.

drewcoul

I am not an expert on this issue. I have read and re-read information about it, but I guess I am somewhat dense when it comes to this topic.

My question is simple: The Watchtower suggests that they believe the Bible is the unerring word or God. That it must be believed above anything else. Does Jerusalem's destruction in 587 counter what the Bible says? If not, why does the WT suggest that believing in 587 goes against what the bible says?

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Higher Education and Disqualification for Privileges in the Congregation

by 00DAD in

when i was still serving as an elder in the late summer of 2006 in a congregation of jws in socal we received a letter from the "christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses" (read: the governing body) directing that anyone pursuing a higher education would be disqualified from privileges of service: elder, servant, pioneer, etc.

i remember this quite distinctly because i had just received by ba in education in june a few months before this.

in 2002, i had decided to pursue a degree under the society's then current "it's a personal decision" policy and was quite shocked at their drastic policy change.

drewcoul

00DAD:

You're probably Usint IE9. Go up to tools and go to compatability view settings and check the box that says "Display all websites in compatability view"

That should take care of it.

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It's my Birthday!

by drewcoul in

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it's my birthday today, sept 19. i was born in 1972. .

i find it interesting that so many people i know post a "happy birthday" on my facebook page.

all of those years inside the wts org., and i always thought birthdays were evil, pagan, god dishonoring.

drewcoul

The best thing about having a birthday on Sept. 19th is that it's also "Talk Like a Pirate Day"!

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Where's Y-not?

by drewcoul in

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i always look forward to her insights and comments.

what happened to her?.

drewcoul

I always look forward to her insights and comments. What happened to her?

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It's my Birthday!

by drewcoul in

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it's my birthday today, sept 19. i was born in 1972. .

i find it interesting that so many people i know post a "happy birthday" on my facebook page.

all of those years inside the wts org., and i always thought birthdays were evil, pagan, god dishonoring.

drewcoul

Thank you all!

LOL@ Shamus & Discreetslave

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It's my Birthday!

by drewcoul in

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it's my birthday today, sept 19. i was born in 1972. .

i find it interesting that so many people i know post a "happy birthday" on my facebook page.

all of those years inside the wts org., and i always thought birthdays were evil, pagan, god dishonoring.

drewcoul

It's my birthday today, Sept 19. I was born in 1972.

I find it interesting that so many people I know post a "Happy Birthday" on my Facebook page. All of those years inside the WTS org., and I always thought birthdays were evil, Pagan, God dishonoring. As it turns out, birthdays are just a way of telling someone that you're happy they were born. Nothing more. When my friends find out I grew up a JW and never celebrated birthdays, they look at me as if to say, "You're kidding!"

It's no big deal, really. I guess having grown up as many of you did, without celebrating them, my B-day isn't all that important to me. However, it is nice to have so many people wishing me to have a happy birthday. It feels good. Too bad there are so many JW's who don't know how nice it is.

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SERIOUSLY is there one JW publication that you thought was good?

by TimothyT in

i liked the greatest man book.

i thought it was very informative and unbiased.

a good summary of the gospels.. .

drewcoul

At the time, I liked the Revelation Climax book. Because when It came out, I placed a ton of them in field service. I had just started pioneering and thought I was informing the whole community about what was approaching within the next ten years or so.......I have since re-read it and found so many holes and absurdity in it, that I'm embarassed I bothered placing it with all of those nice people.

I do agree, the Greatest Man book is very good and fairly accurate and balanced. I remember studying the Commentary on the Letter of James when I was young, but I was too young to really remember what it said.