hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.
i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.
however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..
Somehow we've managed to shift our focuss towards Buildings, and the Internet. Now we have a TV studio, and all of this is based on Jehovah's willing them. CO's are not supposed to get involved in money. But, this has changed all of a sudden.
What needs to happen, is everyone has to smile at those meetings, and don't sweat it. Let their collection speeches go in one ear and out the other. Walk away from the meeting smiling. It's about time that the WT felt money pressure downsized.
i would love to see an organization free of exposure of sexual predators.
the globe is full of them.
some states feature alerts on the map to inform families how close a predator lives to them.
I would love to see an organization free of exposure of sexual predators. The globe is full of them. Some states feature alerts on the map to inform families how close a predator lives to them. Is that enough? Some need to register their location to the local police.
What could a large organization do to protect their members from this danger?
what if the gb has used up all it's bag of tricks, no more adjustments, the ten toes are like the hokey pokey, that's what it's all about?.
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What if the GB has used up all it's bag of tricks, no more adjustments, the ten toes are like the Hokey Pokey, that's what it's all about?
ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?
the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:.
1. at the top of the social order of things within the congregation is of course, the presiding overseer and his family.
It's a fictitious questionaire, Watcher, but it can be embellished
i probably havnt spelt that right but anyway the other week a bro at my hall answered up saying that he had done research into the lives of these "rock and roll" stars and that he had discovered that they all belonged to a demon controled, satan worshipping secret cult called the illuminarte!
therefore we must steer clear of popular music because of the secrect demonic lyrics that it contains!!.
of course everyone nodded in agreement and the study conductor thanked him for his "fine" comment!.
That's what I find so distressing at these question and answer parts. The Conductor agrees with every comment, right or wrong. The goal is to not go overtime.
how fast do you think the wt would grow if all these celebrations were no longer an issue?.
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How fast do you think the WT would grow if all these celebrations were no longer an issue?
lighthouse.. a pathetic copy of chicago (an over-rep'd band imo).
thoughts?.
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Wow, Talesin, when it comes to Canadian music, you really rock
i have always thanked randy/dogpatch for creating free-minds because i always felt i was the only one that felt that jw's were teaching some nonsense.
i admit i still think they got some of their teachings correct but one doctrine i think is full of bologne is the 1000 year reign doctrine.
if jesus came into power in 1914 and now it is 2014 does that mean jws believe it will only be a 900 year reign?
Yes, Dozy, that was printed in 1968. So was the dangers of dancing the Twist.
i have always thanked randy/dogpatch for creating free-minds because i always felt i was the only one that felt that jw's were teaching some nonsense.
i admit i still think they got some of their teachings correct but one doctrine i think is full of bologne is the 1000 year reign doctrine.
if jesus came into power in 1914 and now it is 2014 does that mean jws believe it will only be a 900 year reign?
It's for the future, when Satan and his Demons are in the Abyss. Since Satan is not yet Abyssed, it hasn't started yet. But, I can see that you are troubled about it. So, go to a store that sells chocholate and get some chocholate. Go home and consume those bars. After awhile it won't matter anymore.
lighthouse.. a pathetic copy of chicago (an over-rep'd band imo).
thoughts?.
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Now you are talking my generation. I did like some of Lighthouses songs. Does anyone remember a 60's Canadian Band called, "Mashmekan". They had a hit, "As years go by". There first album did well, but they all of a sudden disapeared. I thought that they had potential
