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  Instructions To Elders Re: Pursuing Higher Education

  by baldeagle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  underlining is mine.. march 6, 2012 letter.

  pursue divine education:some of our brothers are pursuing higher education, feeling that they can acquire a measure of financial security.

  as you are aware, the educational system varies from country to country.

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  Quarterback

  This reminds me of a "Snakes and Ladder" game. Only that you pick-up a card when you have rolled the dice and landed on that space. The card reads, "Your kid is going to University. You are deleted as an Elder". Down you go, down, down, down. You are now a simple publisher. Pass the microphone for four years untill your kid completes the course. He graduates, he is working and making good money to pay off that $70,000. Student loan, but, the upside of it, is that you now qualify for Elder privilledges again.

  Life is a game of "Snakes and Ladders" in WT land
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  Instructions To Elders Re: Pursuing Higher Education

  by baldeagle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  underlining is mine.. march 6, 2012 letter.

  pursue divine education:some of our brothers are pursuing higher education, feeling that they can acquire a measure of financial security.

  as you are aware, the educational system varies from country to country.

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  Quarterback

  I don't beleive that the GB should dictate a person's right to education. We still should have our free will to decide if we want to work making pizza's, or if we have the aptitude, practice medicine. This is not a moral or Biblical matter. Sure the Apostle Paul couldn't continue to be a Scribe or Pharasee in the 1st century, but, what was his point? He travelled and had to adapt.

  We sure couldn't support ourselves as a Tent Maker today too.

  I understand that some have pursued 2 years at a Community College, this is not frowned upon.
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  Major flub in Slavery Watchtower Study Article

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you ever wonder if the watchtower writers actually read the context of their key scriptures?.

  they seem intent on perpetuating the idea that the jewish law was divine - perfect.. paragraph two asks the question "what would prompt an israelite slave to forfeit his opportunity.

  to be free?".

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  Quarterback

  Interesting application.
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  Prepare for meetings??

  by Jen1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you prepare for meetings?

  if i go i spend a few minutes underlinging my books/watchtower.. i have noticed that those who do the micks especially notice when your stuff is not underlined, and comments are made after the meeting, not so gentle hints, about study and preperation!

  in other words i am being told off, its usually the ones who are highly critical of everything i do, sometimes their whole family seems to be straining to see if my stuff is underlined, i know this because i heard the daughter to family wisper her watchtower is not underlined!.

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  Quarterback

  I do not underline my paragraghs becuse I prepare the WT study while sleeping. I just put on my head phones and sleep. I wake up to the WT. I put the lesson on my Bluetooth radio in my car as I go to work. I put my headphones on as I continue to work. I live, breathe, walk, run, talk, eat, the lesson. When it gets to sunday I can recite the paragraph. The mike handlers can't figure it out.
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  Do You Think Anyone Looks Down On People Who Commit "Fornication"?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think only in strict religious circles, is it considered taboo.. does someone's "fornicating" bother you?.

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  No, at least not the person fornicating with you.
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  Good News! Electricity to go WIRELESS!

  by abiather in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the days of wires powering electronic devices could soon be at an end, with the development of a new system that will allow laptops, mobile phones and televisions to be left unplugged in the home while being recharged.

  the new technology exploits a recent breakthrough in physics, according to the us company witricity.

  it has shown that it can send electricity wirelessly through the air and can switch on a light bulb or keep a computer running.

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  Where will the Utility company install the meters?
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  Has anyone else gotten rid of their TV?

  by NewYork44M in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we have not had a tv for about 2 years.

  and even befor this we did not have cable and spent very little time in front of the tv.

  that does not mean that we are anti entertainment.

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  Quarterback

  We are TV watchers. and have been all our lives. However, we subscribe to the basic package that the Satellite companies have to offer. The problem with watching your favourite programs on the internet, is, that you have to wait an extra day to watch it as it gets released by the networks.
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  Need help to do a "talk"!

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the talk is called "the right religion demonstrates true faith in christ".

  i have to help my fading gf give the talk.

  if you have any subtle "apostate" ideas, i would appreciate them.. here is what i would like to say:.

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  Quarterback

  How bizarre.....I'm helping one of my relatives writing that talk right now.
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  The medical specialist told me something alarming today. Pretty bummed.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  so i've been going to doctors for years with chronic fatigue, a condition i managed ok but which took a drastic nose dive in late 2011 to 2012 to the point where i could barely function.

  work was part of the problem, so at the end of that year i left that stressful environment.

  but in the meantime, for the last few years i've been going to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists and undergoing every sort of blood test you can imagine and seeing all sorts of medical people.

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  Quarterback

  OK, Julia, you now know the diagnosis. Here is the cure from Dr. QB. Eat lots of chocolate.

  Good health to you.
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  BOE - CONVENTION 2014

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  re: convention service meeting part for week of january 6, 2014. .

  http://adf.ly/ayq16.

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

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  Quarterback

  My New Years resolution this year is to book my own reservations inspite of this list. No CO will be getting a free room on my dime.