BU2B:
" all of those who were told they would not grow old in this system are about to become seniors."
With that statement, yu hit the proverbial nail fair on the head!
Bill.
Bungi Bill
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May 22, 1969 Awake! promises "you will never grow old" - Creative Writing
by Mad Sweeney inthe year is 1969. faithful followers of the watchtower society are gearing up for the imminent end of the system of things just as they had been for the previous ninety years.
a young witness named andrew is trying to decide what to do with his life.
andrew is a smart kid and he has an entire lifetime ahead of him.
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What do you say if you get asked "Are you an Apostate?"
by KateWild ini am reuniting with past students and return visits.. i met up with a young lad i used to call on.
he is not baptised, but at university in his 20's and living away from home.
his mother is a jw and his father is not.
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Bungi Bill
It has never happened to me yet:
- but if asked, I would describe myself as "a former JW who is now non-religious."
I refuse to wear labels that other have dreamed up (particularly the Governing Body), and if "former JW who is now non religious" sounds quite a mouthful - then I couldn't care less!
Bill.
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Yearbook increases and deceases: Top lands
by Londo111 inlooking at the percentage of average publishers of 2013 over 2012 (not the peaks):.
brazil 1.46%.
nigeria 2.60%.
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Bungi Bill
Japan:
- how back in the 1980s, this country was upheld as showing the rest of us how to do it.
Now it is in decline.
Shame the bloody rest of this empire founded on bull$h*t wouldn't go the same way!
Bill.
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Will this Memorial be our last?
by pixel inthey just put up the march km 2014 on the private website.
most of it is same-old-same-old, with info here and there about the memorial.. somebody here might post the march km for all to see, i wont.. i just wanted to share the paragraph from page 2 q&a anticle: will you seize the opportunity?
upcoming memorial enables us to show gratitude .
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Bungi Bill
And for how many years have they been trying to suggest that!
Bill.
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Do You Own A Firearm? Would You??
by minimus in2013 was a record breaking year for firearm purchases.
2014 is supposed to be a record breaker for ammunition.. do you own a firearm?
but i support that right for others---if they are qualified..
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Bungi Bill
And the challenge is to keep guns out of the hands of crazies!
Bill
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Do You Own A Firearm? Would You??
by minimus in2013 was a record breaking year for firearm purchases.
2014 is supposed to be a record breaker for ammunition.. do you own a firearm?
but i support that right for others---if they are qualified..
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Bungi Bill
One of my interests is small bore shooting, so yes, I own several rifles. Additionally, in our district we grow a lot of berry crops. Consequently, one of my weapons was acquired specifically for pest control uses.
As for owning a firearm for personal protection, though:
- if you were abiding strictly to the Firearms Act in this state, I doubt if any home invader would have the patience to wait around while you :
(i) unlocked the gun cabinet
(ii) removed the rifle from its compartment
(iii) unlocked the (second) ammunition compartment
(iv) fitted the bolt back into your rifle
(v) loaded the weapon
(vi) and only then were finally ready to fire the thing!
Bill.
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I can't believe how sexist the Borg is!!!
by quellycatface injust letting off a bit more steam.
why can't sisters look after the library or the sound.
what makes the brothers so damned special???.
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Bungi Bill
I once saw them use an unbaptised juvenile delinquent to operate the sound system at a DC.
This low life's only qualifications being that he was "regular in field service" - and of course , of the correct gender. But allow a sister to operate that same sound system? Like bloody hell!
Bill.
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NASA's lost day
by goddidit ini stumbled across this old chestnut.
i remember a jw telling me this when i was a kid, and he believed it.. i only recently found out how well known this is, and has been for some time.
does anyone know which of the jw mags or books had it in?.
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Bungi Bill
I recall mention being made about this story in either a Watchtower or Awake article about a year after the one Blondie quotes. It, too, said much the same thing.
Bill.
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What does 2014 mean to you
by NewYork44M insometime in the early 1990s i made a commitment to myself that if the end did not come in 2014 i was going to walk away.
then i started thinking - if i waited until 2014 i would be 57 years old with very few options.
that is when i realized that i needed to make changes to get my life back.
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Bungi Bill
What does 2014 mean to me?
Just another year, nothing more, nothing less!
Bill
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shock horror! WITNESSING ATTIRE NOW CONDONES OPEN-NECK SHIRTS FOR MALES!
by steve2 ingo to jw.org right now friends and you will see a young male jw witnessing in a rural setting with publication in hand and - take careful note - wearing a crisply-white open-neck shirt.
bring out the carnival, light the lights: the organ ization is kicking itself into an ongoing casualization of its rank and file.. in the 1960s through 1980s i know brothers who dared to attire themselves sans ties who were reprimanded or worse.
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Bungi Bill
At least in Papua New Guinea they were practical about what "publishers" could wear while engaging in field service.
In the cities, nobody wore a tie while out in FS (although we did when attending meetings).
The missionaries, pioneers and local Witnesses working in the rural areas (which is where 85% of the poulation lives) were very often having to rough it in the bush. They were allowed to dress in a very practical manner for the conditions - and usually did so.
(Imagine slogging up the muddy Kokoda Track in smooth-soled shoes , let alone a three piece suit as well!)
Bill.