If capitalism requires "a lot of regulations and control", then communism requires that in spades! The communist countries were highly bureaucratic in nature, which was one of the things that led to their demise.
Bungi Bill
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Karl Marx Genius Of The Modern World
by Brokeback Watchtower inhe was all for getting rid of religions and their delusions for the betterment of mankind.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mydmc1wio8.
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Karl Marx Genius Of The Modern World
by Brokeback Watchtower inhe was all for getting rid of religions and their delusions for the betterment of mankind.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mydmc1wio8.
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Bungi Bill
Ironically, at the time many of my generation were leaning towards communism (i.e. in the late 1960s / early 1970s), those living under communism had already realised it was a failure. Not, of course, that they could voice those opinions too loudly!
That anything got done at all in the communist countries of Eastern Europe was due entirely to an informal (and illegal) barter economy that operated by default. (That from a work colleague who managed to defect from Romania while Ceausescu was still in charge).
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Karl Marx Genius Of The Modern World
by Brokeback Watchtower inhe was all for getting rid of religions and their delusions for the betterment of mankind.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mydmc1wio8.
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Bungi Bill
Or "Communism / Socialism won't work because Communists / Socialists won't work"
- In other words, the inevitable result of removing all incentives to do anything extra. (An attitude quickly develops of "why bother, you get no thanks for it").
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Watchtower teaches that Jesus dying on the stake is no longer certain
by Listener inthe watchtower has held for many years that jesus died on a stake and held strongly to this teaching.
w 1951 3/15 the above agrees with the new world translation of the christian greek scriptures in its appendix, page 769, in saying that the instrument upon which jesus was nailed was a stake without a crossbeam, and not the religiously represented “cross”; and that the greek word used for that instrument in ancient time meant a “stake” and not the conventional religious cross.
they are no longer certain on this point.
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Bungi Bill
If this is not a complete turnaround, then it is very close to it!
So much for the old, popularly held JW belief that nobody had knowledge of the Koine Greek language to match that of FW Franz. (And all that talk in the Truth book about the Greek words "stauros", "xylon" etc.)
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No go field service days
by Steel init's canada day today and not just any canada day, it's canada's 150 birthday.
for some strange reason i was actually able to reason with my wife day and she agreed with me.
field service on a special day wouldn't be appropriate.
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Bungi Bill
Typically, that wouldn't stop them!
In all my time with that lot, never was any consideration given to whether or not it was a "good" time or day to attempt to speak to people.
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Islam terrorist finally gets it right
by _Morpheus inhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4642504/amp/isis-suicide-bomber-kills-12-comrades-wishing-luck.html.
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Bungi Bill
Certainly plausible!
That is the sort of thing that can happen when amateurs start playing with explosives. (And one of the reasons why, in countries like this, the sale and handling of explosives is strictly licensed).
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Report from Japan
by wifibandit inanon in japan says:.
i served in the third circuit of shikoku japan.
a few years ago, a well-known theocratic family disassociated.
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Bungi Bill
And to think that back in the 1980s, our Japanese "brothers" were upheld as the very personification of the term "dedicated" ! (And by contrast, the rest of us were portrayed as mere slack-@$$es).
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Reached a milestone today!
by Bungi Bill intoday represents for me something of a milestone.
after breaking both bones in my lower left leg nearly four months ago, i am now able to walk without the aid of crutches.
also, the orthopedic specialist has cleared me to once more drive a motor vehicle.
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Bungi Bill
Thanking everyone for their kind thoughts.
The physiotherapists inform me that my leg muscles have now regained their former strength, but still need further work to build up endurance. Yesterday, I was given a solid work out in the gym, then provided with a set of exercises to perform each day at home. As they say, though, "You cannot train without pain" . (That and thank goodness for paracetamol !)
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Reached a milestone today!
by Bungi Bill intoday represents for me something of a milestone.
after breaking both bones in my lower left leg nearly four months ago, i am now able to walk without the aid of crutches.
also, the orthopedic specialist has cleared me to once more drive a motor vehicle.
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Bungi Bill
Today represents for me something of a milestone.
After breaking both bones in my lower left leg nearly four months ago, I am now able to walk without the aid of crutches. Also, the orthopedic specialist has cleared me to once more drive a motor vehicle. I now look forward to gradually progressing back to working full time, and carrying out my normal duties. (For the last three months, I have been on four hours a day, and "light duties only").
My lower knee is still a bit tender (where they drove in the steel rod), but it still feels so good that I think I'll go and crack a cold one to celebrate!
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They should show this 2 minute video about 1975 at the convention
by LevelThePlayingField inif only there was a way to hack in and play this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmca1qdhho&feature=push-u&attr_tag=3yku113wrp-khxdt-6.
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Bungi Bill
Wasandelder Once,
Interesting!
Yes, I was very much a JW during those times - baptised in 1972 after having been a regular reader of WTS literature for six years beforehand. Not only the congregation I was in, but all others I knew about as well (without exception), swallowed that one about 1975.
One of the more prominent elders in that congregation made no secret of what he thought about 1975; as late as May of that year, he was still insistent that the current set of tyres on his car was going to "see the system out".
Nobody in that congregation had an educational level greater than Grade 12. Furthermore, I am only aware of one person in the entire circuit who had a university degree (he was a geologist). The few who bucked the trend did no better than a Diploma of Education (qualifying them to teach school at primary level), and they were widely regarded as being over educated! Even those of us who actually got to complete Grade 12 were few and far between - to say nothing of being on the verge of that very disapproved of state of affairs, over educated!"
Your observations about the connection between education levels and skepticism about WTS chronology seem pretty accurate to me! The congregation you describe, though, seems a little different to most, in having a larger number of university graduates amongst its ranks.
In all the congregations I ever associated with, over 28 years and in three different countries, there was only one that a number of degree-qualified persons. This was an English speaking congregation in the capital city of a recently independent Third World country. As a consequence, its territory included the local elite, plus expatriate professionals who had remained behind on short, fixed-term contracts.
Apart from that, in all the other congregations I ever associated with, you struggled to find anybody who even held a diploma. I can recall one brother who was a Quantity Surveyor, and several who were school teachers. That was it, though!