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Happy Australia Day
by Bungi Bill in
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2. friends
happy australia day to all here who reside in australia:.

- and for those who have actually got the day off, halve your luck!.

(yet again, i have drawn the short straw and am working today - oh, the joys of remote site fifo work!
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1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies
by Bungi Bill in
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how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

the venue was lancaster park.

if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.
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40 years on - and still in Damage Control mode!
by Bungi Bill in
1. jw
2. experiences
earlier this morning, i posted off to the the institute of engineers an application for membership as an "engineering associate":.

- today being just over 40 years since the congregation's retards elders made me abandon my apprenticeship.. (in this part of the world, the pre-1975 hype was taken to that level.

not being content to prevent young persons attending university, they went one step further and treated with hostility any youngster who would "tie up five years of their lives" by entering into an apprenticeship.
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Babylon's fall - 455 BC versus 539 BC
by Bungi Bill in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
that 539 bc is the overwhelmingly accepted date for this occurrence is without doubt.. - practically every reference work you consult will cite this date for the taking of babylon by the medo-persian armies under cyrus the great.

however, even the most widely held theories are open to challenge:.

- this is, after all, part of the scientific process.. for a challenge to succeed, though - particularly if it were to overturn such a widely held view as this one - it would have to come up with some very convincing evidence.
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539 BC - How do they know that year is an "Absolute" date?
by Bungi Bill in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower society describes the year 539 bc variously as being an "absolute date", a "pivotal date"; and certainly one on which the chronology of the entire "hebrews scriptures" depends upon.

(some jw apologists have even described that year as being a "drop dead" date).

however, this date of 539 bc didn't just fall out of the sky and mysteriously land on our lap:.
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The myth about "working a territory to life - NOT to death."
by Bungi Bill in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the 1980s, when the jw's door-knocking campaign had been revived somewhat, many congregations started covering their territory quite frequently.

we were repeatedly assured not to be put off, that congregations "worked their territory to life, not to death;"and that the "greatest increases were coming from territories that were being worked often.".

during those years, i was in an area that was spilling over with jws.
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How to identify a JW from a distance
by Bungi Bill in
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2. beliefs
much has apparently been said in recent years about how a "good" jw should be dressed and groomed, so as to be easily identified - even from a distance.. yesterday, while driving through town, i did see two people the distance:.

- and certainly, by the way they were dressed, my suspicions were aroused.. - however, what confirmed their identity was not their dress and grooming.

rather, as i drove up closer, i noticed both of them doing the "pioneer shuffle" up somebody's driveway:.
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A lot depends on our frame of reference!
by Bungi Bill in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was reminded of this story after recent discussions on this board about jw speculationref.1984 & 1994. while the following account is not specifically about jehovahs witnesses, it still has some relevance.. this story was recounted by frank koch, in "proceedings", the magazine of the naval institute.

(for those who have heard this one before, please bear with me!).

two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days.
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Not at Homes
by Bungi Bill in
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2. friends
do the jws still emphasize following up on "not at homes":.

making "every effort" (or any effort at all) to contact all persons in their "territory"?.

this last month, april, was supposed to be a time of extra effort on their part.
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Their heart does not appear to be in it.
by Bungi Bill in
1. jw
2. friends
all the jws that have called at my door over the last twelve years have appeared to be just going through the motions:.

- like they are merely (and only) fullfilling their obligations to record a reasonable in total in that column on the monthly field service report entitled "hours.".

the last lot actually seemed to be relieved that they had an excuse to disengage the enemy, and flee the field.