For the first time ever my wife said we should put our affairs in order as we are getting older...she now realizes we may die in this old system, something she never contemplated before.
Posts by NVR2L8
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36How many JWs really believe the end will come "soon"?
by BU2B inthis topic has been on my mind lately.
i have been looking around at jws and wondering how many truly believe the end is as near as they are told.
from my personal experience, i know that my parents fully believe the end is imminent and may come any time now.
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Why don't some members of the congregations never slow down or get tired out?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy uncle passed away two years ago at the age of 83. he served as an elder from 1965 to the last day of his life.
even till the end of his life he was still reading the bible.. he was an elder for 48 years.
never missed a meeting,pioneered during the summer months ( took vacation weeks),pioneered after retiring at 65 years old, never went on real vacation, went to all summer conventions and assemblies ( traveling to new york,wisconsin, canada and california ).. he also conducted book studies, watchtower meetings, gave sunday public talks, assembly parts, elder meetings, had a weekly book study with his family,cleaned the kingdom hall, and donated money when the congregation was short money for the month.. everyone is zealous in the beginning but tire out sooner or later.
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NVR2L8
My mom is 81 and still pioneering and she invests all her time in the cult to fill the gap left by my dad's passing. She knows nothing else..she never had time for recreational activities, has no interest in arts and has no time to even visit or call her own children. When I last called her she said she thought I had died...so I said that I am always the one who calls her...she went on about the upcoming CO's visit and the one day assembly and how she's busy in service. I can't see many more of these die-hard witness after my mom's generation... -
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I have found out how to have a great round of golf
by James Mixon inyesterday a golf friend had a great round of golf, he shot a 79.. normally his play is in the low 90's.
yesterday he was hitting the ball a mile down the fairways and straight, just killing the ball.. so i ask him after the round, what the hell got into you today.. he told me he had a fight with the wife, not a physical fight but a disagreement.. he saw the face of his wife in the ball each time he hit it.. i will have a great round of golf next week.
the old lady and i will have a hell of a disagreement before i play next week..
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I shot my best game ever (86) the day after I had a vasectomy....my buddies asked if I was planning to get castrated or any other type of surgery before my next game for a low score again? -
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Magazine placements
by Awake at last inthis morning we opened our front door to find 5 magazines, 4 awakes and 1 watchtower left there.
someone must have been counselled about not placing enough literature.
we never heard them knock and we are not that deaf, at least we didn't think so.
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I knew a sister who left magazines in the shopping mall washrooms. The caretakers called the hall to have this stopped because people were flushing the mags down the toilets, causing blockages and over spills... -
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What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist
by flipper inflipper again.
personally my all time favorite song?
stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.
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Father and Son - Cat Stevens...describes my relationship with my late father. -
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Unity: the theme for the monthly TV program
by leaving_quietly inthere's been numerous discussions about the singing cart thing in this month's video.
i decided to watch at least a portion of the rest of the program though because sometimes things are said that are interesting to pick up on.
this one started off on the topic of unity, and, unbelievably, herd talked about brainwashing and how we like to have our brains cleaned.
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Greeting people from other countries and the joy that it brings is not unique to international conventions of JW. I regularly attend seminars where people come from various parts of the world. Today I am in Korea where I met with people from 27 different countries and I am heading a task force with people from China, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Some of them speak very little English but we manage to work together. We hug and say goodbye after exchanging contact information so we can stay in touch until we meet again. JW believe they are the only ones to experience unity...let me tell you it isn't exclusive to the WT! -
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Prank call to Governing Body member Anthony Morris III gets through
by Watchtower-Free inalert..............alert.....breaking news .......... john cedars of jwsurvey has pranked called governing body member anthony morris iii at bethel .
over 2 minutes of pranking .
as i type he is editing the recording into a video .
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So tell me all of you who believe Cedars missed a great opportunity to corner AM3...what questions would you have asked him and how long do you believe it would take before he hung up on you? -
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Send money to KH in lieu of flowers.
by Jack Miller in"in lieu of flowers send money to the kingdom hall"..... wow.... this young woman's jw servant husband was caught cheating on her again with another jw "sister", but when she told her husband she wanted to forgive him again and continue with her marriage, he told her he didn't want that.
he wanted her to simply move on with her life.here is how she moved on: she put on her wedding dress, got into her car in the garage and started it.
do you think finding her this way spoke louder than any suicide note?
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And there will be idiots donating to the Kingdom Hall... -
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Ode to the trolleys in Feb's broadcast
by konceptual99 incheck out the song about the trolley at the end of this month's dubcast.. http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201502.
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NVR2L8
I'm speechless...I almost threw my phone across the room. I wonder if they are showing these broadcasts at the meetings? If not I may start watching them with my wife to see if she finds them as batshit crazy as I do. That could be what she needs to wake up. -
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Is this what they are up to?
by Pistoff in1. the meeting notes (which seem to be genuine, several sources now) for the ldc roll out talk about the need for 500, yes, 500 new halls.. 2. they are not interested in what property is available, but instead what is 'optimal', and are training couples to search for 'optimal' property.. 3. if the buildings did not have a sign that said jw .org (i refuse to give them a free link) and kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses, you could not tell it from a small bank or office building, just check the pictures.. .
this makes me think that a) they either need to build and sell commercial property very quickly, or they just want to build and sell commercial property very quickly.. .
think about this: to build a kingdom hall (church), you need a variance, whether commercial or residential.. i predict they will put these in primarily commercial locations, ie, 'optimal' locations.. .
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Imagine selling paid off KHalls at full market value to build new ones in prime locations with free labour and perpetual tenants...the real estate holdings substantially increase and you get the friends contributing more. That's what you call win-win fot the WT.