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  High priced Kingdom Halls

  by JWD in

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  it`s been interesting watching the org.

  trying different ways to make money while at the same time keeping up a front of not being interested in money.

  especially since they were forced to drop the.

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  LDH

  <<<nodding head in agreement with Metatron>>>>>

  I spent COUNTLESS hours building the Henrietta Assembly Hall. I know intimately about the costs that escalated due to certain peoples 'desire' for something that was 'a glory to Jehovah's name'. All of the expensive kitchen equipment that was put in; and stopped being used less than a year or so later.

  No one could convince me that the Society didn't know WAY earlier that the 'eating plan' would be 'simplified.' They could've told the RBC that so all that money wouldn't have been wasted.

  Yeah, good idea. Put expensive marble in the entry way hall of an Upstate New York assembly hall. I can't tell you how many people came in with snow and ice on their shoes and fell. OUTRAGEOUS.
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  LOL @ Simon.

  Yes, Angharad, I know about Princess Di. But I can't help living in the past in this one regard. One good look at Parker-Bowles and you'll know why!
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  It's OK Expatbrit, I just realized our score was back to zero as well.

  Charles T. Russell was an American.
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  Things to read before a Judicial Committee

  by JEMIMAH in

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  on the sd course i have just finished it is interesting what elders are specifically required to look at before sitting on a judicial committee,.

  1. chapters 5a, 5b, 5c in the ks91.

  2. article on repentance insight book.

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  LDH

  How about 'The Occurrence at Owl Creek River,' since you're condemned to die anyway!
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  LDH

  Deduct 3 points from BRITS score for even CLAIMING Jan H as one of their own!

  Silly, of course we still declare war! (Think of Iraq)

  I'd suggest that the next time you're visiting our great capital city of Washington DC, you take a tour of ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY where the tour guide would be glad to explain to you, in three easy hours, why we 'never declared war on Vietnam,' and why although the cemetery is laid out in sections according to what war the soldiers died in, you'll still hear it called the Vietnam Conflict!

  Of course, I realize I have an unfair advantage when in comes to our Nation's History, since I was born in Washington DC. But Jan, I won't let it affect my feelings about you, don't worry!

  Other reasons we trounce our froot-loop cousins:
  1. We elect our officials, even if we argue about it!
  2. We don't have Sophie Rhys-Jones getting caught bad-mouthing the Royal Family. (God knows, George dub-yah is bad enough).
  3. We don't have Camilla Parker-Bowles committing adultery with Prince Charles while his gorgeous intelligent wife is raising his two sons!
  4. Come to think of it, we don't have Prince Charles! (That's worth two points.)

  Score
  USA=15
  UK=12 Oh take away 1 because Jan thinks he knows our nation's history but doesn't.
  UK=11

  Oh yeah, you guys have Logical. Your score is back to 0.

  USA=15
  UK=0
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  Of course, the USA has just won straight-away!

  Why? Because our UK-Froot Loops cousins don't know that the US NEVER DECLARED WAR ON VIETNAM. It was always classified as 'The Vietnam Conflict'...

  Therefore, we didn't lose the war, because it never was a war to start with!

  (Although the above is true, I feel I must self-censor and deduct one point for doing WT doublespeak....)

  USA -10
  UK-8
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  Charitable Planning/Brochure is here

  by stephenw20 in

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  namaste........ i recieved my brochure the other day from the legal department of the wtbts in patterson ny.. i have not had devoted time to look at all 32 pages with the most critcal eye, but will share my most immediate observations.... first, we are not talking about some newspaper type document.

  in my opinion, it is the finest layout and printing job done by the society to date.

  the copy i have is copyright 2000. the fund that orginally peaked my interest is not mentioned anywhere i can find.. of the 32 pages only 6 have no color pictures on them.

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  OK so lemme get this right! For the few JW's who were smart enough or lucky enough to go against JW counsel, now they want to take their money when they die.

  It's a safe bet that most JWs won't even have a friggin' estate when they die.

  So this just speaks to the lucky few, eh?

  Let's calculate this: There must be a family like mine in every congregation. Due to the hard work of the mum and pop, the kids enjoyed a nice life. Mum and Pop didn't send ANY of their kids to college, so there never were any college loans to pay off. There were no weddings to pay for (I married an unbeliever and my DA'd sister lives with her fiance). There were no expensive Birthday parties or Christmases to pay for. No field trips. No proms.

  So the Society's gonna get my parents entire estate?!?!?! I don't think so. Jerry and I don't need or want their money (his parents died penniless-non JW). There is no way in the King James Version of Hell I will allow that. I would fight tooth and nail to have that money turned over to a REAL FRIGGIN CHARITY.

  OOOOHHHHH this makes me mad, it is not good to get a pregnant, morning sick woman mad.....ooooohhhhhh.
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  tears of sorrow, tears of joy

  by Mommie Dark in

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  coming out of this religion nearly killed me.

  every single core belief i ever held has been mangled, strangled, drawn&quartered, dipped in pitch and burnt and reduced to carbon ash.

  my mind and heart got buried in the soulquake; a protoplasmic blob of rage of pain of stifled grief was all that remained of the human who was born me in lodi ohio.

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  Blood is thicker than Watchtower.

  Let's hope this lesson isn't lost on everyone else who is going through similar situations.

  Thanks for sharing.
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  COPYRIGHTS and the WTS publications

  by MacHislopp in

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  i was wondering about this part written in the.

  w. 15.02.2001 page 29 (box) :.

  ...related to this, christian should avoid putting onto, or downloading.

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  LDH

  LOL they sure as hell don't want people downloading the 'Shepherd the Flock book.'

  They are so full of shit their eyeballs are brown.

  Apologies in advance to Simon, LOL.
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  'Asking' the questions they 'Give' you.....

  by LDH in

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  was anyone else frustrated at the 'question' and 'answer' sessions where they tell you what to ask?.

  i didn't realise the foolishness until pointed out to me by my sister, who gets a kick out of being told what question to ask after having read a prescribed paragraph.. lisa

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  Con,

  It's nice to be back too. Been struggling with keeping up with work while having constant nausea and headache.

  Interestingly enough, my husband got the flu over the weekend and I had to take care of him (what a sight we were man). I told him, I've been feeling this way for 3 weeks I've just not been complaining about it. But you know men. One little whine and the world will know about it, LOL.

  Hi RHW!

  Back to the thread, once in a while a brave soul would ask a question of the Watchtower conductor. I don't ever remember that person being given an answer at that time; they were always told the elders would 'help' them after the meeting.

  I guess the term 'discussion' is a real misnomer, huh? There really isn't any discussion. RR may have more input on this.