Posts by mynameislame

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Amusing line in April 2014 KM

by respectful_observer in

under "2014 convention reminders":.

seat saving: when the doors to the facility are opened each morning, please to not rush to the seating area of your preference as if competing with fellow attenders.

a self-sacrificing spirit that moves us to seek the good of others identifies us as true christians and moves onlookers to praise god.. ................................................................ i personally don't recall them previously making reference to the jw-version of the "running of the bulls" that takes place every morning when the doors open at 8:00 a.m. have seen it myself many times, it's always good for a laugh.

mynameislame

I always went by myself on the bus

Arguably you could have saved around 100 seats, one for each person in your vehicle.

Seriously though what are the best seats? I always remember sitting in the upper section with all my friends.

If I remember correctly each friend would save a section of seats for all of us then when we found each other we sould decide which one to choose.

I still miss those cheese danish and think back misty eyed remembering the rock hard peaches in the bags for fruit. And all for only 7 tickets.

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NEW BOE LETTERS

by WatchTower87 in

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily no virus ;-).

1 -theocratic ministry school review answer sheet to give to the school overseer.

theocratic ministry school review answer sheet covering assignments for weeks of march 3 through april 28, 2014. pdf : http://adf.ly/egjx8.

mynameislame

How would it be possible that there wasn't one person at a meeting qualified to read the WT even by their "high" standards?

That speaks volumes.

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Where does the need to worship god come from?

by Socrateswannabe in

where does the need to worship god come from?.

this is a question that i asked myself repeatedly when i used to believe that god exists.

i struggled with this because i have never had the urge, and i imagined myself an ingrate because of it.

mynameislame

Well I had the worst cold this week and if I wasn't aware of germs I'm not sure I wouldn't consider it some sort of demon possession. And if I did then I would have certainly made a sacrifice or two to a benevolent deity.

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Aren't Jehovah's Witnesses really standing in front of the LIGHT and blocking it?

by Terry in

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friends

folks are about as happy as they decide to be.. looking on the bright side of life gives you more of a foothold when things go awry.

nurturing hope builds a foundation for you which enables you to save for tomorrow and build toward the future and hang on when things get tough.. people dig their own graves when they become pessimists.

"why bother" replaces "that's worth a try!".

mynameislame

Very good analogy,

That's why you don't run ahead of the light that is supposed to be leading the way for you.

Hey why can't I see where I'm going?

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Hardcore JW Friend Predicts the End of the Organization within 10 years.

by kneehighmiah in

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friends

had a conversation with an aspiring elder.

he said the end must be close because people are so discouraged that the organization can't last more than 10 years.

this is before we received the please come to the international convention letter.

mynameislame

If they want to end it they should just tell everyone that the new system is here, go and enjoy yourselves. Things will be slowly moving towards perfection so don't be surpised if things don't seem better right away. It might even take a number of years. Now that the new system is here we don't need to lead you anymore, jehovah will do that directly so trust your instincts.

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ATMs in assembly halls

by Xanthippe in

i only heard about these atms last year on this forum.

the poster seemed to be saying they are for donating only, is that correct?

absolutely gobsmacked over this, don't the brothers see any correlation between this and the likes of jimmy swaggart?

mynameislame

emeth, the problem isn't the cards it is, as Blondie pointed out, that they critisized other religions for doing the same thing.

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Jehovahs Witnesses make a big deal about following first century christianity, so please explain this.

by smiddy in

where in the christian greek scriptures do disciples of christ record how many hours a month they preached.. " " " " 10 hours for women and children and slack husbands with no ambition.

" " " " do they record how many back calls / return visits they made in a month.. " " " " have they set down how many bible studys they had in a month.. " " " " do they have pioneers ,special pioneers , aux.pioneers , with goals to reach each month.. " " " " do they have d.o.

, c.o., zone servants , etc.etc.. " " " " where in the christian greek scriptures is the word " organisation" applied to christianity.

mynameislame

How about the foot-washing ceremony?

Wow that's an epiphany for me.

When do you ever see an elder or better yet one of the GB doing something so humble for someone else?

Never! Quite the opposite, you are expected to wash the feet of the GB and feel grateful for the privledge.

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CO's & DO's age 70+ to be laid off on 9/1/14

by williamhconley in

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friends

in a private conversation with a c.o.

friend from north carolina, he told me yesterday that they just got a letter that all traveling overseers (do's & co's) age 70 & up are going to be laid off on 09/01/2014.

they will be asssigned to local congregations and further details are pending.. .

mynameislame

I'm suprised it isn't younger, think how bad it looks to have old people preaching that the end is right around the corner.

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The Best Public Talk I Ever Heard (though the speaker was disfellowshipped thereafter)

by exWTslave in

the best public talk i ever heard was one i heard in a jw kingdom hall.

unfortunately, the hurriedly formed jc disfellowshipped him within a couple of weeks for not worshipping the octo(headed) gb.

this happened two years back when i was his fellow-elder.

mynameislame

Whats up with that link? It has nothing to do with the convesation does it?

What would they do if someone did that at the DC?

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A Better World - Can it be achieved?

by fulltimestudent in

the hope of a better world is what attracted me (and likely many of you other loiterers (grin) on this site) into the mental mindtrap of christian thought.

i guess its understandable, re-reading the words that the author of the matthew gospel that we know as the sermon on the mount, its easy to think, that if jesus ruled the world, everything would be ok.. i'm still interested in a better world.

so have many other thinkers (and revolutionaries).

mynameislame

Xanthippe, couln't agree more. Advertising is out of hand and is only designed to scare you into buying some useless product.

Every day I see ads about medications for diseases that I have never even heard of. Then I went to my doctors office and they tried to get me to fill out a survey about one of those obscure diseases. It’s like they are trying to make everyone a hypochondriac so they can sell more stuff.

I think the best thing to do is to toss your television in the trash, go outside and have some fun.

(now I just have to convince my wife)