Posts by SafeAtHome

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Freaky Pepsi Ad

by metatron in

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friends

http://www.businessinsider.com/pepsi-ad-shocks-londoners-2014-3.

check it out.

metatron.

SafeAtHome

Well they haven't had a good Pepsi commercial since poor Brother Jackson's hair caught fire!

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Freaky Pepsi Ad

by metatron in

jw
friends

http://www.businessinsider.com/pepsi-ad-shocks-londoners-2014-3.

check it out.

metatron.

I dont see how this would get anyone to buy the product, but that goes for most commercials. I never much care for things meant to frighten people or make them look foolish. I wonder if it has ever been documented that a prank has given someone a heart attack? (As I write this, I am sitting here with my diet Pepsi)

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BOE District Overseers- CONFIDENTIAL

by WatchTower87 in

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

no virus ;-).

boe district overseers- confidential pdf: http://adf.ly/glwdn.

SafeAtHome

Wow, DOs are being discontinued and demoted and they spin it to sound like a good thing. Wonder if anyone of them will be thinking "don't pee on me and tell me it's raining". Bit of a loss of status, bet many of the wives won't care for that.

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Nephew Giving Once-Big-Shot-Elder Financial Aid

by snowbird in

my nephew is a graduate of an alabama university and harvard.. he didn't listen to the warnings about seeking higher education, and has a good job.. the elder sunk himself trying to keep his son, who did not apply himself in school, out of prison.. it's a sad situation, but it shows how foolish the wt's directives can be.. sylvia.

SafeAtHome

Your nephew is certainly demonstrating "undeserved kindness" to someone he apparently has no obligation to do so. I hope he lets the elder know that the help he is receiving is coming courtesy of higher education!

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What is the story behind this picture of Rutherford at a drinking party??

by EndofMysteries in

i have seen this photo several times but never any back story on it.

was this at bethel?

was this before or after the prohibition?

SafeAtHome

Well the guy on the far left had to have been drunk when he got that haircut!

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Nephew Giving Once-Big-Shot-Elder Financial Aid

by snowbird in

my nephew is a graduate of an alabama university and harvard.. he didn't listen to the warnings about seeking higher education, and has a good job.. the elder sunk himself trying to keep his son, who did not apply himself in school, out of prison.. it's a sad situation, but it shows how foolish the wt's directives can be.. sylvia.

SafeAtHome

Not quite following the scenario: is the elder his dad or just an aquaintance, and is the one trying to stay out of prison his biological brother? And why has this person gone broke? Just not sure on the relationships here, but my, what lovely irony

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Troubling experience at 1 day assembly re: little jw child

by williamhconley in

just had my 1day assembly this weekend.

an experience given by the bethel speaker was quite troubling and shows how jw's live in constant paranoia, anxiety and they isolate themselves from normal living.. a first grade class was having a fire drill.

everyone ( except one) lined up and stood outside away fron the classroom in the grass.

SafeAtHome

kaik. Please, do not have such a distorted view of teachers in this country today. Yes, there are some bad teachers out there, but the majority care about their students. Think of the 6 teachers and administrators who died at Sandy Hook Elementary trying to shield the students from the gunman. And, no I am not a teacher but volunteered many hours at my daughters school. I was there once during a fire drill and I know for certain that the teacher is the LAST one out of the classroom.

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Why JWs stay....

by mynameislame in

and probably why a lot of us do what we do.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuvgh_n3i_m.

SafeAtHome

That was really funny as a Candid Camera stunt, but in the context of comparing it with JW group-think, it's sad.

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Regional Convention Program Posted

by kneehighmiah in

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friends

http://download.jw.org/files/media_books/b8/co-pgm14_e.pdf.

i think i will want to kill myself during the friday afternoon symposium.

it should be called "how to not enjoy life or have fun.".

SafeAtHome

Great analysis by all of you. I really thought it was a put on till I downloaded and read it. My goodness, I would kill myself if I had to sit through that. I always hated assemblies and conventions, always thought they were a "rehash" or "prehash" of stuff we hear at the KH. Thirty years later, if I was still in, well, I really would have no gray cells left!

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July 2014 WT says cremation is okay, such double standards!

by EndofMysteries in

is cremation proper for christians?the scriptures do not present any basic objection to the practice of cremation.. there are biblical accounts relating that the bodies or bones of dead people were burned.

(josh.

7:25; 2 chron.

SafeAtHome

Wow, I never knew this. I Googled the origin of cremation and you are right, it is a pagan practice and some Christian denominations forbid it. It has become quite common lately among Witnesses that I know, including it being the request of my parents who were long time dubs. Very astute, your reasoning, comparing it with birthday celebrations. I will definitely remember that the next time the subject of birthdays comes up.