NeonMadman

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  Rowan and Martin Laugh-in prophecy comes true but ---- WT?

  by LogCon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in 1969 rowan and martins laugh-in prophecied the fall of the berlin wall in 1989.. 20 years later in 1989, november, the berlin wall started to come down.. weird?.

  rowan and martin get it right but the wt consistently wrong?

  go to 4:14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompr9dalspg.

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  NeonMadman

  Awesome chick from The Avengers = Diana Rigg.
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  New method of appointing Regular Pioneers!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a new arrangement for appointing regular pioneers has been announced.. in the past, a person would have to fill in a form from the society, this would have to be approved by the local elders, then this would be sent to the branch for final approval and appointment.. now it is just the local elders that approve it.

  it doesn't need the branch approval any more.. they are selling it as a way to "speed up the process in order to be more effective in the ministry during these urgent times blah blah".

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  Watch for MS and elder appointments to be made by the acting CO's. That was another CYA move by the GB when they began using local elders as CO's.

  No need to watch; it's already here. It was announced in a BOE letter back in April, and as of Sept 1, MS and elders are now appointed directly by the CO.
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  A rose by any other name..............

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm curious, why and how did you choose your username?.

  does it hold any special significance for you, is there a share-able back story?.

  for me sparrowdown is a playful reference to matt 10:29 and the title of the movie black hawk down.. matt 10:29 was my go-to scrip to "prove" that god cares about us as individuals.

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  Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
  Where the neon madmen climb
  They all fall there so perfectly
  It all seems so well timed
  An’ here I sit so patiently
  Waiting to find out what price
  You have to pay to get out of
  Going through all these things twice
  Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
  To be stuck inside of Mobile
  With the Memphis blues again -Bob Dylan
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  pioneer book

  by itisme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone have the pioneer book?

  the new one: fully accomplish your ministry.

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  NeonMadman

  Shouldn't be too long before a pdf of it turns up somewhere on the internet.
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  My Husband Confesses His Sole Regret for My Exit....

  by humbled in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ( important note: my husband hated that i became a jw.

  hated everything about it.).

  he is the one who every morning makes our coffee in his beat-up metal perculator.

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  NeonMadman

  It would be interesting to do a study as to the protective effectiveness of the new 16-page magazines for use as trivets vs. the old 32-pagers.
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  Added to a fb group w/o permission

  by ruderedhead in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't know if anyone here can assist me, i hope so.

  it's not an earth shattering problem compared to many on here, but i am bugged by it!.

  i have been added 2x to a christian fb group w/o being asked by the same gentleman.

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  NeonMadman

  Generally, when I've been added unwillingly to FB groups, there is a "Leave Group" icon somewhere in the header. If you click it, you will also usually get an option to prevent anyone from re-adding you.

  It sounds to me as if you are experiencing some sort of glitch in FB's software, so I'm with Simon here; request help from the experts.
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  Come on! Tell it like it is. People are LYING when they tell you, "I've read the Bible."

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  go ahead.

  tell me.. "i've read the bible cover to cover.

  i don't believe you.. it is damned near impossible!.

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  NeonMadman

  I read the Bible all the way through, every year. I have several editions of the One Year Bible and I rotate them, occasionally using other translations with the reading list (this year I'm reading the Holman Christian Standard Bible - in past years I have read the NIV, New Living Translation and ESV, sometimes in canonical order throughout the year, sometimes in chronological order). I keep the Bible I'm reading in the bathroom, and the first time I go in there for the day, I read that day's portion. I also keep other books in there for subsequent visits during the day. The system works like a charm, and I've been doing this for at least 10 years now, so that means I've read through the entire Bible at least 10 times.

  Edited to add: However, I have NOT read all the way through the NWT.
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  scribd site

  by abner in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  hello,howispossible to saveinpdf,pdf's articles,who areinthescribdsite.

  when it says"sorry!thisdocumentis notpubliclyavailable".

  especiallythesitehttp://hildeydesa.blogspot.com.

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  NeonMadman

  You have to pay for a membership to download documents from Scribd. You can read some documents online, but to save a copy, you need to cough up the bucks.
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  Have you ever been called for Jury Duty? before or after registering to vote?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've never been called for jury duty and i'm not yet registered to vote, although i'm hoping to get that done this month.

  i know someone who within a few months of registering to vote was called for jury duty.

  i've read some articles that said voter records 'used' to be used to call on people but that was a thing of the past.

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  I was called in Massachusetts a few times, and I never registered to vote in that state. I lived in CT for a couple of years and registered there, but was never called to jury duty until after I moved out of the state. Here in NJ, I get a grand jury summons every year or two (which requires a day a week for 5-6 months) but have always gotten excused because I am a commissioned salesman and my income would be severely impacted by giving up that many days. If it was "one day or one trial," like in Mass., I would go, but a day a week for several months would really be a hardship.
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  "Kingdom Hall Construction Guidelines For Lands With Limited Resources" ¡leaked!

  by hildebrando in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "these guidelines are for use by branch personnel and those directly involved in the program.

  they are not for general distribution... the material presented describes how this program is coordinated internationally through regional kingdom hall offices and how it is supervised at the branch level by the various branch committees re-sponsible.

  it explains how volunteers are obtained for the program and how modest standard kingdom hall plans are developed based on local building materials and methods.

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  NeonMadman

  NeonMadman, you don't have to pay for a subscription to Scribd to read online the Guidelines.

  Yes, I know, but I'm an old fashioned guy and when something is that long, I prefer to print it out to read. So I usually try to dig up a pdf whenever possible. Also, I have a pretty extensive library of WTS pubs in pdf, so it also lends some consistency when I'm looking for certain material.