You don't hear about man being created 6,027 years ago. For years we heard all the technical aspects of the calculation of 6,000 years of human existance. No more.
You don't hear that Babylon the Great was destroyed in 1919.
NewYork44M
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Top Five Forbidden Watchtower Subjects
by metatron inif you are an 'old timer' and wonder why the watchtower and awake.
magazines are so bland and lacking in content, it may come as no surprize.
to you that it's often because a number of topics are 'off limits'.. that is, certain subjects are so troublesome to the watchtower leadership.
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My S.A.D. experience
by NewYork44M infor those who have been out of touch for more than a few years, a s.a.d.
is the special assembly day.
i attended the sad in brooklyn this weekend and thought you might enjoy some of the highlights.. the morning began with two "telling" illustrations.
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NewYork44M
metatron, you bring up a good point, although one missed by the speaker at the assembly. Education is an investment, and with any investment, it takes thought and effort to make the investment worthwhile.
There will always be example of people who spend years in school and afterwards decide that what they studied is not what they want to do with the rest of their lives. However, I challenge you, that even these people are better off with an education, than living their lives in ignorance. Education gives you choices that you would not otherwise have.
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My S.A.D. experience
by NewYork44M infor those who have been out of touch for more than a few years, a s.a.d.
is the special assembly day.
i attended the sad in brooklyn this weekend and thought you might enjoy some of the highlights.. the morning began with two "telling" illustrations.
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NewYork44M
If the "rest of the story" is that this person OWNS a McDonald then the C.O. made a blatant misrepresentation of the facts. If that is true, I am angrier now than after listening to the talk.
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My S.A.D. experience
by NewYork44M infor those who have been out of touch for more than a few years, a s.a.d.
is the special assembly day.
i attended the sad in brooklyn this weekend and thought you might enjoy some of the highlights.. the morning began with two "telling" illustrations.
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NewYork44M
There were numerous experiences from the young ones during the program. Not one of them indicated that they were attending college. The thrust of their experiences was that they "wanted to be used by J." So they were all pioneers immediately after hs.
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Do You Believe In God Or Not?
by minimus inif you've been associated with the witnesses, believing in god was a necessity.
do you still feel that god exists?
if you believe in god, do you feel that he cares about you?
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NewYork44M
I am in the agnostic camp. I have ZERO interest in religion, prayer, or the bible.
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My S.A.D. experience
by NewYork44M infor those who have been out of touch for more than a few years, a s.a.d.
is the special assembly day.
i attended the sad in brooklyn this weekend and thought you might enjoy some of the highlights.. the morning began with two "telling" illustrations.
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NewYork44M
For those who have been out of touch for more than a few years, a S.A.D. is the Special Assembly Day. I attended the SAD in Brooklyn this weekend and thought you might enjoy some of the highlights.
The morning began with two "telling" illustrations. You can learn a lot about what the speaker thinks about the audience by listening to the illustrations.
The first illustration had to do with a man who won the biggest lottery ever at that time. Unfortunately, the man squandered the money and within a few months had lost everything, including his family. The moral of the story is that you can put your trust in this economic system of things. You can appreciate the lack of respect for the audience, or perhaps his own ignorance, by using this illustration. He could have just as easily, and more appropriately, used an illustration about what has happened to some 401-Ks in this economic environment. However, I am sure he had no clue as to what a retirement plan is, nor did the audience.
The next illustration was, in my opinion, even worse. The C.O. met a brother in his mid 40s working in McDonalds. He asked the brother to sit with him during his break so he could impart some encouragement to the bro. The CO asked why he was working at McDonalds and the brother told his story. When he graduated High School, he began pioneering. However, some well-meaning friend told him that he needed to get an education, so the brother quit pioneering and went on to get a "doctorate and several other degrees." The CO then asked why he was working at McDonalds and not some high paying job. The brother explained that he was either over qualified or lacked experience for any job he applied for, and he need to work. The brother then reflected for a minute and said. "If only I would have stayed in the pioneer work. While I still would be working at McDonalds, at least I would not be $150K in debt."
So the moral of the story is this: If you expect to get a good job after going to college, dont count on it. Your only hope for happiness is the pioneer work.
The only other highlight of the day is the speaker immediately after lunch. He sounded soooo GAY. I thought I was watching an episode of Will and Grace." I think he realized how gay he sounded because about half way through his part he noticeably lowered his voice.
That is about it, I survived. But barely. I dont remember much else.
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Comments You Will NOT Hear at the 11-3 WT Study
by blondie incomments you wont hear at the november 3, 2002 wt study.
"pay more than the usual attention"hebrews 2:1.
introduction .
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NewYork44M
I will be at the Special Assembly Day this weekend....Appropriately named SAD. With your comments to reflect on, I will pay more than the usual attention. Thanks for your comments.
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Baptised Twice!
by PopeOfEruke inmy friends mother has been a jw for ages, and i was amazed when i heard she was baptized twice as a jw, once in the 1940's and again in about 1961. .
whats the deal with that??
she mumbles something about things changed in those years and the earlier baptism was invalid or needed re-doing.... .
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NewYork44M
I remember back when I was baptized in the early 70's there was someone at the pool and asked each candidate as they passed by if this was their first baptism. I understood the reason to as the question was so they would not count "re-baptisms" in the statistics for numbers of baptisms for the year.
Does anyone else remember being asked that question?
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AOL IM
by XBEHERE inanyone on here use aol instant messenger?
i would really like to chat with someone 1 on 1 about some of the concerns/questions i have regarding leaving the wts.
i saw in some recent posts the question asked if arguing scares us off... or are some of us "double agents" (whatever the heck that is) or lurkers.
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NewYork44M
I have an IM address although it is different than my username on this board. Read my profile, if my backgroud is what you are looking for, sene me an e-mail and I will provide my IM address. I am always willing to chat.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-20 WT Study
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 10-20-02 wt study.
"without an illustration he would not speak to them"matthew 13:34. introduction.
"can you recall an illustration you heard, perhaps in a public discourse, many years ago?
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NewYork44M
Thanks for the review. These weekly reviews really help me get through the Sunday am Wt study. Although I do not have enough courage to actually print your review and bring it to the meeting, I will be able to endure the 20+ paragraphs by recalling your comments.