Posts by NewYork44M

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School and quitting

by shera in

what would you say to a teen who hates school and wants to quit?

please be serious and i would like caring replys please.thanks!

NewYork44M

Now I'm embaressed..I spelled school wrong in the topic!

hate to bring it up, but you also spelled embarrassed wrong. That is why I always try to spell check before sending.

In regards to education. I am very passionate. This is in part because of my background of belonging to a group that discourages education. Any success I have had in life can be attributed to my passion of education.

Your teen needs to understand that to survive in this world, let alone to get ahead, education is crucial. The greatest skill he or she can learn at a young age is the ability to learn. This is the hard part, but once you can get beyond those basic skills that hopefully are taught in high school, a student can begin to think about what productive activity he or she can learn. That is when education can be interesting and perhaps even fun. It is never good to use the argument, "Trust Me," but it applies.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-4-04 WT Study

by blondie in

priscilla and aquila, a first-century christian married couple, observed apollos giving a speech at a synagogue in the city of ephesus.

they know that the bulk of those baptized are children of current jws and that anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of them leave or are df?d/da?d within 5 years.. focus on people.

(2 timothy 2:15) (s) evidently (buzzword), they were serious students of the scriptures.

NewYork44M

Rm215 wrote:

How averse JWs have become to any meaningful opportunity to go one-on-one in interacting with the public while at the same time ``putting in their time" was starkly brought home to me recently as I walked through New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal, where a sister had set up a large card table with a display of perhaps fifty different WTBTS publications, much as one might offer goods at a Flea market. Largely ignored my the masses of commuters, she sat quiet alongside her little booth, reading and underlining her WT, doubtless counting all this time, maybe even pioneering

I see something similar on a daily basis when I pass through Grand Central Station in NYC. There is usually a group of "pioneers" standing passively with their magazines facing the crowd but far enough away from the general flow of traffic so as not to be readily noticed. The only time I ever saw some one talking to them was when I overheard them giving directions to some one.

This is in contrast to other religions groups/individuals, who are generally very vocal and, while a little over the edge for my tastes, are at least noticed by people walking by.

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Predictions And Wishes For The Watchtower Society In 2004

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you have any??

?

NewYork44M

Three of the governing body will die in 2004.

There will be a series of Watchtower articles that pave the way for the new light that elders are now the new FDS.

There will be a decrease in publishers in the United Stated, depsite their best efforts to manipulate the numbers.

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New Light-----1986----The International Year Of Peace Fulfilled???

by minimus in

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friends

they're saying the prophecy is possibly fulfilled of "peace and security and then sudden destruction" in the year 1986 when world leaders dubbed that year as the "year of peace".

the feb.1st watchtower mentions that just as a pregnant woman over 9 months gradually has signs of a baby's growth in the womb, so too, we may have a fulfillment of bible prophecy without knowing it fully beforehand until the effects and results become obvious.

my mother read excerpts of the wt.

NewYork44M

I remember in 86 they re-issued the Peace and Security book at a "special talk." There was a lot of speculation and excitement when the congregation received their copy of the book at the special talk.

Several made the comment that this was the start of the Great "T".

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News! Building Committee Condemning Kingdom Halls!

by metatron in

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friends

apparently, in some kingdom halls, various brothers on regional building committees are studying indoor.

pollution.

as i told you guys, meeting attendance is being affected by the growing number of witnesses complaining.

NewYork44M

I wonder if the indoor polution has anything to do with the fact that the KHs do not have windows.

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The Watchtower and Awake! on audiocassette

by Nosferatu in

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friends

when did the society begin putting the magazines on audiocassette?

did any of you ever go for these things?

do your watchtower study while driving to work?

NewYork44M

How do you underline in Braille?

I remember one blind witness. He placed paperclips next to the lines of text. If I remember correctly he used lots of paperclips.

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Who are the A/As on the board?

by starfish422 in

not alcoholics anonymous, mind you.

:) atheists/agnostics.

i know there are some of us here; who's with me?

NewYork44M

I kind of like the sound of the word - agnostic. So count me in as a nonpracticing agnostic.

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the society and education

by NewYork44M in

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friends

experience over the weekend.

just to clarify..... sad is the societys official acronym for special assembly day.

i attended yesterday at the brooklyn assembly hall with approximately 1,800 others.

NewYork44M

I had a S.A.D. experience over the weekend. Just to clarify….. SAD is the society’s official acronym for Special Assembly Day. I attended yesterday at the Brooklyn Assembly Hall with approximately 1,800 others. Were were excited (NOT) to see 10, mostly young ones, get baptized (That sure seems like a small number). Most of the program was non eventful. For some reason the speakers were either from the south or attempted to mimic a very-very slow speech pattern.

After setting for sever hours I was totally numb from listening….then, the last speaker started talking about education. I listened attentively to see what the society was about to tell the r&f. The context of the talk was that education is not prohibited however there are serious dangers in education. Colleges teach ungodliness. In addition, going to school to learn a career is not in harmony with our Christian purpose (i.e. placing magazines).

Then… they interviewed a very attractive articulate young individual. She first stated that while she was not interested in going to college her “family circumstances” forced her to attend college. BTW, any time you here an experience about a young one going to college there has to be the required justification for going to extend education.

She indicated that she was in an accounting program, doing very well, and had a full scholarship. But after three years, one year before graduation her conscience bothered her. How was she going to justify her actions to the multitudes that will soon be resurrected if she pursued a CPA instead of pioneering! And besides, she learned enough in the time she was in school to get a job. So, she quit school and began pioneering.

The speaker congratulated her on her choice to promote spiritial interests and the audience applauded. So with a slight of hand the society gave the official policy for public consumption that they are not against education but by example told the r&f what really is the policy.

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Were you ever an Elder? Read this Please.

by Amazing in

jw
friends

hi guys, men, former-elders:.

the last leg of the legal project is afoot.

it is good, no gooder, no great!!!.

NewYork44M

elder here. 3 years in the 1990s

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Worldwide Service Report From Bethel:

by acsot in

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friends

worldwide service report from bethel:.

> october 29, 2003.

> peak publishers - 6,429,351 (2% increase).

NewYork44M

Joker, It was always my understanding that you could count on BS and a RV for each time you conducted the study. If that is not correct then I need to send the society a revised time slip for approximately 15 years worth of reports.