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  Where is the best place to live in South Florida?

  by averyniceguy in

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  This is the best thread ever. I hate Florida with a passion but always thought I was the only one who felt that way.

  Because people knew Iived in Florida they would always talk about wanting to move down to "paradise." I could never convey the reasons why florida is such a horrible place in terms that they understood.

  But my faith in humanity is restored. All have articulated in very real terms how horrible Florida is.

  BTW, if anyone wants to buy a Condo in Ft Laud, let me know. It is wonderful down there....
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  Preaching work - What other religion preaches??

  by Black Man in

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  i know the mormons go door to door and i have seen some church of god people occasionally.

  who else has organized preaching ministries (door to door, etc.)?

  i'm in an ongoing dialogue with relatives and this is one of their contentions - that the witnesses must have the truth (despite the many fallacies) because they are the only one that go door to door preaching.

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  If you walk around the streets of Manhattan you will always find someone from some religion passing out tracts. Most have more zeal than the witnesses who are usually paying no attention to the passing people.

  If the Wt focused on the goal instead of the method, they would do away with the d2d preaching in a heartbeat.
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  What book are you reading right now?

  by Wordly Andre in

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  i am reading buried alive: the terrifying history of our most primal fear, it's really cool

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  The last three books I read include (I recommend them all):

  Water for Elephants

  Memoirs of a Geisha

  Travels with Charley (a John Steinbeck book. I am trying to read all his works)

  Half way through Pride and Prejudice.
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  Where is the best place to live in South Florida?

  by averyniceguy in

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  We are planning on moving back up North, possibly NC or back to NY.

  This is a very typical pattern.

  (1) Move from a northern state to Florida to get away from the cold

  (2) Find that everything discussed here is true - expense, bugs, traffic, jobs, taxes, insurance and etc.

  (2) Move to NC, SC, or TN because where you came from is too cold

  (3) Live happily ever after - or something like that.

  I am back in NYC but still have a condo in FL that I can't sell. If you want a good deal, give me a call.
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  Are Any Here Afraid of "Getting Caught" Doing Something "Wrong" By a JW?

  by minimus in

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  do you still look over your shoulder to see if some jw might "report" you to the elders for doing something inappropriate by witness standards??

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  I don't live where anyone - expecially elders - know me. And besides I do nothing that cant be done in a public library.
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  What Are Your Goals in Posting on JWD in 2008 ?

  by flipper in

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  well, happy new year to all of you, my friends here on jwd !

  it should prove to be another rockin' and rollin' year here on jwd !

  so, what do you hope to accomplish or take away in a beneficial way from posting on this board in 2008 ?

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  I am shooting for a total of 2,000 posts this time next year.

  Maybe I will make a friend or two along the way. Will you be my friend?
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  Circuit Convention Illustrations

  by tooktheredpill in

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  recently i went to the circuit convention.

  an illustration was mentioned that really made me mad.

  they said that "you can see a 5 stories high building.

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  I heard a lot of similar illustrations. But, that was pretty bad. Not too much creativity in that illustration. They are getting desperate to keep the young ones away from college.
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  George Couch Dies - Brooklyn Bethel

  by SadElder in

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  george couch, a longtime fixture as the big wig of home overseers at brooklyn bethel, died friday.

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  we never interacted much with them, he was a strange duck from our brief visits with them over the years..

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  I met him several times growing up. My father was in a "Pioneer Home" in Baltimore in the 1940s around the time of WWII. My father used to tell this story of how cheap Couch was. The only time he took the Pioneer Home group out in his car was when the car was low on gas and the he would make everyone pitch in for gas money.

  My father tried to keep in touch with him through the years. I remember as a young boy visiting his brother's dairy farm in Pennsylvania. I was also on a international convention with Couch and his wife circa 1972. We went to Austrailia and New Zealand.
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  Where is the best place to live in South Florida?

  by averyniceguy in

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  You will love or hate Florida depending upon what you want in life. You can get a good deal on a house or condo because the real estate bubble hit really hard in Florida. Unfortunataly, you will find property taxes and home owners insurance very expensive. There is no state and local income tax so the state places a significant burden on property owners for tax purposes. Hurricanes and threat of hurricanes make insurance very expensive. It is not unusual to pay $5,000 per year for a 2-3 bedroom house even if it is inland.

  Traffic is horrible and summers are miserable. Also, Florida is not the place you want to be if you want to have a career. The State is geared for low paying service industry jobs.

  I lived in South Florida 20+ years both West coast and East Coast. I like going as a visitor but will NEVER live there again.

  Good luck but go prepared. Visit Florida mid August and drive around during rush hour. This will help with your decision.
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  How do angels and demons influence mankind?

  by onacruse in

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  wts publications, and indeed virtually all religions on this planet, assert that angels and demons have regular influence on mankind, on individual human beings as well as on the general course of human events.. but i've never read anything specific about how they supposedly accomplish this.. do they tweak our neurons?

  do they fiddle with our hormones, thereby making us feel good or bad about a certain course of action?

  do they inject thoughts into our brains, perhaps in such a subtle way that we think those are our own thoughts?

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  demons are horny. They have a prurient interest in sex.

  This is the way it was explained at a kh meeting: The reason why fortune tellers are always women is because the demons like women and give them special powers so they can have angel sex with them.