NewYork44M

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  can anyone verify the new "basic pioneer" rumor?

  by Chris Tann in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so it's rumored started by one member that there is a new pioneer rank called basic pioneer, announced at annual meeting.

  can anyone verify this is true?

  everything else presented at the meeting has been verified except this.

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  NewYork44M

  What? A 10 hour pioneer? You got to be fuc&*ng kidding.
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  Is the AGM today?

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. friends

  anybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.

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  NewYork44M

  Great thread. I feel like I lived the experience. I am sure the JW sensors are monitoring this thread are are screaming. God bless the all!
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  Kennedy assassination....

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  to me its a great example of a totalitarian government's ability to manage information and keep us in the dark; .

  all right it was a long time ago.

  should we just forget about it?.

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  After reading all of Robert Caro's books about L. B. Johnson I am convinced that Johnson had the means, ability, and desire to do away with Kennedy.

  Do I think Johnson was behind this - No!

  Despite Johnson's desire to become president I think he was a victim of circumstances.

  Again, this is my opinion. I was only 6 years old when Kennedy got shot so don't blame me.

  Johnson was a despicable man but he was also lucky.
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  What makes people so greedy/jealous/unthankful

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the owner of the company that i work for was talking to me today about his brother who chose a different line of business and makes more money than him.

  he seems to be upset about his choice of work.

  but when when i look around this guys yard he has done very well for himself but apparantly not as well as his brother.

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  NewYork44M

  A good quality of character = ambition

  bad = greed

  Fine line between the two.

  Well said. I am all for ambition, but very anti greed.
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  Is the AGM today?

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.

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  NewYork44M

  It has been 38 minutes since the last update. I hope our mole has not been captured.
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  What makes people so greedy/jealous/unthankful

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the owner of the company that i work for was talking to me today about his brother who chose a different line of business and makes more money than him.

  he seems to be upset about his choice of work.

  but when when i look around this guys yard he has done very well for himself but apparantly not as well as his brother.

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  NewYork44M

  Jealousy is an emotion that can kill. You will always find more successful people. Get over it.
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  What exactly do the Governing body(TM) do?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a genuine question really.. do they actually make desicions or are they simple sock puppets for the lawyers?.

  are they just a front (like the queen is in the uk), with little or no desicion making input?.

  do they just give talks and make appearances?.

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  I suspect decisions are made well before the issue is presented to the GB. They probably make the decision between A and B. But the decision as to what is presented is made long before a sanitized presentation is made.
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  That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leaving the university with my degree!.

  exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.

  i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!

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  Congratulations Billy. Best wishes for your continued success.
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  TMS schedule for 2015?

  by PlatinumFix in

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  2. beliefs

  just a question - has anyone seen the tms schedule for 2015 yet?.

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  NewYork44M

  Very mysterious.
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  Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?

  that always bothered me.

  i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?

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  NewYork44M

  I guess they had a point. I no longer attend and I have "fallen away."