That's impossible! There ain't that many hours in a year!
Ha, just kiddin....
Outaservice (used to be Out-In-Service)
according to http://observer.org/apps/pbcs.dll/article?site=wo&date=20011119&category=jwandsociety3&artno=111200001 the 2001 service report (hugs and kisses to kent for posting it), jw's in the us of a spent almost 179 million hours of work in order to acheive zero growth!!!.
roflmao!!.
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That's impossible! There ain't that many hours in a year!
Ha, just kiddin....
Outaservice (used to be Out-In-Service)
my post was a cut and paste statment from kent's wnna puke post.. my p[oint is this ... are the witnesses now using the year 1944 instead of 1914?as the year starting the end of this system of things.
I would hope so as it's the year I was born!
Outaservice (used to be 'out in service')
exactly one year ago three other families joined us at our vacation home for a week of relaxation and stimulating conversation.
of the four men, three were elders and the other a ministerial servant.
together these four had 116 years as appointed servants.
It becomes increasingly harder to listen to all the 'crap' coming from the platform the longer you stay in. Then you begin to question if you're wasting your time at all them meetings.
But, if you feel you can help others by staying in, by all means do so. But usually it's less than you expected. If you're looking at it as 'stand up comics' you might enjoy staying also.
There is no 'rush' however to do anything. Afterall, 1975 is a long ways off yet!
Outaservice (Who got out in the 'nick of time')
what is the basic difference in between unites states of america and united states of america?.
"proper preparation & planning prevents piss poor performance.
" - awul dasfilshabeda and nowaynayda zheet
One is in the United States of America!
Outaservice (but living in the USA)
i was thinking, since the main problem seems to be that witnesses usually won't open up.
well, there seems to be no shortage of funny human behavior, so why couldn't this work?
of course, it isn't a matter of laughing at them.. perhaps point out some behavior that wouldn't be readily identified with witnesses (but does fit) and go from there...
Question: What do you call an Elder with a hundred girlfriends?
Answer: A 'Shepherd'!
Outaservice (Understand, I'm laughing at the sheep)
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good news alternative energy .
while on the subject, we could already start to reduce and eventually eliminate oil, at least to the point where we would only need to use our own resources and may buy oil from mexico and russia.. solar: while seemingly forgotten, this is still a growing industry.
solar assist panels for homes are still selling.
Amazing,
You almost forgot 'perpetual motion'! (Example: A cow drinking milk.)
And Mideastern people have been cooking their food with 'cattle dung'!
Gives a distinct flavor to the food!
Outaservice (But still countin my time)
while you were sleeping the world is changing in very unusual ways.. do you think that you have been doing a good job keeping up with new discoveries that may change your life?.
here are just three things i pulled out of the news just on the topic of food and gardening that happened in the last month that might surprise you.. 1. scientists have discovered how to make delicious steaks without killing any animals.
this will soon be going into commercial use and may radically affect the worldwide meat industry.
A lot of the Governing Body member are 'full of crap' so they might make good fertilizer without going through that process. Just 'bury' them.
Now, that wasn't nice, I apologize!
Outaservice
just for fun tonight...bumper stickers i would love to see in j.w.
parking lots:.
jehovahs witnesses arent the only true religion on earth...we just act like it.
Related to 'bumper stickers' are licence plates.
I thought of ordering my next one to read......
YRUAJW
Maybe others can think of some good ones!
Outaservice (but still countin my time)
fred willard portrayed himself as an afghanistanian living in the cave next to osama bin laden.. jay (on the split screen, interviewing him as a newsman would) asked him if there were any advantages living next to bin laden.. he said "yeah, no jehovah's witnesses come to the door!
gopher.
why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction?
Last night he mentioned them again.
Because of the 'anthrax' fear connected with the Postal Dept. he said people are actually glad when Jehovah's Witnesses are at the door rather than the Post man!
Outaservice
on page 10 of the december 8, 2001 awake!, the article "hope for arthritis sufferers" feigns to offer encouragement to those afflicted with chronic arthritis.
note how the article describes some of the sad consequences of this condition:such limitations can cause frustration and negative felings about oneself.
gaku, aged 27, is one of jehovah's witnesses and says: "not being able to share fully in the evangelizing work or fulfill congregation assignments makes me feel that as a person i have no value whatsoever.
Out of their own words they condemn themselves! I used to wonder why more people didn't get upset by some of the stupid reasoning and simplistic thinking expressed in the Watchtower and Awake.
But now I know, its simple, NOT MANY OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION EVEN READ THEM! And a sizeable number of JW's don't either!
Outaservice (but still countin my time!)