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philo
Posts by philo
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32Reagan Picture
by slipnslidemaster inno, peter, unfortunately -- it's a shot of debra messing from "will & grace.
" i'm not skinny (much more curvaceous than she) but i have the hair (and i'm a natural redhead, thankyouveddymuch).. maybe someday if you all ask nicely, i'll post a real pic... .
reagan posted this in one of the threads, so i figured that if we all ask very nicely then she would post a picture for us to see.
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Online Archive Watchtowers?
by philo incould anyone remind me where i can get old watchtowers online?
it was on the board recently, but i lost the link.
i'm trying to research the shunning policy.. thanks.
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philo
Thank you Nik, that was spot on.
philo
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Mormons phoned for the last time - I hope
by philo ini had a follow up phone call from the mormons today wanting to arrange for house visit no.
2. the first visit had been a game where i asked questions and they wriggled about a bit so as not to address them -- it brought back dub memories, i'm telling you.. it went like this.... who will survive the world's judgement day?
only mormons and exceptional individuals.. how about me?
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philo
Susan,
Look out for posts by 'You Know'; he has your style. Always a favourite is, 'when my big brother arrives we'll see who's right.' YOu probably don't do this: but he goes in for homespun extra-church prophecies - and he's been Wrong Wrong Wrong.
philo
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Online Archive Watchtowers?
by philo incould anyone remind me where i can get old watchtowers online?
it was on the board recently, but i lost the link.
i'm trying to research the shunning policy.. thanks.
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Disengaged
Good advice, I'm sure. Unfortunately few congreagations go back very far with Watchtowers, in this area at least.
Could anybody anybody else advise?
philo
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Bonn/Kyoto: Bush's stance gets heckled
by philo inpaula dobriansky, the head of the us delegation, said to heckles from delegates for environmental groups: "the bush administration takes the issue of climate change very seriously and we will not abnegate our responsibility".
spoken like a true politician.
the story.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1452000/1452315.stmpa
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philo
Ahh, how disappointing for you.
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Online Archive Watchtowers?
by philo incould anyone remind me where i can get old watchtowers online?
it was on the board recently, but i lost the link.
i'm trying to research the shunning policy.. thanks.
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philo
Could anyone remind me where I can get old watchtowers online? It was on the board recently, but I lost the link. I'm trying to research the shunning policy.
Thanks
philo
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This is a MUST read folks!
by GlassEye inlast night while my wife and i were reading the newspaper she said "john, you won't believe this, read dear abby".
apparently, dear abby is syndicated in newspapers throughout the u.s. i have received permission from uexpress and uclick to link this article.
it is titled church's scare tactics cause family to flee from the fold.
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philo
Glad to see you back, Farkel
philo
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Directed By Holy Spirit My Ass !!!
by Big Jim indont you think that it is stupid when you hear the dubs say that all appointments are made by the jehovahs holy spirit?.
how many times have you heard of elders/ms etc.
that were commiting all sorts of wrong doings while at the same time serving and passing judgement on others.. i remember when i was appointed ms there was a brother that was appointed at the same time, that accepted the assignment and served for almost a year before they found out he was commiting adultery all the while.. then you have the pedophiles that operate within the congregation some being elders etc.. i know for a fact that i could be a fornicator/drug user/closet queer/ are anything bad and keep it secret and i could move up the ranks as high as i pleased.. hell i could even be a undercover apostate/fornicator/all of the above and still get appointed if i kissed enough ass.. i could pioneer and lie about the hours,they would never figure it out.
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MS, Elders, POs, COs, DOs, BOs, WT directors: they all do it...masterbate, that is.
THAT'S THE SPIRIT!
philo
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Bonn/Kyoto: Bush's stance gets heckled
by philo inpaula dobriansky, the head of the us delegation, said to heckles from delegates for environmental groups: "the bush administration takes the issue of climate change very seriously and we will not abnegate our responsibility".
spoken like a true politician.
the story.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1452000/1452315.stmpa
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philo
Adding to Lark's list; someone mentioned the Russian winter. I'm not sure who gets the credit for that. Same goes with the fact that Britain is an island.
Radar and sonar were developed by the British for the North Atlantic convoys.
And mobile battlefield radio... not sure who.
philo
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Special Judicial Committees
by JEMIMAH inyou will have to understand that i have to change a few details here and there so that i can't be identified.. as many of you are aware i serve as an elder, and from time to time i have been asked by the service desk to handle matters for them by means of "the special committee arrangement".
(a phrase you will not find in any wt letter or elders textbook.
) just to explain.. "a special committee is often set up when, an original committee (ojc)decides to disfellowship an individual, who then appeals against the judgement.
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philo
I think the judicial system is inextricably part of the WT hierarchy, from elders up to the Watchtower directors. Without the executive powers of DF, DA, and shunning, the organisation could not maintain 'unity'. So as the organisation has grown, centralised control could only be maintained by intensifying these powers.
Why is interfering with the Royal Mail such a serious crime in Britain and other countries? Vandalising a post box is not viewed at law as vandalism but something closer to sedition. It's about the necessity for keeping control. So too with the WTBTS.
I can see judicial policies relaxing only if there are large decreases in WT membership.
philo