Tookthe redpill, I am sorry for your loss. It was just tonight, (before reading your post), that I had said to my family that I missed Skipper, a dog that passed years ago. I get into trouble with the family when I mention Skipper, he was such a great dog. Again, I'm sorry for your loss.
JakeM2012
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I lost my pet today...
by tooktheredpill inshe was a 12 year old maltese.
the best pet in the world.
my wife and i never had kids, so she was our only daughter.
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DID YOU KNOW the latest Brooklyn sell-offs will take total Watchtower earnings to $804 MILLION since 2004?
by cedars inhi folks.
i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.
it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.
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JakeM2012
On the way out, good point, every expense they have is passed on to the publishers through an expected "donation". If the CO's and Do's need cars, the expense is passed on to the congregation, and WT purchases enough vehicles to support the U.S. branch needs at Bethel.
Health insurance for the Co' and DO's is passed on, and of course the WTBTS is self insured, meaning they take the premiums from the congregations and don''t payout any claims. Even when the missionaries are flown home every four years or so, there is a letter sent to the congregations with an expected donation over so many months to pay for the airfare. I wish that the government would hit them with being in the insurance business without the credentials.
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I feel elated - with last semester's results.
by fulltimestudent inin my studies, i've settled into a routine of two units per semester, which gives me time to explore interesting side-roads, away from the assigned readings.
this semester past, i attempted on study unit at macquarie u and one at sydney u.. macquarie results were released last friday, and for that study unit (rome's persian wars) my aggregated mark was 78 and so a distinction.. and, at sydney u, released yesterday, my aggregated mark for, japan in asia from 1840 to today, was 90, which meant a high distinction.. .
i feel so pleased, not only am i acheiving my goal of understanding the historical processes that have formed modern asia, but i am mastering the process of critical thinking that is the basis of modern scholarship.. so for semester 2, i've enrolled in byzantium at macquarie, and which will give me a chance to explore the way the christian church became a theocratic government in the eastern empire's cities.. .
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JakeM2012
" Zhu ni Qiantu guangming "...... 'Gongxi, Gongxi!!'.....congratulations!
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DID YOU KNOW the latest Brooklyn sell-offs will take total Watchtower earnings to $804 MILLION since 2004?
by cedars inhi folks.
i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.
it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.
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JakeM2012
Splash, funny, that is a great idea, but I don't think the current mentality at Bethel is ready for that. If they went that mainstream, I can just see the advertisement/comparison with Moses coming down from the mountain with the 10 commandments on a JW tablet. LOL
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DID YOU KNOW the latest Brooklyn sell-offs will take total Watchtower earnings to $804 MILLION since 2004?
by cedars inhi folks.
i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.
it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.
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JakeM2012
I wouldn't think that for each language printed that the plates have to be changed. With the sorting machinery they have, several languages could be printed from one plate because the magazines do have fewer pages.
In languages where there is a minimal run, I would think that they are not using the large presses someone would see on tour. Perhaps there are some smaller presses for these languages with a minimal order.
The Society has already had issues growing accustomed to the advanced presses they use for mass printing. They recognized that it took some time for the press to "warm" up and get the color right, and even changed their schedule in the press room to accomodate the presses. The problem was that they would just start to get the quality they desired and would have to shut the press down for lunch or the end of the day.
Personally, they have such advanced printing presses that they probably are faced with over capacity on their printing needs.
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Life and the Universe Most Astounding Fact
by still thinking inastrophysicist dr neil degrasse tyson was asked by a reader of time magazine...."what is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe"?.
this is his answer..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=70fwivcntc4#at=207.
video is 3min 50sec.
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JakeM2012
Thanks James Brown and still thinking, both videos were very informative. Thanks for posting.
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goodwill
by infernosdante inthere is a goodwill store in the town i live in , ive noticed that everytime i go in there there are always jdubs in there,is'nt it a bit hypocritical that members of a religion that not only is not charitable and in fact discourages charity,is more than willing to take advantage of the charity of nonmembers,ho they say are doomed to be destroyed..
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JakeM2012
I had witnesses brag that they routinely went to the "charitable stores" and purchased things cheaply and sold them on ebay for more money. Hypocritical?
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Who left or got stumbled over the 1995 generation thing?
by Julia Orwell inor the 2000's generation thing?.
how did you feel?
how did it help you wake up?
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JakeM2012
I remember an elderly sister announcing at work in October of 1994 that this was 80 years, a biblical "generation", after 1914. I remember the change in the generation teaching in 1995, but it was like I never believed a generation to an absolute time period. However, when we got into the early 2000's I thought, "this is on the outside limits of their teachings, give or take some for error, the end must be close". Then, 9-11 happened and I thought well let's see. I remember that I thought things couldn't last much past 2008 by WTBTS chronology.
I was having some awaking thoughts and beginning my research in 2006-2008. One of the subjects I investigated was a "rumor" heard years before from a friend, Brandt Jones, about the Society joining the United Nations as NON-GOVERNMENTAL-ORGANIZATION. I remember telling my father-in-law this rumor and he said, "that would be apostacy", and well he (my father in law) was correct. Thanks to Brandt Jones, he even mentioned the book that Ray Franz had written while playing a game of pool at his house, and said emphatically, "they got rid of the wrong guy, everything he said has turned out correct". Later I downloaded the book and read it.
My grandfather died in 1999 and I remember my mother telling grandfather on his deathbed, that he would not die, because the end would be here before he died since he was born in 1914. Obviously, her hopes have been dashed. But, while becoming critical of the organization after the 1995 generation change, I never made a real stand until I heard the "overlapping" generation change in 2010, and I thought immediately, "what a load of crap". I remember visiting with an elderly friend immediately after the convention and asked what he thought, and his reply was, "well that makes sense'. It was at that moment that I was "out" mentally from the organization.
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As Dubbie reply I got when I mentioned about the conti case
by joe134cd ini'm going to share with you all a reply i got from a witnesses after i sent an article from nbc news regarding the conti sex abuse case.
in many ways i think it's quite telling and revealing into the mind of a dubbie.
this is the actuall reply .
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JakeM2012
Joe134cd, interesting reply, very standard reply, meaning that all is well in their paradise and they don't want to hear it. I guess there is peace when you just put your head in the sand.
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Remember what happened in 2005?
by Terry inwould any of us defend the right of a medicine manufacturer to advertise curative powers without side effects when evidence to the contrary was indicated?.
would any of us defend the right of a pharmacist to make up his own prescriptions and pass it off as what our physician specifically gave to us?.
would any of us approve equal time for tv advertisers to promote products as effective which had repeatedly proved to be dangerous?.
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JakeM2012
I wonder if copyright infringement means anything when WTBTS lets you download, use, and print information for free? They say they don't want it posted on the internet, but these are people that give their literature away and leave in in phone booths and laundry mats?