I wish I had the time and know how to take the video and put the narration of an JW assembly talk. But it's still funny. I love the second one especially, because that is how I would fall asleep at the meetings and conventions, just almost hitting the ground. LOL
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Falling asleep at the meeting
by JakeM2012 inthis brings back memories.. https://instagram.com/p/0n8sxirizd/.
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https://instagram.com/p/0n8sxirizd/?taken-by=marcusastanley.
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Yahweh and Jesus Lose the Quickbuild Crown
by fulltimestudent inquickbuild's are something the jws crow about a lot as evidence of yahweh's "spirit" working on them, but amongst the puffery' there was a solid fact that the buildings were often the result of good planning rather than divine assistance.. and, in most cases the buildings were seldom built in a weekend.
a concrete slab foundation needed time to dry out before walls could be built.
and before the slab could be poured, the ground had to be levelled and services like plumbing and drainage roughed in.
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Many times, I have spent 6 months + basically full time working on EACH Kingdom Hall doing excavation, grading, drainage, paving (concrete or asphalt, including curb and gutter) the concrete foundation for the building, utilities (electrical, sewer, water), light poles for the parking, septic systems, etc.
In addition to that, deceleration lanes in the roadway, and installing or demolition of islands in the road for entrance or exit into the new kingdom hall. Also, ADA compliant sidewalks from the bus stop to the front door of the kingdom hall. All of these require city permits to be pulled, and meeting and working with the inspectors.
It has always chapped my big white axx that people come to two days of work and feel they built the kingdom hall. Bull Butter.
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Anyone going to MotoGP in Austin?
by JakeM2012 inso i just received my one ticket to motogp in austin april 10,11,and 12. is anyone else in this neighborhood going?
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Falling asleep at the meeting
by JakeM2012 inthis brings back memories.. https://instagram.com/p/0n8sxirizd/.
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https://instagram.com/p/0n8sxirizd/?taken-by=marcusastanley.
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This brings back memories.
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Anyone going to MotoGP in Austin?
by JakeM2012 inso i just received my one ticket to motogp in austin april 10,11,and 12. is anyone else in this neighborhood going?
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Anyone going to MotoGP in Austin?
by JakeM2012 inso i just received my one ticket to motogp in austin april 10,11,and 12. is anyone else in this neighborhood going?
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So I just received my one ticket to MotoGP in Austin April 10,11,and 12. Is anyone else in this neighborhood going? -
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.sucks going on the market soon
by JakeM2012 inbelow is the article on yahoo financial news, about .sucks.
i wonder if someone will buy jworg.sucks?
just a thought.. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/here-comes-verizon-sucks--but-will-it-help-or-hurt-the-company-205605195.html.
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Below is the article on Yahoo Financial News, about .sucks. I wonder if someone will buy JWorg.sucks? . Just a thought.
Verizon.sucks? BankofAmerica.sucks? Yahoo.sucks?
The Internet and social media networks like Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook (FB) already provide an outlet for unsatisfied consumers, disgruntled employees and anonymous haters to vent their fury against companies that have drawn their wrath. But the venting could reach a whole new level in a few months when a new Internet address suffix goes online: .sucks.
Companies will have to decide whether it's worth $2,500 a year to tie up a .sucks address during a 60-day early access period set aside for trademark owners and celebrities that begins March 30. If they don't, anyone in the world will be able to register the name and set up their own protest site.
Another controversial new suffix, .porn, has already begun its early access period, drawing registrations from Microsoft (MSFT), Harvard University and even pop star Taylor Swift. Celebrities have more experience with the problems that may arise, having dealt with a barrage of new web site names when the .xxx suffix opened for business four years ago.
The newest offbeat suffixes added to the Internet's domain name system are just a few of the hundreds that have been approved over the past two years. Most are far more innocuous, including .party, .shoes and .accountant.
The new suffixes are intended to unleash a barrage of creative energy, and perhaps a few marketing dollars, by breaking free of the crowded .com space. Over 100 million names have already been taken in .com, including almost every word in the dictionary.
The non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, which governs the system, established the procedure for adding new suffixes in 2011 and has been slowly working its way through almost 2,000 initial applications. So far, it has approved more than 500, with new additions released daily.
"It's about enhancing consumer choice, increasing competition and creativity in the marketplace," says ICANN spokesman James Coles.[Get the Latest Market Data and News with the Yahoo Finance App]
In many cases, that's just what has happened. Quiksilver, a top surfing gear maker, snapped up new domains in the .surf group including wetsuits.surf and boardshorts.surf.
It could happen even with the controversial .sucks domain, says John Berard, CEO of the Vox Populi Registry that's overseeing registrations for the new suffix.
"In 2015, I think it's fair to say the word is no longer a pejorative, but a point of emphasis," Berard says. "Twitter is saying harassment sucks. It's a rallying cry, a challenge."
Companies could register .sucks in their own names and use the sites to collect complaints and comments from their customers, Berard suggests. Or, they could allow ordinary people to run sites and still learn from whatever is posted. "It is an opportunity to create a well lighted place for criticism and collaboration."
The new domains will cost $2,500 for companies and $250 for consumers after the sunrise period ends. There's also a limited $10-a-year option if a consumer agrees to make the site part of Vox Populi's discussion network. Some complain that the .sucks offering is a form of extortion aimed at firms that may feel compelled to buy the domain name to prevent others from potentially tainting their brands.
Former Sen. Jay Rockefeller, while still in Congress last year, wrote to ICANN urging that .sucks be rejected and calling it “little more than a predatory shakedown scheme.”
But some domain name experts suggest the controversy is overblown. "Brand consultants thrive on paranoia and that's what we see with .sucks and the effort to make brands pay the $2,500," says Christopher Hofman, managing partner of the European Domain Centre. Companies should calm down and allow consumers to register .sucks domains, he says. "It's actually a positive, as it's a way to find out why your brand sucks and do something about it," he says.
That's not the way brand owners see it, says Dan Jaffe, executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers, which represents large and small companies that collectively spend $250 billion a year on advertising.
"I'm not hearing from any of our members how great it is that there's .sucks or .gripes names," Jaffe says. "It seems more like an effort to squeeze money out of people than to serve a legitimate purpose."
With early registration starting next week and .sucks domains open to the public in June, that debate may soon be settled.
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Mind control.
by New day inin a recent thread someone mentioned that the wtbts uses mind control techniques.
do you think this is a conscious ploy?
if it is it would mean that the leaders of my religion (i am still an active jw) set out consciously to control people.
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Interesting conversation. At one time I did not believe it, and defended them. But there is a definite slant in all the articles, especially the study articles, of how they present an issue discuss it and it always ends up that the reader is deficient somehow or someway and he needs to make changes to be in Jehovah's favor, and there is a lot of discussion and loaded language to grow guilt in a desert. I've heard remarks that Jehovah is the hand puppet of the WTBTS, and I believe it. After being away for some years now, I can't even read a whole paragraph without balking about something said. My Op? Yep, the writers know darn well what they are trying to do. That's why I think there is more of a mastermind behind the whole con. -
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The plague, livestock. Question
by James Mixon insorry if this have been covered.
exodus 9;6-7 and exodus 9:19-25.. livestock killed twice by god??
contradiction?
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Festering boils, not just boils. LOL Fester, Fester, I would like a cup of soup with my bowl of festering boils please. -
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Drugs and Alcohol Ruin Your Life
by campaign of hate inthis point was raised in another thread vaguely, and wanted to try and expand on it.. the wt has said (and rightly so in my opinion) "that excessive use of drugs and alcohol can ruin your life".
in my eyes this is a fact.. this is where it starts to get a little suspicious, as they also say (or subtly hint at) "that if you leave the wt you will becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol and will ruin your life".. its almost like a self fulfilling prophecy.
as there are a lot who leave the borg and they do start drinking heavy or smoking, or taking drugs...or whatever.. the wt capitalizes on the fact that people want more freedom, and they subtly ingrain the thought that.
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Unfortunately, I drank more when I was in the organization and in good standing, either as a bethelite or as an elder than I currently imbibe.
I see what you are saying, and the question is: Did the WTBTS atmosphere in the congregation and their teachings, negatively affect these peoples lives, which then started them to fall apart?