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  Secret Elder Business

  by ozziepost in

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  on amazing's fine post yesterday entitled "my last kingdom ministry school" he demonstrates the wts' paranoia over keeping its internal workings scret from the r&f.. i make the comment that the wts is acting not as christian stewards when it does this, but as corporate masters.

  but i decided to 'taste and see' what is done by those whom the wts decries so much, the churches of christendom.. i went to the anglican church website and what did i find?.

  http://www.sydney.anglican.asn.au/synod/.

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  Great posts.

  Maybe the most benefit I got out of being an elder was having a key to the file cabinet in the DFing room so I could find the letter that the Secretary of my previous congregation in California sent to the new PO after we moved to our new congregation. While asking my new Gestapo PO about my being reappointed as a MS, my Gestapo PO told me that Bro. Previous Secretary had said some pretty uncomplimentary things about me so who the fuck was I to even be considered as a non-apostate and what the hell right even did I have to come to what I considered as a greater need area (obscenities mine). He had read the uncomplimentary part right out of the letter, which he did not show me at the time of course.

  Years later when I've got THE KEY, because Bro. Gestapo is not around anymore and I'm an elder, I make a copy of the letter to treasure for all time. Turns out that the "uncomplimentary" stuff was indeed in the letter, but in a greater context of basically a very favorable recommendation (the negative part was what I had improved FROM).

  So Mr. Gestapo Bastard P.O. had read just the BAD part, completely out of context, to make the letter say just the opposite of what it meant. My family and I were stressed over this bad recommendation from my previous Secretary for some time. I didn't even call my old congo to get more info because one of my big motivations for moving was my low regard for all THOSE dudes on my old BOE. I laughed and laughed when I saw the letter in its entirety.

  Now I realize it was just another in a long line of nails in the coffin.

  "I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A ELDER AND NOW I ARE ONE" (Lots and lots struck me like that. Maybe even me too, until I realized that elders have to eat even MORE shit than publishers do, so there ya are with that bein-a-elder-so-I-kin-git-more-respect notion: downthetubes)
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  Brain vs. Womb

  by picosito in

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  i cut the following quote from "topic: old seats or new seats?".

  by duncan.

  "your average dub, just wants to be told what to do and think.".

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  I cut the following quote from "Topic: Old Seats or New Seats?"
  By Duncan

  "Your average dub, just WANTS to be told what to do and think."

  Most of us here have high regard for the Brain and what it can accomplish. When JW's refer to the Borg as "Mother" (wrong application anyway), it's like one of those Freudian things. It shows that they prefer being part of a womblike organization where they don't have to think for themselves or have any moral responsibility.

  They're dead wrong about the moral responsibility. The WT some years ago had an interesting article on community responsibility, but of course did not apply it to themselves.

  So the Borg has such a long history of pointing the finger and always forgetting that three fingers point back at THEM. WT articles are jam-packed with so much of that fingers-pointing-back stuff. We can be sure that one day, maybe SOON, that the Borg's plagues will show her no mercy at all, as perfect payback for her own mercilessness.
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  Loosing Two Dimensions?

  by D wiltshire in

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  einstien's theory of time and space, made from the observation that the speed of light is a constant (in a vacuum) no matter what speed we,.. the measurer is traveling,.. either away from, or towards the light source.. as he says time not a constant,.. and length in the direction in which one is moving is not a constant.. only the speed of light is a constant.

  (all true laws of physics are absolute.

  )the speed of light is an absolute.. so from this he concluded that space and time our relative but the speed of light is absolute.. here's a question for all you physic buffs:.

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  "Also, since nothing can go the speed of light"

  What about the Enterprise?
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  Practice of JW concerning Facial Hair

  by Reborn2002 in

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  im relatively new to the board, but i wanted other people's opinions.. growing up in "the organization" i pretty much blindly adhered to all instruction as a teenager.. as i got a little older, as most here im sure, i began to see how some practices were imposed on the flock without any biblical backing.. one that bugged the living hell out of me was the restriction of being allowed to grow facial hair.. i was literally removed from carrying the mics and reading at bookstudy because my sideburns were too long and i wanted to grow a goatee, hence i often showed up with stubble.

  i was taken to the back room and told i was being "too worldly.

  " when i questioned the elders why it was unallowed by the society and that i wanted scriptural evidence and backing for their imposed regulations, i was scoffed at and told i should do as i am told.. i told them where they could stick their "priviledges" .

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  Clean-shaven brothers may also imply that Rutherford's clean-shaven example is being worshipped rather than Russell's bearded one.
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  Nirvanas, Epiphanies and such...

  by MrMoe in

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  what is the meaning of life?

  what is it to experience true nirvana?

  a revelation?

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  Dear Diddley:

  That's a nice web site.
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  THE BORG IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

  by picosito in

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  it's the borg's fault that there's no more joy associated with being a jw.

  i'm posting this previous reply of mine to tr's "my visit to the hall last night" because i got so overwhelmed by these things i remembered i had to do it as a new post.. the borg not only has proscribed all the holidays and birthdays, but also clamps down on jws' choices in entertainment and association, and it looks like they've pretty well eliminated fun from worship.

  and they have the nerve to remind people of how jehovah is a happy god!!!

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  Yes, but you still have to use their choice of chapters. With the number 5, you could use any source material you wanted, as long as it was interesting and developed your topic.

  That elimination of #5 was a real blow to me that I never recovered from.
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  Anyone live in Chicago?

  by voltaire in

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  since i'll probably dfed soon, i'm wondering if any of you are near me.

  up for a cup of coffee?

  i live on the nw side of chicago but work near the lake north of downtown.

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  Hey again, Voltaire,

  I grew up at 2720 N. Fairfield, across from Brentano School. Been away for many years but still remember the neighborhood and the town with fondness. I'll send you an e-mail anyway.
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  THE BORG IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

  by picosito in

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  it's the borg's fault that there's no more joy associated with being a jw.

  i'm posting this previous reply of mine to tr's "my visit to the hall last night" because i got so overwhelmed by these things i remembered i had to do it as a new post.. the borg not only has proscribed all the holidays and birthdays, but also clamps down on jws' choices in entertainment and association, and it looks like they've pretty well eliminated fun from worship.

  and they have the nerve to remind people of how jehovah is a happy god!!!

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  Thanks for your thoughts too, Voltaire. I think their "clamping down" is going to be part of their undoing anyway.

  So any way they slice it is going to leave them bloody, bleeding, executed, destroyed, pulverized, gone, name it.
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  Will you go to the memorial

  by freeborg in

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  i have never missed a memorial in 20 years of being a jw, but this year will be the first one i miss because i refuse to set foot in any kingdom hall.

  i was wondering how many that post here will attend the memorial and if so why?.

  do you feel pressured into going by family or friends?.

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  I'm not going to a meal where most if not all the invited guests are discouraged from eating the food.

  That's stupid. That's abusive.

  Also, I'm pissed at Jesus for saying things in unclear ways that so many have twisted into their own understanding and used to control people during 20 centuries.

  The "Memorial" is a good example.
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  Anti-Aging Update

  by metatron in

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  chinese scientists made progress on decoding the p16 gene in.

  humans and in providing evidence that it is a major factor.

  in causing aging.. www.lef.org/news/aging/2002/01/31/xh/0000-0863-china-aging-cell.html.

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  Freeman, remember when Jesus replied to questions with "You said it."? Well, YOU said it now.