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  Barack 2012

  by Celestial in

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  obama will be reelected.

  i won't vote but i'll bet my hands on it.

  who in their right mind would want a right-wing gop candidate?

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  What does the river Euphrates symbolize?

  Ancient Babylon sat on many waters—the Euphrates River and numerous canals. These were a protection to her as well as a source of commerce producing wealth, until they dried up in one night. (Jeremiah 50:38; 51:9, 12, 13) Babylon the Great also looks to “many waters” to protect and enrich her. These symbolic waters are “peoples and crowds and nations and tongues,” that is, all the thousands of millions of humans over whom she has dominated and from whom she has drawn material support. But these waters are also drying up, or withdrawing support.—Revelation 17:15; compare Psalm 18:4; Isaiah 8:7. re chap. 33 pp. 238-239 par. 10 Judging the Infamous Harlot
  
  This is the worldview of some in theology. Most people don't underpin elections from a theological standpoint, but to each his own.
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  Barack 2012

  by Celestial in

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  obama will be reelected.

  i won't vote but i'll bet my hands on it.

  who in their right mind would want a right-wing gop candidate?

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  Celestial

  Barack Obama may not have credentials as a C.E.O. from a Forbes 500 company, but he does have a law degree from Harvard university.
  
  The stock market regained its innate value through 2008- 2012 after the cataclysmic global sell off in 2008. I think some simple principles will make up the minds of the American people in 2012. Why unleash an unbridled free-market after we just repaired the damage of such a reckless ideology?
  
  Chris Rock's sentiment is just as relevant in 2012 as it was in 2008.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOZ4GmCJ8g8
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  Barack 2012

  by Celestial in

  1. social
  2. current

  obama will be reelected.

  i won't vote but i'll bet my hands on it.

  who in their right mind would want a right-wing gop candidate?

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  Celestial

  Obama will be reelected. I won't vote but I'll bet my hands on it. Who in their right mind would want a right-wing GOP candidate? The water of the Euphrates is drying up.

  Notably, the water of the Euphrates is depicted as drying up prior to Babylon the Great’s experiencing the wrath of divine judgment.—Re 16:12, 19. it-1 p. 240 Babylon the Great
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  Pioneers Bearing No Fruit

  by TOTH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father in law's sow has been a pioneer for what...twenty plus years now?

  she has yet to see any of her studies progress to baptism.

  i know this is an excellent thing but to jw's you would think it would be tragic.

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  There's very little fruit to be picked in the U.S.A. Here in the U.S. people think they've got it all. With Barack Obama in the Whitehouse, if the river runs dry there's always the welfare dime. He assures of that. Fruit grows in lands where people don't have their next meal planned

  WTF?

  Nevermind.
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  Pioneers Bearing No Fruit

  by TOTH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father in law's sow has been a pioneer for what...twenty plus years now?

  she has yet to see any of her studies progress to baptism.

  i know this is an excellent thing but to jw's you would think it would be tragic.

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  Celestial

  There's very little fruit to be picked in the U.S.A. Here in the U.S., people think they've got it all. With Barack Obama in the Whitehouse, if the river runs dry there's always the welfare dime. He assures us of that. Fruit grows in lands where people don't have their next meal planned.
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  Saturday Morning Service

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a couple of months ago, i thought out plans to go out in field service because i was stimulated by my cousin who's married and has recently been appointed a ministerial servant.

  i thought to myself, if my life-long newly appointed ministerial servant cousin can knock on doors and present the watchtower and awake!

  so can i. so, i can at least progress toward a status other than inactive.

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  Celestial

  So you get kicks out of posting pro-JW in what is essentially the uber anti-JW website out there?

  Also, why would any of us throw hot coffee on you? We went through the same crap and I hope would never treat other JWs in such a fashion. If given the opportunity, I certainly would discuss all the contradictions in the WT and the Bible along with the failed prophecies and such.

  In all honesty, what did you ever get out of service? I'd have an interesting conversation once in a while, but for the most part is was mundane. I don't need to waste time knocking on empty doors or talking to people that simply have no interest in converting to my religion.

  I find some interest in the intellectual challenges of viewpoints contrary to my own. You likely don't recollect anything desirable as a foot-soldier for Jehovah. It's impossible for some people. The important thing is that you're happy with what you're doing now.

  I try to avoid homogenizing people into a collective mold, although yes, the majority of voices online pertaining to Jehovah's Witnesses are anti-JW. I may collectively fold into one of these absolutes sometime in the future, but that's just not the case right now.
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  Saturday Morning Service

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a couple of months ago, i thought out plans to go out in field service because i was stimulated by my cousin who's married and has recently been appointed a ministerial servant.

  i thought to myself, if my life-long newly appointed ministerial servant cousin can knock on doors and present the watchtower and awake!

  so can i. so, i can at least progress toward a status other than inactive.

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  Celestial

  I don't quite understand you, Celestial.

  This is just a discussion forum for recreational purposes. Not that I'm playing games, but if you want to really understand people google:
  
  ex-jehovah's witnesses
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  Saturday Morning Service

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a couple of months ago, i thought out plans to go out in field service because i was stimulated by my cousin who's married and has recently been appointed a ministerial servant.

  i thought to myself, if my life-long newly appointed ministerial servant cousin can knock on doors and present the watchtower and awake!

  so can i. so, i can at least progress toward a status other than inactive.

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  Celestial

  If your newly appointed assistant hounder can waste his time knocking on doors, does that make it any less wasteful for you to do it as well?

  It's not so much a newly appointed assistant as it is family/friend related. I've dealt with personal rivalry from this family member since birth.

  We grappled over adolescent activities as teens, but things got more serious as we became adults. I'll humbly acknowledge that he kicked my ass career-wise.

  It felt good to connect with him outside the corporate world (provided he has interests outside materialism). His door is open to connect with him as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It's kind of weird because we never discussed anything related to Jehovah's Witnesses growing up until he got married.
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  Your own personal Jesus

  by Stealth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting article on liberal christains vs conservative christains view of jesus.

  if jesus is anything like the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, i don't want anything to do with him.

  my jesus is a rebel!.

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  Celestial

  Yeah dear...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6fyhZ0G5E&ob=av3n

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI
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  Saturday Morning Service

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a couple of months ago, i thought out plans to go out in field service because i was stimulated by my cousin who's married and has recently been appointed a ministerial servant.

  i thought to myself, if my life-long newly appointed ministerial servant cousin can knock on doors and present the watchtower and awake!

  so can i. so, i can at least progress toward a status other than inactive.

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  Celestial

  A couple of months ago, I thought out plans to go out in field service because I was stimulated by my cousin who's married and has recently been appointed a ministerial servant. I thought to myself, “If my life-long newly appointed ministerial servant cousin can knock on doors and present the Watchtower and Awake! so can I.” So, I can at least progress toward a status other than “inactive.”
  
  It didn't happen. My cousin called and honked his horn in my driveway Saturday morning but I put my pillow over my head. Case in point, if I did go out and knocked on your door, what would you do?
  
  If you could legally throw a pot of hot coffee on me???