Quotes

Joined

• started 111 topics
• posted 2,113 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Quotes

• 
  20

  Any Day-Traders on Board?

  by hillary_step in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .

  nowhere near jw related, for which i apologise, but are there any posters who are day-traders?.

  hs

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  http://www.elitetrader.com/
  
  This is sort of like JWD, but for traders instead of for X-JWs.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Stochastic Divergence" class
• 
  92

  1975 - Lest We Forget

  by GetBusyLiving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.

  do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?

  with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  As reported at http://quotes.watchtower.ca/1975.htm
  
  Notice how the one sentence says "short period time left" and then the very next sentence, continuing that thought, refers to "only about ninety months left"
  
  To blame the hopes for 1975 on "some over anxious brothers" is a pathetically weak excuse which unfairly shifts the blame to the victims of the fraud.
  
  

  *** Our Kingdom Ministry March 1968 p.4 ***

  
  
  Making some special effort to do more than the usual helps us live up to our dedication. In view of the short period of time left, we want to do this as often as circumstances permit. Just think, brothers, there are only about ninety months left before 6,000 years of man's existence on earth is completed. . .
  
  Do you remember what we learned at the assemblies last summer? The majority of people living today will probably be alive when Armageddon breaks out, and there are no resurrection hopes for those who are destroyed then. So, now more than ever, it is vital not to ignore that spirit of wanting to do more.

  
  
  ~Quotes, of the "was a scared child with bad nightmares about the end of the world in 1975" class
• 
  4

  Funny publication pics

  by ellderwho in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  .

  .

  check out "elder burned out" after the sunday talk.....

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  The inset picture makes the guy look so green! Is he supposed to be the Incredible Hulk(tm)???
• 
  24

  Thought from tonight's meeting

  by jula71 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a thought from tonight's bible reading that kinda hit in a funny way.

  in all my years i've never heard this scripture used like this.

  *** rbi8 1 samuel 21:12-13 ***

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  Does anyone have a recording of this? A transcript would be perfect for the quotes web site.
• 
  14

  The Year's Text: What's the point?

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, i can see why they have the daily text.

  it fulfills the need for a horroscope (sorta), although nobody is anxious to read the damn thing to see what the day is going to bring them.. but what about the year's text... what's the point of it?

  it doesn't give an outlook for the year.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  I agree with Blondie / Blondie' husband, and would further add:
  
  The "Theo-Crap-ic Ministry Skule" is a public speaking skills training workshop, with the skills learned useful for those in face-to-face sales, such as door-to-door(tm) book selling... whoops, I mean door-to-door(tm) book "placements(tm)". While some have suggested they found this extremely beneficial, my opinion is it is very weak and rudimentary; better than no training at all, but you could learn much more, and learn faster, by reading a few books, joining Toastmasters, or taking a night school class.
  
  The "Service Meeting(tm)" is mostly a "tactical sales training" seminar:
  
  

  • what we are selling this month
  
  
  • how we will sell it
  
  
  • how to best present the features/benefits of our product to the sales prospect
  
  
  • how to create and manage repeat sales
  
  
  • how to overcome objections presented by prospects
  
  
  • how to overcome objections presented by prospects peer group who are already familiar with the problems with our product
  
  
  • perhaps most important: how to beg for money and get paid *AFTER* you have closed the deal and have the product in the prospect's hands

  
  
  Active JW lurkers won't have a problem with the above as long as they (incorrectly) think that the product is the "Message of Good News". Unfortunately, the product is actually books and magazines. The "good news" is merely a device used to categorize/label the product. This device could, just as easily, be about about vitamins or make-up or losing weight or how to become rich or how to meet people or whatever; in all these cases, the product could still be the same: books and magazines. Only the *subject* or *topic* of the product changes.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Professional Salesman" class
• 
  23

  WTS financial secrets

  by greendawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone know who is/are the ultimate insectors of the wt's finances?

  and is there any transparency in their finances and also accountability to the public?

  can we really know what they do with the profits?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  Here is some information on WT finances:
  
  http://quotes.watchtower.ca/finances.htm
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Audit Request" class
• 
  34

  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  IT: the file is all there; I just checked now.
  
  What viewer are you viewing the file with? Are you viewing it inline (not recommend, I don't think any browswers can properly handle multi-page TIFF), or saving in local and then launching another application (preferred method).
  
  At any rate, if you are having problems, others likely are having even more probs. I will look at either splitting the file or making it a PDF instead.
  
  Thanks for the heads up.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "TIFF" class
• 
  34

  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  Hey Starfish! I figured you'd know who it was!
  
  Don't pop the champagne just yet, but lets keep our fingers crossed.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Exile on Elba" class
• 
  34

  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  Thanks for the input, everyone. Yes, my dad is the hardliner. Of course, he thinks he is just doing the right thing; but it sounds like my mom is bored to tears.
  
  As per our telcon, she wants me to send to her: the Benson/Kingdom Melodies CD, a copy of the Cease & Desist, a copy of my lawyer's response to the C&D, and the 1932 Gravitation and Electric Energy article. I think I will add in the recent 607BCE K.I.S.S. stuff as well, what the heck.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "provider of raw data" class
• 
  34

  My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom.

  my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".

  a lifetime in the religion, by choice.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Quotes

  Thanks Ohio, I hope you're right!
  
  I just wanted to add: my early post makes it sound like I'm a bible-thumper. I'm not; I just like to use WT's bible against them.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Four dead in O-HI-O" class