Does this mean that the dubs believe the end is coming soon? What thrilling news from the faithful slave! Who would have thought when we became dubs that we would see this old system end!
r51785 (tongue firmly in cheek)
the public talk speaker today said that some countries like the us are no longer in the harvest work but are now in the gleaning work.
hmmm.
sounds like a creative way to rationalize the lack of increase.. eby
Does this mean that the dubs believe the end is coming soon? What thrilling news from the faithful slave! Who would have thought when we became dubs that we would see this old system end!
r51785 (tongue firmly in cheek)
does anyone know how many lawyers the society has working for them now?
What is the definition of a tragedy?
A busload of lawyers goes over a cliff with two empty seats.
I believe we are living in the last days of the Montreal Expos.
"Millons Now Living Will See the Expos Die."
is this world in trouble or what?
wait till you see what's coming next!.
isa 30:25 and there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.. 26 moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
India and Pakistan have been fighting for 50 years. This is old news. Personally I don't believe the end can come until the Cubs and Red Sox play each other in the World Series.
it looks like the wts finally put 2 and 2 together on the us branchs failing statistics over the past few years, particularly the years 97 - 01. what happened?.
in the latter part of 1996 cos instructed elders that congregation bookstudy conductors (soon to be officially called "congregation bookstudy overseers) should not initially ask congregation publishers for their field service time reports.
instead, each congregation should have a small box so that publishers could "shoulder their own responsibility by turning in time of their own accord," by voluntarily putting their report slip into this box.
More and more they sound like a sales organization -- management is to have one on one discussions with poor performers; pilot programs at branch offices to increase sales performance yielding a 1.6% increase. What's next, will they hold a sales contest and give plaques to the highest performers?
one day, you have a religious movement calling for.
total sacrifice, that every man should fight to the.
death in god's service.. a few days later, the leadership is negotiating a. surrender in disgrace.. could this portend the future of the watchtower?.
I agree with Gambler that the double life is more pronounced.
As an anecdote: I work with a dub who is middle aged, and been baptized about ten years. In the past few weeks he has told me that he has:
1. Had Thanksgiving with his "worldly" family members.
2. Attended our company's Christmas party (after hours, not at work)
3. Celebrated his birthday with his "worldly" relatives
By the way, he knows I'm an ex-dub and is very friendly with me.
here is some news that any doomsayer worth his or her salt can turn around into being a sign of imminent financial collapse;.
new york (ap) - techology shares led the stock market higher for a second straight day wednesday, helping to propel the dow jones industrials up by triple digits and into the 10,000 level and enabling the nasdaq composite to pierce 2,000. .
investors bet that the battered sector would trigger the start of a new bull market.
The world will not come to an end until the Chicago Cubs play the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.
his mother says he was "brainwashed," poor delicate child.
his father asks for mercy.. after all, he only volunteered to join the jihad to kill western infidels like his mom and dad.
he thought the events of september 11 were justified.. he wants to be a martyr for allah and enjoy his six dozen houris in paradise.. i'm undecided: should he be charged with treason and subjected to a jury trial, with the prospect of hanging if he's found guilty, or should his american citizenship simply be forever revoked so he can wander the sands of time as a man without a country?.
I heard that this Abdul Hamid's name in English is Talibanedict Arnold.
21. it has the world headquarters of the christian congergation.
of jehovah's witnesses.. 20. your fellow citizens might not agree that farts are funny, but they will defend to the death a magazine full of jokes about them.. 19. we have the best mexican food...and many of the best mexicans!.
18. cowboys.. 17. all superheroes, from superman to mighty mouse to the thing, are on our side.. 16. no other chant at the olympics has quite the cachet of u.s.a.!
Kismet,
There was no World Series in 1994, unless they held it in Oman and the rest of us weren't told! You meant 1992 and 1993 World Series victories by the Toronto Blue Jays.
jw urban legend making the rounds:.
a few months ago a brother from vero beach, florida in the course of his .
normal door-to-door ministry witnessed to a women of "middle eastern .
In addition to the act of terrorism did being witnessed to cause this fellow to steal Naeblis' sock?