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  Message at yesterdays assembly

  by isaacaustin in

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  a relative of mine was at the assembly yesterday and was appalled at the message givien before lunch:.

  she heard them blast higher education...then warn to not miss meetings for work...then they gave the stupidest illustration i ever heard- they said that it is true that supporting your family is important...but not to give it too much importance and said it is like trying to cross a busy street.

  they said if you see a car a long distance off it is ok to cross, if you are too careful you will never cross the street.

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  One of the "perks" of being a Bethelite was the ability to invoke "Bethel work" in order to skip out on meetings... when I was sent to the WT farm from the Brooklyn Bethel, neither I nor those of my buddies ever brought any meeting clothes with us.. we saw nothing but dusk-to-dawn work for at least six, and sometimes seven days a week, all summer long. If anyone protested that he would like to make a meeting once in a while, he was greeted with derisive laughther.

  For most, attendance at the Monday night family Watchtower study (in jeans ansd tee shirts) was a hit-and-miss (mostly "miss") proposition. The Circuit Overseeers, Special Pioneers, etc, that were called in from the filed to work with us couldn't believe -- were shocked -- by the prevailing Bethelite attitude towards regularity at meetings
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  What are your favourite movie lines/quotes????

  by karter in

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  ''well there's one thing you got ta ask yourself punk....you felling lucky...well do ya punk".....clint eastwood dirty harry.. "it's life jim but not as we know it" capt kirk star treck..

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  ..."It ain't the years, it's the mileage" Indiana Jones
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  Video: Take a look at N. H. Knorr's elevator to his office.

  by freetosee in

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  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2jsi_abv0&feature=related.

  this wt video really shows the hierarchy within the wts.

  watch the body language!

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  Whatever you may say about this presentation, it speaks volumes about the changes since this recording was made; at least back then they came to terms with presenting a positive image to the public at large; I can't imagine a similar taping to be made public today.
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  Where is the nicest hotel that you ever went to in your lifetime?

  by Iamallcool in

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  i want to vacation somewhere sometime later this year, but i am not sure where i want to go yet.

  i need some ideas.

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  .. Sandton Towers, Johannesburg, South Africa
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  1914: Still Important to Watchtower in 2012

  by leavingwt in

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  98 years later, the 1914 date is still important to the watchtower organization.. .

  below is a screenshot of a portion of page 19 from the may 15, 2012 watchtower magazine.. .

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  what's that proverb about holding a mad dog by his ears? That's exactly their dilemma: let go and suffer a huge bite, keep holding on and face the erosion of their credibility, alread severly dented by the inexorable ticking of the clock.
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  Latest May 2012 Watchtower: "JW wives must be more lovable"

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes, the latest watchtower is upon us.

  it opens with a typically outlandish article on marriage.

  here are a few of the headlines:.

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  " It is not Scripturally required that marriage mates limit sexual relations to efforts to produce offspring. Such in timacy can rightly fill emotional and physical needs. " --- au contraire mon ami (Cedars) this appears to me to sanction oral sex
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  "9/11 was in fact....an Attack on Jehovah's Organization!!"

  by RagingBull in

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  good day,.

  this week is the super special week of activity with one of our favorite jw celebrities...the circuit overseer!!!.

  in last night's talk, he gave sooooo much encouragement...just hearing him made me want to fall to my knees and worship him!

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  They do treat Gilead grads a to a tour of the UN... I was a guide on one of them when I was in Bethel a long (long) time ago
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  "Overlapping generation" explanation - TRANSCRIBED EXTRACT from Friday's talk (DC 2011-12)

  by AnnOMaly in

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  i thought this would be easier to examine if written down:.

  god's kingdom will soon come.

  so we know that god's kingdom will soon come.. .

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  The mere fact they find it necessary to prepare this little skit for a Circuit Assembly shows they realize how many JWs are gagging over this "new light"
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  Last Known WWI Veteran Florence Green Dies at 110

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/briton-serve-wwi-dies-110-15528927#.tzfkycus1qa.

  last known wwi veteran florence green dies at 110. by danica kirka.

  london.

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  ... an even WW 2 veterans are getting scarce
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  Draconian Rules for Attending "Special Convention"

  by BluesBrother in

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  british dubs are invited to attend a special convention next summer in dublin , irish republic.

  o k, this kind of trip has been done many times before.

  however i have never seen such a crude and rigid set of rules that would apply to their own people going on a trip, at their own expense of course.

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  " It particularly seems petty to exclude wheelchair users and those with very poor sight or hearing..." sure it does; it's a bid to create an idealized, sanitized, upscale image of what they hope to sell to the local media, and also to local JWs -- as the typical JW demographic.... pure fiction.