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  Young "Elders"

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ever since the annual meeting last october and the letter to bodies of elders stating that "exceptional young men perhaps in their early 20's could qualify for appointment as elders.." it even states this in the updated elders manual!

  have any of you pimo's, pimq's, or those on here with family/friends still in hear of any young men being appointed as elders yet?

  i am talking 21, 22, 23, 24 etc.

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  Rivergang

  Punkofnice,

  That in itself is a problem - what little knowledge they do have has been gained entirely from pornography. A situation which bears very little resemblance to reality.
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  Young "Elders"

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ever since the annual meeting last october and the letter to bodies of elders stating that "exceptional young men perhaps in their early 20's could qualify for appointment as elders.." it even states this in the updated elders manual!

  have any of you pimo's, pimq's, or those on here with family/friends still in hear of any young men being appointed as elders yet?

  i am talking 21, 22, 23, 24 etc.

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  Rivergang

  There was a time when JWs used to criticise Mormon elders (sometimes even to their faces) about “not meeting the bible’s criteria” for appointment as an elder. And by that, they were referring primarily to the young age of most LDS missionaries.

  What was that one about those who live in glass houses be need to be careful when throwing stones!
  
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  An emerging new global authority at how it will affect believers

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good day believing brothers and sisters, .

  i have to inform about latest information concerning the set up of a global authority.

  we have waited un to be empowered.

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  Rivergang

  Sounds more than a little far-fetched (polite way of saying “ what a load of shit”.)
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  England v Ukraine

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

  things must be improving, eh?.

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  Rivergang

  There would hardly have been a war yet from which some dirty *$%# wasn't making money out of - with neutral countries being amongst the worst offenders. (e.g. WWII, in which both sides used the Swiss-made 20mm Oerlikon cannon, and also the Swedish-made 40mm Bofors gun. Both those countries were officially "neutral" in that conflict).

  It is a sad fact that once a country's economy reaches a certain level of industrial development, it can only then be sustained by the production of armaments. This is hardly rocket science - I recall learning that during Grade Nine history.

  Some examples include:

  1) The way in which the world's economy was only lifted out of the Great Depression of the 1930s by the outbreak of WWII (with America's economy being in a particularly bad way during the month's leading up to Pearl Harbor).

  2) Australia's economy being transformed from an agricultural one into an industrial one by the Korean War (1950-1953). This saw the price of the country's main export - wool - skyrocket almost overnight, thus laying the basis for removal of its reliance on that same product. (Other major wool producing countries, such as New Zealand, also greatly benefited from the Korean War).

  What was that they said about "The more things change, the more they stay the same"?
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  England v Ukraine

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

  things must be improving, eh?.

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  Rivergang

  Serious stuff, of course, this matter of football (and it matters little whichever code of football it happens to be). As a commentator once observed in Port Moresby’s Post Courier newspaper

  ”There are three things you need to have: a doctor, a lawyer and a football team to support”.

  It certainly reveals the tribalism which lurks in us all.
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  Rivergang

  If anyone is interested, this link has some information about the village of Lower Crackpot.

  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tasmazia-and-the-village-of-lower-crackpot

  Any thoughts that reading Watchtower and Awake confer on a person the equivalent of a bachelor degree definitely belong in that location!
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  Rivergang

  Believe it or not, but there is actually a place in Tasmania called “Lower Crackpot”.

  It even has a branch of Australia Post, with its own official date stamp. Included in the township is a university, which offers “degree” courses in woodchopping, with David Foster being the principal lecturer.
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  Rivergang

  Reading those two rags would qualify a person for a bachelor degree:

  - in the form of a Bachelor in Stupidity from Tasmania's University of Lower Crackpot!
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  200-Year Anniversary of The Even Tide (1823) by John Aquila Brown

  by Chevelle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is my first post.

  i am a pimo who has been lurking for a while and i hope to make new friends here.. for now, i would just like to highlight that this year marks 200 years since john aquila brown wrote that crazy book(let) of speculations that charles taze russell practically copy/pasted into his "studies in the scriptures" which eventually affected all of our lives in one way or another.. cheers.

  chevelle.

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  Rivergang

  I have heard of the name "John Aquila Brown", and also that he was the first to come up with the "Seven Times" equals 2520 years nonsense.

  Other than that, he is a complete mystery!
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  Does becoming (or remaining) one of Jehovah's Witnesses result in Poverty? Pew Research results differ from Watchtower claims.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "raised in the truth" during the 50s, 60s,and 70s i repeatedly read and heard from the platform how reading the magazines weekly "was the equivalent of a college education" and how many had turned their family economic situation around by being "trustworthy" and giving up expensive bad habits most "worldly people" had.

  sounded good.. what is the reality?

  how does avoiding higher education, and then spending up to 20 hours a week getting ready for, commuting, and then participating in meetings and field service affect family finances?.

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  Rivergang

  Joey jojo and road to nowhere,

  Nothing like the good old "I've got mine but you cannot have yours" attitude!