Yes, hard copy. I enjoy words. What a certain word means and why it is used instead of some other word. Where it came from, as others have mentioned. Books in general are a favorite pastime.
FedUpJW
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Do you use a dictionary?
by compound complex inin my work, i rely upon google for quick answers on definition (denotation), pronunciation (audio), etymology, shades of meaning (connotation), etc.. what i really mean is, do you use an actual unabridged websters, the one you get a hernia lifting?
i ask because, last night, i was tired of fighting with my two ailing computers and decided to pull the big book off the shelf.
it was great, hearkening back to olden times -- childhood -- when i read real books and periodicals and wrote unknown words into a notepad (the paper sort) and pored over old noah's offerings.. your thoughts?.
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FedUpJW
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JW's arrogant as f...?!
by Alostpuppydog inhas anybody else noticed that almost all the jdubs are super arrogant?
i mean even from just the basic ones to especially the elders and the overseers omg.
they act like they are so high and mighty that you should just worship them.
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FedUpJW
if you want to converse with someone at a KH about 'moving up' they are very quick to dodge and show you your errors and why it just can't be done.
Or they give you the old worn out, "Just keep doing what you're doing." Well after years of that sh-t I finally got FedUp and told them to take a flying leap!
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Sheeplike?? A Christian Requirement or WT Controlling mechanism?
by BluesBrother inwhen we were practising witnesses we heard a lot about the need to be "sheeplike" , having a sheeplike attitude and personality .
a typical comment might be :.
"lasting peace & happiness just ahead" 2009 p 30.
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FedUpJW
Sheep are not work animals.
Sheep are not pets.
Sheep may be eaten.
Sheep may be fleeced.
Having had the unfortunate job of working with sheep I can also say that sheep, in general, are stupid. If they are not dead they are looking for a place to die. If they become caught in a fence they will just lay down and die on the spot more often than not. Trying to doctor an injured sheep or otherwise care for it usually results in it up and dying. Seems like the perfect animal to liken JW's to.
But then again on the other hand I was raised in cattle ranching country and hate sheep with a passion.
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Was kidnap victim Sherri Papini a JW?
by NikL insherri papini is that woman kidnapped in california and released on thanksgiving day making the news right now.. during one of the reports this morning on the today show there was a quick scene of an investigation going on at a kingdom hall.
there was crime tape up and everything.
credit goes to my wife for catching it.. i just wondered why the kingdom hall was a crime scene when she was abducted and released somewhere else?anybody else catch this?.
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FedUpJW
. . .she walked to a nearby church, and then nobody was there,. . .
Dang those lazy JW's. They should have been at the KH for some pretense. Just think of the missed opportunity to give her an newer Awake mag about "How To Harness Your Habits."
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Why Did JWs Abandon Brooklyn for the Sticks?
by Room 215 ini may have missed this, but can anyone tell me what was the pretext the gb concocted to justify their abandonment of a perfectly suitable, high-profile, high-visibility complex in what is arguably the world's greatest metropolis for the bucolic isolation of upstate new york.
any how does the move square with their purported belief in the imminence of armageddon?
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FedUpJW
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Reminds me of a snake hissing.
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Why Did JWs Abandon Brooklyn for the Sticks?
by Room 215 ini may have missed this, but can anyone tell me what was the pretext the gb concocted to justify their abandonment of a perfectly suitable, high-profile, high-visibility complex in what is arguably the world's greatest metropolis for the bucolic isolation of upstate new york.
any how does the move square with their purported belief in the imminence of armageddon?
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FedUpJW
sell up and pretend Jehovah guided you to do it.
How can they even pretend(okay, I know they will) when this is already in print?
*** w12 8/15 p. 17 A Meeting Marked by Unity and Thrilling Plans ***
There are plans to develop a 248-acre (100 ha) property at Warwick. “Although we are not yet certain of Jehovah’s will regarding Warwick,” said Brother Pierce, “we are proceeding to develop the site with the intention of relocating the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses there.” Plans are also being made to use a 50-acre (20 ha) parcel of land situated six miles (10 km) north of Warwick to facilitate the staging of machinery and building material. “Once construction is permitted, we hope to complete the entire project within four years,” said Brother Pierce. “Then our property in Brooklyn can be sold.”
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Jehovah God Is Not Real
by Onager inthere are many of us on this site that do not believe that jehovah truly exists.. i think this is a great and wonderful thing to be celebrated!
i'd like people to list the reasons why they do not believe that jehovah exists.
this is open to all, not just atheists or agnostics, but anyone that believes that the god as put forward by jw.org does not and can not be real.. i'll start: .
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FedUpJW
(Exodus 20:5) . . . bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation. . .
And yet Jesus said (John 14:9) " . . . He that has seen me has seen the Father . . ."
and about forgiving (Matthew 18:22) . . .“I say to you, not, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy-seven times."So Jesus claims we should be forgiving to a large degree, and that he is the reflection of his father, and yet his father holds grudges against multiple. . .woops, sorry, overlapping generations for one persons sins. No contradiction there, is it?
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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..
by DATA-DOG ini'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.
i hear a haunting sound from another room.
"is that a children's song?
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FedUpJW
Brother's never could keep their hands off a them ho's!
Where I am at there is no hazard of wanting to touch any of the ho's in the hall. Even with a ten foot vaccinated crowbar. They are the dregs of humanity.
That is why I am dating a "worldly" woman.
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New Resolution?
by NikL inhad our midweek meeting last night.
they had a resolution to send an extra (i wanna say $1100 but i only remember it was at least $1000) per month to forward the kingdom preaching work etc.. you know how they work in the kh...no one votes against anything.
i abstained as i almost have always done.
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FedUpJW
Why do they lock old second school room up?
Control. The MS who does it acts like a little Hitler, strutting around with his hands in his pockets, has his own special chair at the back of the hall, patrolling the locked up rooms checking the doors to make sure no one has unlocked them and is in there. Opens and checks the bathrooms. The a--hole has taken to following me into the men's toilet lately. Stupid a--hole!
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New Resolution?
by NikL inhad our midweek meeting last night.
they had a resolution to send an extra (i wanna say $1100 but i only remember it was at least $1000) per month to forward the kingdom preaching work etc.. you know how they work in the kh...no one votes against anything.
i abstained as i almost have always done.
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FedUpJW
$2500 for 3 TVs? Are they 98" or so? Tell your congregation to contact a local installer, they'll do it for half the cost.
LOL. No, two are rather small 52", and the third one for what used to be the second school room (which is closed and locked at the meetings start by one of the self-righteous menstrual serpents) will only be a 32". They are giving the money to the branch, and the branch will send the TV's to be installed by a lumbering overweight, wheezing old goat on the "new and improved" LDC.
Someone, somewhere is raking in money off this deal! The sad thing about it is that 99% of the 40-45 regulars are on fixed income after retirement or disability. Money grubbing leeches ought to be whipped and driven out of the temple (KH)