Posts by slipnslidemaster

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Update on elders visit.......

by 7robert7 in

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well as a few here know, and for those who dont i've had an ongoing study with a few of the elders from my wifes congregation.. i was quite suprised when one of the elders, i think the less experienced one asked the following question of me.. what is your purpose for getting together for this study, as it seems obvious to me that your not willing to be open minded concerning what we have to share with you today?.

i responded that his question really hurt my feelings, and that he shouldnt assume that i wasnt open to what they had to share, simply because i checked everything they shared with scripture.. i pointed out that the bereans did the same when paul preached.

i went on to explain that his statement made me feel as if it wasnt about my salvation that they were concerned about, but getting me to become a member of the orginization.. needless to say the older of the two stepped in and tried to dance his way out of this uncomfortable situation, by putting me at ease and trying to reassure me that my salvation was the subject, and not membership in the society.. they seemed to become uncomfortable everytime i used the word society, this i couldnt understand.

slipnslidemaster

Reading that gave me goose bumps!!! You have balls!! I love anyone that can stand up to the elders and give it to them!!

Bravo!

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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John Edwards speaks with CT Russell

by dark clouds in

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how about that for a headline?.

if johnny did speak to chuck .

what do you think chuckie would say?

slipnslidemaster

FINALLY!! Someone recognizes talent when they see it! Thank you Goo, I was starting to feel unwelcome here.

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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Df'ing threat losing power?

by metatron in

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recently,i noticed that some teenagers and "weak" publishers.

weren't actually shunning my step-daughter.

i warned her to meet.

slipnslidemaster

Even when I was in, I would ALWAYS go right up to a DF'd one and say hello. Talk to them, tell them about the family, ask about theirs.

I hated how they always seemed to hang their head and whisper to me that they were disfellowshipped. I would say "I know" and continue right on talking to them.

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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I'm really feeling unwelcome

by d0rkyd00d in

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just wanted to fit in.

:p. "no cool quote yet.

but i'll think of one soon.

slipnslidemaster

Oh for the love of God, knock it off.

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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Final Observations

by Esmeralda in

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i'm an observant person.

i became that way back in what i call the 'wallflower years' of my life, when i could very easily blend into the woodwork of any room i walked into without anyone looking up.

i became a student of human nature and watched how people interacted, and that study has come in handy at many points.. sometimes, though, i don't realize when i'm opening a can of worms.

slipnslidemaster

I am still new and I jumped right in. Screw anybody who doesn't like me responding and posting to everything. I'm opinionated and I don't care.

I for one will miss you Esmeralda. I didn't get to know you well (or at all) but I liked your name.

Good luck to you.

p.s. People like Venice are the true problems around here!

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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That Darned "Awake"!

by metatron in

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forgive me for this further critique but shooting fish.

in a barrel can be delightful.. the ever vigilant awake (june 8,2001) warns about.

increasing lifespan causing old people to become.

slipnslidemaster

No, only the old men on the GB are getting weaker and weaker. The rest of us that believe in science are going to do just fine.

and our kids will do better and their kids will do even better and so on...

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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Picture of 1935 Convention

by Undecided in

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i'm not sure if this picture will work or not.

i scanned it from a little 31/2 x 5. .

anyway the picture was taken at the 1935 convention where rutherford created the new light about the other sheep.. my dad and mother are in the center, my aunt at my dads left, and my grandma at the end to the right of the picture.. i have forgotten where the convention was, anyone remember?.

slipnslidemaster

Was it Ceder Point? Advertise, advertise, advertise the publications and more publications?

. o O (slipnslidemaster)

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Subversive answers at meetings

by philo in

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i was often accused of giving less than supportive answers at meetings.

but i never went so far as to ply irony.

prisca's post about a new sister-talk got me thinking.

slipnslidemaster

GOOD QUESTION!! I want to know that too!!

You know, maybe you REALLY studied the Watchtower that week and didn't just read the first sentence out of the paragraph?

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The Quick-Build Deception.

by Englishman in

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i was driving past a disused kingdom hall last week, here in wsm.

it looked very out of place with its watchtower crennelations, like a mediaevel sort of castle, with a huge sign announcing that this was now the home of the british red cross.

however, we are now blessed with a new, quick-build kingdom hall on the outskirts of town.. but this is not the true story, this quick-build kingdom hall took 3 months to erect, unlike the publicity blurb handed out to our local newspaper which claimed that the work was done in 3 days.. being involved in the building trade, i knew that the local equipment hire company had been supplying the dubs with concrete mixers, diggers, back hoes and jcb's for fully 3 months before the build officially started.. all the ground work was done weeks beforehand, all the services laid on, the roof trusses were ready and waiting as was the curtain walling and window shutters.