Posts by Swan

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Recently Studied With JW's--need help breaking up

by Silvia Plath in

i studied with the jw's for two years and some time this coming week i will be making the "phone call" to tell carol my friend, that i do not want to study any longer with the jw's.

i don't know why i let them into my kitchen to begin with, except there was something about her and i don't make friends well with other women, most of my friends are guys, but carol could tell a irish yarn that made you laugh and feel good.

she made me feel safe and she was fun to go shopping with and talk about problems too, she was like the mother i never had.

Swan

Welcome Silvia!

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Roof collapse on eve of JW convention

by candidlynuts in

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roof collapses at foster city hotel by liz harrelson palo alto daily news

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a slow-moving avalanche of rotten wood and drywall brought down a portion of the crowne plaza hotel's roof in foster city on thursday, prompting a partial evacuation and the shuttering of at least 60 hotel rooms on the eve of a massive jehovah's witness convention.. no one was injured.. ``thank god no one was under that, that no one was hurt,'' said foster city mayor linda koelling as she viewed the damage.. at least 100 people and possibly as many as 120 were evacuated from the hotel after a manager standing in the entrance and beneath the unstable roof heard creaking and witnessed the roof fall about two feet, said san mateo fire department battalion chief mike borean.. ``apparently water had been collecting in there for quite some time and rotted out the structural beams,'' said borean.. around 5:45 p.m. the beams fell another 12 feet, though by that time the entire northern side of the 350-room hotel had been evacuated and the immediate area cordoned-off, said borean.. ``it's kind of scary, kind of crazy,'' said kelly branson, a resident of plymouth, calif., who is staying at the hotel and attending a three-day jehovah's witness convention at the cow palace, in brisbane, which draws an estimated 10,000 worshippers.. foster city fire department battalion chief stan maupin said wood weakened by dry rot caused the roof to fall.. ``in general dry rot is caused by moisture getting into the wood and over a long period of time degrading the wood to a point where it will no longer hold it's own weight,'' said maupin.. about 60 rooms were shut down thursday night and will be inspected by a building official today before they are reopened, said maupin.

Swan

This is NOT because of Jehovah's blessing...the hotel manager is asking if they will be back next year because he is interesting in the INCOME from renting the rooms to these people!!!
When the convention or assembly speaker tries to show that Jehovah has blessed the assembly by giving some anecdotal stories (which are usually vague and lack specific details and _cannot_ be verified easily) it is a simple attempt to give a false impression to the attendees.
Remember that it is likely that the only things the people will remember from the assembly are the last things said, so leave the impression that Jehovah God himself has blessed the whole assembly.

Exactly! But it took that 10-year-old child another 25 to figure it out completely and walk away. You might have doubts, but other factors, such as emotional dependence on your family, conspire to keep you from acting upon them.

In 1986 I was at work and some co-workers were talking about their first jobs. One cleaned the dorms in Corvallis after the JW convention, and he did not have anything good to say about the condition the rooms were left in, contrary to the many glowing remarks quoted from the janitorial staff by the district overseer at that convention's wrap-up talk.

By then I had pretty well figured out it was all BS, and knew that I could die from an accident at the assembly just as well as anywhere else. There was no Jehovah directing the convention and keeping us safe. But it took a long time for me to get from the point of the logical questioning of a ten-year-old to the total disbelief of a JW pretender.

Tammy

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Computer Game Recommendations

by Uzzah in

okay, i used to be the guy with all the latest gadgets in fact i was the first bethelite i knew to get a personal internet account and the first to upgrade to a 14.4 modem (dating myself eh!!).

but for the past couple of years i haven't upgraded my home pc.

it has been primarily for my home based businesses (email, word, excel and powerpoint type stuff and casual browsing) so my faithful p2, 10 gig hard drive and cd reader (only) has been sufficient, but damn it i want to be able to do more!

Swan

The Sims are also very entertaining.

Gaiagirl,

I agree. I play The Sims 2 regularly. I now have more families in more neighborhoods than I can count, and play each family for quite some time until I move on to the next family. I have zombie families, vampire families, and now robotic families.

When I tire of families, I go into building houses, businesses, and even my own cities/neighborhoods using Sim City 4. I find great relaxation in exercising my creativity in this way.

Sometimes I write up their albums as complete stories. For example, I have a cult family who is trying to escape the influence of their elders. The elders are a family of their own who live above the KH. It is complete with podium, fake plants and the infamous library where they "counsel" the Sim families. I can shoot photos of the elders giving talks, demonstrations, etc, and integrate the photos into the album of the cult family. Then I add elaborate captions.

There seems to be no limit to the things to be done and I am constantly tweaking and perfecting my virtual worlds. There are also many surprises, such as fights, jealousies, and affairs that go on while you are just watching them live their lives.

I recommend it highly.

Tammy

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www.watchtower.cc

by Lord-Quad in

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thank you all for your continued support!

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