Affordable housing, warm weather and employment opportunity sounds like a good discription of the Las Vegas or Phoenix areas. Of course the traffic in Phoenix is terrible and the weather in both cities is beyond warm in the summers....
Posts by TD
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18Wanted: Cheap housing, warm weather and part time work
by Leander inwell i think i finally have had enough of chicago.
sitting in traffic today for 2 hours just trying to get to work made me realize i'm wasting my time and my life doing things i hate.
so i've decided to look for a new home where the weather is warm, jobs are plentiful and the cost of living is cheaper.
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Is disfellowshiping Scriptual
by jaredg inhey guys i need som help.
i'm writing a letter to my family about the doubts and concerns i have of the wts and how they aren't god's source for spiritual food.
i don't feel that disfellowshiping and shunning is scriptual, however i'm having trouble find evidence.
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Not as practised by the JW's.
Specifically, there's no hard scriptural support for:
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Have you ever been asked by witnesses if you have the internet?
by JH inbeing inactive, not going to meetings, and having the internet is a nice combination.
the last time i went to a meeting, a brother asked me if i had the internet... first of all, it was none of his buisiness, so i answered, "do you have it"?
he said no.. i know elders who do have the internet, so what, big deal... so, it's ok for elders to have the internet and not ok for non elders to have it?.
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My answer is usually, "Of course I do -- I couldn't do my job without the internet. I think that's true of most people anymore." Seems to shut them up.
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The Purpose of Beth Sarim
by VM44 inbeth sarim, the house in san diego rutherford had built and lived in.. from the proclaimers book, page 76,a few years after brother rutherford?s death, the board of directors of the watch tower society decided to sell beth-sarim.
"the watchtower" of december 15, 1947, explained: "it had fully served its purpose and was now only serving as a monument quite expensive to keep; our faith in the return of the men of old time whom the king christ jesus will make princes in all the earth (not merely in california) is based, not upon that house beth-sarim, but upon god?s word of promise.
but, did the watchtower of december 15,1947 state what was the purpose beth-sarim had fully served?.
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TD
In response to the original question:
This was from the December 15, 1947 issue of The Watchtower on page 382. There was only this one paragraph relevant to Beth Sarim
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The Purpose of Beth Sarim
by VM44 inbeth sarim, the house in san diego rutherford had built and lived in.. from the proclaimers book, page 76,a few years after brother rutherford?s death, the board of directors of the watch tower society decided to sell beth-sarim.
"the watchtower" of december 15, 1947, explained: "it had fully served its purpose and was now only serving as a monument quite expensive to keep; our faith in the return of the men of old time whom the king christ jesus will make princes in all the earth (not merely in california) is based, not upon that house beth-sarim, but upon god?s word of promise.
but, did the watchtower of december 15,1947 state what was the purpose beth-sarim had fully served?.
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Beth Sarim and the Judge actually made Time magazine, March 31, 1930
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extreme behaviour....hot stuff or cold as ice !
by blobby in.
what's the hottest or coldest you've been ...............and no sex jibes !
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122 (50C) here in Phoenix
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Are JW's Really Free From Superstition?
by TD ina couple of years ago, my wife's younger brother was moving into his first home.
i've always made a point of being nice to her family, (and they to me as well) so cup of coffee in hand, i drove over there early on saturday to help.
moving is always hectic, even if it is someone else's move.
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TD
A couple of years ago, my wife's younger brother was moving into his first home. I've always made a point of being nice to her family, (And they to me as well) so cup of coffee in hand, I drove over there early on Saturday to help.
Moving is always hectic, even if it is someone else's move. I stayed there most of the day and by the time I was ready to come home, I had long since forgotten about the cup of coffee. The cup got left on the kitchen counter, where some other volunteer washed it and put it away with the rest of their dishes.
Early the next day, my brother-in-law and his wife discovered this cup that had mysteriously appeared in their cabinet. They were already jumpy because this house was directly adjacent to an unusual looking (OK --- architecturally, it's a monstrosity.) Chrstian church that some Witnesses believe is "demonized." (It's the Glass and Garden Community Church in Scottsdale, AZ. According to the local newspaper some years back, patrons of this church had reported seeing "faces" in the ceiling looking down on the congregation from time to time.)
Before long, they had convinced themselves that the previous occupants of the house had probably attended that demonized church. Regardless, they weren't going to take any chances with phantom coffee cups that appear in cabinets out of thin air, so without wasting another minute, they took it outside and broke it with a hammer. (My wife and I were broke one year and that cup had been an anniversary present)
Now Jehovah's Witnesses pride themselves in being "free" from the chains of superstitious ignorance, but do their actions really validate that claim? I was thinking about this again this weekend when some other members of my wife's family had a conniption over my daughter's "Have you seen this wizard?" T-shirt. (From Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
How exactly does substituting one set of superstitions for another make you free?
(Or have you ever stopped and thought about how much fun you could have by hiding a tiny FM receiver in a Witness home and driving by late at night with a wireless mic?)
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Thank You Great Britain!
by Corvin in.. jane seymour.
gary kemp & spandau ballet .
and of course, the worlds greatest british crooner, tony hadley .
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TD
And now for something completely different.....
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Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...
by dolphman inok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.
all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.
not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .
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TD
As Gitasatsangha pointed out, there is an order known today as "The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn." This was founded in Great Britain in the late 1800's.
However I'm having a hard time finding the term "Golden Dawn" anywhere in Russell's writings. He did use a similar term, "Golden Age" from time to time in connection with the millennium and three years after his death, J.F. Rutherford commenced publication of a companion periodical to The Watch Tower bearing that same title.
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UN Ban On Religion
by laurelin in.
does anyone here know anything about the supposed resolution that the un have about banning all religion?.
i've done a google search but can't find anything and i'd be grateful for any help on this.. thanks.
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Article I, paragraph 3 of the UN charter:
" To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion"
