Posts by scratchme1010

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COLD today

by wasone in

jw
friends

it's a cold 13 degrees fahrenheit in tennessee this morning where i live.

glad i'm retired and don't have to work outside today.

what about where you live.

scratchme1010

It's a cold 13 degrees Fahrenheit in Tennessee this morning where I live. Glad I'm retired and don't have to work outside today. What about where you live. How cold is it?

New York is a warm 10 degrees.

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under roman rule, which covered a large part of the civilized world around the mediterranean, to be a trouble maker or a magician or an insurrectionist was a capital offence.. to live back then in a civilised society was a boon.

naturally for the sake of law and order certain compliances had to be met to as part of the social bargain to be a roman citizen.

among them were included the requirement to respect the “genius” or spirit of the emperor, not to be an atheist and to respect the roman gods.

scratchme1010

Your post is interesting, but today there are way too many people analyzing and viewing practices and believes in history completely out of context and judging things based on how we live and think today.

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Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

by minimus in

jw
friends

living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

scratchme1010

Did you go to meetings even when it was dangerous to drive?

I thought I did growing up in Puerto Rico, but absolutely not, now that I know a little better about horrible weather.

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Well...It's 2018 and still no ''Armageddon''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

1972 : we started studying with the jehovah's witnesses when my uncle became an elder and put fear into our family that armageddon was close.

1974 : my mom, my brother and i were all baptized after all the convention talks and watchtower magazine articles that 1975 would likely end this system of things.

1999 : being told that the year 2000 was going to mark the 6 thousand years of mans existence and that the 1000 year kingdom in the new paradisewould come in the year 2000.

scratchme1010

Well...It's 2018 and still no ''Armageddon''

Yep.

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New Letter: Announcements and Reminders

by Brian J in

letter dated 1/1/2018.

i know they are trying to simplify but it all is such a confusing mess.... forms, dates, calculators, committees, logins, publisher record cards.....jesus would barf.

to all bodies of elders re: announcements and reminders dear brothers: in an effort to reduce the number of letters sent to all bodies of elders and congregations, most announcements from the branch office will now be conveyed to congregations by means of the announcements and reminders (s-147) form.

scratchme1010

@Minimus, I am sort of with you, but I have learned that those things are in fact meaningful to others. They don't mean much to me, but they speak to others.

Brian J, thank you for your efforts.

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Avoiding Service Tips?

by Kohanic in

back again!.

so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

scratchme1010

...how can I get out of service? Cause I REALLY don't want to go and I feel dirty just knowing I could be influencing someone into this garbage.

That was an easy one for me since I didn't care about anything at the time. I lied to my bones. I reported hours I didn't do. I lied about how I did them.

I imagine that since they have watered down their standards, and since they have quite a whole lot of other things to worry about, keeping it discrete and to a minimum may help you. That is, if you are ok with lying. I was ok with lying back then. The WT taught me very well how to do that.

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