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  Harmony is going to get Hammered

  by Julie in

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  hard core storms coming your way harmony, better batton down the hatches!

  hope you get through it ok. proceed with caution, eh?.

  take care,.

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  Thirdson

  Thanks Harmony,

  I got home ok and it only took an extra 15 minutes. Unfortunately, we lost power just after we finished dinner. I guess this heavy wet snow has taken a power line down locally. So we don't have any heat at the moment 'cause we need electricity to run the gas furnace. The house isn't cold and the temp has only dropped 1 degree so far. If the power comes back on overnight we'll be OK. Just in case you are wondering...I'm on a battery powered laptop...I have about an hour on line.

  You take care too!

  Thirdson

  'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing'
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  Harmony is going to get Hammered

  by Julie in

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  hard core storms coming your way harmony, better batton down the hatches!

  hope you get through it ok. proceed with caution, eh?.

  take care,.

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  Thirdson

  A work colleague shared recently that his wife likes to get nailed on a Friday night when she doesn't have to go to work the next day. He then turned bright red. I guess she's going to get nailed tonight.

  Thirdson

  PS I might go home soon!

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  ANYBODY FROM FRANCE

  by bj in

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  bonjour,.

  i would like to know how many french post on this board.

  (we all know charles chasson) recently i saw the name georges.. can you please write me:.

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  Thirdson

  Hi Sleepy,

  For all the Americans thats a small town just outside LONDON

  I thought Wales was a small suburb of London!

  BJ,

  My youngest brother and his French wife has just moved back to France. Not that I know much other than what my mother deems to tell me since fifthson never contacts me with his new addresses.

  Thirdson

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  That Damn Nov. 22 '98 AWAKE!

  by Dino in

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  check out the second entry under what was submitted for the un's approval.i hope this works!.

  < http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/materials/articles.htm.

  look at the second entry!!.

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  Thirdson

  So now what's the excuse going to be?

  Opposers have falsely charged us with secretly submitting articles to the UN. Our researcher accidently left a draft copy behind in the UN library and they added it to their list of commemoration articles.
  We are thankful that this was brought to our attention.
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  Opposers have falsely charged us with secretly submitting articles to the UN. A change was made by the UN in 1998 and as part of being a library ticket holder we have to show examples of our work we have researched in their library and this one happened to be about the 50th anniversary of the signing of the UNHRD. We are thankful that this was brought to our attention.

  Thirdson

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  Undeserved kindness vs. Grace

  by TweetieBird in

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  you guys are probably going to think this is silly of me, but i have always wondered why the society, in the nwt and all of their literature always uses the term "undeserved kindness" and never the term "grace.

  " is it because the churches of christendom use the term grace, therefore it is bad?.

  i know that undeserved kindness is suppose to mean the same as grace, but is it really?

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  Thirdson

  I read a book a few months ago called "What's so Amazing about Grace?" by Philip Yancey. In it he said that "Grace" was the one Biblical word that has remained unchanged and unhindered by Christian thought and translators. Unlike, agape (love) which used to be translated "charity", grace hasn't changed. (Charity tends to get bad connotations such as "I don't need your charity")

  When I read that I thought immediately that the WTS has changed Grace to Undeserved Kindness. We never said "Grace" at the dinner table as JWs. Yet "Grace" is all around us in such words as gratitude, gratuity, grateful, gratis. A judge may be termed "Your Grace" we can be graceful, gracious or even ungrateful. Somehow underserved kindness doesn't quite cut it. But then again, the Watchtower's idea of grace is somewhat different to the simple ,yet extraordinary, teaching of Jesus.

  Thirdson

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  PUT YOUR NAMES HERE

  by Rex B13 in

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  hi gang,.

  man, what a brouhaha we have going on now, eh?

  i wonder if all could please reply to this post with your list of log-on names.

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  Thirdson

  This thread has grown, I am surprised!

  I post here as Thirdson. I used the same name on the old H2O and still own the name on that board although I haven't posted anything there in six months or more. On this board I also have the name "EyesonthePies" which I registered in the first week this forum went on line. I didn't use the name much for two reasons. I registered it as a joke modeled on the teenage elder-wanna-be and total dork who had a similar handle on Witnet. When this board was first on line I thought it was primarily for JWs who wanted an area with the total freedom to post what was on their mind. I refrained from being an active member because I didn't want to pretend to be something I wasn't. May be I misunderstood what the board was offering at the time. However since this profile (Thirdson) was known on H2O I use it here.

  I also post on the JW forum (quiet) on Beliefnet with the same ID.

  Thirdson

  PS "EyesonthePies" has a link to my real name as well via a children's verse.

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  Elder School Summation

  by messenger in

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  friday.

  well sad to say it was not revelations of sweeping reform or "new light" on caring for the flock.

  the first day was primarily rehash of old stuff.

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  Thirdson

  Here's my thought on collecting time. I used to have the task of tabulating the hours. It was a nightmare. After rhe second meeting of the new month I would total the time and look for missing reports. I would then telephone each publisher who was normally regular and request their report. If I didn't 20% of the congregation would be irregular.

  e.g "Hello, Brother Forgetful, how are you? I am sorry to hear that your ingrown toenail is troubling you again. Uhm, what I am calling about is your FS report. Could you tell me what you want to report:"

  Most would report their 1 or 2 hours immediately without having to refer to notes or a calendar.

  Now with the change, the CBSO is going to obtain all the reports. If he doesn't get them at the CBS he is going to have to track down everyone in his group at the next meeting or make the phone calls. Half these guys don't even know who is in their group. The poor secretary is going to get lots of incomplete reports and will have difficulty getting the full congregation report tabulated by the 6th.

  I can't see that adding another layer of management to the reporting system is going to help. In my experience, elders were among the worst offenders for getting their FS reports in on time.

  Reporting 15 minutes minimum is going to have some affect on averages. If the number of regular publishers goes up the mean average hours per publisher will go down.

  Thirdson

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  My Thanksgiving...

  by Billygoat in

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  this post is totally sappy, but i don't care.

  i wanted to share it anyway.

  lately, i have felt very sorry for myself because my relationship with my jw parents is almost to the point of being severed.

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  Thirdson

  Andi,

  Thanks. What is wrong with being sappy? I posted my thoughts on Thanksgiving in my sappy way earlier. It doesn't matter who you credit for the good things in life just being thankful is important. It has taken me a long time to appreciate the small things in life and I know what it is like to strain family relationships and why families (having been adopted into a new family) are important.

  Thank you for sharing your thoughts and reflections on Thanksgiving. I am glad you find comfort and solace by sharing on this board. I know I do.

  Best wishes to you,

  Thirdson

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  A Family Dinner?

  by jayhawk1 in

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  on this wonderful weekend, i just wonder how many jehovah's witnesses had a "family dinner" instead of thanksgiving.

  i know when i belonged to dubdom, many familys would get together for a "family dinner", but don't dare call it thanksgiving.

  never mind the food was the same, turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, grape juice or wine, and pumpkin pie.

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  Thirdson

  I guess that at the JW "family dinner" someone still gave thanks in prayer.

  "Heavenly father, we thank you for this occasion to gather as a family...and we thank you for the faithful slave for teaching us not to celebrate Thanksgiving which thankfully we are not doing, thank you. Amen. Pass the turkey please"

  THirdson

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  Windsor Ontario JWs Under Siege

  by hawkaw in

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  someone who i do not know sent the following to me for posting.

  it was in my email this morning ..... hmmm...... anyway, seems people in windsor are getting to the co because of the actions of a few people - have a read.. hawk.

  jehovah's witnesses are under a type of ban in windsor on canada .

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  Thirdson

  ISP,

  That graveyard incident happened in Alcester, Warwickshire I believe about 2 or 3 years ago. I used to be in that congregation during the mid-70s to mid 80s. I read about it on-line and wondered who in that congregation was doing that,

  Thirdson

  'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing'