Posts by Thirdson

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We should all be dead !!

by Simon in

http://www.davesdaily.com/strange-over25_02-04.htm

according to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's probably shouldn't have survived.

our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.

I know we all survived but many of "us" did die because of poor safety standards. How many kids had to die before some safety meausre was introduced? (reduced gaps on cribs etc, etc, etc) More than should have!!! But at times I think we have gone from one extreme to the other and I am astonished at some of the legal clauses written on products. (On a packet of toy mice I bought it said, "supervise your pet when playing with this product.")

I don't miss the home I grew up in without an indoor toilet. I don't miss the time when we had no phone, no refrigerator, no central heating. I cannot believe my parents packed themselves and six kids into a sedan (saloon) with two bench seats and no seatbelts. On one trip we had a "puncture" but I found out later that it wasn't the tire. What had happened was that the hub of the wheel sheared off the rim. What would have happened if the car had rolled over in the accident? I don't miss the brutal treatment of kids at school. I don't think it was right for the head teacher to beat a kid with his rubber soled sneaker in his office and then drag him into the classroom and beat him again in front of the class. The kid survived but I don't know if it benefitted him. It sure scared the hell out of me! Was that a good thing?

Sure, unlike when I was a kid, today's kids don't spend as much time outside as we did. But then again, I didn't have anything to do inside. Today's kids have a lot more choice and a lot more things. Is that good or bad? Despite the complaints from my son about our boring neighborhood, (lakes and beaches in walking distance, parks and trails even closer, a quaint nearby old style town a 15 minute bike ride away on a trail, not a road) our lack of every gadget available, (we have one TV and he doesn't have a cell phone) I think he has a better life now and a better start in life than I had at his age. I don't really miss the 'good ole days'.

3rd

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Churchill's Comment about World State 2 years before WW1

by Thirdson in

i found this quote interesting considering how much the watchtower has claimed that the events of 1914 were so unexpected.

winston churchill said this in a recently discovered letter written two years before the conflict of world war 1 began but predicting a war: .

"the european situation is far from safe and anything might happen.

Thirdson

I found this quote interesting considering how much the Watchtower has claimed that the events of 1914 were so unexpected. Winston Churchill said this in a recently discovered letter written two years before the conflict of World War 1 began but predicting a war:

"The European situation is far from safe and anything might happen. It only needs a little ill will or bad faith on the part of a great power to precipitate a far greater conflict."

As quoted in Newsweek 2/16/04

Anyone who has read up on European history at the turn of century will understand that war was inevitable. Robert K. Massie's Dreadnought is an excellent piece on the power struggle between two great powers in Europe, Great Britain and Germany. I thought the Newsweek comment was interesting.

3rd

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If JWs are still around in a hundred years, what will they be preaching?

by True North in

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if the jw org makes it another hundred years, what will they be preaching then?

how will their chronology and doctrines have changed?

if there are colonies on the moon or other moons, or mars, or out among the asteroids, will they still be reporting time in the house-to-house (pod-to-pod?

Thirdson

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Do you suffer from adhesions?

by Tinkerbell4125 in

hey guys,.

was wondering if any of you suffer from adhesions?

if so, have you recieved any help for them?

Thirdson

On occasion I have glued my fingers together with Super Glue. I guess that's suffering from adhesives...not the same huh?

3rd

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Did the Circut overseer ever scare you as a kid?

by Singing Man in

i will tell you what used to scare me real good was the circuit overseer when he would come to my parents home to stay.

my parents would get real stressed out trying to find just the right food dishs and fix his bed real nice, and fight among them self's because of the stress of it all.

so he always looked like this to me at the young age of six:

Thirdson

Growing up I wasn't scared. The worst thing I had to do as a kid was recite the books of the Christian Greek Scriptures (NT) in front of the cong during the Saturday evening meeting. I thought I was going to have to do it on my own but was relieved when I got up with a group of kids. I was about 9. The worst of it was the pressure from my parents and older brothers who got away without having to do it because they were teenagers.

During my teen years I only remember nice COs. For several terms we had ones who liked kids and gave the young ones assignments, drawing pictures to be displayed at the special meeting. The kids part would take up a large portion of the Saturday meeting. The other part was generally interesting and the worst the COs did was gently rib the elders.

Once I became an MS I saw the other side and met the likes of Alan Stokes who befriended the rich brothers and pontificated on everything he had a problem with. The DO at that time, Brother (Noble) Bower, was a piece of work too. After that, CO visits were merely a performance review of the worst kind. After I quit being an elder the CO didn't speak to me at his visit. I left the area and moved far away but my reputation must have followed, I never spoke to another CO after quitting as an elder.

3rd

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The Two Cow Theory

by Eyebrow2 in

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the two cow theory

a christian democrat:

then you covet it.. a socialist:.

Thirdson

Watchtower Cows

You own 2 cows. After reading the Watchtower you donate both to the Watctower Society to support the Worldwide Dairy Work. The Society milks them for all they are worth and then sells them for dog food. You don't get to drink milk anymore.

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Is there a Mormon equivalent to JWD?

by nicolaou in

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if any of you know of a mormon discussion board that even comes close to the traffic we get here please let me know.

just doing a little research.. nic'

Thirdson

Thanks Blondie. One of the links contains the Mormon Dictionary

:Internet: Pre 2002 - God's tool to assist in spreading the Gospel. Post 2002 - Satan's Playground (make sure you use an LDS ISP)

I guess the Internet causes as big a problem to the LDS as the WTS. How long before the WTS has its own ISP?

:Jehovah's Witnesses : Like Mormons, but without the weirder bits.

Glad I was never brought up in a weird cult then!

3rd

I liked this one too as it seems familiar:

adult: an eight year old to be baptised (but we consider child baptism to be wrong)

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Theocratic Ministry School

by Nosferatu in

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the tms had always somewhat intrigued me when i was a jw.

it was actually a fascinating part of the thursday night meeting.

you never graduated, your grades didn't range from a to f, and it was mandatory to applaud after a new "classmate" gives their first talk.

Thirdson

Many of us have benefited from the TMS. It has helped me, I can comfortably address large groups of people, chair meetings, conduct training and demonstration sessions. However, I still have recurring dreams with either of two problems when ever I am facing some serious event. In my dreams I am often inappropriately dressed, in my underwear, just a bathrobe or naked. The other problem is the inability to read material in front of me, either words make no sense or are smudged. If my dreams parallel my fears I haven't gotten over them completely yet.

3rd

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Do you ever mention to anyone you were a JW ??? or keep it secret ???

by run dont walk in

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workmates, friends, school friends etc,.

do you ever mention it, or if someone asks you your religion, do you ever mention it, or keep it in your past ??

Thirdson

I rarely confessed to being a JW when I was one, and I hardly tell anyone I used to be one. My closest friends know and obviously my wife and her family and her closest friends know. Matters of religion are discussed occasionally at work but the issues that made you different, Christmas, birthdays etc make no difference now. Those that know my personal history will never, ever become JWs.

3rd

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How far back do you remember?

by dh in

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what are your first memories?

i started to write a post about this the other day but it turned into a bio, so i deleted it.. my first memory is my mom carrying me into a house and putting me on the floor with another boy, and talking to some guy behind me while i watched the other kid playing with a board game.

it turned out that the other kid was my older brother, the man was my real father who i never met, and because of the time frame of events i was well under a year old when this happened.. i also remember being rocked to sleep as a baby by my mom, and trying to tell her i wasn't tired but not being able to.. do you have early memories?

Thirdson

I remember several events around the time Fourthson was born. I was 2 yrs and 7 months old.

3rd