Posts by Thirdson

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Any British TV watchers out there?

by wednesday in

i used to be a big fan of british tv here in the states.

where, besides, pbs, can i see some of the great programs i used to watch?

i'm in texas around dallas, so if anyone knows what channel they might be on, please respond.

Thirdson

Wednesday,

There is a specific BBC America channel available in many areas on digital cable. Otherwise, PBS still shows some drama and comedy. A&E also shows some drama and occasional BBC comedy. I watched a BBC production of Charles II a few months back and the series MI5 (Spooks, I think in the UK) on A&E. TLC and the Discovery channel show some programs co-produced with the BBC or the UK's channel 4. Junkyard Wars and Trading Spaces were originally UK programs but the ones you see here are produced in the US. Look-out for some cross-overs.

I hear that UK's Graham Norton has a show on Comedy Central, I haven't seen his show yet and if I don't hurry up it may be axed before I do.

3rd

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"The BIBLE said that all these things would....that was alive in 1914."

by hubert in

i haven't read all the posts in this forum yet.

so, i apologize if this was covered before.

i found a statement written by "god's channel of communication" in the "you can live forever in paradise on earth" book, c.1982, page 154, par.

Thirdson

The Live Forever book was the main teaching aid for studying the Bible. O.K., I know reading the questions in the book isn't really studying the Bible, but, this text book states "The Bible says," when actually the Bible says no such thing. Now JWs and the WTS would agree that the Bible doesn't teach that. I wonder what JWs would say as to whether the Live Forever book is really an acurate study of the Bible? Then question if any of their current books are accurate!

Don't forget the WTS, at least in the Awake, stated that "the Creator promised" things about 1914 only to have to retract the promise since the Creator never, ever, ever, promised such a thing.

3rd

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I attended the 2004 Walk With God District Convention

by Elsewhere in

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note: i was lazy and did not spell check this because it's getting late and i'm tired......

gawd... i forgot just how mind numbing those things are.

you all owe me!!!

Thirdson

Else,

Great day out hey? Thanks for this, good post.

I have a question; nothing new, but I only just noticed. Why does the program (and the WTS) refer to the convention goers as 'delegates?'

To be a delegate implies being delegated to go somewhere as a representative. Most conventions that have delegates are this way with a selected group of attendees chosen to represent a larger body of people. Afterall, not all local Democratic or Republican party members attend their respective party conventions, they send delegates. So why does the WTS use this word when congregations are expected to attend en-mass? Am I missing something or is this a hold-over from another era?

3rd

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Fear of Flying because of heights

by kls in

mt sister recently asked me to go on a cruise but to get to the ship ( not sure which one yet ) we have to take a plane to get there.

no i am not really scared of the plane crashing ( well sorta ) but i have a fear of heights, who has this fear ?

i have never flown and the thought is making me sick.

Thirdson

I don't generally have a fear of heights but I don't like climbling very tall ladders. (I have made a number of free fall parachute jumps but ladders are far more scary.) However, I have never found flying to generate the same fears. Even in very small planes I have found there is a sense of enclosure and unreality. If you are not uncomfortable looking out windows of tall buildings flying won't scare you. Otherwise, as others have suggested, don't look out the windows.

Thirdson

PS I hate flying. The thrill was lost after I started consulting and flew regularly. It's just tedious.

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speaking of blood, i just talked to my mom and she said...

by dh in

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i talked to my mom on the phone the other day she is a jw, she knows full well what i think of the jw garbage, and i have tried to make her see it, but it's not use, so i don't go on about it much, aside from the occasional comment to see what the reaction will, in good humour of course... anyway, the other day i was struggling to think of topics we could talk about (typical son/mother relationship) so in my usual amused way i asked what she thought about the new view the society had on blood parts... i was expecting something but i didn't know what.... anyway, my mom calmly as if nothing was amiss, told me that it hasn't changed really, and that 'it doesn't matter anyway, because blood was always a conscience matter' now i love my mom, but this blew me away, i know of, and she knows people who have died because of blood, and she would still probably do it, but more to the point, haven't people been df'd for having blood transfusions?

good grief, if blood is a conscience matter and always was, why the hell so many people die and whose conscience lets their kid die?.

pffffffffff

Thirdson

DH,

That is exactly what my mom said when I asked her about the changes in the Watchtower in June 2000. I reminded her that the elder's secret manual lists accepting a blood transfusion as a DF'ing offense. So much for a conscience matter.

3rd

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Poison oak cures?

by Sirius Dogma in

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hey all,.

yesterday while mountain biking i came down a trail way too fast, slid, slipt and slided of a cliff and flew like a winged monkey from the wizard of oz into a patch of poison oak.

both my forearms are covered from wrist to elbow with the stuff.

Thirdson

I got a case of something similar a couple of years ago. I tried all the common suggestions but after 4 days both my forearms were so bad I went to the doctor. I had a 16 day diminishing course of steroids and it cleared up very quickly. I had a similar reaction again this year but to a lesser degree and I treated it with calomine lotion. I always wear gloves when gardening and (now learned a lesson) long sleeves if I'm bagging piles of weeds.

3rd

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JW's and pets

by SuperMommy in

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does the wts have any rules...even unsaid implications...on pet ownership.

i have been hearing conflicting thing.

Thirdson

I remember a CO criticizing some in the congregation for doting on their pets and almost idolizing them. He said cats (domestic ones at least) aren't even mentioned in the Bible and when dogs are mentioned it's only in a poor way. (A bit like birthday celebrations.) The excuse for his negative attitude is the responsibility pets entail especially as some can't spend too long away from home because of their pets and miss assemblies, don't spend long in FS etc.

If anything can affect the book selling activities of the WTS then it will always be viewed negatively.

3rd

PS I don't remember anyone getting rid of their pets after that visit.

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Charles Russell Website - great information

by run dont walk in

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this guy did his homework, check out this site, has most, if not all russell's zion's watchtower mags and other info, great source for information, and history on the cult we all got out of.. www.ctrussell.us/.

hope i did the link right

Thirdson

I was gladdened (Watchtower word) to see that Russell and the BS had this hymn in their hymnal:

::Hymn 71::

Guide Me

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim thru this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; Hold me with thy pow'rful hand. Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more. Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more.

The words don't quite match those used with the Music Cwm Rhondda, which is a shame.

I also noted that the last Watchtower of 1916 clearly shows that they thought Russell was the faithful servant providing meat in due season.

3rd

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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #98

by ozziepost in

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'owyergoin' this weekend?

i hope life for you is full of hope of something better.. mrs ozzie and i went to a picnic with friends today.

glorious winter sunshine at a 'country music style' picnic grounds and showgrounds.

Thirdson

Either,

2. Gorgeous!

Or

5. None of my business

Some sister's looked great with dyed hair. Others did it to hide gray. So what!

What about brothers then? That was always funny. How about closet baldies?

3rd

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On someone's doorstep and.......help !

by blobby in

anyone had the experience of nervously knocking on someone's door and talking about a "topic" and the householder has misunderstood why your there !.

my experience:.

was on the door telling the householder about local politcs and how they all were the same in their views and that no party has the solution to end the problems we face etc etc.

Thirdson

hh,

I was on FS with a guy. He presented the magazines in his garlbled way. The householder must have tried reading the magazines upside down and shouts into the house, "anyone here want to buy the Watchmaker or A-Make?" We didn't bother to explain we weren't selling craft magazines.

Another time I walked upto a door and it opened immeadiately and I heard, "come on in Doctor, she's upstais." I had to explain I wasn't the doctor (although I once stayed in a Holiday Inn Express) and not bother them any further. I know many JWs would have used the opportunity to sell their religion on the theme of sickness and death but I felt it better to apologise and leave.

3rd