- DS211 I read your post about an hour ago and I can't sleep because of it. I have to tell you this. I had about 11 male friends in my home congregation. We grew up together like brothers. 4 of us went to Bethel. I did not. I went to college. Of the 4 who went to Bethel, all but one lives in a dumpy trailer now. (The one who doesn't lives with his parents at the young age of 40.) Two of us went to college. I have a post secondary education and I am a CEO with a medium sized company. The other one who went to college has a nice job with a major university. The others barely scrap by to feed their wife and kids. Please don't rob your children of the future they could have. I live comfortably. My job allows me so much time with my wife and kids. I don’t worry about what we will do for bills. If we want something, I buy it. Life is good. I would not have the opportunities I have now if I did not have an education.
- My Brother has 4 children and makes about 30000/ year. I cringe at the life my nieces and nephews will have. They are poor and probably always will be. Why? Because my brother has no education or life skills.
- I absolutely hate antidotal evidence. Ask the brother where he got his” 73% can’t find a job figure”. Tell him you would like to look it up and show it to a friend. I promise he will say, “I don’t remember where I heard it but I did.” The fact is if someone is hiring for a job he or she will pick a college grad over a ncg almost everytime.
- As far as learning to weld at Bethel, don’t make me laugh. What is there to weld at Bethel? How will he prove what he can do in an interview? Does Bethel have a union which can provide a journey man’s card as proof of his accomplishments. No, he will have to look at a potential boss in the eye and say, “I learned to weld at my cult’s world headquarters.”
- I live in what I believe to be a nice neighborhood. We have the best that life has to offer. Guess what. Not one Welder in my entire neighborhood. The guy to my left has 2 masters. The lady to my right has a MD. My neighbor across the street is an engineer with a masters and my neighbor behind me is a former NBA player with a masters. There is a computer programmer in the neighborhood but he has an MBA and is a regional supervisor for Cisco Systems.)
- If your children have the ability to go to college and you don’t help and encourage, I think it is child abuse. If you love them, you won’t mess up their lives. As a father, it is your responsibility to help your children become the best they can be. Not throw away their life because of a fairy tale told by 8 mentally challenged people who run an evil corporation. Who gives a cares what your wife thinks? It’s YOUR KIDS!!!!!!!!! Grab the steering wheel and drive that ship like you stole it. Would you want to have to look back at your children’s lives and think about what could have been? shro
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"In Gods Love" bible study ch 15, wife convinced to send our kids to Bethel
by DS211 inafter 6 weeks of hiatus from our home study we are finishing ch 15-see good for all your work.. throughout the last part of the chapter it goes i er how to view secular work--keep it simple and ministry first before work.
so the elder told me of a bro who went to a tech school for welding but got the real welding education with the siciety and is now 2nd in class welder at either bethel or the farm.
another bro went to bethel for computers and is now makes a ton if money oart time and can pioneer (jehovah made it all happen)...then elder we t into how 73% of kids cant get jobs after college and it isnt really an education but mostly partying.
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2014 Circuit Assembly talks.....
by EndofMysteries ini checked the program, i bet many can guess what many of the talks will be, but here are a few titles........ .
"symposium: reject strange teachings" - aka reject truth being exposed about the society and their teachings.
"you must hate your enemy" - aka you must hate the gb's enemy of family and friends who have awaken to their lies and left.
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Well, I'm glad they are sticking with the Bible's counsel................ Wait maybe the RNWT changed Math 5:44 to read hate your enemies.
For those still in, this would be a great way to drop some seeds of truth. One could say," I think there will be some nu lite at the circuit assembly this year. The talk Hate your enemies is iin direct opposition to Christ counsel In the 5th chapter of Mathew. I can't wait to here what the new light is."
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Duck Watchtowercy
by Defianttruth inwith phil robertson getting the boot within a day of his comments by a&e, what would happen if the lbg community started calling all of the venue managers of their convention arenas and exposing them for the hate group they are today?
just a thought.
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Just as an example most venues have sponsored names now. Like the Mercedes Superdome in New Orleans. If Mercedes knew, they were renting their name to be used by religious hate groups they would act. The proof is easy to find.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201012/explain-bibles-view-of-homosexuality/
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/bible-about-homosexuality/
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Duck Watchtowercy
by Defianttruth inwith phil robertson getting the boot within a day of his comments by a&e, what would happen if the lbg community started calling all of the venue managers of their convention arenas and exposing them for the hate group they are today?
just a thought.
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With Phil Robertson getting the boot within a day of his comments by A&E, what would happen if the LBG community started calling all of the venue managers of their convention arenas and exposing them for the hate group they are today? Just a thought.
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I like you more if you are literratte
by usualusername inas a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .
if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .
if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .
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Jgnant. yes the two dollar coin would be fun to watch people try to use.
Besty. The point with the wheat was to show how much more significant the US is in the world markets. Yes, you only import about 15 percent of your wheat from America. I guess the better way of saying it is the whole EU produces about 5 percent of the worlds wheat production were as the US produces about 30 percent. Also, I apolgize for assuming California had more people than England, but one of our 50 states almost matches your whole countries GPD and California does it with about half the people. My whole point is in the past the British Empire was a world leader and could dictate cultural commands of language. Not anymore. As with any living language, there will be changes and differences associated with cultures and locations. No need in trying to say,"I'm right your wrong" just know that everyone has his or her own way.
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I like you more if you are literratte
by usualusername inas a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .
if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .
if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .
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Speaking of dollars...... I love the American 2 dollar bill. I always have. You can still get them at banks and I love the way it confuses cashiers. They look at the drawers they have for 1,5,10,20,50, and 100 dollar bills and there is nowhere to put the two dollar bills. It cracks me up every time. And yes, it does not take much to amuse me.
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I like you more if you are literratte
by usualusername inas a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .
if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .
if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .
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Jgnat. I agree it would be nice if we all used the metric system. It will never happen. Look at the way we build our stick frame houses in The States. Studs and rafters are placed on 12inch and 16inch centers. Plywood and sheet rock are sold as 4 foot sheets. Under the Clinton Administration a study was conducted to try to change over and the cost was counter intuitive. Imagine the cost of changing every interstate sign in America. The UK road system has about 2000 miles total while the US has about 150,000 miles of highways and another 50,000 miles of interstates. It would cost way to much in these tough economic times. I don't have a mental construct of what 20 cm is however I could probably draw one foot out to a half an inch of accuracy. I would love to see the change, but I am so comfortable with the standard system.
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I like you more if you are literratte
by usualusername inas a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .
if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .
if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .
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A few points..
1. Intelligence comes in different shapes and sizes. I can write the integral and answer it for the velocity required to throw the tablet I'm writing on into a specified orbit. I have to use spell check constantly. Some times, I confuse the spelling of who and how. Just because an individual has trouble spelling, it does not make his or her point invalid. It only means he or she has trouble spelling. It is not a sign of intelligence.
2. As far as the British vs American colour vs color, I think we as a nation have earned the right to spell our words the way we want to. After all, we have individual states with larger land masses, population, and GDP than all of Britian. Btw. The next time,you eat an English muffin remember the wheat in your muffin probably has a little "flavour" of Nebraska in it.
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Diners Drive Ins and Dives challenge.
by Defianttruth ini'm a huge fan of this show.
i've decided the family and i are going to take road trips to visit different places highlighted in the show.
i've been to 3 so far.
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Diners Drive Ins and Dives challenge.
by Defianttruth ini'm a huge fan of this show.
i've decided the family and i are going to take road trips to visit different places highlighted in the show.
i've been to 3 so far.
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I'm a huge fan of this show. I've decided the family and I are going to take road trips to visit different places highlighted in the show. I've been to 3 so far. Anybody else been to one?