Posts by AverageJoe1

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What immodest clothing have you got in trouble for wearing?

by Addison0998 in

i personally have a very distinct sense of style and fashion which many of the fellow jdubs frown upon.

recently, i was told by a few specially self righteous ones that i looked like a prostitute in a pair of white boots!

a pair of 3 inch heeled, just a little taller than the ankle boots, with skirt that came down to my knees and a black long sleeve shirt that came up to my collarbone.

JWs and 9-11. What was your reaction when it happened?

by kairos in

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it was shocking.. all these years later, i found myself crying for the dead for the first time..

I was shocked obviously and saddened but to me it was just another act of terrorism. In the UK we had been suffering terrorist attacks for decades from the IRA (supported by many Americans of Irish descent I might add) so it wasn’t as much a shock as it was to Americans.

I remember thinking when I saw all the people being interviewed that finally they can now understand what we in the UK have been suffering for years.

As for the JW aspect, there were a few pointing to it as if we may be near the end.

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Watchtower disputes $200K tax bill from Newburgh

by Rattigan350 in

http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180904/watchtower-disputes-200k-tax-bill-from-newburgh.

town of newburgh — the watchtower bible and tract society of new york is challenging nearly $200,000 in fire and other special district taxes assessed for three town of newburgh properties, including two hotels the organization bought to house volunteers helping build its world headquarters in warwick.. in a petition filed in orange county court last month, the umbrella organization for jehovah’s witnesses claimed that the town “either unintentionally as a mistake or intentionally and without lawful authority” miscoded the former hilton on crossroads court and the former hampton inn on route 300 for 2016, 2017 and this year.. with a combined market value of nearly $23 million, the hotel properties were not assessed town, county and school taxes for those years.

but the town assessed $196,000 charges for the orange lake fire district and lighting and water districts during those years.. newburgh also assessed $1,600 in special district taxes over three years for a vacant commercial property watchtower owns at route 17k and route 300.. “petitioner would not be required to pay the resulting unjust charges if its exemption from taxes had been justly, correctly, and lawfully granted and administered,” watchtower’s attorneys wrote in the organization’s petition in county court.. watchtower bought the two hotel properties in 2014 as it built its 1.6 million-square-foot headquarters on kings drive in warwick.

AverageJoe1

“Pay Cesar’s things to Cesar but God’s things to God”.... unless you’re the Watchtower, in which case you can totally ignore that law from Jesus!

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The Day Kenneth Flodin got rid of his car

by Gorbatchov in

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on youtube a great clip, about the day kenneth flodin (jw broadcasting) got rid of his car.. enjoy.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxuc.

g..

AverageJoe1

A British Classic and I never get tired of it either. Based on a true Hotel owner down in Cornwall who really didn’t like his clients!

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2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP

by Not_Culty in

sept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.

AverageJoe1

Philip Brumley is a nasty piece of work!

As for that glass illustration, the only time you actually see his true feelings are when he throws it to the ground. There’s real anger/disgust in his face. Now THAT’S scary.

You could just imagine Jesus treating people like that.... not!

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J.W`s Taking the Oath To Tell The Truth on The Bible / Affirmation

by smiddy3 in

how outdated is the compulsion of people before the law courts of the land to take an oath on the bible to /swear on the bible to tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help me god.or its equivalent affirmation.?.

and even if you do claim to believe in god but feel giving information to those who don`t deserve it then withholding such information is justified as theocratic warfare deliberately misleading those seeking such information.. if you don`t believe in a god ,you can lie all you like .. and in the case of geoffrey jackson at the a.r.c.

into institutions of child sexual abuse ,he had no problem misleading ,another word for lying to the a.r.c.

AverageJoe1

@Pale. Chronicles of Narnia. Brilliant!

I’d prefer the Charter of The United Federation of Planets (from Star Trek)!

Joking aside though, the actual Greek word for “holy” just means “different” as something that stands out from all the rest. For example: The first century Jewish Temple was holy because it was different from all other buildings.

Therefore, you could well swear on the Chronicles of Narnia if it was a book that in your view was different to all the rest and you valued it as it would be “holy” in the original Greek context compared to other books in your collection.

Cool, right?!

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How JT and "Lady C" will DA themselves

by JT in

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life is still good.

every so often we will get a person asking the question should he da himself or not.

as many of you know i am a very strong believer in the power of the net in seeking advice on such an issue.

AverageJoe1

The real JT didn’t write this post. The Real JT is way more eloquent and stylish than the OP who wrote this!

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Branch Co-ordinators letter re the Australian Royal Commission

by stuckinarut2 in

this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!

wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .

AverageJoe1

The internal branch and inter branch memos are all like that.

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Broadcasting august, clown Lett about painting the K-hall

by Gorbatchov in

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did you see the performance of stephen lett on august broadcasting?.

the illustration of painting the kingdom hall?.

used for explaining that you have to listen to elders even when they are totaly wrong?.

AverageJoe1

Vidiot .

Please don’t insult the Muppets by likening them to the GB!

I learnt a lot more from the Muppets, was entertained by them and still love them all these years later.

I can’t say any of that from the GB!

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Revised NWT in French released yesterday

by careful in

https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/revised-nwt-released-french/ .

it looks like it may only be available electronically, that is, no printed version(?)..

is the german next?.

AverageJoe1

As has been briefly mentioned before, the trouble with the Spanish translation has to do with the use of language, not the dialect. All Spanish speakers can understand each other, regardless of the country.

The problem is with the use of certain words that varies from country to country.

For example in Castilian Spanish (from Spain - original Spanish like original English is from the UK) we use the verb COGER (to get hold of) whereas in many Latin American countries that means TO F**K so they would use the verb TOMAR (to take) which we use here in Spain as well but more often than not for TO DRINK.

Then there are words that mean the same but are not used in polite circles. Again, in Spain we use CULO for bottom (of a glass, your butt etc) in general and formal conversation but this is a big no no in Latin American Spanish, like saying your ARSE, which wouldn’t go down well in the Bible.

Now multiply this by each country that speaks Spanish and each of them will have a normal innocent word in Castilian Spanish that is a swear word in their country. Imagine trying to coordinate a translation that all those countries agree on and that doesn’t contain swear words in their use of Spanish!! At least it keeps those poor JWs busy!