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  Additional info on upcoming Elder's School

  by truthseeker in

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  sorry guys, no post-armaggedon teachings here but.... i asked an elder if those outside of the tri-state area would have to travel all the way to patterson to attend the school and he said yes.. he also said it would be difficult for him to attend as he would need to take 2 weeks off - i said that's most people's vacation in a year.. the other thing he said that bothered him was giving his employer enough notice to take the 2 weeks off.. so, for an elder living in the south, how would they be able to afford to get to new york?

  is anyone going to pay their return flight?.

  according to this elder, the presiding overseers attend the school first, and then the rest go out in batches.. .

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  Undecided

  When I went back in the 60s it was a month long. My employer let me go to the school without complaining. It was on the farm in NY state and we worked half the day and went to school the other half. It was in the fall and the trees were beautiful. A brother had flown his airplane from out west and took me flying over the finger lakes. My wife was working for DuPont then and making about twice what I was. She took vacation and went to NYC to take a course on dog grooming and came by the school on the last few days and road back home with me. They let her stay in my room by ourselves, they knew we wanted to have sex after a month apart. I had fun there.

  Ken P.
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  What's Your First Thought To The Name/Word "Jehovah"?

  by minimus in

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  when you see the word or hear it----what do you think of??

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  Some ancient Jewish God.

  Ken P.
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  More deaths

  by Undecided in

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  my cousins wife died a few days ago.

  my brother read it in the local paper.

  no one called me.

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  My cousins wife died a few days ago. My brother read it in the local paper. No one called me. My neighbour also died, my wife had known his family since youth. There were a couple of others that I had known in the past who died also last week. It's getting me scared. Too many people my age are dying.

  Ken P.
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  Oh so pretentiouis John Edwards....from a fellow Tarheel

  by oompa in

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  dear john,.

  i already knew you were pretentious, and i will explain why in a minute, but then i drove by your chapel hill estate yesterday.

  what are you thinking?

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  If someone is a politician I immediately think of dishonesty. Can't dispell this feeling about them. Never voted, seems most people vote to keep someone else from being voted in.

  Ken P.
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  Did you read the whole Bible when you were a JW?

  by outofthebox in

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  after an informal poll in my congregation (and many awkward responses) i found out that almost nobody had read the whole bible ever, not even the elders (surprise!).

  brothers and sisters with 20, 30, 40 and 50 years as jws don't know what the bible says.

  so, if god decides that a test is coming, will they pass it?

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  The only time I can remember reading the entire bible was when it was read in the ministry school at the KH back in the early 50s or late 40s, can't remember the exact date. A portion would be read by a student each week and they would give some comments about what was read. I went by that old KH last week and it brought back some old memories, my dad laid the cinder blocks and I was married there the first time. It is being used as a church of some faith and the one I helped build is also. Most of the old KHs are used by the devil's advocates.

  Ken P.
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  New Years Resolutions

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i haven't made any yet, not sure if i will or not.

  i did make some resloutions last year and for the most part did stick with them.. i had this link sent to me on facebook, thought i'd share it here for those of you that did make resloutions and need help sticking with them.. .

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  The only one I'll try to keep is survive till 2009.

  Ken P.
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  Hot and Bothered

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  it is about 30 degrees c outside (and it is 9:39 in the evening here), i am headachy, sweaty and just feeling generally crap.

  my husband is busy killing gemans in his ps2 game and i am bored.... just thought i would share....

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  I have one of those digital thermometers. It keeps up with the highest and lowest temps. I have had it for years and just checked it, the highests was 105 degrees and the lowest was 10 degrees. It was about 16 degrees last night here in NC. It usually just gets down to about 32. Enjoy your warm weather.

  I don't know what kind of battery it uses but it must be really good, I have had it for more than 10 years and haven't replaced it yet. It displayes the temp digitally continually, you don't have to press a button, it displays the outside and inside temp.

  Ken P.
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  JW Teens Die in Accident

  by Kenneson in

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  "teen brothers remembered at memorial service.

  teens killed in wreck studied to be nurses.".

  http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpmemorial1230pndec30,0,2937934.story.

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  I hate to see events like this happen to anybody, especially young people. I had a third cousin get killed Friday in a car crash, he was 51. I just talked to his mother a few days ago. I guess I will visit his funeral tomorrow. I guess we should count our blessings when we reach my age without some disaster.

  Ken P.
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  Was There A Specific Event That U Remember-- Realizing It Wasn't The Truth?

  by minimus in

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  for me, it was a combination of things over a long period of time.

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  how about you?

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  I just didn't care if it was the truth or not in 1973. I just wanted a year or two of relief from the "TRUTH". I had been so enslaved by it from youth that I just wanted a few years of freedom. It took a few years to realize that it was a bunch of crap. There wasn't any paticular doctrine or event that changed my view, it was all the stuff I read on the internet that cleared my mind of any guilt I had from leaving. I moved to DC in 1972 to get away from it all and moved back in 1973 after my JW wife divorced me. I married a worldly woman 33 years ago and have been OK since.

  Ken P.
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  Are Your Credit Cards Paid In Full or Are You Behind??

  by minimus in

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  i will be paying off all my cards by next week (around 2500).

  have you had a difficult time paying those bills this year?

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  Undecided

  Between my wife and I we only owe about $30,000. Armageddon will come before we get them payed off.

  Ken P.