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  Jesus invisible presence in 1914, what purpose did it serve?

  by jam in

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  why did jesus arrive invisible?

  what is he supposedly to do.

  for mankind since 1914?

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  "you have to admit, we weren't the sharpest religion on the block"

  Except when it comes to money! The Watchtower is very sharp in how it handles money.
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  King David an example in morality?

  by hoser in

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  from november study wt page 7 par 17. .

  "consider too how davids example of earnestly seeking god's guidance can help us to resist the temptation to view pornographic images".

  "meditating on his elevated standards equips us to keep free from the snare of pornography".

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  David was a murderer.

  Yet Jehovah protected him!

  Everyone around him had to pay for David's sins, usually by their death.

  David would then go off and sing songs about how great and wonderful Jehovah is.

  
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  There's gotta be another faction in the Writing Department, either that or they can't see the irony.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  the past two week's worth of wt studies have made a couple points that appear contradictory in nature.

  yesterday was too much, i felt at least.

  either there's another faction within the writing department fighting for the equivalent of airtime in the literature, or they're all so indoctrinated that they fail to see the irony in what they publish.. for instance, take paragraph 5 from last week's lesson.. 5. unlike the law codes of many countries, "the perfect law" is neither complex nor burdensome but consists of simple commandements and principles.

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  The conductor actually pointed it out as a "worldly hand shake"

  And the conductor would say that a regular handshake isn't "wordly"?

  Is the "standard handshake" theocratic?

  Where did the standard handshake come from?

  The World!

  It certainly wasn't handed down from on High!
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  There's gotta be another faction in the Writing Department, either that or they can't see the irony.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the past two week's worth of wt studies have made a couple points that appear contradictory in nature.

  yesterday was too much, i felt at least.

  either there's another faction within the writing department fighting for the equivalent of airtime in the literature, or they're all so indoctrinated that they fail to see the irony in what they publish.. for instance, take paragraph 5 from last week's lesson.. 5. unlike the law codes of many countries, "the perfect law" is neither complex nor burdensome but consists of simple commandements and principles.

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  When you are in the company of those who love Jehovah with all their heart, do you feel afraid? Do you find yourself constantly glancing over your shoulder?While engaging in conversation at the Kingdom Hall, do you keep a firm grip on your belongings lest they disapear?

  In the Kingdom Hall there are too many eye-witnesses for a thief to steal something left in plain sight.

  Wasn't there a stealing problem at Bethel?
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  Who here lives in California?

  by TimothyT in

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  if you do tell me a bit about where you live in just a few words.

  :).

  timmy :).

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  Southern California has an arid, desert like climate.
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  Overlapping Generation/GB/Doug Sanderson

  by Simon Morley in

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  my apologies of this topic has been covered already - please redirect me if it has:.

  current belief is:.

  watchtower (study edition), april 15th, 2010 issue, pages 27-29:.

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  Douglas Mark Sanderson is the name of the new 47 year old Governing Body member.

  He goes by his middle name "Mark."
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  Ryanair CEO: 'Stupid' Passengers Deserve Fees

  by VM44 in

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  ryanair ceo: 'stupid' passengers deserve feespublished: friday, 7 sep 2012 | 4:55 pm et .

  do you print your boarding pass at home before arriving at the airport?

  if you don't, ryanair ceo michael o'leary thinks you're "stupid.".

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  I have a business to run!
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  Ryanair CEO: 'Stupid' Passengers Deserve Fees

  by VM44 in

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  ryanair ceo: 'stupid' passengers deserve feespublished: friday, 7 sep 2012 | 4:55 pm et .

  do you print your boarding pass at home before arriving at the airport?

  if you don't, ryanair ceo michael o'leary thinks you're "stupid.".

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  Rule One:

  The Customer is always right!

  Rule Two:

  Never call your customers stupid!

  O'Leary breaks both of these rules!
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  Ryanair CEO: 'Stupid' Passengers Deserve Fees

  by VM44 in

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  ryanair ceo: 'stupid' passengers deserve feespublished: friday, 7 sep 2012 | 4:55 pm et .

  do you print your boarding pass at home before arriving at the airport?

  if you don't, ryanair ceo michael o'leary thinks you're "stupid.".

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  O'Leary has a reputation for loose talk in the airline industry and among its regulators. Many press articles have often described him as arrogant, and prone to making comments which he later contradicts He has been extravagantly outspoken in his public statements, sometimes resorting to personal attacks and foul language. His abrasive management style, ruthless pursuit of cost-cutting and his explicitly hostile attitude towards corporate competitors, airport authorities, governments, unions and customers has become a hallmark. He was reported to have been aggressive and hostile in dealings with a woman who was awarded free flights for life in 1988. In 2007, he was forced to retract a claim that Ryanair had cut emissions of carbon dioxide by half over the previous five years; the claim should have been that emissions 'per passenger' had been cut by half. O'Leary has been reported to have impersonated a journalist in an attempt to find information passed on to a newspaper following a safety incident on a Ryanair flight. On occasion he has apologised for personal attacks under threat of legal action He has been criticized by a judge for lying, who said he was lucky not to be found guilty of contempt of court.

  In a press conference discussing Ryanair's planned intercontinental service RyanAtlantic, O'Leary jokingly described the airline's planned business class travel experience as featuring "whores and rum". In 2002 he said that his company is against any long-haul transatlantic services., stating that:

  The low-cost model only really works for short-haul flights [...] If we started flying farther afield, we'd have to do something stupid like introducing what I call a 'rich class' to make it pay.

  Reacting to the decision to close European airspace in April 2010 over worries about the ash plume from an erupting Icelandic volcano he said "there was no ash cloud. It was mythical. It's become evident the airspace closure was completely unnecessary." Scientists later concluded that serious structural damage to aircraft could have occurred if passenger planes had continued to fly.

  HORRIBLE MAN
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  Ryanair CEO: 'Stupid' Passengers Deserve Fees

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ryanair ceo: 'stupid' passengers deserve feespublished: friday, 7 sep 2012 | 4:55 pm et .

  do you print your boarding pass at home before arriving at the airport?

  if you don't, ryanair ceo michael o'leary thinks you're "stupid.".

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  Ryanair CEO: 'Stupid' Passengers Deserve Fees

  Published: Friday, 7 Sep 2012 | 4:55 PM ET Do you print your boarding pass at home before arriving at the airport? If you don't, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary thinks you're "stupid." The Ryanair chief executive recently admonished passengers, who fail to print boarding passes before arriving at the airport.

  The issue came to a head after a mother of two — Suzy McLeod — paid about $380 at the airport in August so her family could get the paperwork to fly home to Britain from Spain. Upset about the fee, she vented on Facebook [ FB 18.98 0.02 ( +0.11% ) ] and received hundreds of thousands of "likes," according to an NBCNEWS.com report.

  O'Leary responded. "We think Mrs. McLeod should pay 60 euros for being so stupid," he told The Telegraph. (McLeod was charged 60 euros each for five boarding passes, or about 300 euros total.)

  But O'Leary kept talking. And the CEO is known for talking, shocking headlines and publicity. "It is his schtick and he's known for it," said CNBC reporter Phil LeBeau on CNBC's "Street Signs."

  Even with a day or so to reflect, O'Leary argued his comments weren't aimed at the mom, specifically — but at his customers generally. "I was not calling her stupid, but all those passengers are stupid who think we will change our policies or our fees," he told the Irish Independent.

  Passengers flying Ryanair, the budget Irish carrier, are expected to check-in online and print boarding passes in advance, and come to the airport with paperwork in hand. Those who are empty-handed are charged the fee.

  'Bu**er Off'

  O'Leary stands by his airline's policy that requires passengers to print their boarding passes in advance.

  He said anyone who didn't like the policy could quite politely "bu**er off," according to The Telegraph. Passenger McLeod “wrote to me last week asking for compensation and a gesture of goodwill. To which we have replied, politely but firmly, thank you Mrs McLeod but it was your ****-up,” according to The Telegraph. O'Leary says 99.98 percent of Ryanair passengers print their boarding passes in advance.

  CEO O'Leary added: The mother pays "for being an idiot and failing to comply with her agreement at the time of booking. We think Mrs McLeod should pay 60 euros for being so stupid," the Mirror reported.

  An email request for more information from Ryanair was not immediately returned to CNBC.com on Friday afternoon.

  

  The Face of Stupidity