Posts by Separation of Powers

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What is our place in the universe?

by jgnat in

what is our place in the universe?

scientists map our galactic supercluster and give it a name, laniakea.. .

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/14798/20140904/what-is-our-place-in-the-universe-scientists-map-our-galactic-supercluster.htm.

Kid charged over $500 to a game

by skeeter1 in

yesterday, i got our credit card statement, and looked at the charges.

over $500 to itunes.

questioned everyone, and it's for "jewels" for a kim kardashian game my 13 year old charged.

Every week, the kid starts with a balance of whatever allowance you decide, say $50....each chore, homework, getting out of bed to get to school, everything that makes an adult responsible has a value....

Homework not ready for the next day's school...2.00

Getting up late....2.00

Not washing the dishes....5.00

If they are responsible, they end the week with $50, if not, then whatever is left.

Their allowance is their pay to purchase the things they want..

"I want a new pair of sneakers!" Well, that's $100, two weeks allowance. In the long run, it pays...you stop having to buy all the crap that catches their attention and they learn that if they really want it, they will have to be responsible. It works really well when there are more than two kids. I have a few, so when the oldest would see that the younger siblings were walking away with the full-boat allowance, it motivated them. Nothing serves as a better motivator for a kid than sibling rivalry.

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Still nothing credible?

by Separation of Powers in

i can hardly believe that anything new is gonna be announced at the annual meeting.

i mean, there is absolutely no one i know in this organization capable of keeping a secret and we haven't heard anything but "big changes are coming" "just wait and see" "big things are in the works" and my personal favorite posted by one of our members who was told not to diassociate because "things are gonna be announced that will change your mind".. no one i know at the hall or in positions of responsibilty has ever been able to keep anything confidential.

it's always been like the character on in lving color, "i aint one to gossip...but you didn't hear that from me.".

Separation of Powers

I can hardly believe that anything new is gonna be announced at the Annual Meeting. I mean, there is absolutely no one I know in this organization capable of keeping a secret and we haven't heard anything but "big changes are coming" "just wait and see" "big things are in the works" and my personal favorite posted by one of our members who was told not to disassociate because "things are gonna be announced that will change your mind".

No one I know at the hall or in positions of responsibilty has ever been able to keep anything confidential. It's always been like the character on In Lving Color, "I aint one to gossip...BUT you didn't hear that from me."

So, let's just see how hush hush things were really kept..

Unless.....

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

Separation of Powers

Loved the '80's....not a big fan of the Thompson Twins....It was all about U2 for me.

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Is this year's AGM being streamed to KH and Assembly Halls?

by hardtobeme in

jw
friends

last year it was a big thing in our congo.

this year i haven't heard it at all.

is it being streamed this year?.

Separation of Powers

No...not in the US at least

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It's a one-word question.

by new hope and happiness in

jw
friends

" dinosaurs" .

i mean why didn't the bible cover it?.

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Separation of Powers

Yes, lots of 'em. Loads and loads.

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Elders, apostasy and disfellowshipping issue's - thoughts please

by FeelingFree in

jw
friends

ok so... when i was talking to my mil about why i no longer wanted to be a witness she kept trying to convience me that i needed to speak to the elders.

i said from the word go i didn't feel the need to as my mind was already made up and no one could change it.

i also said if the elders new all my reasons for leaving they would view me as an apostate and i would get disfellowshipped.

Separation of Powers

It is easy to blind one's self to the reality, as is the case with your IL's. Although you may express doubts and doubts in and of themselves are not disfellowshippable (is that a word?), there are, almost inevitably, members of the bodies of elders that will not be able to discern doubt from apostasy. So, be careful when expressing anything with them.

I heard of a case where a brother just lost all religious perspective. Issues in his life affected his faith in everything to the point where he simply did not believe anymore in anything. He told the elders he no longer believed. Some wanted him out. Others felt compassion for him, cause they knew of his situation. He wasn't a threat to anyone. He kept to himself. Didn't communicate with anyone really. Still, there was this almost vehement desire to see him ousted by a number of the body. Is agnosticism apostasy? I doubt it. The moral of the story.....fading is safer than speaking.

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Elder's School: 2015 KMS Program

by pixel in

good morning.

want to attend?.

kingdom ministry school.

Separation of Powers

More attention to how to study the Watchtower than anything else.....I guess big things are in the works.

1) mention title

2) sing song

3) mention title

4) read paragraph

5) point finger

6) lister to comment

7) shake head in approval or say "excellent"

8) repeat for all paragraphs

9) sing song

10) thank GB

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CO's visit ends with a bombshell!!!

by nowwhat? in

at the end of his final talk he said of the gb: they are telling the higher ups , "start getting ready we're not going to be around much longer!

" and we expect the angels to release the four winds any day now!

" my first thought was why are you building a corporate country club then?!

Separation of Powers

The epitome of delusion

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December 1,2014 watchtower saying buying house is bad

by hoser in

page 15.

"take for example a christian couple in asia.

in their younger years, they admired those who could afford to own a house.

Separation of Powers

But buying millions of dollars in property for the Lord's work isn't? The God I worship isn't short of cash mister, and just like in Solomon's time, he "doesn't dwell in human abodes."