This brings me back. I to am around the same age as snapdragon4 and remember like it was yesterday all the hype leading up to 1975. I should have applied myself to better myself with a higher education but was told not to bother as this would take too much time away from the preaching work. I put most of my time and effort into the JW service thing. After when 1975 came and went by with nothing happening I was stuck with a menial job that I hated. Well it is now over forty years and I will be retiring soon from this system that I was not supposed to grow up in. I have also seen my parents age and die and that was also not supposed to happen. Then the WT wonders why some of us have no love loss for their organization.
William Penwell
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Role Reversal: Placing 1969 Awake with JW's Manning the New Portable Literature Displays
by snapdragon4 inin recent weeks the jw’s here in the uk have been setting up their new portable watchtower literature displays in my local town square on a saturday morning.
as they hadn’t knocked on my door for at least five years, and consequently feeling somewhat neglected, i thought that i would pay them a visit instead.. .
the first thing i needed to do was arrange my literature.
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what ever happened to the king of the north and king of south?
by nowwhat? inafter the daniel book came out, nothing has ben said about it in at least 10 years.
did that prohecy get thrown out the window when the soviet union fell?.
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William Penwell
I recall as a kid reading the old Babylon book and the king of the north and the king of the south was a big prophesy pushed by the dubs and my wacko brother in law.
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What is WT policy on a persons deceased ashes?
by William Penwell ini ask a question on my other post but i think it got lost.
what is wt policy on what is approprate way of handling a person that is deceased ashes?
the reason why i ask is because we are having a family disagreement of how to handle my fathers ashes..
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William Penwell
I think most communities have laws about scattering ashes but if you do it discreatly who is going to say anything. I think a lot of these laws are pushed by the sleezy Undertakers and Funeral Homes as they want to try and squeeze out every last nickle they can out of the deseased.
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What is WT policy on a persons deceased ashes?
by William Penwell ini ask a question on my other post but i think it got lost.
what is wt policy on what is approprate way of handling a person that is deceased ashes?
the reason why i ask is because we are having a family disagreement of how to handle my fathers ashes..
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William Penwell
The borg is not in control of me but I was asking the question for those dub relatives that find this offending. Anyway I have spoken with some of my dub relatives and they are going to allow me to honor my father the way I want to.
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Bipolar Landlady kicks me out!
by Terry infun times.. a year and a month have passed since i moved in to the house where my cousin deb and her husband bobby live.. i had a small but comfortable room, tv, etc.. a nice cozy family situation, you might say....right?.
i pay $600 a month to defray expenses.. hunky dory.. sure.
until the first few eruptions!.
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William Penwell
I feel for you. I rented out my spare room to a woman that after I found out she was a little looney and fly off the handle for nothing. After a couple of months I had my fill of her. I was ready to give her notice but she beat me to it and gave me her notice to move out. Once she was gone I decided it was not worth my piece of mind for the extra money to rent the room out.
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The Flaklands belong to Uruguay!
by Splash in(oops!
should read 'falklands' of course!).
who's going to be the next ones to claim them?.
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William Penwell
Oh oh another war over a piece of rock.
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It Appears The Elderly Are More Taken Care Of Then Ever Before By The Elders
by minimus ini usually find fault with the religion but i must give credit when due.
in the hall my mom is in, they regularly check on her and assign different ones to visit and check on the elderly.. if there's a storm or an extremely cold day, they come by to make sure the elderly have everything they need..
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William Penwell
I usually find fault with the religion but I must give credit when due. In the Hall my mom is in, they regularly check on her and assign different ones to visit and check on the elderly.
If there's a storm or an extremely cold day, they come by to make sure the elderly have everything they need.
The organization should have to look after the elderly as they were the ones that told them to give them all their money and go pioneering.
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What is WT policy on a persons deceased ashes?
by William Penwell ini ask a question on my other post but i think it got lost.
what is wt policy on what is approprate way of handling a person that is deceased ashes?
the reason why i ask is because we are having a family disagreement of how to handle my fathers ashes..
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William Penwell
The reason why I wanted to know the borgs policy on this is because certian relative's are making snide remarks about "why we want them". I am just so glad I am away from this BS for the most part. Just in sitations like this you have to deal with the brain dead relatives.
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What is WT policy on a persons deceased ashes?
by William Penwell ini ask a question on my other post but i think it got lost.
what is wt policy on what is approprate way of handling a person that is deceased ashes?
the reason why i ask is because we are having a family disagreement of how to handle my fathers ashes..
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William Penwell
I think because the WT don't put high importance on the deceased person at the services and it’s all about the info commercial sell they seem to not put a high importance on the persons remains. My dub brother holds no importance on them and seems to think my dad’s remains should just be forgotten but I am thinking that his remains should be respected and memorialized in some special way. My dub sister thinks more along my line. That is why I ask if there is any borg policy on this matter.
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If they stop printing the yearly totals, will they stop tracking hours?
by Splash inso if the soc stop printing the yearly totals in the yearbook as many are predicting, does this mean there is no longer any need to keep track of each individuals hours?.
will this mean the end of our monthly reports?.
*** km 12/02 p. 8 par.
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William Penwell
or lsitening to the dribble in mags. It's just something to keep them busy. Serves no purpose as the GB is well aware of the fact that the door to door activities bring in a small minority of people into that organization.
It is just another tool to try and guilt the RF and keep them in line. I recall as a young dub it was never good enough. If you put in 5 hours then you can do 10, if you put in 10 hours then you can do 15 etc.