recently there was a kh fire in washington state; now today another is reported, that one in brunswick, maine causing an estimated $200,000 damages.
the story is entitled: "fire damages church; cause investigated.".
http://www.portland.com/news/coast/020814fire.shtml
cause investigated
Cause? As if everyone doesn't already know? It's all Satan! This is persecution! Sign of the end!!
(Terribly sorry about that - just having a flash of premonition to the chatter after this is announced at next Thursday's meetings...)
me and my pioneer partner used to play a game while going door to door (we were obviously bored).
in our rural territory, we had a lot of time between doors to make things up, so various games evolved.
just about the naughtiest was to give your partner a word which they had to use at all costs in their presentation.. this started out as 'kingdom' and 'jesus' but soon became 'tractor', 'dog' and then even 'honda 250' and so on.
Wanna hear another good one
Ooooh - I like these 'anti-experiences' if you will (like the experiences they gave at the end of each convention...only...NOT the ones you'd ever hear )
we used to bang on the doors
Oh, gods, yeah. My family referred to my 'knock' as 'cow-pounding'. Not sure what that means.
I knocked SO LOUD you could hear the reverb probably a half mile in each direction. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Why?
Well, I hated giving presentations. I was uber-JW, believing I HAD to get the message out - just really didn't want to talk about it (I did informally witness a LOT, FWIW).
Sooo...if a householder DID come to the door...they were usually PISSED already. Start the presentation with:
"Hello, we're two of Jehovah's Witnesses, involved in a worldwide preaching work supported by donations, and we are presenting this literature...."
*bam* door in face.
(My theory was, you never need a presentation any longer than the above. If you knock loud enough, and start off like that...no one will EVER let you get any further )
Great thing was that everyone was impressed with my enthusiasm, and how I mentioned the voluntary preaching work so prominantly.
please, let show some unity in the power of prayer and commitment!
the usa needs our prayers first and our loyalty.
god have mercy on america, then god bless america!
Galbraith
Huh - we had a CO and wife by that name not that long ago. It was not a common name, IIRC, and in each talk he would be sure to note that his last name was pronounced 'Gal-braith, which is easy to remember, becomes it rhymes with FAITH!'
i try to keep up with all the exploding developments in science.
but this one shocked me.. the sept. 2002 issue of wired magazine is claiming that a bionic.
eye has been created that is interfaced directly into the visual.
even if they were just blobs of color
The important thing to remember, of course (and it might be lost to those not tech-savvy) is that 'blobs of color' is all ANYONE can see.
It's just a matter of resolution - that is, how MANY 'blobs of color' you can get in your field of vision. The more points of color, the smaller each can become, until you can no longer see individual 'blobs' or pixels or whatever and the image appears smooth.
i am sorry i have been away, yes i have been posting, but i have not been replying to e-mail the way i should be, long distance is disconnected now, so i don't have the means to call any of you anymore.... so i wanted to say i am sorry i have not stayed in touch.... now, somthing else i wanted to say.... .
you have been here for me through the best of times and the worst.
been here for 1 year posting now (august 3rd,) and i must say this last 12 months has been mind bending for me.
I miss the board, the way it used to be. So many things have changed now...
SYN! Hear that?!?! She liked the board better back before you and I were on it! I...I...I don't know what to say....
(PS., while we're exchanging gropes, can I get in on it? {{((((MrMoe))))))}} )
i was telling the guys this morning here a work about the cnn show and how in the mind of jw all this public attention for so many of them is often viewed as bible prophecy being fulfilled in their behalf.
i dare say that in a typical congo of 120 publishers only 4or 5 if that will stop and consider what all this means.
so one of the guys asked how is that possible with all this stuff going on.i explained to him he needs to understand the indoctrination process for the avg jw.
> " I used to say in talks all the time that it is ONLY JW WHO are mentioned in the news, and how Satan is trying to make Jah look bad for example Michael Jackson, almost in every article on MJ they mentioned his faith and I would often ask from the platform " <
Now I realize the religion of a celebrity that is or becomes a Witness is mentioned by the media because Witnesses are looked at as a nutty cult.
Well, I think it's that, plus, when other celebrities religions were mentioned, we just never payed attention. Cause they weren't JWs - so not worth caring about.
BUT....if celebrities were JWs....then THAT is publicity (either good or bad), so we payed attention to who is a JW and who isn't and how they reflect that.
Seriousl - if M.J. had been a Mormon, do you think the media would have mentioned that any less? But the majority of JWs would not know what religion he was - because they wouldn't care then.
IOW, those listening to your talk who only know the religion of the celebrities that are JWs is circular logic - they only know the religion of celebs who are JWs because they only CARE about the religion of celebs who are JWs.
my colleague sixofnine suggested the other day that i write a book for xjws about going and getting into college.
i really like the idea and thought what i would do is have an ask and answer thread about college to give me some ideas about what it is folks might want to know.
so ask away and i'll do my best to answer your questions.
Okay, now I feel stupid for making assumptions.
@ me
Anyway - Valis, do you know if most states have a PSEO (Post Secondary Enrollment Option) program for high school students?
In Ohio, the state will pay for high school juniors and seniors to go to college instead of high school as long as they maintain a certain GPA (3.0, IIRC) and take a few specified classes at each college to compensate for the classes they are missing in high school.
I always thought this was a good idea, as vocational school has a similar policy.
In effect, without even a LITTLE effort, any Ohio kid should graduate high school with: High School Diploma, Vocation Certificate, Associates Degree. All payed for by the state.
my colleague sixofnine suggested the other day that i write a book for xjws about going and getting into college.
i really like the idea and thought what i would do is have an ask and answer thread about college to give me some ideas about what it is folks might want to know.
so ask away and i'll do my best to answer your questions.
I really like the idea and thought what I would do is have an ask and answer thread about college to give me some ideas about what it is folks might want to know
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Don't really know what kind of questions people COULD have. It's like school. That you pay for. (Unless you are still in high school - then you can go free for a few years. At least in Ohio).
I mean, community colleges, at least, go out of their way to make themselves 'friendly' to the community - with frequent community activities, orientation before classes begin, etc.
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i still got my insight books,bible,song book,revelation book,isiahia book,some tracts,awakes @watchtowers.
i did throw a lot of my magz away but still got these,what shall i do keep them,sell them to second hand book store,give to charity shop,or read them all again and brainwash myself with jw ideology.
I do have the WT CDs, though. Sometimes I still need to look stuff up to prove things to the family.
(At least I don't have to see the cheesy pictures of decently dressed people looking earnestly with interest - as if it were some deep material - at what amounts to little more than 'I Can Read' books )
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i still got my insight books,bible,song book,revelation book,isiahia book,some tracts,awakes @watchtowers.
i did throw a lot of my magz away but still got these,what shall i do keep them,sell them to second hand book store,give to charity shop,or read them all again and brainwash myself with jw ideology.
Gah - can't stand their tripe.
It actually makes me ill reading it too long - it's so frighteningly DUMB and I can't get over that people read it and believe it....I can hardly come to terms with ME having accepted it for so long. (FWIW, the only thing I really hate - education even to the college level is free in the US, this is the 21st century - there is NO EXCUSE TO BE STUPID!!)
