Posts by AndDontCallMeShirley

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Will Elders Now "Grow A Pair"?

by metatron in

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as a former elder, i know that there was always friction with the c.o.

(funny.... sounds like "commanding officer, doesn't it?).

anyhow, i do wonder how much 'submission' or toadying many of these "men" can endure now that circuit overseers have been given absolute power.

AndDontCallMeShirley

For the most part, what else does an elder have? The Org. strips a person of anything truly meaningful in life, so the only "power" and control an elder has is that found in the congregation, where he can fill the internal void created by following the ideologies of the very religion that has emasculated him.

Regardless of the absurdities he must endure, the elder will hang on to the last vestige of 'manhood' he has: being an elder- one of the elite who can lord his authority over the rank and file while projecting his insecurities and dashed dreams of an unfulfilled life onto the sorry soul who dares get out of line or defy his lordship.

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Poignant Statistics Summary for Comment at This Sunday WT Study! (Aug. 3, 2014)

by SAHS in

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the watchtower study to be considered this sunday, august 3, 2014 (using the magazine dated may 15, 2014), titled are you moving ahead with jehovahs organization?, in paragraph seven (on pages 27-28), talks about the number of people baptized in recent years:.

7 where do those making up the great crowd come from?

they are being brought together because of what jesus foretold as part of the sign of his presence.

AndDontCallMeShirley

SAHS: Others, though, perhaps may have wished to wait until their baptism before starting to report time

Unless something has changed in WT's requirements, a person must be active in preaching and reporting field service time every month in order to get baptized.

No preachy, no dunky.

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INSTAGRAM "greatest month of witnessing" etc...

by stuckinarut2 in

oh wow!....

i have seen some really pathetic instagram posts today..... so many have posted pictures of "all of us out in service in the greatest month of witnessing ever camapign"..... there are slide shows, with snapshots of old and very young in service handing out leaflets etc... it is really quite sad to see the hype building up!.

anyone else seen such things?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

kneehighmiah: They have to work extra just to pay for a hotel and travel expenses at an international convention

I thought a faithful JW would just quit their job (or get fired) to attend the ASSembly, wouldn't they?

And, working so hard to feed their children...don't these JWs have any faith in Jehovah™, the god of "What Have You Done For Me Today?"

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Evolution is just a theory

by venting in

this ticks me off!

last sundays watchtower talked about how organised the heavens are.

how it works so acuratley.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Okay, sir82, let's compromise: It was The Iron Goat Age written about in the Bronze Age.

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Why do JWs have this* on their FB pages now?

by Kudra in

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AndDontCallMeShirley

"The world will know....

that Jesus still isn't doing anything and WT is still a drama queen".

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Evolution is just a theory

by venting in

this ticks me off!

last sundays watchtower talked about how organised the heavens are.

how it works so acuratley.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Vidiot: ...the writings of bronze-age nomads.

Now, now, Vidiot...we've talked about this before. They were Stone Age nomads written about in the Bronze Age.

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Questions From Readers (w67, 6/15, p383) :How old was Abel when he died?

by raymond frantz in

the watchtgower has decided to drop most of it's old publications up to 1990 and it looks like the library cd will be a thing of the past soon .i have decided to save some of the old content especially the questions from readers like wordpress posts and add photos ,let me know what you think.here is one from the 1967 watchtower.

how old was abel when he died ?.

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AndDontCallMeShirley

Who needs Steve Reeves when God is your spotter?

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Questions From Readers (w67, 6/15, p383) :How old was Abel when he died?

by raymond frantz in

the watchtgower has decided to drop most of it's old publications up to 1990 and it looks like the library cd will be a thing of the past soon .i have decided to save some of the old content especially the questions from readers like wordpress posts and add photos ,let me know what you think.here is one from the 1967 watchtower.

how old was abel when he died ?.

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AndDontCallMeShirley

they've clearly got one hell of a sharp razor to be that clean shaven.

....and a great barber. "Evidently" Eve was a hair stylist.

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Questions From Readers (w67, 6/15, p383) :How old was Abel when he died?

by raymond frantz in

the watchtgower has decided to drop most of it's old publications up to 1990 and it looks like the library cd will be a thing of the past soon .i have decided to save some of the old content especially the questions from readers like wordpress posts and add photos ,let me know what you think.here is one from the 1967 watchtower.

how old was abel when he died ?.

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AndDontCallMeShirley

Questions From Readers Minutiae From The Writing Dept. about crap that just doesn't matter (w67, 6/15, p383) :How old was Abel when he died?

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Terminology indicating "we're going to pull some answers out of our ass":

"Since the Bible records nothing in the way of history [we'll speculate and make s**t up]"

"it is reasonable to conclude"

"It is not at all likely"

"evidently"

"must have"

"It is possible"

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Can anyone give me any advice on how to get rid of cockroaches?

by Jeannette in

i have sprayed, i have bug bombed, i have sprayed some more.

i threw things out i thought that they might have a nest in.

i soaked some things in hot water all day.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Can anyone give me any advice on how to get rid of cockroaches?

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Tell them:

1. "I have my own religion"

2. "I am not interested"

3. "I am an apostate"

4. Post a sign that says, "No Jehovah's Witnesses".

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Oh, you meant the insects....never mind.