i recently stopped because of the large amount of recycled information.
do you still read them?
i really need some new light!!!
Watkins :
Off topic here. But I noticed you have two consecutive replies. The first one is numbered 29 of 29 and the second one is number 30 of 30. How is that possible?
Shouldn't it be 29 of 30 and then 30 of 30?
Yeah, I know. What is my point? I don't have one. Just an observation.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
china is selling hunks of cardboard off the street, seasoned with msg, as a snack!
this might be over in beijing but isn't anyone worried about what the heck is still getting into this country or if any of the 'snacks' we've aready eaten have been nothing but some fibre scraped off the sidewalk, slipped into plastic bags and sold as 'tasty treats'???
sammieswife.
It's a scandal being exposed.
These street vendors are supposed to be selling minced meat inside a hot bun. Instead they are replacing it with minced cardboard.
The popular item/snack you are talkinb about is Cha siu baau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_siu_baau
Doesn't it remind you of the WTS? They are supposed to give "meat in due season". But instead....
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
I'd like to add to this great list :
MIDNIGHT OIL
DEVO
ELVIS COSTELLO
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
I know plenty.
One brother was in laundry for close to ten years. He left Bethel because it was boring for a person in his 20's to be leading a life which was getting him nowhere. Eventually he found his way back to his former congregation with his family and is still there now. He got a job at his father's business. He is using his former "Bethel" status and current elder position to try and find a wife in the JW organization who looks for a title in a man. I'm sure that any sister out there would be glad to know that he'll probably take care of the washing.
One brother was in printing. I believe he was binding books. He was there for ten years. He left Bethel because of health reasons. The work was too hard for the small fragile frame he had (5'5" 120 lbs). He tried to tough it out, but it became too much for him. He found his way back to the area he was from and got married. He served for an elder in his wife's congregation for about three years before stepping down. He is now a casual JW. I wouldn't be surprised if he was lurking here.
One brother was in shipping. He was a suave type of guy. Very handsome and many sisters in the circuit had their eye on him. They were sad when he went to NY. He was there for about five years before he just quit. No sisters in shipping to give him any eye candy or attention. He came back to his former congregation and got married within a year. He needed sex! Later, within the next two or three years, he got disfellowshipped for adultry.
These are a few examples.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
when will the wts admit that this arrangement is a bust - financially, emotionally, aesthetically.
mts was something that started in 1987 for those who wanted to pursue other avenues of services without having to go through bethel service.
it originally was intended to be an abbreviated gilead course with brothers receiving assignments to go into the circuit work, missionary service, special pioneer work or to serve where the need was greater (which oftentimes translated to the boonies or starkly rural areas).
MTS develops company "Yes" men.
In the area where I'm at, many if not all of the MTS graduates are not admired, honored nor are they approachable by the congregation. It seems that only the elders find them to be of good use. These MTS graduates are good in one thing and one thing only. They are excellent in making schedules.
These ones develop a company attitude only because they are trained to be very organizational in a firm or business. The WTS Inc.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
i just learned that one of my grandsons (whom i've never met) will be baptized on saturday.
he will be twelve in november.
what's happening within the publishing company to inspire this sort of thing?
What is the minimum age requirement for a male to be appointed to serve in a certain capacity, such as a ministerial servant? How about a female if she were to decided to pioneer six months after she gets baptized?
I can see it now. Ten year old pioneers with some 16 year old ministerial servants taking the lead on a Saturday morning field service routine.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
hey everybody.
when i was a witness one thing that drove me crazy was getting counsel from elders shooting personal opinions off their hip like it was from jehovah god himself.
how many times at assemblies, wt articles, etc.
I knew an elder that hated sisters wearing jean skirts the meetings or on the ministry.
I know a MS who was currently trying to enforce this rule. (BTW, he really has the itch to become an elder. In fact, that's all he talks about). He feels as if wearing denim means that it isn't good enough for Jehovah.
I told him that this sister whom he was referring to "is a poor pioneer living on her own and is just scraping by to make a half way decent living and is making every effort to be regular to all the meetings and to pioneer. Why even think about her skirt being made from denim? Would Jesus even go there? No! Why? Because of love".
Needless to say, this MS had nothing to say after that. He needed a lesson on how to have the mind of Christ.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
i just learned that one of my grandsons (whom i've never met) will be baptized on saturday.
he will be twelve in november.
what's happening within the publishing company to inspire this sort of thing?
Great and inspiring Smiles_Smiles!
More power to you and your daughter.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
i mean would it be likely that near future all correspondence and letters could come thru a secure connection, presented verbally to elders by the co or do, or in secure digital format that would be able to trace all users and readers -so that it can be kept out of our hands?.
i am not a technical person in that regard - but it would seem possible that this could be done.
true - fading elders would get access - but if there is a digital trail in the system - if it finds it 's way to jwd or other places - they could soon hunt down the culprits.
In our KH, some publisher donated a computer last summer to the congregations sharing the hall.
It still isn't hooked up yet.
Why? I don't know. Maybe the body of elders needed a two-thirds vote among themselves in the affirmative in order to have it up and running.
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
this is only a few minutes long, but i thought people might be interested in viewing it.
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http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=33bf935e94036b41979b&page=8&viewtype=&category=mr
Where is this District Convention site?
I'm guessing, but it looks like Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California U.S.A.
Can someone verify this?
Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
