Quarterback, maybe it was so cold that the other sister stayed home? The woman that was there seemed deliberately chipper, though obviously freezing cold.
Shirley, she'll probably be crowing about it at the next circuit assembly.
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JW with cart in front of White House today! It was 32 degrees!
by GrreatTeacher inwell, then, if it was so cold, what was i doing there?
i was on a field trip with a bunch of 8th graders.
i volunteered to chaperone and i was in charge of seven 13 year old boys who demanded to see the white house since the bus dropped us off on the national mall and we had 2 hours to look at the war memorials before we had to be back on the bus.
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JW with cart in front of White House today! It was 32 degrees!
by GrreatTeacher inwell, then, if it was so cold, what was i doing there?
i was on a field trip with a bunch of 8th graders.
i volunteered to chaperone and i was in charge of seven 13 year old boys who demanded to see the white house since the bus dropped us off on the national mall and we had 2 hours to look at the war memorials before we had to be back on the bus.
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Yeah, Apog, I get that that sounds bad. LOL. He was obviously a homeless guy, not a jihadist. Among other strange people. They gather in front of the White House, and you have to walk by them to get by.
If he had been a threat, he wouldn't have still been there. There were Secret Service everywhere. They were on high alert, I guess since the latest security breach.
I have no idea where that kid got his info, either, and I didn't ask. He was the studious type. I thought it was weird that he said they were a publisher, for one, rather than a religion. And, two, that he added an "s" as in multiple religions.
I thought it was best to just let it go rather than get into a discussion about religion with a 13 year old boy.
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JW with cart in front of White House today! It was 32 degrees!
by GrreatTeacher inwell, then, if it was so cold, what was i doing there?
i was on a field trip with a bunch of 8th graders.
i volunteered to chaperone and i was in charge of seven 13 year old boys who demanded to see the white house since the bus dropped us off on the national mall and we had 2 hours to look at the war memorials before we had to be back on the bus.
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Well, then, if it was so cold, what was I doing there? I was on a field trip with a bunch of 8th graders. I volunteered to chaperone and I was in charge of seven 13 year old boys who demanded to see the White House since the bus dropped us off on the National Mall and we had 2 hours to look at the war memorials before we had to be back on the bus. My boys, though, wanted to see the White House so we trudged up 16th Street to Pennsylvania Ave.
We talked about all the extra security and Secret Service men who were out since the recent White House break-in by that crazy guy. They seemed to be duly impressed about this and I gave them the speech about how people like to protest in front of the White House and to be prepared for weird people.
We rounded the corner to the north side of the White House and everyone took their selfies and speculated about there being guys on the roof. There were I told them. With guns, I told them. Duly impressed. There was a policeman with a dog and they were impressed with that, too. Then someone said, "Look at that crazy guy!" And there truly was a disheveled looking man rolling a suitcase with an American flag who had stopped to pray to Mecca on his forehead in the middle of Pennsylvania Ave. Fortunately that block had been closed to traffic.
As we made our way over toward him, there was a JW lady with TWO rolly carts. She was all bundled up against the weather because it was literally freezing out. Each cart had its own publication which I studiously avoided looking at. As we walked by her, she brightly said, "Hello!" to the boys and I held my breath waiting for her to say something else. The boys said, "Hello," and kept on walking past her to the crazy looking Muslim guy who was praying with forehead on the pavement just past her. That guy was very interesting to a group of 13 year old boys. I mentioned again that all kinds of people come to the White House to protest or make their agenda known.
As we passed by the JW lady, one of the kids asked about her. I think they were curious to see if she was selling souvenirs. "No," said the boy closest to her, "It's just Watchtower stuff." "What's that?" asked another. "Oh, they're just a publisher that prints stuff for religions."
I left that exchange alone. And we moved away looking for a food truck and heading toward the Lincoln Memorial.
She truly did just look like one of the crazies. Right next to the homeless Muslim and other assorted malcontents that gather in front of the White House. The boys in my group got their "witness" today and they did not seem to be very impressed.
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"You can't believe anything science says, they're always changing their minds.."
by disposable hero of hypocrisy ini know this is going to come up in a conversation shortly, how would you respond to this?
i've had it said to me before, specifically about health, one week wine/eggs/milk/axle grease is good for you, next week it's not..
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GrreatTeacher
Kind of like how the Watchtower is always changing its mind with New Light?
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Scientists Should Not Dismiss Genesis So Quickly
by Chris Tann innasa discovery proves the bible scientifically accurate.
the debate.
for decades there has been a long standing debate between science and religion as to the validity of the biblical genesis account of creation.
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GrreatTeacher
So, even if modern science and the Genesis account have some things (though not all) that could be construed as consistent with one another, what does that prove? Where is your argument going with this?
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New requirement to become an Elder or Ministerial Servant!
by hardtobeme init has been a few months since i hear this from an elder.
he said that the c/o told them this new requirement.. "men that wanna be an elder or ministerial servant has to go out to field service on sundays.
if there is an elder or ministerial servant that is not going out to field service on sunday can lose the priviledge".
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GrreatTeacher
They really don't understand cause and effect, now do they?
Make it harder and you'll have fewer servants.
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The fight between God and Satan. Boob job or not.
by Gnostic Bishop inthe fight between god and satan.
boob job or not.. .
i am on bible gods side for perhaps the first time in my life.i too think a boob job in order for satan.. .
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GrreatTeacher
I have no idea what you are talking about, but welcome.
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"Tight Pants" by Mentally Diseased - a tribute to Anthony Morris III
by jwleaks intoo tight pants by mentally diseased.
(with thanks to baggy trousers by madness).
too tight pants in kingdom halls.
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GrreatTeacher
Great video. I had never heard of Baggy Trousers, but I went ahead and watched Our House on YouTube as well. I loved that song in the '80s.
We never had cable TV when I was a kid so never saw the video. I never quite realized how fetching Mum was...
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wow, shaking my head
by Hortensia inmy neighbor told me she had been talking about me recently.
"i was saying to carrie in the office i just don't see how anyone can deny the existence of a higher power.
she needed some q-tips, and found a box of them on the free table by the office.
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GrreatTeacher
I always like when the news features some kind of disaster and then they focus on one person who "miraculously" survives. Then this person claims that "God saved me!" or somesuch.
You've got to wonder, where was God when the tornado or house fire happened in the first place?
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"REGIONAL" conventions for 2015 - anyone been assigned yet?
by freddo inusually by this time in the year we are getting km's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old england - how about where you are?.
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GrreatTeacher
How much to tip? Really? I haven't heard that one before. What's the rule?