Agreed Simon - wasteful and a damn shame, but this is just one area demonstrated of a consumption oriented global thrust - why do they still mass produce everything and at the same time fill junkyards with many items that could have been kept, fixed, distributed to others. The masses want more, there's never enough, nothing is good enough, have to be better, have more, and appear more uppity than the "Jones". The newest motto of the West - "Waste is grace, so screw the rest of the world."
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Disgusting wasteful behaviour
by Simon in.
what a great world, we are throwing good food away because we are too lazy or dumb and don't value it while millions elsewhere starve to death.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4443111.stm.
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Have you ever commented at the meeting
by homme perdu inim not talking about q & a from wt literature.
im talking about asking questions to the speaker during a meeting.
if not do you know someone that has did he or she get punished?
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The night my pioneer partner was DFed for apostasy as the P.O. read the J.C. notice at the end of the Service Meeting I stood up and called the whole thing a sham and a perversion of justice (what was I then). I was taken in the library after the meeting and told that I would no longer be commenting at meetings until ...
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My Mom is so upset she is skipping meetings!
by Quotes ini just got off the phone with my mom.
my mom has been a jw since converting in her teens or early 20s; she is now at the age of "senior discount".
a lifetime in the religion, by choice.
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Thanks for the posted discussion. It sounds like when I get a chance to talk to my ex-wife (DAed) and she relays things back and forth from her mom (40 year Witness). There is good reason for their disgust; we understand.
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Evil Lives Monday, April 11, 2005
by apocalypse inevil lives
monday, april 11, 2005
-if ever in your mind you wonder as to whether the leadership at watchtower has some level of sincerity, or perhaps as you move deeper into your pursuit of the real truth, you find yourself having doubts that you are doing the right thing in "doubting" the watchtower ?then read on.
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Oh yes, wicked bastards and moron henchmen. I propose we take over Crooklyn, after all, who paid for it? WE DID! Catch my thread today, I'm on a new path. "Who is up for dethroning the G.B.? Let's burn them out, NOW!
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New WTS field service instructional video
by Slick Willie inlifted this from shawn's thread as i thought it was great.
(thanks, shawn!
) if this has already been posted elsewhere on the board, i apologize.... http://www.starcantdead.com/sketches/kissinghanksass.html
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Excellent! Thanks much!
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-10-05 WT Study (Marriage--March 1)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 4-10-05 wt study (march 1, 2005 issue)
review comments
will be in black and parentheses ().
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Blondie - Excellent coverage! The few "happily married couples" I knew in the Org have since divorced. So that leaves only unhappy couples. Yes, as one person stated, you watch their all powerful men walk ahead of their wives (as if they didn't know them), never hand in hand, and if they sit together, you have to wonder who squirms more the husband or the wife. Of course when the C.O. comes, everybody is lovey dovey.
Cathy- hope you had a big drink. Your comments were right on.
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"Got m' own church" -do you think types of people to go to certain churchs?
by Qcmbr inwhen door knocking i was always a bit cheeky when people said they had their own church - i'd make some silly comment about was it in their living room - where they the pastor etc.. anyhow i do remember that after a while you kinda got to know the different type of people that the different churches attracted as below (this was only true in the uk) .
general trend: .
1/ rollers in hair, slippers and print aprons (and that was just the men) - church of england .
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Funny you mention the stereotypes. I always would play the game with myself, or with my pioneer partner (before he was DFed for apostasy) before we would bang a door what/who would be behind the door and what their reaction would be to the message - based on neighborhood and their house(surroundings). You left a few out - witches and warlocks (they were fun with their mumbo jumbo), the "Holy Rollers" and their praying in spirit for our salvation as we spoke, and of course the dear and beloved followers of Moses, who were very religious anytime anyone mentioned God. The Orthodox loved the name Jehovah, it made them bug eyed, crazed, and a few sprinkles of Jesus name usually ended the visit. I surely don't miss waking up drunks at 9 a.m. on the weekend. Do you?
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The RCC is out-pacing the JWs in the USA
by Amazing1914 inranked #1: roman catholic church - 66,407,105. .
see: http://www.ncccusa.org/news/04yearbook.html.
ranked #1: roman catholic church: 62,391,484. .
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Great stats and piece. Thank You! Yes, I went to Palm Sunday and took communion, a few friends almost passed out and the priest wanted to know who I was, hell with confession and the other rites, go to the wafer, and right to the blood. Guess when I stopped partaking at the K.H. someone must have replaced me...
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What is the WORST TEACHING of Jehovah's Witness religion?
by yesidid in.
i have my ideas, but i am very interested to know yours.
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The FDS motif, and the usage of 1918/9 for the birth of the Spiritual Paradise. Then, the 7 bowls poured out in the 1920's as a result of Cedar Points convention and the FDS tracts in subsequent years. What a bunch of crap!
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How does one spell Apathy?
by lawrence inwas heading back from walking my dalmatian on a gorgeous saturday afternoon north of toronto when i encountered 6 witnesses in front of my neighbor's house (korean people who speak a little english).
i encountered the group and had to ask for the latest wt.
i was given a copy and mentioned i heard that the awake was being reduced to once a month.
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Gary-
Right on! Blondie posted on another site the other day that they had 8 people at a meeting. Wonder if that means that one day they'll be subletting Kingdom Halls for weddings and bachelor parties. 25 million watchtowers mass produced each copy, and later chucked out, talk about a paradise earth. Let them leave the trees alone, go home, and take care of their families and neighborhoods. But no, more printing presses, more trees cut down, and 25 million magazines full of lies and NEW LIGHT. Pathetic when one thinks about it.