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I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
by sparrowdown ini would just like to get this off my chest.. during the public talk last sunday the speaker (bro holden m'groin) said in public talk: .
" if you ask any 16yr old girl what she wants out of life, she would probably say a home, a family etc etc" (because obviously this is still 1955).. anyway that got my attention i thought " hmm....where is he going with this?"..
bro holden m'groin goes on .
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The Methuselah project
by sparrowdown inwhere i live our health system is groaning because of high demand and underfunding.. specialist services are a nightmare to access.
many "fly in fly out" dr's.
all the major political parties blame the "aging population".. but what will happen as people live longer is it just a case of more money needing to thrown into aged care?.
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To be or not to be ?
by sparrowdown ini am seriously considering applying for position as a suicide hotline counselor.. i have always wanted to do this and when i was going to meetings i held back because of not wanting to "stumble" anyone.
(stupid i know).. they are desperate for people so they provide the training free of charge.
you just have to do your share of night shift.. does anyone know anything about this sort of job?
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Changes, changes everywhere, but not a drop of truth.
by sparrowdown infor any org/corp to survive it needs to reinvent itself continually to cope with everchanging markets, public opinions and trends.
this is bad news for an org that prides itself on worshipping an unchangeable god.
so how does the wt reinvent itself while maintaining a"no variation of the turning of the shadow "..blah blah?.
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Wake up and smell the cult! please I'm begging you.
by sparrowdown inat times i yearn for those i love that are still "in" to just wake up and smell the cult.. i end up feeling sorry for them yet angry at them at the same time.. i know each person is on their own journey and its a process,.
but i just wish the process would hurry up already!.
when will this nightmare end.
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Brotherhood or sisterhood that is the question.
by sparrowdown inin a cong of about 70 publishers only about 50 regularly attend.. out of those 50 the majority are women, some single but a fair few whose husbands don't come anymore.. the only men that do attend are the elders, ms and a couple who tag along with their wives.. so in total there are probably only about 15 males in attendance at best.. we have had several local needs over the recent past encouraging sisters to turn over their male return visits.
to bros, and for bros that go in fs to ask to speak to the man of the house (but i am sure that is the same everywhere).
my question is are men more likely to wake up first and if so what could be the reason for this?.
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What was your mild superpower?
by sparrowdown ini am in awe of the level of intelligence, wit and funnybones that alot of you posess.. which made me wonder, did you have a mild superpower while you were in?
for instance was it giving talks, commenting, research?
maybe it was pissing people off (a much underated skill).
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Something vexes thee?
by sparrowdown inwhen our cong turned on us like a mob of angry villagers with pitchforks there was no one in our corner.
our crime mainly being we were not local and the local "hood" did not like outsiders.
the circut o/seer (also not local) was very familiar with mafia style antics of the local body and its problems but was at a loss as to what if anything could be done about it for fear he too may end up in the river with cement shoes (metaphorically of course).. the guy while being sympathetic to our plight basically said "be warm and well fed"and set off to a new assignment interstate.. well he rang up out of the blue to see "how we got on" and to "find out if any action was taken by the branch to investigate ".
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religious freedom my foot, cringe- worthy moments in FS
by sparrowdown ini remember talking to a highly educated man out witnessing once and the subject.
of freedom of religion came up.
the guy simply asked if the freedom of religion we.
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Enter the Power Couple, assume the position .
by sparrowdown ini think there has always been your average garden variety pioneer couples and mr and mrs cobe and back in the day these tended to be a little bit dorky the wife -homely, the husband -fatherly, they shopped at thrift stores and lived in someone elses garage.
but as competition for a slice of the power pie has ramped up over the years what we have now seems to be a whole new ball game.
does ultimate power lie with the men, the "family heads"?