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  Armageddon will be here in less than 4 years!

  by hoser in

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  that's the word according to my mil.

  mrs hoser is starting a new career and the college and work training will take her four years to complete.

  her mom is giving her a hard time telling her that the system will be over before she graduates.

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  Thank god, Im getting tired of being bored to death
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  theres going to be an explosion of under 23 yr old newly weds

  by sowhatnow in

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  in order to not be subject to such a foolish idea that guys should be a ministerial servant by the time they are 23, [which is entirely not up to them btw].

  even though jesus wasnt even baptized till he was 30 and he was way more knowledgeble, .

  [god i wish i could spell check on here] were going to have a whole lot of young people getting married before the guy turns 23 i suppose.. or a lot more 'worldy' people getting jw mates.. because using my logic, which is usually questionalble, lol, id be the girl who would hury and date someone right out of high school.

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  in order to not be subject to such a foolish idea that guys should be a ministerial servant by the time they are 23, [which is entirely not up to them btw]

  even though JESUS wasnt even BAPTIZED till he was 30 and he was WAY more knowledgeble,

  [god i wish i could spell check on here] were going to have a whole lot of young people getting married before the guy turns 23 i suppose.

  or a lot more 'worldy' people getting jw mates.

  because using my logic, which is usually questionalble, lol, id be the girl who would hury and date someone right out of high school

  so i can be married before the suggested 'cut off date', then as an annoying wife,

  i can maybe nag my new man on how hes got to be a ministerial servant, and preside fine over his household. wow what a crazy statement this man made.

  where does that leave all the brothers who are not in a position to be one? or the newly interested ones? [ pray for them ]

  I wonder what the conversation was on the way home in the cars of so many of theses young people!

  AND THEY WONDER WHY THERE IS A LACK OF INTREST FROM THE YOUNG ADULTS???
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  does God read our minds, or should we pray out loud?

  by sowhatnow in

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  i always wondered, can god read our thoughts?

  if he can then why cant satan?.

  i was told by my mother that god can read our minds, but satan cant satan can only hear our words and see our motives and what we do,.

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  I always wondered, can God read our thoughts? if he can then why cant satan?

  i was told by my mother that God can read our minds, but satan cant satan can only hear our words and see our motives and what we do,

  [as can God]

  yet the odd thing is, when Id watch a show, like I shouldnt be alive, or sone news show, the people that prayed To God said they cried it out loud and then the y were miraculously rescued. even people who never prayed before.

  so, should we be praying out loud?

  the bible actually says little about prayer, accept that I see that jesus told us to go into our room and pray in secret, he 'went away'

  to pray, and condemed those who prayed in public. no where does it say we should get on our knees, or look to the sky, or take on any form,

  or even pray for every meal with our family.

  so all public prayers as far as I m concerned are improper. especially those convention prayers that last 10 minuets.

  and on a side note, how do we now pray? to Jesus or God? clearly jehovah is not Gods real intended name,
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  what exactly are imitation or false christains?

  by sowhatnow in

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  first of all pardon my spelling.

  i was reading an older article on cedars website about the 'new light on the faithful slave' nonsense, and i was reminded of the phrase imitation christains.. in the article from in the july 15th study article titled l'ook i am with you all the days,' a timeline of sorts is presented, that states the.

  wheat were/are annointed christains, .

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  first of all pardon my spelling.

  I was reading an older article on cedars website about the 'new light on the faithful slave' nonsense, and I was reminded of the phrase imitation christains.

  in the article from in the july 15th study article titled l'ook i am with you all the days,' a timeline of sorts is presented, that states the

  wheat were/are annointed christains,

  and he weeds are imitation christains

  where does that leave all of us 'genuine christains' who are not 'annointed'?

  so the seperation work doesnt include all of humanity? hmm what happens to those who do not claim to be christains at all? t

  where does the bible talk about imitation christains? what IS an imitation Christian? why would you BE an imitation christain?,

  and how would we know who was one ? were not the judge of hearts.

  if the harvest did not begin till 1914 what of all those in the past?

  then it reads

  1919-gathering into the storehouse annointed christains are gathered into the restored congregation

  well who belongs to the congregation? who restored it? where was it before it was restored? where did it go? why was the retored congregation without annointed leaders if they need direction?

  if at arnageddon teh weeds are burned, and those weeds are imitaion christains, then what of all those on earth who claim no religious affiliation to begin with?

  [that magazine was the most bazarr peice of literary nonsense that i had read in a long time.]

  correct me if Im wrong, but isnt the christain congregation LED by CHRIST in heaven

  and are we not to 'belong' to any earthly organization, but rather belong to Christ?

  and are we not subject to his rule, and not mans?

  and are we all going to get the prize regardless of who we are as long as we believe that he is, follow his example?

  that seems a lot more simple to me.
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  Our upcoming Christmas card exchange . . .

  by skeeter1 in

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  can we also send crazy socks to each other?.

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  lol
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  Zone Visit feedback, from ones still in??

  by Crazyguy in

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  just wondering if any one has heard from ones still asleep, what their feedback has been and what comments have been made by the rank and file??.

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  seems like newlyenlightened took all the notes there was to take.

  and in 3 minuets covered just about all the nonsense there was,

  that sounded like a very odd meeting arrangement, what on earth was the purpose for it.
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  My Parents have gone FULL CULT MODE! Having a job is SATANIC!

  by BU2B in

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  to give a little background, my parents are in their late 50s.

  around a year ago, my elder dad got laid off from his job.

  he worked as a auto mechanic making ok money.

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  so maybe ask your parents if they enjoy 'reaping' the benefits of the governments resources [food stamps, social securtiy] so they can free load. how are they getting medical? I dont see my husband retiring at least till hes 70, the way its going these days.

  have they no pride? there are people viewing them as being lazy. do they want a reputation of being freeloading lazy adults?

  so, it goes like this, your dad works, and mom goes in service, whats the problem? sound to me like

  they dont want to work. they are too young for that attitude of being lazy. they want to free load off thier families and freinds incomes and 'gifts' ?

  yes they look to you as being thier support system, the bible tell us that parents are to do what they can for thier chldren,

  like teaching them to be self sufficiant. what sort of example are they setting?

  the apostles worked .

  If my parents were to act that way, id send in My letter of resignation, because ill be damned if They are going to monopolize my life taking care of them till they die and IM HALF DEAD. because they wont work and prepare fpr thier retirement.

  then tell them this, they are still celebrating memorial,? so jesus hasnt come yet, they got time.
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  what WAS the 'buisness' at the buisness meeting??

  by sowhatnow in

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  it sounds more like a we want to get into your buisness , buisness meeting .

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  oh, huh, zone visit? hmm

  the jws here were calling it a buisness meeting.

  but i found a good review of it at another posting, and it sounds like a review of alllllllll the rules nad reminders rolled into one long talk,

  yawn. so glad i wasnt there id have left.
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  what WAS the 'buisness' at the buisness meeting??

  by sowhatnow in

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  it sounds more like a we want to get into your buisness , buisness meeting .

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  it sounds more like a we want to get INTO your buisness , buisness meeting
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  A fascinating invention is being tested here in our little village.

  by Gregor in

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  it is a beautifully simple machine that produces electricity from moving water.. we live on the columbia river 3 miles above the huge bonneville dam hydro-electric installation.. we have an abandoned lock that was built about one hundred years ago to lift river traffic around the rapids formed thousands of years ago when the naturally formed bridge of the gods collapsed.

  the river now flows through it next to thunder island.. recently, an experimental device called the "eco-auger" was lowered into the locks current to begin tests of the beta model.

  it is about the size of a small school bus.

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  WOW I love it when something like this is created, now all we have to do is get it in use!