Topics Started by donny
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JW-like link from an old co-worker
by donny ina few days ago i received a friend request from an a guy whom i used to work with many years ago.
i accepted his request and this morning i receieved a salutation from him as well as a link to a video (posted below).
much of what is in the video sounds as if it came straight from the watchtower such as the use of "christendom" as all other churches, the paganism that permeates christianity, the removal of god's name from the bible.
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Clown co-workers, do you have them at your place of employment?
by donny intoday at work all of the hourly personnel were called to a meeting in the cafeteria of our workplace to view a training video that explained how to use the new knonos clock with job codes system.
the person on the video was one of our floor managers who had been chosen the week before to be the "star" of the training video.. this manager has a very thick indian accent and admittedly can be hard to understand at times, but i usually do pretty well.
as the video was being displayed on the large pull-down screen, i noticed a few of the guys in my department (warehouse) pointing near the bottom of the screen and looking puzzled.. after the viewing we went back to our respective work areas and i went up to the guys who seemed confused during the meeting.
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Watchtower's view on gambling changed?
by donny ini just got off the phone with my mom and she told me my daughter had told her that the society has recently relaxed its rules on gambling.
she said something about some folks could be a card dealer and a jw.
has anyone heard anything in this regard?.
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Do active JW's understand the "new light" on the feet toes of the staue in Daniel?
by donny incan someone enlighten me as to what is the new understanding vs the old one regarding the vision of the statue was given by god to king nebuchadnezzar of babylon in a dream?
i have asked two of the jw's who work with me and neither of them were able to explain it to me.
the best i got was "well the feet and clay are not just the u.s. and great britain, they are i think most of the big powers as a whole or something like that.".
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Best video clip of the Casey Anthony Trial
by donny inthe best part of the casey anthony trial.. http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=a0ogdseomrvophuafpjxnyoa?ei=utf-8&p=matthew%20bartlett&fr2=tab-web&fryfp-t-701-s.
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Is the Society doing an extra "push" for Field Service this year?
by donny inmaybe it is just the area i am in, but i have run into more jw's in field service this year than the last 7 or 8 combined.
i have had three visits to my house, one for the memorial, one for a special talk and one for the convention.
and yesterday was the 5th time this year i have been approached while out for my daily walk/run and given a tract or magazine.
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What shaped your secular/political direction after JW's?
by donny ini have been part of this site for some six years and i am amazed how diversified folks have become on the secular/political front after leaving the organization.
some are far left and some are far right and others in between.. for me, i had just started getting into politics when i became a jw in 1982. my parents have been life long democrats, but i had voted for reagan not so much because i was really familiar with republican policies, but more because i didn't view carter as a strong leader.
besides high gas prices and long lines at the stations, it did not seem like he was making much headway in the iran hostage crisis and a rescue attempt he signed off on ended in failure.. after leaving the witnesses 10 years later, i was going to make sure i did not miss the upcoming election.
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May 21 was 'invisible Judgment Day,'
by donny indoes this sound familiar?.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/05/24/2011-05-24_harold_camping_may_21_was_invisible_judgment_day_the_real_rapture_comes_on_octob.html.
harold camping: may 21 was 'invisible judgment day,' the real rapture comes on october 21 .
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Ezekiel 4:6 A Day for a year
by donny inwhen the folks who try to discern the end times often using different formulas to calculate the number of days but nearly all of them then "translate" the days into years by using this quote from ezekiel.
what is the logic used to assume this statement had anything to do with the "days" and "times" mentioned in other books?.
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