Posts by Wasanelder Once

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The King of the North and the King of the South. What gives?

by dgp in

if i understood correctly, one of the ideas advanced as proof of jehovah's witnesses beliefs is that of the kings of the north and the south.

i didn't understand much of it, to a large extent because i think it's nonsense, but something else i did find curious.. the king of the north was the soviet union, and the king of the south were the united states.

i am not sure the soviet union is "north" of the united states in any sense (think of alaska), but, that aside, what kind of theological distress resulted when the king of the north crumbled to pieces?

Wasanelder Once

I read or heard at one point that it is still the "Soviet Union" because Russia is still a dictatorship in reality and that it may push its weight around yet. Kind of like Jesus' return becoming invisible. Ok, um, sure.

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How I Know The Assembly Parts Are Made Up

by lovelylil in

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we had a co looking for a certain experience for an assembly part coming up and the elders in my hall at the time sent him to see me, since i usually had good experiences out in field service.. anyway, after speaking with the co, i was sorry to inform him that i did not have an experience that suited the type he needed.

he told me that was o.k.

because he could use me anyway for another part.

Wasanelder Once

Same thing happened with me. They wanted the experiences to fit a cookie cutter mold and I couldn't find them. Gave the part to someone else.

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Riveting JW judicial committee hearing.... caught on video!

by koolaid-man in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxxsderj5aw.

Wasanelder Once

These bozos trivialize something very heinous. Really dumb.

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Need tunes to play when my JW window cleaner is next here...

by highdose in

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as you may remember, i have a jw window cleaner, one who likes to whistle kingdoom melodies while he works.

drives me crazy!

so i put music on while hes here and it stops him.

Wasanelder Once

How about "Me and Mrs. Jones"? or maybe "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails? Yikes!

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Brother tells 10 year old daughter of study she can't pray while he's there

by Wasanelder Once in

this old brother and his wife are concluding a study with a single mother and her 10 year old daughter.

he says, "let's thank jehovah".

the girl asks meekly, "can i thank jehovah"?

Wasanelder Once

This old brother and his wife are concluding a study with a single mother and her 10 year old daughter. He says, "Let's thank Jehovah". The girl asks meekly, "can I thank Jehovah"? He says "no, because I'm a brother I have to say the prayers here." The little girl is reduced to tears. The mother is a bit mortified. The sister knows better and encourages her husband to talk to the COBE. He does and gets dressed down for being so unreasoning. Now when they call to set up the next study the mother doesn't answer. I wonder why? Have you run into such dogmatic idiots while you were among God's happy and loving people?

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Four Americans killed on pirated yacht off Somalia: report

by chickpea in

washington (reuters) four americans on a yacht taken over by pirates were killed near somalia, cnn reported on tuesday, citing u.s. defense officials.. the americans were apparently shot during negotiations, cnn reported.

yahoo news is reporting it.

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Wasanelder Once

They disregarded the warnings that it was dangerous to sail in that area and even told friends that they were going there despite the warnings. It was their own hubris and stupidity that brought their death about. They were on a trip spreading "the Gospel" around the world fromt their boat. That alone shows they weren't the brightest bulbs. It's sad either way.

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This Guy Nails It on 1975

by Perry in

i was 12 years old in 1975. for years before then, i believed that i was a bad child and would not live to see my 13th birthday.

i remember that starting around january 1976, i didn't believe a word anyone said, especially an adult, my parents, much less the elders.

i do not remember much of my teen years.

Wasanelder Once

Though baptized in 1974 I didn't beleive the 1975 thing. "No man knows the day or hour" always rang true to me. I still got sucked into the fervor of the times though. I was inactive by late 1975 for 11 years.

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new member

by chase in

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so is everyone here a jaded ex or is it a mixed crowd?

i am da.

with an overzelous mom.

Wasanelder Once

And now it begins. You will soon see that there is no Armegeddon to fear nor FDS to obey. Have some pie and watch something that was taboo just a short while ago, like Bewitched or Sabrina the teenage witch.

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