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Jim Penton

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

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jim penton wrote on channel c:.

"posted by jimpenton on sun - oct 31 - 6:48pm: .

.... therefore, i want to devote the last years of my life (i am 72)to more positive, upbuilding activities such as giving a testimony to my faith through manifesting the fruits of the spirit, attempting to minister to the widows and orphans in their affliction, and to giving a positive witness through my writing.

jst2laws

Jim reads JWD from time to time. Upon my insistence that the environment had improved here over the past year and a half he re-registered just last week. However if he is watching this thread I would not be surprised if he deleted the link on his computer. We have improved a lot here but we are not yet as tolerant and non-judgmental as we would like to think we are. JWD has become fairly efficient at checking 'personal attacks' but we as a community still have a low tolerance for people of faith. This is a shame, especially since many great contributors who are people of faith could offer a balancing perspective to JWD. Steve

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The end is near!

by pratt1 in

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i went to a funeral this weekend of a much loved older brother.

more about that on another tread.. anyway, some one came up to me and said, that these are "the last of the last days".

i nearly fell off my chair in laughter.. what funny sayings have you heard from dubs, describing the "last days".

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FranklinJ,

Interesting.

Reviewing this thread I am smiling and grieving at the same time. We are so happy to be free of the CRAP yet am only out about three years and feel sorry for all my dupped friends and relatives.

But then your story about Ramond's mother reminded me that most those people arrogantly scoff at our found freedom and bask happily in their gloomy anticipation of the future, even fabricating reasons to hang on to their fantasy.

I guess I need to let them be.

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Bigger Than A Jumbo.

by Englishman in

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the airbus a 380 was unveiled today.. it's a european joint venture.

the wings, undercarriage and engines are british.

the uk sections are made locally and should create over 100,000 jobs.

jst2laws

Englishman,

The 7E7 is not really an answer to the A380 span for span. It seems Boeing is banking on a different trend in air travel that would allow the 7E7 to fill what they hope will be a larger market. They may suspect the larger planes are limited to intercontinental flights.

it could make the A380 a popular choice for long, intercontinental flights. However, some flight and travel analysts see drawbacks to the A380's large size. How long will it take to screen and board more than 500 people? Will it be difficult to increase the amount of food for serving, or the number of restrooms? Perhaps the biggest potential problem is the prospect of stranding that many passengers if a flight gets canceled or diverted.

Whatever the case I'm glad Airbus is competing in the R & D.

Steve

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Bigger Than A Jumbo.

by Englishman in

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the airbus a 380 was unveiled today.. it's a european joint venture.

the wings, undercarriage and engines are british.

the uk sections are made locally and should create over 100,000 jobs.

jst2laws

Hey Englishman,

Been too long since we talked. Here is an answer to your question.

The 7E7 DreamlinerBoeing's answer to the A380 is the 7E7 Dreamliner, an airplane developed with a focus on efficiency, and on Boeing's belief that future demand will be for medium-sized jets for point-to-point travel, rather than for giant, high-capacity airliners. Boeing has been losing a significant share of the commercial airliner market to Airbus in recent years, so the Dreamliner could represent Boeing's last chance to recover lost ground and remain in the business. The 7E7 will accommodate 200-300 passengers if the plane is divided into three classes (coach, business, and first-class) and more than 350 if one class is used. Although not nearly as large as the A380, the 7E7 will be able to travel as far as bigger jets, allowing for more direct flights between far-flung cities.

This is from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/episode5_essay1.html

I'm glad to see the Airbus has almost 50% more floor space but only 35 % more seating. The Boeing stuff is ussually too crowded.

Steve

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hi everybody!

by Kaique in

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i live in brazil anda would like make friends .

i leave this religion and all my "friends" leave too.

i was more than 10 years at the watchtower and now they call me "apostate".

jst2laws

Welcome to JWD, Kaique

They call me Apostate too. My wife and I got the official red letter A just about 2 years ago. It hurt for a while not having contact with old friends but as others pointed out above they were not true friends. Now we have more true friends then I have ever had in my life. (We still have some true JW friends who associate with secretly)

Enjoy yourself, make new friends and make your life new. You are FREE. Hope you make friends here too.

Js2laws

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What is the truth?

by OldSoul in

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pontius pilate asked, and now i'm asking.

i've been reading many topics in here, now i am wondering... what is truth?

i'm both respectful and broadminded enough to allow for any other viewpoint, whether or not i agree.

jst2laws

Elipton,

Welcome to JWD.

everyone has a mosaic of past experience and memories as they perceve them. If the topic or subject doesnt fit in the puzzle, most are not willing to change there mosaic in order to fit this new information.

That is why some have a problem with discussions of spirituality. Most of us have left oppressive religion behind and are uncoverable with any dialog that sounds or looks like pieces that once belonged to that old mosaic we have discarded.

Some of us are just suggesting that, while the mosaic of the controling WT religion is flawed and should be discarded, perhaps our new mosaic would be more complete if we didn't discard everthing that simply reminded us of the flawed mosaic.

My spirituallity is fed more by physics than anything else at this time. Yet I see many of the pieces from my religious backround fitting into this new scientific mosaic.

Steve

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Can JWs EAT Blood?

by Marvin Shilmer in

can jws eat blood?

scenario: .

a jw is bleeding.

jst2laws

Hello Mysupersecret,

Welcome, we have not corresponded yet. I hope you are as sincere as I was when I came here. If so, I implore you to stick around, present what you know and share. There is much to learn here. If you are not sincere, well, you will not accomplish much. But welcome anyway.

BTW, what is you "supersecret"?

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