Well I'll be dang, I juss thunk up another quote. Robert Benchley said, "Marriage is the relationship between two people. One who wants the bedroom window open at night and the other who wants it closed."
Posts by larc
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66Serious Question
by Prisca inas we all know the society has very strict guidelines regarding conduct between the sexes.
in the cong i grew up in, it was so small-minded that if you were single, and seen talking to a member of the opposite sex, you were presumed to be in some sort of relationship with him/her.. sex before marriage is out of the question, with heavy petting also looked down upon.
dating is a serious affair, with all onlookers expecting engagement/marriage to be the outcome.
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'Deaden your body members'
by Maxee ini recently read a post on the net regarding how often men think about sex.
i started to think about how often i did.
i followed this up with a survey on antoher site and found i ranked low and they told me i had sexual problems.
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larc
RHW,
Regarding spell checkers: Why do you think a man who hogs the remote, thinks that professional wrestling is a real sport, and won't ask for directions when he's driving would us a spell checker? Hey, I'll tell you what a warm, sensitive man I am. For Christmas I gave my wife a new washing machine.
Now Waiting it's your turn: that quote about Schoolmasters. I know I was a good teacher. Out of thirty students, 3 were interested and the rest stayed awake.
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Serious Question
by Prisca inas we all know the society has very strict guidelines regarding conduct between the sexes.
in the cong i grew up in, it was so small-minded that if you were single, and seen talking to a member of the opposite sex, you were presumed to be in some sort of relationship with him/her.. sex before marriage is out of the question, with heavy petting also looked down upon.
dating is a serious affair, with all onlookers expecting engagement/marriage to be the outcome.
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larc
W.C. Fields also said "Some people say I don't like children. I do to, I like them Parboiled." Waiting, would you buy me a quote book for Christmas, I'm plum near out of quotes.
Waiting, I have a philosphical question for you. If a man was in the middle of a forest, and there were no women around to hear him. If he said something would he still be wrong?
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the remnant
by larc ini gave stats under jw decline, but i forgot one.
during the last ten years, the number of the remnant has not changed, which means that as fast they die, they are being replaced with nebies.
couple possibilities:.
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larc
I gave stats under JW decline, but I forgot one. During the last ten years, the number of the remnant has not changed, which means that as fast they die, they are being replaced with nebies. Now what does this mean anyway?
Couple possibilities:
1. they are cooking the books
2. all those that die are evil and must be replaced
3. somebody's assigning people to the remnant class to keep the numbers up
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'Deaden your body members'
by Maxee ini recently read a post on the net regarding how often men think about sex.
i started to think about how often i did.
i followed this up with a survey on antoher site and found i ranked low and they told me i had sexual problems.
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larc
JAVA points that I was a little impetuous, but his deep wisdom taught me the importance of mercy, so, thinker, if it would have been up to us, we would have given you a spanking and sent you home to bake us each an apple pie.
Spelling: I am not concerned about spelling, that's why god made spell checkers before he rested, or was that Al Gore, before he invented pizza, I forget now which it was.
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'Deaden your body members'
by Maxee ini recently read a post on the net regarding how often men think about sex.
i started to think about how often i did.
i followed this up with a survey on antoher site and found i ranked low and they told me i had sexual problems.
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larc
Red Horse Woman,
Of all the commentary you have ever delivered for our edification, your last declaratives are by far the most brilliant, succinct, forthright, honest, and wise statements you have ever uttered. I am humbled, and thurthermore and thusly, indeed, I am beside myself with joy, just to be the recipient of your ...ah..er..well.. stuff!
Your words should be carved in granite and placed in Washington D.C., next to the Lincoln Memorial. (I'd like to give you a compliment, but I'm not up to it. I have sinus headache.)
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JW Decline
by larc ini found some interesting statistics, some of which you may know, that indicate that the wtbts is in decline.. 1. in the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, the rate of yearly increase dropped from 10% to 6%.
in the last 10 years it has dropped from 6% to about 2%.
since the world population growth is about 1.5% they are only growing at about 1/2 of 1% faster than the population.. 2. in 1999, there were 21 large countries that showed a decline.
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larc
Logical,
I am not sympathetic to your sleepiness problem. I was up most of the night integrating and summarizing the statistical information, then I spent considerable time, and others did too, to give you well thought out answers to your response. I don't really think you are that sleepy and tired. You had the presence of mind to find a scripture that you thought would shed light on the subject. If you are that fatigued, get some sleep, reread everything carefully and then send us your thoughts.
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JW Decline
by larc ini found some interesting statistics, some of which you may know, that indicate that the wtbts is in decline.. 1. in the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, the rate of yearly increase dropped from 10% to 6%.
in the last 10 years it has dropped from 6% to about 2%.
since the world population growth is about 1.5% they are only growing at about 1/2 of 1% faster than the population.. 2. in 1999, there were 21 large countries that showed a decline.
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larc
Logical,
I thougt I was done, but I do have one other comment. You quoted a scripture, which may apply to the time we are living in. I, and the others are not challenging or even discussing scripture. We are discussing what the Society has said. From 1935* until 1999, a period of 64 years, they said that their increases were a sign of Jehovah's blessing. Then, as Path pointed, they said this year that increases don't matter to Jehovah. Logical, is there something wrong with the logic here?
*they did not say this before 1935 because their numbers had not increased for the previous ten years for reasons I can explain if you want me to.
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JW Decline
by larc ini found some interesting statistics, some of which you may know, that indicate that the wtbts is in decline.. 1. in the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, the rate of yearly increase dropped from 10% to 6%.
in the last 10 years it has dropped from 6% to about 2%.
since the world population growth is about 1.5% they are only growing at about 1/2 of 1% faster than the population.. 2. in 1999, there were 21 large countries that showed a decline.
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larc
Logical,
Please read Path's words carefully. He describes clearly and in detail what the numbers have meant to the society, both their own and those of other religiions. If they diminish the importance of what they have said in the past by the kind of quote that Path cited, then it will be another example of the tactic they have used repeatedly over the past 100+ years. When conditions change, change what you teach.
Being new to this, I think you are to close to see it. I recommend that you read Franz's book as others haave suggested. It will give you a better overall perspective.
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JW Decline
by larc ini found some interesting statistics, some of which you may know, that indicate that the wtbts is in decline.. 1. in the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, the rate of yearly increase dropped from 10% to 6%.
in the last 10 years it has dropped from 6% to about 2%.
since the world population growth is about 1.5% they are only growing at about 1/2 of 1% faster than the population.. 2. in 1999, there were 21 large countries that showed a decline.
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larc
Logical,
I think you missed the point of what I said. I pointed out two exremly different conditions and they BOTH can't fulfill prophecy. Does war fulfill prophecy? how about peace? can it fulfill it too?? With this kind of logic anyything, no matter what happens will fulfill prophecy. Think about it logicaly.