It's got "fake" written all over it.
More like something a 20 year old might write.
BTW in the English translation I see cuss words edited with asterisks but I don't readily see that in the "original" Spanish.
the following is a translation of a message to extj.com/foro (let's call it the spanish jwd).
mary, david, once again ... did you know that you are the new watchtower in many circuits?
original post in spanish .
It's got "fake" written all over it.
More like something a 20 year old might write.
BTW in the English translation I see cuss words edited with asterisks but I don't readily see that in the "original" Spanish.
the following is a translation of a message to extj.com/foro (let's call it the spanish jwd).
mary, david, once again ... did you know that you are the new watchtower in many circuits?
original post in spanish .
That story sounds like a crock of shit. It's so bluntly contrived it's painful.
there was this guy.
one day he went to work and found that a new girl had started working with him at his office.
her name was clearly and she was absolutely gorgeous.
Ray,
She's arrived back home in Oz, safe and sound.
ozzie
funerals at Kingdom Halls are neither for the comfort of the greiving relatives or for the memory of the deceased.
So true!
G'day geevee,
It's been a while, eh? Sorry, probably my fault; I confess to not being a good email or letter writer!
Anyway, you're right about the funerals instruction. From my recollection (so it must be more than ten years ago) it was in a letter to BOE downunder. They claimed that having the casket in the KH drew too much attention to the person! Yeah, like why the ***** were they at a funeral anyway? Duh!
They also repeated to the elders the instruction 'not to eulogise' the deceased but to spend most of the (short) funeral talk on "the Kingdom hopeā¢".
I've got to add that in the past decade, the funerals I've attended (in churches and elsewhere) have been far more meaningful and i would think of much greater comfort and support to the bereaved.
Cheers, Ozzie
BTW did you know that you have a namesake (i.e. in cyberworld) who's in the ministry?
i saw someone make their first post today.
i thought the ark door was already closed.
what gives?
i saw someone make their first post today.
i thought the ark door was already closed.
what gives?
appearing in our news today is this item which may, or may not, lay the conspiracy theories to bed.
us investigators solve 9/11 mysteryaugust 22, 2008, 8:32 am.
ap [enlarge photo]us investigators say they have solved the mystery of the collapse of world trade centre building seven in the september 11 attacks.. the 47 storey trapezoid sat north of the world trade centre towers, across vesey street in new york city's lower manhattan.. on september 11, it was set on fire by falling debris from the burning towers, but sceptics have long argued that fire and debris alone should not have brought down such a big steel and concrete structure.. scientists with the national institute of standards and technology say their three year investigation of the collapse determined the demise of wtc seven was actually the first time in the world a fire caused the total failure of a skyscraper.. "the reason for the collapse of world trade centre seven is no longer a mystery," said dr shyam sunder, the lead investigator on the team.. investigators also concluded that the collapse of the nearby towers broke the city water main, leaving the sprinkler system in the bottom half of the building without water.. the building has been the subject of a wide range of conspiracy theories for the last seven years, partly because the collapse occurred about seven hours after the twin towers came down.
Appearing in our news today is this item which may, or may not, lay the conspiracy theories to bed. Or maybe not?
US investigators solve 9/11 mystery
August 22, 2008, 8:32 am
[ Enlarge photo ]US investigators say they have solved the mystery of the collapse of World Trade Centre building seven in the September 11 attacks.
The 47 storey trapezoid sat north of the World Trade Centre towers, across Vesey Street in New York city's lower Manhattan.
On September 11, it was set on fire by falling debris from the burning towers, but sceptics have long argued that fire and debris alone should not have brought down such a big steel and concrete structure.
Scientists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology say their three year investigation of the collapse determined the demise of WTC seven was actually the first time in the world a fire caused the total failure of a skyscraper.
"The reason for the collapse of World Trade Centre seven is no longer a mystery," said Dr Shyam Sunder, the lead investigator on the team.
Investigators also concluded that the collapse of the nearby towers broke the city water main, leaving the sprinkler system in the bottom half of the building without water.
The building has been the subject of a wide range of conspiracy theories for the last seven years, partly because the collapse occurred about seven hours after the twin towers came down. That fuelled suspicion that someone intentionally blew up the building in a controlled demolition.
Critics like Mike Berger of the group 9/11 Truth said he was not buying the government's explanation.
"Their explanation simply isn't sufficient. We're being lied to," he said, arguing that there is other evidence suggesting explosives were used on the building.
Sunder said his team investigated the possibility that an explosion inside the building brought it down, but found there was no large boom or other noise that would have occurred with such a detonation.
Investigators also created a giant computer model of the collapse, based partly on news footage from CBS News, that they say shows internal column failure brought down the building.
Investigators also ruled out the possibility that the collapse was caused by fires from a substantial amount of diesel fuel that was stored in the building, most of it for generators for the city's emergency operations command centre.
The 77 page report concluded that the fatal blow to the building came when the thirteenth floor collapsed, weakening a critical steel support column that led to catastrophic failure.
"When this critical column buckled due to lack of floor supports, it was the first domino in the chain," Sunder said.
The NIST investigators issued more than a dozen building recommendations as a result of their inquiry, most of which repeat earlier recommendations from their investigation into the collapse of the two large towers.
In both instances, investigators concluded that extreme heat caused some steel beams to lose strength, causing further failures throughout the buildings until the entire structure succumbed.
The recommendations include building skyscrapers with stronger connections and framing systems to resist the effects of thermal expansion, and structural systems designed to prevent damage to one part of a building from spreading to other parts.
A spokeswoman for the leaseholder of the World Trade Centre, developer Larry Silverstein, praised the government's work.
"Hopefully this thorough report puts to rest the various 9/11 conspiracy theories, which dishonour the men and women who lost their lives on that terrible day," said Silverstein spokeswoman Dara McQuillan.
In discussing the findings, the investigator Sunder acknowledged that some may still not be convinced, but insisted the science behind their findings is "incredibly conclusive".
"The public should really recognise the science is really behind what we have said," he said, adding: "The obvious stares you in the face."
this is showing as headline news downunder, don't know why, but how about it, you merry cans?.
is it newsworthy?.
has bigfoot been found?august 14, 2008, 10:34 pm.
I'll raise ya! We don't have snowmen down here but we do have some Studies in the Scriptures so I'll raise ya 6 Revelation climax books!
well, yesterday's headline news downunder was about old bigfoot and you merry cans sure liked it!!!
today's news headline shows the poms too have their share of kookiness.. enjoy!.
neighbours crack down on noisy sexaugust 15, 2008, 7:30 pm.
Well, yesterday's headline news downunder was about old Bigfoot and you Merry Cans sure liked it!!!
Today's news headline shows the poms too have their share of kookiness.
Enjoy!
Neighbours crack down on noisy sex
August 15, 2008, 7:30 pm
A man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home in the UK because of their noisy sex sessions.
A court has barred 32 year old Adam Hinton from being within 100 metres of 29 year old Kerry Norris' apartment after hearing about complaints from the neighbours.
Residents had complained about thumping music, banging headboards, and screamed obscenities.
They also said Norris sunbathed naked in her back yard.
An official said, "She is a classic nightmare neighbour," insisting the case was not about sex. "It's about allowing your neighbours to have a normal decent life without being disturbed."
Norris had ignored a previous court order demanding that she be more quiet.