Wow. Someone got taken down a notch. Seriously, he must have gotten hammered to suddenly appear so lame/feeble/whatever. Not the old Tony for sure...
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Anthony Morris explains how God gives Decrees to man! New video edit.
by Wasanelder Once ini took the most recent video on "obey" and edited it down to its core.
here tony explains that the decisions of the faithful slave are arrived at "collectively" but are not a "collection" of man made decisions.
it would be comical if it weren't so sad.. tony video.
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Signature Quote - what do you think?
by Muddy Waters ini apologize for the self-serving nature of this post.. i first said this to a lovely person here to encourage her and add a bit of humour to a harsh situation, but i've fallen in love with my own words, ha, and would like to use a variation of what i said to her as my new signature quote.
it's a bit long, and could become tiresome eventually, but do you forum members think that you might like (or could tolerate, heh) seeing this on my posts?.
.... "may god, or the universe, or airborne spaghetti, or energies or wavelengths or frequencies, or quantum particles that somehow attract things to us, or telepathic manipulation by aliens -- bless you.
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It is a bit long, but after all, there are so many possibilities. A good day is a good day in my book. I'll take it. -
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon inwe checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.
don't get that back.
two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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Exactly James. And why can't they be bothered to do that now? If they are reasonably independent, wouldn't it be cheaper to just build a mil apartment or add on a room? It would be as they say: a win-win. -
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon inwe checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.
don't get that back.
two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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Not to make light of the situation - I helped my wife take care of her mother until she died at 94 (the mother, not my wife). Her mother was post-stroke and couldn't speak and was partially paralized on her left side. Near the end, my wife finally gave in and put her mother in assisted care, but took her back out in a week. Granted, it was not a $6000/month facility. I honestly thought my wife was going to die from the stress before her mother died.
So, my question is: what did people do before there were independent living facilities for seniors?
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Education is 'HARD', first test after 27 years
by The Marvster inwell, in an effort to completely rebel against all things 'watchtower', i decided that since i gave all my years since leaving school to the borg, and listened to their admonition to avoid 'higher education' i have just started... right from bottom.... today i took a 2 hour maths test to see if i would be eligible to go on a course to re-take my gcse maths exam (this is the qualification you study for here in england in the last 2 years of compulsory schooling from ages 14-16).
back in may 1988 i did no revision, and didn't study hence a complete flop of all exams.... and seeing that 'education' wasn't on the agenda back then, and has always been warned against, (unless it was perhaps trade oriented) it was wiped from my mind... yep a jw mind-wipe occurred here, i've decided to go back to school, just for the challenge of it, f**k the org, i might have wasted decades swallowing their philosophy, but i don't have to let that past control me now... the test was 'really' hard going... and i don't think i passed, but can still get on a more basic course to start me off if i don't get on the main course.... the tutors were so warm and enthusiastic about me taking up the study at aged 43, it was so nice to hear someone get excited that i'm going to study (never in 29 years with the borg) .
i've also learned something else; jw's talk about the 'highest education' that the watchtower supposedly teaches... bullshit, that 'call and response' crap that you do in watchtower study and other meetings, that parroting, has got to be the lowest form of education there is, you don't use your brain, you don't have to analyse or think or deduce or calculate, or use savvy... it's just call and response, and nothing more, pure repetition, answer what's in the paragraph.
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Glad to hear about everyone taking advatage of available educational opportunities. If I was back in the states, I would be going to local CC for basic chemistry classes. Right now I am doing MIT on-line courses (free but helps to buy the text book).
Thankfully, when I was getting recruited, nobody discouraged me from completing my degree program and for the last 30 year I have been employed in software development in telecommunications industry.
Still, it could have been much more. I never went back for advanced degrees or got in involved with 'worldly' networking events. No after work basketball games with the boss or bonding experiences with the team outside of work. My loss.
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Polish Publishers that became inactive in 2015 will be reported to Branch Office
by wifibandit inper ohmyjw over at r/exjw:.
i assume that other countries also got this letter to boe dated 1st september 2015 about sending additional information along with s-10 form (annual cong.
report).
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Ok. I happen to be in Poland and haven't been to a meeting or out in service for over a year. My wife is still free to have her friends over and on occasion a few do come, but so far I have only gotten the 'we miss you' message and as I mentioned in another thread, she did give me a copy of the 'return' tract. She didn't ask if I had read it.
If I get any invites for a discussion about why I'm inactive, I'll let you know. I suspect they will probably just ask my wife. And she will probably just say that I have gone insane (rants about GB/607/global flood/pedophiles/etc).
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Was lett's video about child abuse claims as apostate lies removed??
by EndofMysteries ini saw the original video months ago but forgot which video it was, but i read in another thread somebody claiming that video was removed.
is that true?
i couldn't find a thread talking about this.
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JWs nearly killed my mother
by cookiemaster inthe past week has been hell for me.
my mother started feeling ill and we went to seek medical assistance.
we live in the mountains and the nearest large hospital is about 150 kms away.
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When the elders start to get suspicious about this, she can just say it was probably due to all the prayers of her faithful brothers and sisters back at the congregation. What are they going to say? Good work, and remind her to keep quiet about it... -
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Prophecy in Daniel: A last Fierce-looking King
by Kosonen inthere is an unfulfilled prophecy in daniel about the last king that will be broken without human hand.
the prophecy says he will be fierce-looking, deceptive, efficent in his doings, smart and causing ruin to many.
and he will exalt himself.
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>> Do you recognize any politician that is already displaying such qualities?
Ok. I'm in. Give me Putin and I'll raise you 20....
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If Jackson is not available due to compassionate reasons, can other GB member take his place?
by Viva la Vida ini would think the only christian organization on this planet would be more than willingly send another gb member to australia in order to answer rcs questions, taking the place of jackson who is taking care of his ill farther.
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if someone should show compassion to jackson those are his gb pals.
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I'd pay too Oubliette, especially for Morris. He needs to be taken down a notch or two. Lett on the stand would be bizarre but fun.