Posts by Roddy

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Letter of thanks to the GOVERNING BODY

by Fruitcake in

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dear beloved governing body members at bethel .

i wanted to thank you for the fine job you all have been doing,,,,,,,you know, like dropping crumbs off the table to feed us your spiritual table scraps, and beating us, bearing us down with heavy loads, so many rules and regulations that nobody can follow...... .

you all look nice in your suits and ties, reminds me of how fine the pharisses dressed with their long fringed garments.

Roddy

Fruitcake, you addressed your letter to the wrong place. Look in a WTS publication for the USA address, print the letter out, put it in the envelope, and apply the necessary postage.

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Odd Pioneer Stats

by metatron in

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pioneer statistics from recent months:.

sept. 2002 88,341. october 2002 91,101. november 2002 89,083. this looks odd.

you would expect a large increase in sept. as.

Roddy

>>This looks odd. You would expect a large increase in Sept. as
kids getting out of school are pushed into pioneering - but it
starts low, increases, and then drops by over two thousand
in one month!<<

Kids are staying in school! I guess persuing an exciting career in office or house cleaning is not appealing to the younger generation. I think the younger generation are not as lame minded as the WTS hoped they would get.

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Jehovah Witnesses watching TV tonight

by JH in

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the active jw's watching tv tonight will be surprised when they see themselves in the spotlight.

how do you think the average jw will react when watching the program?

will they think that it's all lies, or do you think they will believe a good part of it?

Roddy

>>The active JW's watching TV tonight will be surprised when they see themselves in the spotlight. How do you think the average JW will react when watching the program? Will they think that it's all lies, or do you think they will believe a good part of it?<<

I hope someone recorded it and made it available online somehow!

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Did Anyone Ever Like The Dramas?

by minimus in

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at the district convention, the highlight was always said to be the dramas.

did you really look forward to them?

was there one that ever stood out?

Roddy

Dramas in the last 10 to 15 years or so are heavily moralistic with an organizational slant. Prior to that the dramas more closer to scripture and, to a degree, less imbedded with WTS agenda. The WTS agenda is almost shamelessly blown all over the dramas these days.

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Alaska and Hawaii

by Roddy in

does anyone know why alaska and hawaii are considered their own "countries" in wts statistics?

how come they can't be grouped with the usa statistics?.

and another thing.

Roddy

>>Alask and Hawaii are just too far from the Mainland.<<

Thank you, Joker. But it doesn't make sense.

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Has anyone else asked this question about blood?

by eyeslice in

about a year ago, even though we had not been issued with no blood cards, there was some talk about filling in and signing the health care advanced directive.. for those who havent seen this document, it is quite detailed and specific about what blood fractions an individual will accept.

so basically, it states the individual will under no circumstances accept whole blood or its major components, but may accept what could be quite a long list of minor blood fractions.. so here is the tricky question(s) i asked one of our local elders.

q. you understand that these so called minor components are extracted from donated human blood and often it takes many pints of this human blood to produce just a small amount of these fractions?.

Roddy

>>The Society is keeping their answer from the JW community, except for those who make specific inquiry: Yes, it is allowed for a JW to donate blood if they are convinced that the blood will only be used to make allowed fractions.<<

That is so absurd! More double-standards and hidden information. What was that Scripture that shows that Jehovah hates two sets of weights? You think for something like this Jehovah will allow two sets of standards?

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Has anyone else asked this question about blood?

by eyeslice in

about a year ago, even though we had not been issued with no blood cards, there was some talk about filling in and signing the health care advanced directive.. for those who havent seen this document, it is quite detailed and specific about what blood fractions an individual will accept.

so basically, it states the individual will under no circumstances accept whole blood or its major components, but may accept what could be quite a long list of minor blood fractions.. so here is the tricky question(s) i asked one of our local elders.

q. you understand that these so called minor components are extracted from donated human blood and often it takes many pints of this human blood to produce just a small amount of these fractions?.

Roddy

VERY good questions, Eyeslice.

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Alaska and Hawaii

by Roddy in

does anyone know why alaska and hawaii are considered their own "countries" in wts statistics?

how come they can't be grouped with the usa statistics?.

and another thing.

Roddy

Does anyone know why Alaska and Hawaii are considered their own "countries" in WTS statistics? How come they can't be grouped with the USA statistics?

And another thing. How come the addresses for the Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico branches appear weird in the mailing addresses found in WTS literature? How come the WTS can't write the addresses in the normal address layout for USA postal mail?

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