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  Awake on Obesity (Nvember 8th, 2004)

  by GermanXJW in

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  the recent magazines of november 1st/8th, 2004 target obesity.

  while awake!

  contains a 12-page-series, the watchtower contains a qfr on "how do christians view overeating?

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  Recently certain Bethelites who were deemed at risk because of their weight have been required to engage in special exercise programs. These are programs that place during the regular work day and are not optional for those individuals. The word that came down was lose weight or go home.

  A test program is underway using several target groups who will have regular one hour exercise programs tthree times a week as part of their Bethel service. The word from my Bethel healthcare contacts is that too many of the "family" are much to sedentary and something needs to be done to help them. Read that "e need to keep down health care costs."
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  Where's the beef?

  by rockhound in

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  jehovahs witnesses look to their watchtower magazine each week for new light that would set the course for current "truth".

  in looking back over the last 40 years of my association, "new lights" batteries ran out many times and had to be replaced with even newer ones.

  some how this made sense to me at the time, but as time past, i began to wonder just how these "new light" articles could be called meat in due season.

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  Flash

  My sentiments exactly. Though I tend toward the more cynical when it comes to the current JW self made kings. Thanks for the post.
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  Prince's new video-Babylon's destruction?

  by wordlywife in

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  if you are interested, you can watch it from a link off msn's entertainment sction for free.

  very "end of this world" type of stuff, look like an old armegeddon publication.

  i'm disappointed in the purple one.

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  Perhaps a recording studio at Bethel is next?

  Actually Patterson is the location of both the video and sound recording studios, where not just a few bucks have been expended to produce such favorites as "Singing Kingdom Songs" and the low class low quality Noah video.
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  What does the Society have against jeans?

  by truthseeker in

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  rarely will you find a picture of someone in the awake or watchtower wearing jeans.

  even in there so-called paradise on earth illustrations, men can be doing dirty work in the farm, and be wearing slacks.. for example, in the november 15th wt entitled, "do you want to live forever?

  ", page 7 has another paradise illustration, which has to be one of the most socially-engineered pictures i have ever seen.. the caption, "love for god and neighbor will make living forever worthwhile".

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  The same as some of the other things recently being foisted upon the brethren:

  Don't wear any kind of denim to the meetings.

  Sisters at Bethel who work in public areas, i.e. lobbies, etc. must wear skirts never ever pants, even if they are doing manual type work. So I guess this means sisters picking apples must wear skirts while on ladders, as they are working in areas visible to the visiting dubs who might be offended. 'course we all know that this is an edict from Ted "J. Edgar" Jaracz the head of the Bethel CIA (aka Service Department) as he's afraid these sites will lead to a serious outbreak of wanking among the Bethel boys, and that would never do.

  A long standing rule: Brothers at Bethel are not permitted to wear necklaces as this is a direct imitation of the homosexual community.

  Bethelites are not to leave any Bethel home dressed to go in-line skating as this would be a major imitation of the world. If one absolutely must go skating, kindly hide that fact while in the vicinity of the Lord's house.

  Should you have the desire to visit the Bethel facilities you must be dressed in appropriate meeting attire, never mind that you will be forced to walk your little feetsies off while taking in all the sites and passing contribution boxes at every turn.
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  What was noah's`profession before flood?

  by badboy in

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  it is suggested that while he was a farmer after the flood,he wasn't before the flood.. any takers?.

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  Noah ...

  ...nipper of the fruit of the vine.

  Came before Amos ...

  .... nipper of figs.
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  Lawnmowers... what is your oppinion???

  by Elsewhere in

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  it is getting close to time for me to buy a lawnmower.

  when i was growing up and cutting my dad's lawn he always had a self-propelled lawnmower.

  i was very lucky in that i never had to use a push-mower.

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  We found the best lawnmower there is....

  ...... he comes every Monday with his crew.
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  I forgot how hard it is to pull network cable! :x

  by Elsewhere in

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  on sunday i worked from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm pulling seven drops with four cables each to the different areas around my new house.. every room will have at least one panel that has four cables: cat6 network, cat6 phone, rg6 satellite (tv) and rg6 cable (tv).

  i added two extra rg6 cables to the panel in the family room media niche so that the tv will have access to an additional satellite connection (for a dual receiver satellite system) and an antenna that i will put in the attic.

  the cat6 is capable of gigabit speeds that are twice as fast as cat5e.

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  Sounds great. We just finished our new house and had similar wiring installed in advance of closing up the walls. Cables, cables everywhere. Any particular reason you didn't install fibre optic runs as well? ... besides the outrageous cost of course! Even as an Old F...t I'm still a techno geek at heart.

  Best wishes on getting everything up and running to your satisfaction.
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  No KHalls for Hurricane relief

  by SadElder in

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  eldubs in florida (maybe elsewhere too) have been told that the kingdom halls should not be used for relief efforts or for shelters.

  liability and insurance issues were stated as the reason.. will try and get a copy of this letter.. of course the kingdom halls are supposed to be the center of true worship and a place of comfort but i guess only in fair weather.

  what a crock.

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  I asked one of my elder friends to try and get me a copy of the letter. He's not secretary anymore so we'll see what he comes up with in the next few days.
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  No KHalls for Hurricane relief

  by SadElder in

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  2. scandals

  eldubs in florida (maybe elsewhere too) have been told that the kingdom halls should not be used for relief efforts or for shelters.

  liability and insurance issues were stated as the reason.. will try and get a copy of this letter.. of course the kingdom halls are supposed to be the center of true worship and a place of comfort but i guess only in fair weather.

  what a crock.

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  Eldubs in Florida (maybe elsewhere too) have been told that the Kingdom Halls should not be used for relief efforts or for shelters. Liability and insurance issues were stated as the reason.

  Will try and get a copy of this letter.

  Of course the Kingdom Halls are supposed to be the center of true worship and a place of comfort but I guess only in fair weather. What a crock.
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  Where Have All The "Trolls" Gone???

  by minimus in

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  .....have we scared them away?

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  ... they're all at the District Conventions... trying to find ways to sneak out of the auditorium for lunch.