every time i see this new "logo", jw.org, i'm taken back to the days in the late 60's and early 70's when we used to put a watchtower in the rear window of our cars when on the way to our vacation..er, i mean, the district convention (that's what they called it back then).
then, some years later we were "admonished" to not put the watchtower in the rear window of our cars while on the way to the dc.. how long before they council the "friends" to not bring "undo" attention to the organization?.
boring subject?
I so remember those days. Sometimes we would have a small convoy of jw's traveling together. And if one pulled off, the others would follow, just in case there was a problem of some kind. I remember once getting to ride with another family, because they had 2 boys my age, and there sister rode in my car with my family and sister!
Lots of fun memories from way back!
Dwain
you know something hit me one day, right after the summer ic.
the gb says jw's aren't to be involved in politics, yet whenever there is a law that touches on them, they are quick to go to court.
well the court is a part of the political system, and even more so when it comes to dealing with law's.
Yes there is!! I have a long time friend in the legal dept. A few times over the years, he has told me stuff that just blew my mind. but like everything else, I just tucked it away, like all good little jw's!!
Dwain
you know something hit me one day, right after the summer ic.
the gb says jw's aren't to be involved in politics, yet whenever there is a law that touches on them, they are quick to go to court.
well the court is a part of the political system, and even more so when it comes to dealing with law's.
You know something hit me one day, right after the summer IC. The gb says jw's aren't to be involved in politics, yet whenever there is a law that touches on them, they are quick to go to court. Well the court is a part of the political system, and even more so when it comes to dealing with law's. Courts in the US aren't supposed to write law's but do so anyway!
At the summer RC/DC/IC whatever they want to call it. We were told not to even get upset or excited, over laws that could or would impact or lives, for the good or bad. Because that was taking sides in Politics!!
Another case of do as i say, not as I do!!!!
Just my take on it!
Dwain
do you check this site, daily?.
do you post very much?.
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Daily or more.
Sometimes, I post.
Dwain
i haven't heard a peep about the 2014 annual meeting being shown worldwide (or at least across north america) like it was last year.
they made a big deal with the am last year, congs had to get the projectors and screens for the showing, and we were told in advance of the time and location to attend.
but i have heard absolutely nothing this year, at least here in canada.
The branch visit is being streamed to all KH's that are set up for it. If there's anything big coming, it maybe announced then!
Dwain
yes,i know what it means however,the gb of the wbts does not.they said the study edition apears once a month and is not offered to the public.the study edition(has 32 pages) and the public edition(has 16 pages) of the watchtower are not two different magazines.per their wt of jan.15/2008.. on page 2 of their oct.15/2014 public wt they say it is published semimonthy.
page 3 they say nearly 46 million copies of each issue are printed.also their study edition is published semimonthymy understanding, the public issue is on the 1st of the month and the study is on the 15th month only one copy of ea issue.someone please explain the discrepancies.. .
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The dummer dumm down edition! kind of like the movie, Dumm and Dummer!!!!!
Dwain
a pet peeve (major) is that of the gb pressuring kids to be baptized.. checking the aid book today and the following under baptism, no infant baptism.. virtually word for word between the books, except for the deletion of this paragraph:.
"regarding the practice of infant baptism, the encyclopedia britannica, vol.
iii, ed.
I was baptized at 12. But I have been 100% against it, since I was about 20!
Dwain
a particularly fat and ugly woman walks into a pet store to buy her pit bull some dog food.
she passes a huge parrot on an open stand as she walks down the dog food isle.
as she is looking through the dog food brands she hears a pssssst......then another psssst... behind her.
One of my favorite jokes!
Dwain
Super Mac!!!!!!!
what was the most outrageous comment you ever heard during a wt study?.
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please share your experiences..
I don't remember the contexts, but an elder in his part on the SM, said something about talking to a person on the steps of a church. And after whoever walked away, he stood there for a moment, and said quitely, "God Damm! This Place!"
A water cooler elder (real butt head) giving the local needs part about associating with DFed people. Said, "These are Wicked, Vile, Evil people, why would you even want to be near them, much less talk to them!) All said with, all the HATE, and DISCUST, he could muster! I would not spit on him, if he was on fire!
Dwain
