Posts by DwainBowman

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Is the AGM today?
by hamsterbait in
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2. friends
anybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.

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DwainBowman

I am not sure one way or the other, we will find out in time! I can see why they might do it. So many no longer make the 10 hours a month qouta, that any kind of carrot would help, and we all know that borgland is a lot about titles, no matter what the gb says!!And if they did make a basic pioneer rank, I would guess it would not extand the pioneer school, or yearly Pioneer meeting, to them, being they would not be full time pioneers. The Aux pioneers are excluded from those events too!!

A sister I have known for a long time, was just crushed after she divorced her "apostate" hubby 15 years ago, that she could no longer pioneer. At the time I told her, that the title was not importand, but that she was doing what she told jehovah she was going to do in her heart. She has never turned in more than 5 hours a month since then. It was all about the title, and the Big yearly pat on the back from the special yearly pioneer only meetings!!! I remember her wearing her Pioneer Badge at the assmblies back in the mid 80's with such PRIDE, she was SOMEBODY!!!

Dwain
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Is the AGM today?
by hamsterbait in
1. jw
2. friends
anybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.

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DwainBowman

Thanks Buddy!!!!!!!!

Dwain
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TMS schedule for 2015?
by PlatinumFix in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just a question - has anyone seen the tms schedule for 2015 yet?.

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DwainBowman

Yup. Where I am they posted it in Dec.

Dwain
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Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"
by Wasanelder Once in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?

that always bothered me.

i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?
DwainBowman

Remember the saying, "Seven days without meetings, makes one WEAK!"

I Was scared to death over that, I was often sick and in the hospital, and missed lots of mettings. I just knew i was going to be destroyed at the BIG day!

Dwain
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TMS schedule for 2015?
by PlatinumFix in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just a question - has anyone seen the tms schedule for 2015 yet?.

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DwainBowman

They have not been included the last year or so. They send a copy to the school overseer!

Dwain
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JW.Org Google Ranking Not Looking Good for WT!
by JW GoneBad in
1. watchtower
2. bible
DwainBowman

100 people could type the same thing into Google, and get different results! One person can type in the same search on different computers, and get different results!

Dwain
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My Letter Exchange as a Former Mormon With Ray Franz
by zacktac in
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2. friends
DwainBowman

I got to hear Ray speak at a special assmbly days once back in the mid, late 70's, he came across as very loving and caring. A little earlyer I heard his uncle at the same type of event, he was all business, not compassionet at all.

I met Freddy at the meeting, I was working as stage attendent/security. He was not friendly at all!!

Dwain
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The Governing Body doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote, right?! At least not for the appointment of its members.
by cj46 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the governing body doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote,right?

at least not for the appointment of its members?

(sorry if this is already clear and has been discussed already).
DwainBowman

They want the sheeple to believe that everything is by unanimous vote, there by making it look like the spirit is really directing things!

When it comes to something as sick as a jd meeting, if the outcome is to Df, they always say it was unanimous. All that takes is for a discenting member to throw his arm up and give up!

Dwain
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I phones...I dont understand it?
by new hope and happiness in
1. jw
2. experiences
is it worth queing two weeks for a phone?

i mean why que two weeks for something we already have a phone?.

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DwainBowman

I stopped standing in line years ago. The book room the next day was more than fine with me. Only once in my life did i ever go straight somewhere and read the new book, mostly it was always same old stuff written a differnt was. And with the newest twisted light!!

Dwain
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I phones...I dont understand it?
by new hope and happiness in
1. jw
2. experiences
is it worth queing two weeks for a phone?

i mean why que two weeks for something we already have a phone?.

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DwainBowman

I built my first computer from a kit I ordered from Popular Science. I stayed up nights building it. Thousands of tiny connection, lots of eye strain. It did very little. First packaged computer was a Trash 80 (TRS 80) from Radio Shack, Then a Timex Sinclar, next a Digital, then an early Apple. The thing all of these had in common, the word computer in the name. If you worked on them back in those days, there were at least a dozen or more brands, different hardware, OS, and software. I had dealings with most if these companies. Apple was the most arrogant, self important org, I ever had dealing with, outside of the WtBorg. I met Steve Jobs sevral times at tech events, he was worse, than his tech and hardware people. I HATE all things APPLE!

I like Android phones and tablets.

But since MS has got its act together, and put out a very good OS, and Nokia (Now MS) has put out some very good phones, plus many others compines are as well. I have 2 Win phones, and I am going to get a new Win Tablet this fall!

But when all is said and done, the best of all of them, is the one YOU like best!

Dwain