Posts by berrygerry

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Hilight topics once read

by zeb in

it would be useful if subjects were hilighted once they have been read.

i go back to the index and forget where ive been due to interruptions, having to leave and come back.. so, friends becomes friends while the site is open.. just a thought..

berrygerry

At the least, could you arrange that the 3 newest posts (as displayed by the poster's avatar), when rolled-over with the cursor, display the age (in hours, and then days) of the post.

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Faithful and Less-Bullshitting (Relax SR - we're in Canada) Slave

by berrygerry in

bobcat's recent post has led to this article in mar 15, 2015 wt, pp 7-11, par 9, 10:.

for many years, gods people found this approach to bible accounts faith strengthening.

why, then, have things changed?10 as we might expect, over the years jehovah has helped the faithful and discreet slave to become steadily more discreet.

berrygerry

Bobcat's recent post has led to this article in Mar 15, 2015 WT, pp 7-11, par 9, 10:

For many years, God’s people found this approach to Bible accounts faith strengthening. Why, then, have things changed?

10 As we might expect, over the years Jehovah has helped “the faithful and discreet slave” to become steadily more discreet. Discretion has led to greater caution when it comes to calling a Bible account a prophetic drama unless there is a clear Scriptural basis for doing so.

So, after all of these decades, Jehovah himself says, "Listen, GB, stop bullshitting - stick to the GD scriptures - erase all of the BS of CTR, the drunk, and Freddie Shoes."

Additionally, it has been found that some of the older explanations about types and antitypes are unduly difficult for many to grasp.

Jehovah then goes on: "Besides, no one has a GD F*ing clue what Freddie Shoes and his mushrooms was trying to say. Let's just drop it all and stick to the method that works - try channeling LRH. Jehovah, out."

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Request for Research . . .

by Bobcat in

the wt study 4/5/15 quotes from the new interpreter's dictionary of the bible.

the quote is "things like plot, story, narrative development, and character are not really of prime interest.

" it is located in paragraph 6 on page 29. .

berrygerry

Bobcat:
I love your research and knowledge.

I have spent 1/2 hour trying to find this bleeding article.

What is the WT issue?

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Congregation had to relocate Memorial...thanks to me

by Shepherd Book in

so, the two local congregations were planning to hold their memorial together at 7:30 at the local community center, but they had to make a last-minute change to their own hall, and i'm pretty sure it was because of me.. let me explain.... at work on monday afternoon, a co-worker returned from her lunchbreak and showed me the memorial invitation that was waiitng in her door when she went home for lunch.

i noticed the sticker on the back indicated the memorial was being held, not at the local hall, but at the community center.

from a past (non-jw) event i attended there, i knew they didn't allow alcohol (unless you pay for security guards), so i wrote to the center's coordinator:.

berrygerry

JWs think they are totally above the law. Hats off to whoever did this.

As an Accounts Servant, I remember the PO saying that those "are just men's laws," meaning FU Caesar.

Same attitude that is paying big dividends to US abuse lawyers,

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I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?

by EdenOne in

it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.

berrygerry

it just dawned on me.

Did this just Millennial Dawn on you?

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Reports of lower memorial attendance

by thedepressedsoul in

i have heard a lot of reports from kingdom halls in the area that there was less than last year, for both time slots.. we had the first time slot and we were down 50+/- compared to last year.

last year we had the lobby full of people standing and this year we had empty seats and no one standing.

we ran out of parking last year and this year we made it.. like i said i am hearing quite a few reports of this from halls in our area.however, somehow the number seem to inch up every year.

berrygerry

"Sure we lose money with every sale, but we make it up in volume."

JW School of Business

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Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

by Lady Lee in

thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.

berrygerry

J-DUBBED a month ago

JW Takes her life with a train
This was pretty "Hush-Hush" but I know about this from an inside source where she worked at Canada Post. The big thing is it really emotionally fucked up the train engineers involved.

Is there more info about this somewhere?

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Memorial attendance up or down on last year?

by freddo in

jw
friends

as per the title.

and was the one you attended at an early or late time of the evening.. any partakers?.

berrygerry

Up globally (Africa)

Down in western.

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Any Letterman Fans

by berrygerry in

not many shows left.. was a fan from his nbc days when he had a lot of innovation.. no question, he has a quick mind, which to me, is a key to comedy.. a distinct memory was awakening my poor pre-teen daughter when dave was back on the air after his heart surgery.. no matter what, is a changing of the guard (if only the wt could do the same)..

berrygerry

TOP TEN: THINGS OVERHEARD DURING THE POPE'S PHYSICAL - During a recent physical, Vatican doctors have suggested Pope Francis cut back on the spaghetti after he gained weight during his two years as head of the Catholic Church.

THINGS OVERHEARD DURING THE POPE'S PHYSICAL
10. "Speaking of mass, looks like you've added some."
9. "No, sorry Father, you don't need medical marijuana."
8. "Say aaaaah-men."
7. "I don't care what Jenny McCarthy says, you need to be vaccinated."
6. "No need to bless the urine sample."
5. "Cut back on the incense."
4. "Have you tried Pontius Pilates?"
3. "You can't bring the scepter inside the MRI machine."
2. "Turn your hat and cough."
1. "I know you don't use it, but I still have to take a look at it."

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Ecclesiasticus

by berrygerry in

thought this quote (ecclesiasticus 37:14) from another thread deserved it's own.. finally, stick to the advice your own heart gives you,.

no one can be truer to you than that;.

since a person's soul often gives a clearer warning.

berrygerry

Thought this quote (Ecclesiasticus 37:14) from another thread deserved it's own.

Finally, stick to the advice your own heart gives you,
no one can be truer to you than that;
since a person's soul often gives a clearer warning
than seven watchmen perched on a watchtower.

NEB only says "tower" as does Septuagint.

NEB:

A man's own mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen posted high on a tower.

Jerusalem Bible says:

Finally stick to the advice your own heart gives you,
no one can be truer to you than that;
since a man's soul often forewarns him better
than seven watchmen perched on a watchtower.

I don't know if it would have made any difference or not in the past, but that one verse explained away 20 years of my cognitive dissonance.