Posts by sowhatnow

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does the wt always carefully phrase sentences so as to never take blame?

by sowhatnow in

im recalling a time when i sat and circled words in a watchtower article, indicating strongly the fact that it is in fact the writters opinion.. however just the suggestion in the sentence these words are ignored.. for example.

it is our understanding.

we believe this to be the case.

sowhatnow

i am looking at an article from the 08 wt jan 15th 'counted worthy to receive a kingdom'

par13 - 16 using these

apparently, it could be, seems reasonable, it seems evidentally.

these words are the ones i may sometime need to show to someone to make them realize its all a mans opinion and they need not fear

thinking on their own.

it seems the org continues to view itself in the same light as the nation of israel. they till this very day constantly refering to mosaic law scriptures.

old testiment scriptures, which absolutely are not meant for todays populations. they always draw comparisons to ancient israel and expect jws today to folllow the same thinking pattern.

lets see now with this rumor of changed again ' thoughts' how they will weasel out of it.

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is this weird or is it me?

by sowhatnow in

i got here a 1998 awake bound volume and im leafing through it and found the december issue with the cover jesus what did he really look like who is he.. in the photo, there is a scetching of jesus along side a color artists picture .

the hand looks odd.

who would draw a hand like that?.

sowhatnow

i dont have a scanner. all i can do is take a photo of it and then try to attatch it in a post. can that be done?

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anyone from nashville know where to buy quinua cheap?

by sowhatnow in

my son just called me and asked me to send down with my daughter who will be visiting, next week,.

some quinua [i konow im spelling it wrong...] he said it got to be real expensive.

up here is in a 12 oz box for like 5 dollars which is highway robery to me.

sowhatnow

hey thanks ill let him know

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is this weird or is it me?

by sowhatnow in

i got here a 1998 awake bound volume and im leafing through it and found the december issue with the cover jesus what did he really look like who is he.. in the photo, there is a scetching of jesus along side a color artists picture .

the hand looks odd.

who would draw a hand like that?.

sowhatnow

i got here a 1998 awake bound volume and im leafing through it and found the december issue with the cover jesus what did he really look like who is he.

in the photo, there is a scetching of jesus along side a color artists picture . the hand looks odd. who would draw a hand like that?

i cant without some diffculty, hold my fingers like that. is it me or is it some secret hand signal, lol. im still trying to figure out whats next to jesus some funny clump of fabric supposed to be another person? a headless person apparently.

and is there something going on in the photo on page 23 of that issue? looks like a little black face in the white 'smoke' of the exposion, actually there looks like a few.i dont know what that planet is looks odd for an earth wouldnt you say? these funny old magazines crack me up.

i got to read a bit of that article to see how they explained jesus. oh and a convieneint article about estate planning and how the watchtower has

The Planned Giving Desk page 27. to help you leave money the society. haha.

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Watchtower 'Experts' on Being Gay?

by jw07 in

have you seen this article?.

the watchtower is trying to be experts on all things having to do with human sexuality.. repressing sexual desires, gay or straight only creates more problems.. http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.

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sowhatnow

who knows jesus might have been gay, the diciple he loved lay on his chest, he never mentioned a wife or children.

hmmm, a man laying on another mans chest. why mention that??

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wt March 1, 2015 Cover

by wifibandit in

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sowhatnow

you guys are so funny.

gee what nationality were mary and joseph that they had such a fair skinned son

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your favourite Christmas music , and merry Christmas to you all

by jhine in

i am perhaps a bit behind on this but i have just listened to " grandma got run over by a reindeer " sung by elmo and patsy .

it got me to thinking about christmas songs in general ,so i thought a thread about people's favourite christmas songs would be good .

please share your fave christmas music , a carol or something more modern .to start i will list my best carol as hark the herald and my best ever chart song as santa claus is coming to town by bruce springsteen .

sowhatnow

gee i did not know there were so many, on our airwaves here if i have the radio on i hear the same 10 or so over and over again.

winter wonderland which isnt a christmas song, i dont mind [the original, not kenny g]. jingle bell rock, rockin around the christmas tree is ok and felize navidad pretty much all i ever heard. lol i dont listen to the radio much.

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Governing Body new Branch letter begging for donations !

by ToesUp in

jw
friends

i just want the governing body to know how "happified" i am today.

keep sending those branch letters to the congregation(s) about sending your donations in.

not only did you humiliate the rank and file with your tony morris tight pants talk but now you are begging the same people you humiliated for money.

sowhatnow

storing up treasures on earth

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What is the point of the picture in this weeks study article ?

by stuckinarut2 in

i don't understand the relevance of the first picture in this weeks study article?!?!.

wt week of december 15-21 "cherish your privilege of working with jehovah".

can someone post the pic?.

sowhatnow

they have mush for brains, if those who sit there can find any biblical benefit to thier personal lives from these meetings.

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Freinds, how many do you have ?

by Satanus in

jw
friends

i'll start.

i'm low on friends, for various reasons.

scientists poke their calculators into everything, and the number of friends we can have is one of them.

sowhatnow

so many of us xjws on here, have the same ingrained issues of not getting too close to anyone for fear they 'might' be secretly apostate.

so where now are all the real people? the real freinds who are trusting? its hard to trust anyone these days isnt it.

the ones that we can call up on the phone and jump in our car and go shopping with at the last momet, or have drop by our homes as if its thiers, a freind who can go camping with, let our kids go to thier homes is rare. but thats what we all wanted. some had that.

well, truly though,

its seems there is little time for anything more than our immediate families, and lifes duties.

do we stress too much over it? are we savatoging the chance to make freinds becasue we feel there has to be planning? are we looking in all the wrong places?

we might have to rethink our use of the word freind.

know someone who has no family? make them part of yours if you have time for it. its all we can do right?