Posts by sowhatnow

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What's More Important...Taking care of immigrants or the needy in your country?

by minimus in

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i say take care of the needy ones first like our veterans and homeless and mentally ill, and then....take care of those not from this country.

sowhatnow

Id lean towards the idea that If you cant take care of your own,

how then can you be trusted to be able to care for those who are not your own?

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How Deep was your search in Bible or Religions ?

by Kick50r in

how far / deep was your research on the origins of the bible or religions or most importantly the concepts (heaven -gods - immortality-etc)today many millions of people believe as the truth?.

why did these concepts existed ?.

why so many people today still believe in these concepts ?.

after reading the new international version the gospels, and finding contradictions, I then read misquoting jesus by bart ehrman , then who wrote the bible, and a few others I cant recall., then chose a host of historical and scientific documentaries,

and come to the conclusion, that there are aliens among us, lol,

there must be, there is too much unexplained stuff going on.

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November Study WT "Train You Child to Love Going Door 2 Door"

by JW_Rogue in

been catching up on some jw reading and found a gem in the november study wt in the first article, paragraph #11:.

yet, you might look beyond the obvious and ask yourself, does my child enjoy the ministry or only the breaks?

if you discern that the ministry could be more interesting or more rewarding for your children, set goals with them.

sowhatnow

Im pretty sure there isnt one scripture that would support children, or even women , preaching the good news about the Christ.

Im pretty certain, that duty was for the few select men chosen to do so. Jesus had said, go , not to the gentile nations, but to the lost sheep of Israel. in acts it was the 'lost sheep' that had repented, and got 'baptized' .

are not all the examples of 'child prodigies' in the bible from the old testament? a little research shows these few 'children' were not preaching about Christ Jesus.

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Can somebody explain the songs and songbook obsession?

by careful in

i've been out a while and have only put in a rare appearance at a memorial or brief visit at a convention/assembly to keep people off my back, so i haven't kept up on the songbook.

but one thing i've noticed that the org.

has been doing that they never did when i was in is all these "supplemental songs" that keep appearing.

sowhatnow

i always found it quite interesting, that listening to a song on the radio, we can learn the lyrics and sing along usually within a few times of hearing it, however, al l the years in the khall listening and singing along with the words in front of us, I never saw a single person, sing without a songbook .One would think after 20 years of singing we thank you jehovah that wed remember all the lyrics, lol, but nope.[at least for the majority]

thank God.

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Somebody forgot where they parked

by JeffT in

how does this happen?http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/aviation/malaysia-aviation-airport-abandoned-aircraft/

sowhatnow

I suppose that we need a aircraft junkyard, so people can go in and buy what they like and re purpose them houses, tourist attractions, metal art, wiring , computer parts, just whatever, when a plane is out of date, so to speak, there needs to be one place they can go and land and park. the waste this world has is a sin, and since when cant that metal be melted down?

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suggestions for a bird lover

by sowhatnow in

i want to know id anyone has an inexpensive easy way for me to install some sort of sound system so i can hear the outside birds in my house in winter.

i have to doors closed its like 30 degrees outside, i stepped out to toss some bread crumbs and heard so many birds outside, and i would love to hear those birds in my kitchen while i eat.

would a cheap baby monitor work ?

sowhatnow

well, when i was married and lived in a house, i had bird feeders and lots of windows, and my cats Loved to sit on their shelf and look out the windows, But Now, I live in a small single story half duplex, with no window to the backyard, [and no cats to love] just a door with a window on it. im lucky to have a door to a one acre yard where I live. there is a large window in the front but it faces the driveway, and the birds most likely would get hurt on the glass flying into it, so all i do is toss dry bread crumbs out on the back yard once a day. [im not at a place to afford feeders and seed my daughter saves me stale bread and crackers] in summer i can leave the door open, and the screen door at least lets me hear them and see them. i might try the web site idea. thanks for the input on teh monitors, ill keep that in mind, if I do end up borrowing one from someone, ill set it out only while Im eating breakfast, and keep it inside otherwise.

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suggestions for a bird lover

by sowhatnow in

i want to know id anyone has an inexpensive easy way for me to install some sort of sound system so i can hear the outside birds in my house in winter.

i have to doors closed its like 30 degrees outside, i stepped out to toss some bread crumbs and heard so many birds outside, and i would love to hear those birds in my kitchen while i eat.

would a cheap baby monitor work ?

sowhatnow

lol, thats funny, But thats not what I meant, I figured a baby monitor sitting out on a table in my backyard would allow me to hear the backyard birds from in the house, on the inside unit, since in the cold weather, i cannot have the windows open. i am not aware of a cheaper way to do it.

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suggestions for a bird lover

by sowhatnow in

i want to know id anyone has an inexpensive easy way for me to install some sort of sound system so i can hear the outside birds in my house in winter.

i have to doors closed its like 30 degrees outside, i stepped out to toss some bread crumbs and heard so many birds outside, and i would love to hear those birds in my kitchen while i eat.

would a cheap baby monitor work ?

sowhatnow

I want to know id anyone has an inexpensive easy way for me to install some sort of sound system so i can hear the outside birds in my house in winter. i have to doors closed its like 30 degrees outside, I stepped out to toss some bread crumbs and heard so many birds outside, and I would love to hear those birds in my kitchen while i eat. would a cheap baby monitor work ? Im missing everything! lol

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Hands up.........................

by The Searcher in

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friends

................who ordered the chinese takeaway?????????

?

sowhatnow

its 7 25 am where i am, so this is someone who is bored after dinner?

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"High" education

by Esmeralda001 in

did any of you guys disregard the wt recommendations and pursue a career.

if you answer "yes": was your journey easy?

are you happy with the end result?

sowhatnow

Tho I have no advanced education , I always remember how my mom would react when she found out someone was 'a dentist, a teacher, a nurse, an accountant, ect. She would be so impressed, and say to me, oh, did you know, so n so is a [whatever] like they were some special breed of jw, lol, she was so impressed, and there were others like that Im sure, the mention the persons profession, in conversation, as if to brag,lol, but at the same time, there were those who would say, 'oh those who go to college, they fall out of the truth, so we dont recommend going to a 4 yr college, if you must, get a quick associates degree on line. Then there were those who spoke very negatively, saying things like, 'oh they think they are so special, well its nice they have money to send their kids to school'

There is a lot of suggestion where I live, to go to a trade school. I recall a D. O. at a two day assembly, actually poked fun at people who went to college and took advertising, culinary arts, business management, and music, during his talk. like you were gay or something,lol I thought what an ass.

Then Id find out somehow just how many people go at least for their associates, [must be in secret,lol] and Im surprised, because these people that would do that, you would never guess they were for it!

So In a large way, there was a mixed message for me growing up , because though my mom acted like people with 'titles' were awesome, lol, at the same time if someone went to college and left shed call them weak and apostate,lol.