I hope you're feeling better, Crumpet.
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Blessing the food / Saying grace
by Qcmbr indo jws say grace and if so what sort of things do they say?
we had quite an open discussion on this topic at church today and we looked at the issue of what i suspect (but may be wrong in) is an lds cultural strangeness.
here is the body of typical lds grace to explain: .
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Personally, I don't think God cares whether you thank him for the food. But, as far as I know, it's common to all Christian religions. It's certainly common to all the ones I've come into contact with. Now, asking God to 'spiritually improve the food' isn't something I'm familiar with. It wasn't something we did while we were JWs.
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Does your niceness be lie your evilness?
by prophecor inpeople that i work with on the job think i'm such a nice person.
i guess we all try to show to others our good side.
in public i try as best i can to conduct myself in a better than civilised form and fashion.
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You sound like you're a normal person. Except for my husband, nobody has any idea of what goes on in my head. I'm sure they'd be shocked if they did know. Why do you think that's evil? Why is the world entitled to know my private thoughts? When dealing with co-workers, family and friends, I'm consistent. This I believe is important, people know what to expect from me.
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When does the calling of Christians to a heavenly hope cease?
by whereami inwell here it is folks!!!
the wts new "light" on the subject.
read it & weep.
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Welcome to JWD, whereami.
I wonder how this will tie in with the wild rumour that this may be the last memorial.
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Thoughts on the public prayer of Witnesses
by SirNose586 inmany years ago, a brother gave a public talk on prayer wherein he stated that "each prayer should be like a snowflake--no two should be exactly the same.
" i agreed with his sentiments, and as a good little jw boy, i resolved that each prayer i said to god would be unique.
however, there was a problem with my resolution: i could never see examples of older people making sure that each prayer was unique.
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The prayers at conventions and assemblies always annoyed me. They always wound up sounding like they were trying to counsel god.
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The end is near!
by Cellist ini'm reading a book by roy strong entitled, "the arts in britain - a history" and i came across an interesting point (one of many, lol).
it states, 'what sets the 1640s and 1650s apart is this all-pervading sense that mankind was living in the last age of the world.
the apocalyptic atmosphere which was unleashed by the civil war in 1642 cut right across society and was to ebb and flow in intensity for two decades according to the turn of events and then, in 1660, with the return of the monarchy, plunge underground.
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That sounds like an interesting book. I'll have to look for it.
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The end is near!
by Cellist ini'm reading a book by roy strong entitled, "the arts in britain - a history" and i came across an interesting point (one of many, lol).
it states, 'what sets the 1640s and 1650s apart is this all-pervading sense that mankind was living in the last age of the world.
the apocalyptic atmosphere which was unleashed by the civil war in 1642 cut right across society and was to ebb and flow in intensity for two decades according to the turn of events and then, in 1660, with the return of the monarchy, plunge underground.
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I'm reading a book by Roy Strong entitled, "The Arts in Britain - A History" and I came across an interesting point (one of many, lol).
It states, 'What sets the 1640s and 1650s apart is this all-pervading sense that mankind was living in the last age of the world. The apocalyptic atmosphere which was unleashed by the Civil War in 1642 cut right across society and was to ebb and flow in intensity for two decades according to the turn of events and then, in 1660, with the return of the monarchy, plunge underground. There was nothing novel in the ideas themselves, but what was new was that men and women actually believed that they were living out the prophecies of Daniel and Isaiah in the Old Testament, and also those of St. John in the book of Revelation. .... Everywhere one looks during these two tumultuous decades one is aware of a keen expectancy, that something cosmic could happen at anytime.'
Does this remind you of anyone?
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Going but will be back
by ex-nj-jw ingood morning everyone,.
i'll be on vacation in sunny florida starting tomorrow for 1 whole week .
this will be my first official vacation in 2 years and yes i deserve it!!!!!.
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I hope you have an absolutely wonderful vacation.
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Question for faders (past and present)
by IsaacJS2 ini was just wondering why people fade instead of just quitting right away.
going inactive isn't enough to get dfed, is it?
i was never dfed, though my meeting attendance had been on again off again for months before hand.
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We faded because our employment at that time was dependent on JWs. Also, if we had DA'd it would've made it difficult to associate with my husband's elderly father. It certainly wasn't the easier route, they didn't leave us alone for a couple of years.
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I have some very good news...
by Abandoned in...but i can't say anything more right now.
still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.
wish me luck... .
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Good luck! And congratulations.
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