Very nice resource, it seems all of CTR's writing is there (except SS vol 7 ) easily referenced and all in text (no scans). Basically the WT CD with all the info you really wanted to research. Oh, and a nice little .GIF of the ol' cross and crown.
Thanks for the post!
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since i had started a thread about the district assemble instead of the circuit assembly i started a new one.
does anyone have the talk schedule for the circuit assembly they would like to post for me?
Toreador: I wish I could, the program highlights are in the August Kingdom Ministry (as well as the progrom for the one-day assembly). I recently tossed mine. Someone else might have it, sorry!
the awake!
8 october 2004 has devoted a full two pages to its normal column "from our readers" exclusively for responses to the article understanding mood disorders.
the heading states:.
Thanks for the responses, I hope the post exposed the frustrated emotions that people suffer in an emotional vacuum such as JWs.
But Always look on the bright side of life! : IMO the recent articles on depression and the reader response have paved the way for the "fading" JWs who can now "happily" claim to be "depressed."
I say lay it on thick, and keep a copy of the Awake! handy (clutch it to your chest and make sure it has tear stains) when the elders come by for an "encouraging" visit. Tell them:
"I finally feel understood"
"I am doing everything I can right now"
"After reading this article I'm sure you understand"
"I tried to go to counseling, but the doctors tell me I'm in a mind control cult"
After the "new light" on depression, elders can no longer guilt you into bible study, meetings, service, etc. It's the ultimate "twinkie defence".
hi everyone, i'm new :) i know jesus died on an upright stake and not a cross but i don't know where to find the info on where or when the idea of the crucifixation orginated from.
can someone help me on this please?
thanks in advanced :)
Welcome! and a little hint, don't stake your faith on this one...
After considering the evidence, ask yourself why no one else besides JW accepts the stake? They are either mysteriously right or stubbornly ignorant.
i have.. easy, yeah?.
or really tricky, maybe even terrifing?.
englishman.
Yeah, once in the UK when I pulled out into oncoming traffic turning right. Thanks UK for getting stuck in the outmode and leaving Ireland with your scraps . No problem in the city where I can reference traffic flow, in the country I am a perfect menace.
I know, I know, it all dates back to when horsemen would approach veering to the left so they could leave the sword hand available. And now you are stuck out sorts with the rest of the world.
At least your roundabouts go clockwise...
us criticises religious .
discrimination in belgium
source: expatica (belgium) http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=11964&name=us+criticises+religious+freedom+in+belgium.
Franklin says: FREEDOM TO PRACTICE ANY RELIGION YOU WANT
So Franklin, does deceptive recruiting and mind control give a person the opportunity to really choose what he/she WANTS?
Xena says: but I recognize my family's right to do so if that is what they believe
Xena: What about those JW teenagers/children who shun you, do they have a choice in what they believe?
Freedom of religion does not mean freedom to enslave others in a doctrine by deceptive recruiting and mind control. Study up on cults and get back to me with a qualified opinion.
*** watchtower 1961 december 15 pp.766-767 questions from readers *** questions from readers
when, in genesis 1:30, god says: "to every wild beast of the earth and to every flying creature of the heavens and to everything moving upon the earth in which there is life as a soul i have given all green vegetation for food," are we to understand that this absolutely excludes the idea that any animals ate meat at that time or before that?
and on this basis are we to conclude that all animals will be vegetarian in the new world?
Just like everyone will be naked in Paradise, just the way Adam and Eve were, nude fruitarians.
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does anyone have a list of the talks?
i was thinking of dropping in on one or two of the talks to keep my inlaws guessing..
You must be talking about the 2 day Circuit Assembly? The DC season is over for 2004.
2004 - theme "keep on the watch".
low hours, fake hours.
brothers are "all stressed out.
I laugh at the "faithful" JWs after the meeting. Their entire conversation has become cliche:
"Wasn't that just an excellent talk?!" (The same talk they've heard repeated fro the last 20 years)
"Have you read the article on <insert topic here>, isn't the faithful slave on top of things?"
"I am so excited about using the new release on the end of this system!!" (It's a rehashed brochure people!)
"It's the beginning of the service year again, doesn't time fly?" (Yeah, especially when you've been in the Armegeddon cue for 30 years)
The words just fall out of their mouths like a bad habit, and then they go on to talk about their IRAs again.
the awake!
8 october 2004 has devoted a full two pages to its normal column "from our readers" exclusively for responses to the article understanding mood disorders.
the heading states:.
Arrgh, I'm still grinding about this one...
I'll add a few more excepts from the same Awake! that shows the transparent agenda of the WTBTS:
He had tears in his eyes as he said: "Mom, they do understand. And Jehovah understands me." His physician was pleased to accept the magazine, and I had an enjoyable Bible discussion with him.
Thanks for the practical suggestions, I have been able to increase my service to Jehovah.
I gave a copy of the magazine to my doctor, who has always encouraged me to stay faithful.
A Christian friend records the meetings for me on days that I can't go, and this is a real help.
Now I've been going back to meetings and participating in the ministry.
Thank you for keeping me up-to-date.Translation: Well now that we are "up-to-date", there is no excuse for missing meetings and service, so produce! Oh, and don't go to doctors who correctly diagnose your religion as the source of your depression, instead use your counseling appointments to place literature!
