over the next 5 weeks, we should have 5 or 6 articles/posts that will provide more commentary on the march 15, 2015 watchtower.
important doctrinal changes in march 15th, 2015 watchtower (study edition) explained wp.me/p4cpzs-xo .
http://ad1914.com/2014/04/20/new-important-doctrinal-changes-in-march-15th-watchtower-study-edition-explained-clarified/.
Ahhhhhh, okaaaaay. I'm clued!
Thanks.
The doctrinal changes article just struck me immediately as way above the usual fare and I realized something about
the quality was connected to a. . . giggle. . . "higher power." Experience and intelligence are the light which can't
be hidden under the bushel.
Thanks for the head's up, btw.
over the next 5 weeks, we should have 5 or 6 articles/posts that will provide more commentary on the march 15, 2015 watchtower.
important doctrinal changes in march 15th, 2015 watchtower (study edition) explained wp.me/p4cpzs-xo .
http://ad1914.com/2014/04/20/new-important-doctrinal-changes-in-march-15th-watchtower-study-edition-explained-clarified/.
Gilgamesh,
Are you still attending any Kingdom Hall? The only reason I ask is I am curious as to your identity, and then--only because
you come from the Ray Franz era at Bethel and would undoubtedly be seen as a 'celebrity' around here:) (Not being facetious!)
Unlike the majority who post on discussion groups, your personal experiences are rich in factual details from a very historic period
in JW history. In essence, you know where the 'bodies are buried.'
I looked up your original posts/topics on our JW-net history function and realized how essential your viewpoint is to our community
if, for no other reason, you lived through it and knew principle players.
I bemoan the silence of intervening years since your first appearance a dozen years ago.
Are you hands-on with any projects at the moment? Have you given consideration to writing your personal biography and self-publishing?
Would you sit still for some Q & A?
Has your old nemesis Bill Bowen reappeared in a puff of smoke and the scent of brimstone lately:)
Thanks!
i'm at starbucks .
just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.
my hands are shaking.. wow!.
I have no illusions or delusions that I am in control.
Conscience did not permit me to sit still and not intrude. I did not WANT to jump in, believe me, I was extremely
uncomfortable doing so. It was a compulsion I cannot clearly explain to myself or to anybody else.
So too, I'm doing the best I can to follow similar principle to the so-called Hippocratic Oath: "First of all, do no harm."
I can't pretend to control outcome from a person of Free Will (if there be such.)
I am a reluctant advisor. I answer questions with many warnings and disclaimers as I go along.
I really don't see what else I can do. Maybe you do--but then,you're not me.
the tim burton film is ready for release.. www.thewrap.com/big-eyes-premiere-finds-audience-howling-at-christoph-waltz-and-amy-adams-dueling-artists/.
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In my link above there is considerable detail, but I'll repeat a bit of it here.
The layman who sees something which 'looks like' a painting will call it a painting and be none the wiser.
What usually fools people is the image laying on top of canvas.
Canvas is associated with painting.
However . . .
Any image can be transferred (bonded) to canvas from a print.
The offset lithograph is done by a machine. It differs radically from an original print hand-crafted by an artist in an atelier.
It is a glorified photo process.
1. The artist paints an original painting.
2. The painting is photographed.
3. The colors are electronically "separated" and printing on special paper.
4. The combined layers produce a simulacrum of the original image.
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5. iF the lithograph image is then transferred to canvas it takes on the appearance of the original painting.
6. The addition of "brush strokes" with transparent gel which hardens atop the image adds verisimilitude.
7. The unwitting collector assumes he is buying an original painting, but it is dishonestly worded to say so.
i think they are the most boring people on earth.
they are about as exciting as a dead ant..
Uptight Nerds obsessing over quibbles are always boring to NORMAL people.
They are so busy being RIGHT they forget to experience the joy in life.
A life without joy is not only boring--it is empty, depressing, and pointless.
So, um, yeah!
march 2015 study article learn from the illustration of the talents.
brothers and sisters worldwide will be overjoyed to know that the governing body finally has the.
courage to admit their mistakes .
This is rather Zen; to do by not doing.
The source of error has not been pinpointed, has it?
How did the noise creep into the data?
The FDS is like a Pharmacist who can't read Dr. Jehovah's prescription script.
So--what do they do? Do they FILL IT ANYWAY?
Where is due diligence?
People sicken and die--but wait! Not to worry--eventually they make a phone call and Dr. Jehovah chuckles and explains
what the ACTUAL medication was SUPPOSED to be. All is well. (Pity about the funeral.)
an athist made this casual statememt on another thread:.
this would suggest to me that there are at least some atheists that do have consistant beliefs.. .
as an atheist, how could he possibly trust the reason that suggests this to himself?
I like Perry and I like his family. I can see some of my old self in him. I don't think he would be on this group
unless he cared about something which included most of us on some level. I credit him with caring.
These discussions are a kind of exercise and it doesn't hurt any of us to peer into our response mechanism for
the presence or absence of kindness, honesty, lucidity, and empathy without sliding into contempt.
We have good days and bad; all of us regardless of our beliefs or lack of same.
I spent a year on a Christadelphian website many years ago and the reception I got was stellar. Even when they
were disagreeing with me I was treated as though I mattered. I have only positive things to say about them.
I wonder sometimes if we (don't) realize different people popup here to "audition" our family as to acceptance, warmth, love,
and non-judgmental reasoning.
What impression do we make for the better?
It is a question worth asking, no?
i'm at starbucks .
just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.
my hands are shaking.. wow!.
I don't contact him unless he sends me a text or shows up at Starbucks when I am there writing.
I am a response support and don't want to be a stimulus or squadron leader.
It is his life and I think he is smart enough to figure things out. If he seeks my advise I will
offer it couched in the disclaimer: "Don't believe anything I tell you without researching it for yourself."
an athist made this casual statememt on another thread:.
this would suggest to me that there are at least some atheists that do have consistant beliefs.. .
as an atheist, how could he possibly trust the reason that suggests this to himself?
Think of it this way. . ..
What if you were suddenly whisked back in time to ancient Greece and you were asked why
you didn't believe in Zeus or the other gods? You couldn't whip out your Bible because there wasn't any.
Is there an explanation anybody would find acceptable? No.
You would be an atheist to their religious deities.
Early Christians were regarded as atheists because they denied everybody else's god except their own.
It was unthinkably arbitrary to the Romans and no explanation would suffice.
In summary, to those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who don't understand, no explanation is possible.
stop begging for crumbs like a pigeon in the park!.
nobody anywhere has truth tied up with a red ribbon to hand to you so you.
can go skipping down the road with a smile!.
Much obliged
