while doing work for a client in her office recently, we got into a light discussion about religion.
she knew i was one of jehovahs witnesses as our business relationship started while i was still a loyal and believing jw.
anyway, i said something that she knew didnt quite fit and she said ... i thought you were one of jehovahs witnesses ... i shared my story ... she felt comfortable to confide in me a story as to why, even though she has had dealings with jehovahs witnesses who she thinks are good people, she would never even consider listening to them about their religion.. i asked her if she would write it down for me so that i could share ... she agreed.. this is her experience.. .
Based on things you’ve revealed during this discussion and a little checking around on my own, I’ve learned some very impressive things of your person and work.
I want to say a big “Thanks!!!” for all your hard work.
If there is any way I can ever be of help please don’t hesitate to contact me.
sometimes a PM is a good idea, unless thats not really the point...
so i'm sure everyone here knows about the new jw library app.
i was looking around in google play at some different apps pertaining to the jws.
i found something a little different.
I'm sure a side by side old and new NWT with zero commentary would be a winner - now that MeanMrMustard has done the legwork...
january 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
"evidently" <-> "we understand that"
thats all the new light you need :-)
the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.
i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.
so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.
@christian guy - welcome to JWN - I hope you stick around and tell us more about your JW experience and why you left.
It's quite a common journey to go from JW -> BAC -> atheist - cofty and many others have done that, my wife included.
Please include the possibility that there is no god.
Good luck!
is anyone aware if this project is already being done by someone?
if not, perhaps we can brainstorm how to go about this, now that the pdf for the revised nwt is out.
a couple initial impressions:.
one way to filter for important verses might be to ascertain the frequency of citation in WT Lib over the last few years and then check those high value targets first
80+ branch davidian cult members died in waco, texas.
250,000+ #jehovahswitnesses have died refusing blood.
stop this #cult!
we need to wait on a high level defector
this post was taken from reddit exjw but makes a very good point:.
these are two paragraphs of the watchtower of january 1st 2014.... .
i don't know about you guys, but in my mind, i'm seeing a deja vu of the articles before 1975 i've read.
"The first group was on hand in 1914, and they readily discerned the sign of Christ’s presence in that year."
weasel words
It doesn't specifically say the first group discerned the sign during the year 1914.
It does say they were on hand in 1914.
It could be construed to mean that the 'readily discerning' took place at a later date.
It hinges on whether the reader relates the "in that year" to "the sign of Christs presence" or to the timing of the "readily discerning"
i've been in need of a new laptop for a long time.
no, i mean it - a really long time.
the old dell that we have has a floppy lid and is woefully underpowered although it does build up my upper body strength every time i pick it up.. the last 6 months has been a bad time to buy something new though with the haswell processors on the horizon promising better battery life and also screen technology seems to have been leaping ahead recently to a new hi-dpi standard.. so apple finally released their mac book pro and at the same time dell has released an xps 15 ultrabook which looks like a pretty good alternative and probably better 'value'.. pro's and con's?
75% of people will never buy a Mac
20% of people will compare specs between Mac and PC
5% will buy whatever shit comes out of Cupertino. <-------- Me.
Fact.
the indian prime minister manmohan singh has just visited beijing for talks with the chinese government.
at the conclusion of the talks singh issued this communique:.
source: the wall street journal - http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/10/23/when-india-and-china-shake-hands/?mod=wsjblog&mod=irt.
meanwhile India tries to find indoors toilets for 625m people
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/17/world/asia/india-open-toilets-udas/
still a fair bit to do but i thought it is worth posting.
this is all done with dots no lines at all.. .
its amazingly great work - maybe you could scan a closeup of a 1" square and post that?
