Wow! It snuck up on me. I worked, slept, now I'm settling down to more business. But being that it is a birthday for Christ's Kingdom I must think of something....
Isaac
like most people reading this, i was convinced that by 2014 the new system would 'definitely' have been operating for at least a decade.
now that i know this is not going to be the case i am going to have to think of some way to recognise 100 years of wts let downs and failed predictions.
there is no point fretting over the past so i think it will be a good time to celebrate.
Wow! It snuck up on me. I worked, slept, now I'm settling down to more business. But being that it is a birthday for Christ's Kingdom I must think of something....
Isaac
one of the most pertinent comparisons of breaking free from the borg's control.. any sci-fi fans?.
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I am watching Voyager again, first time since it aired. When I reach this episode I'll let you know.
Isaac
so far my oldest niece and oldest sister cut me off.
i'm waiting for the goodbye texts from my other siblings.
my parents asured me they would never cut me off.
I'm so sorry to hear. Know that there is more than what the WT takes away from us. Also never give up hope that those who you lose can come back to you.
Isaac
a gilead student from thailand.
a young thai girl who came to new york to attend the gilead school in upstate south lansing, new york, had a mental breakdown.
staff members pleaded with president knorr to send her home by plane, under supervision.
Amzzing about Russ that he was a receptionist all that time. I knew him in the late 80's and wondered why someone of his character was only a receptionist. It was at the 107 building. I wonder if he was a bit of a rebel. I liked him and leaned a lot from him.
Isaac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnhq2vge7ym.
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very professionaly done!.
Looks great! BTTT
Isaac
ok, at the risk of getting flamed, i have been out for over 20 years, and still love kingdom melodies.
i remember them for the good times, the conventions and assemblies, hearing the orchestral versions, imagining the orchestra playing.
some pieces were really nice.
So do I and for the same reasons of memories etc,. That doesn't apply for the new stuff which I have not chosen to listen to and which would have no memories attached anyway.
Isaac
give it a few months, perhaps all jws will have to make hard decisions about blood based treatments.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29084254.
the blood of patients who recover from ebola should be used to treat others, the world health organization has announced.. west africa is facing the largest ebola outbreak in history and more than 2,000 people have died.. a global group of experts have been meeting to assess the experimental therapies that could contain ebola.. the who also announced that ebola vaccines could be used on the frontline by november.. blood medicine.
people produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an ebola infection.. in theory, those antibodies can be transferred from a survivor into a sick patient to give their immune system a boost.. however, large scale data on the effectiveness of the therapy is lacking.. studies on the 1995 outbreak of ebola in democratic republic of congo showed seven out of eight people survived after being given the therapy.. dr marie paule kieny, an assistant director general at who said: "we agreed that whole blood therapies may be used to treat ebola virus and all efforts must be invested to help infected countries to use them.. "there is a real opportunity that a blood-derived product can be used now and this can be very effective in terms of treating patients.".
White blood cell treatments are being tested now! What will the Governing Body do?
Isaac
Wow, I didn't realize she was alive all this time. Knorr died in 1977, I was a kid!
Isaac
i first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.
at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.
april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.
Very nice. I know how this feels having gone thru it myself. Letting that certainty go, being comfortable with NOT kowing as you put it is a journey. It's one worth taking. In the end it's great to be free. Most people never take the chance to start over. You have. Good luck.
Isaac
full set http://imgur.com/a/jvcla .
i put that album together so you don't have to give www.jw.borg any more traffic .
sample:.
Thanks Wifibandit!
Isaac