i hold in my hand the nov. awake magazine entitled "technology - blessing or curse?"..
now, i understand the need for balance and moderation in using technology, as the magazine says - but could they come up with a more intelligent sounding title?
it makes the question sound as if abandoning technology might be a solution, a considered choice, a real possibility.
I like the tabs on the front page of watchtower.org:
World Affairs / Religion / Family / Animals
Animals? Wtf? What is this fascination with inserting benal topics among serious ones? And then the article has to have a cliched attempt at a witty alliteration: "Fleet-Footed, Flightless, and Fascinating—The Ostrich"
Here's an alliterative article title suggestion:
"Flat-Footed, Flightless, and Fucked: The Governing Body's 'Helpers'"
here is a scan from the dec 15 09 wt (study ed) with a graph of how a witness should apportion their time to remain joyful.. .
so according to this graph, to remain joyful a witness should spend 3 times as much of his waking hours in 'theocratic activities' as he should in secular work!
hopscotch.
The real message of the chart is that a JW should be completely immersed in "theocratic activities," with all other activities, even work and family, being relegated to their apportioned times.
If a JW doesn't feel surrounded and pressured from all sides, feeling like they are never doing enough, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEIR SPIRITUALITY.
i wanted to see if there were some people on here with this disorder, and what kind of symptoms you have/had, so any input is welcome.. i have some symptoms that, from what i have read, sound very similar, but i have never been one to go seeking out diagnoses for myself and am very wary of the pitfalls associated with that.. in any case, i'd be interested to hear from others about this.....
I had bipolar v3.25. Upgraded a few times. Finally, got tired and stopped it. Heheh. Bipolar II? Seriously? Not larffing at bipolar, bipolar 2 a new thing, for me.
From WebMD: "However, in bipolar II disorder, the "up" moods never reach full-on mania. The less-intense elevated moods in bipolar II disorder are called hypomanic episodes, or hypomania."
i wanted to see if there were some people on here with this disorder, and what kind of symptoms you have/had, so any input is welcome.. i have some symptoms that, from what i have read, sound very similar, but i have never been one to go seeking out diagnoses for myself and am very wary of the pitfalls associated with that.. in any case, i'd be interested to hear from others about this.....
I wanted to see if there were some people on here with this disorder, and what kind of symptoms you have/had, so any input is welcome.
I have some symptoms that, from what I have read, sound very similar, but I have never been one to go seeking out diagnoses for myself and am very wary of the pitfalls associated with that.
In any case, I'd be interested to hear from others about this....
It's better to be wrong and correct than to be silent and loud.
S
I concur.
here is a scan from the dec 15 09 wt (study ed) with a graph of how a witness should apportion their time to remain joyful.. .
so according to this graph, to remain joyful a witness should spend 3 times as much of his waking hours in 'theocratic activities' as he should in secular work!
hopscotch.
What's all this emphasis on personal study? As if the average JW has enough hunger for real knowledge that they will spend all that time on personal study? Give me a break. They spend 10 minutes underlining their Watchtowers and call it good for the week.
and then, immediately after babylon the great is destroyed, almost without a break, look at matt 24 :29 -immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.. now in what sense will the sun be destroyed and the moon not give its light?
are you ready for that?.
and you'll fall across the finish line into the new world !
Actually, i think it could be fun to try and delete certain telling key sections and replace jehovahs witnesses by 'Catholics' or something else, and then see what a jw would think of it.
That would be interesting. I wonder how it would go if someone took one of these talks, replaced all referneces to Catholocism or something, and started to spread it around as a "viral" email campaign to JWs. Then they'd all look like assholes when they found out it was their own GB. And we would laugh like the evil apostates we are.
"the way of the truth is the best way of living.. no better way can there be found.".
remember that?
it's the opening line to 'make the truth your own'.
I love that song....actually i love em all.x
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and then, immediately after babylon the great is destroyed, almost without a break, look at matt 24 :29 -immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.. now in what sense will the sun be destroyed and the moon not give its light?
are you ready for that?.
and you'll fall across the finish line into the new world !
EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION
and so are you.. the 'god' of the bible doesn't define what is good or bad - you and i do.
it isn't 'god' that will provide for our futures, feed the hungry, cure diseases and fight injustice - you and i will do that.
'he' isn't god - you are and i am!
The book of Genesis, in a way, portrays man and woman as becoming gods when they eat of the tree of knowledge of good and bad. The only thing missing, of course, was immortality.
I think this is the single most interesting theme in Genesis... what it means to be like God is knowing the difference between good and bad, and knowing OF good and bad. The latter concept is distinctly different than the first one... in essense, sacrificing good or bad for a desired outcome. Isn't that what the God of the Bible does continually? Making decisions that could be construed as good or bad, depending on the circumstances, for his desired outcome?
