it felt wierd voting for the first time...looking around the front car park to make sure no "brothers" were around.
we went secretly at 5;50 pm just before voting closed.
i'm so damn paranoid!
Junction-Guy:
I thought voting was a disfellowshipping offense back in the 1970's and 1980's, up until that WT article came along in 1999.
Do you perhaps have a quote on that? I'm re-uploading a bunch of files, and don't currently have access to what you mention.
it felt wierd voting for the first time...looking around the front car park to make sure no "brothers" were around.
we went secretly at 5;50 pm just before voting closed.
i'm so damn paranoid!
There have been a few topics here about voting, and, to my knowledge (and somewhat to my surprise), it turns out that voting was never a df'ing offense? Just very discouraged...and, of course, you couldn't be a servant if you did vote. LOL
On the flip side, I've gotten really discouraged about the dearth of meaningful things about which I can vote--more and more the politicians seem to be taking the really important policy-making decisions into a backroom: passing legislation on fees and charges and issues that the public never has a chance to see, until after the fact, or over which there is no voting option.
Of course, this is all presented as being in our best interests (read: you simple folks are too stupid to know what to do, so we'll just go ahead and make the decision for you).
Nevertheless, I do feel a certain delusional sense of empowerment in voting, and I will continue to do so.
when you used to go in the field service, did you go out to have 2 more hours on your report, or did you really want to save somebody's life by preaching a message of salvation ?
Karen, your post really touched me! If I may epitomize what you said: You came into an opportunity to expand upon yourself, and, with some hesitation, chose a course that, for a time at least, offered you expanded horizons. That we were not "thinking for ourselves" at those moments almost becomes irrelevant, insofar as it gave us an option which we might not have otherwise had.
It's not all bad, and it's not all good...but it is what it is, and we are now where we are.
Best to you and Lenny,
Craig
i would love to be able to show them to my husband so he can check them for himself since he thinks the only changes made were that the nwt is in a "modern language" he gets quite upset with me when he tells me he has read the bible front to back several times and i say "yes you have, but the bible you are reading has been changed from what the scriptures in other versions of the bible say" thanks in advance for any help with this.grammy
drew, thanks! I've got the pages loaded up on rapidshare. Now how do I get them to c/p to a post here?
edit to add: If it would be easier, perhaps I can just email you the two files, and you could post them up?
i would love to be able to show them to my husband so he can check them for himself since he thinks the only changes made were that the nwt is in a "modern language" he gets quite upset with me when he tells me he has read the bible front to back several times and i say "yes you have, but the bible you are reading has been changed from what the scriptures in other versions of the bible say" thanks in advance for any help with this.grammy
AlanF sent me a .pdf file (two pages) that show the NWT appendix listing of changes made, but I don't know how to upload them here. Any help would be appreciated.
when i was a bachelor, i had a very simple life: a bed, a tv, a computer, a stereo, and a couch.
no storage rooms, no closets full of stuff: everything i owned was straightforward and functional.. now?
well, bikerchic is having me haul around all these boxes and totes and piles of stuff for christmas, and i swear we must have about 47,000 tons of stuff that even she doesn't know where some of the stuff came from.. it must be genetic.. .
When I was a bachelor, I had a very simple life: a bed, a TV, a computer, a stereo, and a couch. No storage rooms, no closets full of stuff: everything I owned was straightforward and functional.
Now? Well, bikerchic is having me haul around all these boxes and totes and piles of stuff for Christmas, and I swear we must have about 47,000 tons of stuff that even she doesn't know where some of the stuff came from.
It must be genetic.
when you used to go in the field service, did you go out to have 2 more hours on your report, or did you really want to save somebody's life by preaching a message of salvation ?
As with several others above: I was a true believer, and my heartfelt feeling was to save lives. The hours I spent in that effort were not my main concern...although there were times that I went out to do more, considering that I was at times a bit shy of meeting the quota.
oompa:
Anybody who adores this work is not normal and needs help. Talking to stranger in this manner is not natural no matter what your faith.
I beg to differ. Direct personal interaction has been a characteristic of human communication since Adam and Eve. I submit that perhaps you have generalized beyond the limits of legitimate generalization. edit to add: For example, your participation in this discussion board: Is it not a matter of talking to strangers in this manner?
so, you think cat-pee is so bad?.
what is your "solution" for that particular problem?.
lol.
OUTLAW, you are such a card!
However, I'll have you know that you have ruined me for life: I'll never again be able to eat a popsicle without wondering about its ingredients.
"Made by OUTLAW" might almost be synonymous with "Made in China."
so, you think cat-pee is so bad?.
what is your "solution" for that particular problem?.
lol.
So, you think cat-pee is so bad?
How about penguin-pee? What is your "solution" for that particular problem?
LOL
there seems to be a lot of hostility on the board toward atheists still and a lot of comments floating around like atheists are to preachy.
well i want to take a quick minute and deal with some of these issues.
to begin with, to make any statement regarding atheists in general would be false for several reasons.
I'm an agnostic...so, of course, in my opinion all atheists should be agnostics.
