since this the 40 yr anniversity of the shooting.how did feel about the shootings as a jw do you see as the sign of the end times?were you scared about inpending perscution or revolution in this country.
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Soldier77 wrote: Must have been before my time, what happened?
National guard shot at unarmed students who were protesting on the campus. "Four dead in O-hi-o."
Here is wikipedia link which also, coincidently enough, has that photo I was referencing in my previous post:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
-Aude.
since this the 40 yr anniversity of the shooting.how did feel about the shootings as a jw do you see as the sign of the end times?were you scared about inpending perscution or revolution in this country.
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I was 9 and a half when my parents began studying in January 1970 and they were baptized 6 months later. Armageddon was coming in 5 years and the WTS was inspired by Jehovah.
WT literature, written 6 months or so before publication was prophetic as current events seems to coincide with what was happening the week we presented the mags in service.
There was a photo in the orange book "From Paradise Lost, to Paradise Regained" that was strangely similar to a popular photo taken at the scene of the Kent State Massacre. The girl kneeling next to her slain friend... Her arms are extended up towards the sky.
For years my parents used that photo as partial evidence of the WTS inspiration and insight and proof of Jehovah's direction.
-Aude.
i will volunteer to coordinate this.. if you would like a card sent to you or send a card, pm me your mailing address and a name the post office will deliver to.. what do you think the cut off date should be for sending the exchange lists out to everyone?.
do you want it pm'd or e-mailed (if emailed send your email address with your snail mail.. i know that cards going overseas can take longer.. .
blondie.
Done!
-Aude.
khrag!!!!!!
!just joined us in our boardroom( jwn).
i made his mum a jw when she was 15 i think...she married a jw.
Welcome to JWN, Khrag~!
Nice to have you join us.
-Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
wild child - enya.
i love this music.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvyohy_bykq.
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Some of those photos remind me of Margaret Keane - artist in the 60's who drew pictures of children with BIG eyes - who later became a JW.
-Aude.
i will volunteer to coordinate this.. if you would like a card sent to you or send a card, pm me your mailing address and a name the post office will deliver to.. what do you think the cut off date should be for sending the exchange lists out to everyone?.
do you want it pm'd or e-mailed (if emailed send your email address with your snail mail.. i know that cards going overseas can take longer.. .
blondie.
Yippee~!! I'm in.
-Aude.
i had a wonderful thanksgiving with my husband's family and we spent the night.
the next morning we had a good breakfast and decorated the tree.
and my mother in law (my husband's step mom, who i adore and love) gave out early christmas gifts... ornaments, and a wow wow huge christmas cross to hang on the wall!
I understand the feelling. I've had people give me beautiful angels and fairies. Neither of which do anything for me and yet I know they were given from a very warm and loving part of their hearts. Still they just don't sit well with me and I have given most of them away.
Interesting to hear the cross being a sign of intense love.
Actually, I had never heard that. But it does make sense.
-Aude.
this might seem to be a silly question, but if jw are allowed to accept certain blood fractions, they could consider participating in providing these fractions?
would be ok for a jw to donate his/her blood, if it is under the condition that it can only be used for the production of specified fractions?
has anyone asked the society (gb) this question, or is there already a thread on this?
Nope. Not allowed to give blood.
It's also hypocritical to accept aid from Red Cross, etc but they pretty much refuse to contribute. (Although contributing to Red Cross is not a judicial offence, AFAIK)
-Aude.
so, there we all are in the break room in my place of work, and the topic turns to the holiday shopping madness.
this co-worker starts to say how expensive this holiday season has been for him and that he's still not done, and too bad when the day comes the family members will find fault or something else wrong with his gifts, and to make things worst, that the wife also was purchasing gifts with his credit card so he feared the january statement.. so, i jokingly told him that one way he can remedy that is by telling his family that he's been studying the bible and that he won't be celebrating christmas this year as he's studying to become a jw.
they all laughed loudly and the guy, second by others in the room, told me that i just didn't know how good i had it being a jw this time of the year.
DY wrote: ...all without the materialism and excess that are characteristics of today's holiday celebrations.
Actually, I know many people who celebrate without going to excess. It's really a matter of personal choice and self-control as too how much someone will spend.
As a JW, I had the same response as DY about giving at any time during the year. I really wanted to believe it and, to an extent, did believe that the holiday's were just selfish and bothersome. At the same time I realized that we were really missing out on some wonderful memory-making traditions and experiences.
Non-JWs can and do also give at non-holiday occaisions, too.
@Mary - Yikes! I think the a**hole comment was unwarranted.
-Aude.
i feel like not being part of anything since god knows when.
i ve tryed, but to make a long story short: i don t fit in to anything.. i can t get out of these bleeding depressions.
so i ll go out tonight for the last time in my life and take an overdose at the end.. its been nice meeting you all.
Easy-to-remember hotlines (USA):
1-800-SUICIDE http://suicidehotlines.com/
1-800-273-TALK http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
1-800-799-4TTY Deaf Hotline
Hoping things are OK.
-Aude.
