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What kind of vehicle should I park on the Kingdom Hall Parking lot?

by asilentone in

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friends

huge tires?

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betterdaze

What kind of vehicle should I park on the Kingdom Hall Parking lot

A simple handcart, for Jehovah's glorious New System of Things™:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs
~Sue

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How to Pray?

by brotherdan in

i've been learning a bit about the early jews perspective on prayer and how it applied to jesus' model prayer in matthew 6. it's facinating to me.

sometimes i forget how important prayer is to the christian in more than just asking for things and thanking god for things.

i wanted to list a few perspectives the jews had on prayer and how we can benefit from it.. fist, they thought prayer should incorporate love and praise.

betterdaze

I wanted to list a few perspectives the Jews had on prayer and how we can benefit from it.

You wanted to? Really? Well bless your heart, brotherdan!

I'm feeling pretty upbuilt today by this thread

Not so fast, "brother."

Problem is, "your" perspectives were lifted word-for-word from the sermon, "The Purpose of Prayer," dated November 11, 1979 by (famous pastor) John F. MacArthur, Jr.

brotherdan, you are thief and a hypocrite. If anyone here should be on their knees praying, it should be YOU begging forgiveness for your deliberate deception.

~Sue

British Library puts Greek manuscripts online

by betterdaze in

british library puts greek manuscripts online.

london | mon sep 27, 2010 8:21am edt.

london (reuters life!

betterdaze

British Library puts Greek manuscripts online

LONDON | Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:21am EDT

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The British Library in London has posted over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts, equating to more than 280 volumes, online, the latest step toward digitizing important ancient documents.

The manuscripts, freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts, are part of what the library calls one of the most important collections outside Greece for the study of more than 2,000 years of Hellenic culture.

The library holds a total of over 1,000 Greek manuscripts, over 3,000 Greek papyri and a comprehensive collection of early Greek printing.

They contain information for scholars working on the literature, history, science, religion, philosophy and art of the Eastern Mediterranean in the Classical and Byzantine periods.

"This is exactly what we have all hoped for from new technology, but so rarely get," said Mary Beard, professor of classics at the University of Cambridge.

"It opens up a precious resource to anyone -- from the specialist to the curious -- anywhere in the world, for free."

Highlights of the digitized manuscripts include the highly illustrated Theodore Psalter produced in Constantinople in 1066 and Babrius's fables, discovered on Mount Athos in 1842, which contains 123 Aesopic fables and was corrected by the great Byzantine scholar Demetrius Triclinius.

The initiative, funded by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is the latest by the library to make ancient, fragile and rare documents available to a wider public.

Other digital projects include a 16th century notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci and the 4th century Codex Sinaiticus, containing the earliest surviving copy of the complete New Testament.

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What song goes through you mind when you think of the BIG A??( LOL)

by Joliette in

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friends

i dont know if this thread is going to offend anyone...but whenever i was a kid, and i thought about 'jehovah distroying everything' i always used to think about that song 'rock the cabash' by the clash, (and later willeinum by will smith).

or rem-its the end of the world as we know it?

i dont know why those two songs go through my head whenever i think of the end of those world when i hear those songs lol..

betterdaze

FHN,

~Sue

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What song goes through you mind when you think of the BIG A??( LOL)

by Joliette in

jw
friends

i dont know if this thread is going to offend anyone...but whenever i was a kid, and i thought about 'jehovah distroying everything' i always used to think about that song 'rock the cabash' by the clash, (and later willeinum by will smith).

or rem-its the end of the world as we know it?

i dont know why those two songs go through my head whenever i think of the end of those world when i hear those songs lol..

betterdaze

I like that song (I melt with you) but I think something more hardcore for the actually part where Jah strikes everyone done with fire and sulfur.

Does this suit you better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTRMZk-l_VY

I have LOVED "War Pigs" since I was a child. It describes "Jehovah's Day" in melodic terms that the Revelation Climax book could never aspire to.

~Sue

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What song goes through you mind when you think of the BIG A??( LOL)

by Joliette in

jw
friends

i dont know if this thread is going to offend anyone...but whenever i was a kid, and i thought about 'jehovah distroying everything' i always used to think about that song 'rock the cabash' by the clash, (and later willeinum by will smith).

or rem-its the end of the world as we know it?

i dont know why those two songs go through my head whenever i think of the end of those world when i hear those songs lol..

betterdaze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls

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HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP MMMMEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Judge Dread in

i'mmmmmmmm mmmmeltingggggggg!!!!!!!!!.

it was 113 in los angeles today.. 107 where i live.. 106 in santa monica which is always the coolest city in the l.a. area.. power outages, fires........all we need is an earthquake.. jdw .

betterdaze

Here's a cold one for ya', Mr. Dread.

It's cool and raining. Putting woolly socks on. Taking sweaters out of storage. Sad that summer may have officially ended, but keeping high hopes for bright sunny days through October.

"The grass is always greener."

~Sue

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JW woman dies in car accident out in the "work"--where was the holy spirit?

by blondie in

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/traffic/mazda-crushed-by-truck-friday-carried-four-women-938492.html.

mazda crushed by truck friday carried four women headed out to share word as jehovah's witnesses; one diedbysonja isgerpalm beach post staff writer.

updated: 6:57 p.m. sunday, sept. 26, 2010. posted: 1:33 p.m. sunday, sept. 26, 2010. .

betterdaze

Does God Really Care?

Divine Intervention?
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?

When a catastrophe strikes, anybody can be affected, and faithfulness to God is not necessarily a factor.

Time + Unforeseen Occurrence = Wait on the "Great Day of Jehovah."

Conclusion:

Regularly reading this magazine will help you to understand what God has done, is doing, and will yet do that can bring you happiness now and a solid hope for the future.

~Sue

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Has a music Video ever discribed your Life?

by Darth plaugeis in

this video is from a brazil rock group charlie brown jr.. i first saw it a few years ago and ... well let me break it down.. (it's in portuguese but the lyrics don't matter.... love led zeppelin... but can someone tell me what plant is saying in trampled underfoot?).

1. bar scene darth being told he can't have fun..for it is written.. 2. darth gets hit by the truth and get hurt and gets blamed for his pain.. 3. after being beaten by the truth.....he discovers it's all about money!!!!.

4. darth feels freedom with this new information.. 5. the truth does not like darth knowing this and comes after him.

betterdaze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZZfuCJ970w

There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today, tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the TV page

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead, barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and release

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5mlb3Bjzs

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind,
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
That call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they
Tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open mind inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world,

Jai guru deva...

OM

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Does this link set off any of your cult bells?

by Libelle in

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friends

http://www.ellerslie.com/home.html.

i know this isn't specifically a jw thing, but it does seem cultish to me, so i thought i'd ask you.

a family member is considering going, and it's just ringing all sorts of bells to me.

betterdaze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEgt729Uvw

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