Posts by betterdaze

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It's my Birthday!

by Found Sheep in

the 3rd one i'm celebrating!

i'm 36 and doing well!

party party.

June 15 WT- Scrolls "Probably most Christians could not carry many with them for preaching"

by LostGeneration in

the june 15 study edition talks about scrolls, we all know the silly picture of the dude hauling scrolls around that the wt has put into a few of their publications.

this paragraph in the new wt states:.

the well-known dead sea scroll of isaiah is almost 24 feet (7.3 m) in length.

Good catch, LostGeneration!

So, the subject of quote is about books, not scrolls!

"Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus," Chapter 6, "Who Read and Who Wrote," page 165:

"It is very difficult to estimate the price of a book, but if a roll of Isaiah, a long one (see Chapter 1, p. 26), took two to three days to complete, then a little over three days' wages might be an appropriate figure, plus the cost of the roll.

… and that may be an exemplary rather than a real figure, and we may suppose a scribe might expect a slightly higher rate, we can guess at a price of six to ten denarii for a copy of Isaiah. While that is not cheap, it would not put books out of the reach of the reasonably well-to-do."

No wonder the esteemed Watchtower scholars chose this author, note how he writes: but if, might be, may be, we may suppose, might expect, we can guess.

Prof. Millard's distinction between scrolls and earliest Christian books is further fleshed out in an interview here.

THE TURNING: Now, we talked about earlier that people were writing things down on waxen tablets as well as if something really mattered, they put it down on scrolls, but of course the Christian tradition has Bibles. It has books. How did that transition happen? Why didn’t we have a bunch of scrolls?

MILLARD: It seems the book with pages was beginning to be used in the 1st century. There’s a Roman writer called Marshall, who says to his friends, this idea of having books written on pages rather than scrolls is very convenient if you’re traveling; it’s easier to use such a book. It’s also more economical because scrolls were usually only written on one side whereas with a book, you use both sides of the page. This sort of book seems to been used for possibly technical handbooks in the 1st century. And in the 2nd century, there are just a few examples from Egypt of Greek literature written in this form and they are mostly legal texts and things like that. It’s possible that it is a form of book that’s more common in Rome than in Egypt in the 1st and 2nd centuries, but we simply don’t have any examples from Rome. The ones found in Egypt might be written outside the country. It’s impossible to tell and I think the Christians thought this was a very convenient, economical form of book. They may also thought that it was less likely to draw attention to itself than a scroll in situations where Christianity, being the illegal religion, owners of Christian books might well be persecuted.

THE TURNING: So it’s sort of the original pocketbook, in a sense?

MILLARD: Yes.

Again, note how he speaks:

It seems, seems to be, possibly, it's possible, might be.

It's impossible to tell, may also, might well.

~Sue

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Praying caused the Japan quake...

by unshackled in

jw
friends

...to prove to atheists that god exists?

at least according to the girl in this video.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umotte-vly&feature=youtu.be.

attention girl in the video: please, if you're reading this....stop praying!

betterdaze

Jesus responds to tamtampamela:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH3OXSm_y6E

A Day Made of Glass

by betterdaze in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cf7il_ez38&feature=player_embedded.

betterdaze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=player_embedded

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Nothing......

by ziddina in

jw
friends

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betterdaze

BetterDaze - "Would you be - could you be - would you be my Nei-gh-bor???"

Sure!

Desert Rat, unleaded for a buck 89? Now that's something!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pesIGuV9DDk

~Sue

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Nothing......

by ziddina in

jw
friends

.

betterdaze

Let's Think of Something to Do While We're Waiting

Let's think of something to do while we're waiting
While we're waiting for something new to do.
Let's try to think up a song while we're waiting
That's liberating and will be true to you.

Let's think of something to do while we're waiting
While we're waiting 'til something's through.
You know it's really all right;
In fact, it's downright quite bright
To think of something to do
That's specific for you.
Let's think of something to do while we're waiting.

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Can i get a little free legal advice and/or opinions on a small problem?

by outlander in

i picked this forum section since it seems closest to what i'm gonna ask.

been a few months since i last posted but i always keep up with whats going on here since most of my family is j.w.

anyway, to get to the point.

betterdaze

You know nothing of the situation besides a few paragraphs that i posted.

Fool, I know more than I need to know from your prior posting history.

Had you some mental facility, you could be ashamed and embarrassed, that you don't possess the basic self-realization to consider that in advance.

The sole reason you started hitting-up an ex-JW site was to gain pity that your "crazy JW sister" was selling HER house that you've squatting in all along. You lost your elderly mother's pension income, too. Boo-frickin' hoo.

At one point you were actually bitching that crazy JW sister should work more hours, so you could keep riding the freebie train at HERS and YOUR elderly MOTHER'S expense. You were upset to lose YOUR MOTHER'S $1,500 pension!

Seriously, I cannot make this sh*t up. I have no need to. You spelled it out rather clearly from the get-go and now it's biting you back. Man the heck up live and with the consequences.

From your comments it seems your looking at my question with a predetermined negative viewpoint based on something that happened to you in the past.

Nothing happened to me. Nothing at all. Like YOU, I was not in the will.

I cannot possibly be disappointed over something I was never entitled to in the first place.

Unlike YOU, grasping desperately at something you were never entitled to in the first place.

Therein lies the difference.

The reason I said that I would have to check out the Will is BECAUSE SHE CANNOT READ AND THEREFORE HAS NO WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHATS IN LEGAL PAPERS UNLESS SOMEONE IS THERE TO HELP HER!

Again, that person is NOT you. As has already been pointed out, SHE needs a lawyer. You are nothing more than a PREDATOR. I have every hope in my heart that your wife's lawyer will recognize your interloping and truly advocate for your wife's future safety and security.

So please keep keep the negative comments and snide remarks to yourself

Negative? Here ya' go: "So I don't really know which way he's leaning. Make his mother angry, or make his wife angry."

One week into a new marriage, and already you insinuate yourself such that a man must choose between his mother or his wife? One week, and you are splitting this man's alliances apart, flesh, blood, and vow?

THAT, Mr., is so very negative as to be criminal in nature. There is absolutely no reason that the mother or the wife should be angry at all, and especially not the son. They are all free and clear.

The only negative factor is YOU. And you have a self-said history of PREDATION.

Outlander, maybe think of GETTING A JOB someday. So you don't have to parasite off your:

• Crazy JW sister

• Elderly mother

• Illiterate wife

• The son

Perhaps you can play banjo for the Georgia tourists.

~Sue

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Elderly woman allegedly abused by caretaker

by betterdaze in

elderly woman allegedly abused by caretaker.

a former richmond woman was the subject of a police report regarding her alleged abuse by a woman who was supposed to have been caring for her.

in the report filed on feb. 8, the woman's daughter, who lives in wisconsin, alleges that the richmond woman who was .

betterdaze

Elderly woman allegedly abused by caretaker

A former Richmond woman was the subject of a police report regarding her alleged abuse by a woman who was supposed to have been caring for her. In the report filed on Feb. 8, the woman's daughter, who lives in Wisconsin, alleges that the Richmond woman who was

supposed to have been caring for her fraudulently stole her social security checks and made fraudulent purchases with the victim's credit cards. The victim had been living in Wisconsin and decided to leave and return back to Richmond where she had lived before. The victim,

who had previously been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, dementia, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder, arrived in Richmond and began living with a woman she had met through the Jehovah Witness Church. The victim stayed in Richmond for approximately 18 months, during

which time her family was allowed very little interaction with her by the caregiver. The caregiver recently put the victim on a flight to Chicago and told her family she would have to pick her up there. According to the police report, the victim became unruly on the flight and had

to be restrained. Once her family had the victim back in Wisconsin they noticed that some of her prescriptions, which were dated August 2010, were still full indicating she was not getting the proper medication while living with the former caregiver. The information collected by

the Richmond police was translated to Adult Protective Services.

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Can i get a little free legal advice and/or opinions on a small problem?

by outlander in

i picked this forum section since it seems closest to what i'm gonna ask.

been a few months since i last posted but i always keep up with whats going on here since most of my family is j.w.

anyway, to get to the point.

betterdaze

No lawyer here. I am only taking a stab at this because my family was wracked by a "lifelong tenancy" clause, and not in a good way. I also have deep resentment for those who marry for money, exploiting the widows and fatherless boys that Jesus spoke about for good reason.

So thats my problem.

No, that is not YOUR problem. Newsflash: You are not in the will!

Neither is the son's wife, apparently. Yet being married to the rightful heir to real property, she has more rights to that property than some, need I say it? Greedy "outlander."

If your wife has voluntarily vacated the house and it can be proved in court she has no need of it, she may have forfeited the tenancy provision. Probably not. Lifelong tenancy means exactly what it says whether she chooses to live there or not. The son cannot legally rent it out. He cannot sell it as long as she lives. He's still stuck paying taxes and upkeep on a property he can't make personal use of no matter what. It could be 20 or 30 years until he finally "comes into" his true inheritance. Until then, it can become a burden of sorts.

One thing is crystal clear: Your wife is not going realize a profit from the sale of the property. The son is the rightful heir, she was granted mere tenancy (which is actually a pretty sweet deal for her). Technically the property is already part of HIS estate.

Of course you can live there with her as her husband. When she passes on, you are out on your own. Best not to screw-up your relationship with the son and his wife so early on, because as it stands, he owes you NOTHING. Not a thin dime and no tenancy.

Although it looks like I am going to have to go to the Courthouse and see a copy of the will.

Uh-huh. The will that provides for the widow and her son. Not YOU.

Just one week after the wedding and your whinging: How can I exploit this widow's rights that she earned through a former marriage? How can I prevent her son from his rightful inheritance? What's in it for ME? Me, me!

Honestly, I don't see this (cough, cough) "marriage" getting off on a good footing. Learn your place and your wife and her family may feel obliged, through the sheer kindness of their hearts, to cut you a few in the end.

The very manner in which you handle yourself up front, please don't bet on it.

~Sue

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Audio: WatchTower Teaching - Jesus will destroy people with mohawks

by kurtbethel in

in this talk, has babylons judgment hour arrived, james reed claims that jesus will destroy people with mohawks, large belt buckles and colored hair, and not allow them into his kingdom.. this religion is getting nuttier and nuttier as it slips further into irrelevance.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whztkkyoqhi.

betterdaze

"Jesus, when he's destroying people, will he be able to identify us? Can he?

Not with a Mohawk and an enormous belt buckle. See, we may laugh, but it's serious."