***If you were lighting up a building containing seven gas jets...***
That was 125 years ago... I'm wondering if the WT is still lit by gas jets... or just old farts?
~Sue
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New Light contradict Old Light??????
by zeroday inwatchtower february 1881 p.188.
if we were following a man undoubtedly it would be different.
with us; undoubtedly one human idea would contradict another.
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Your Favorite Poem or Saying
by compound complex indear friends,.
my favorite poem is not in vain by emily dickinson:.
if i can stop one heart from breaking,.
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Peas with Honey! Oh, how I gladly remember that one from Mrs. Murphy's second-grade class at Norwood Public School! Always wondered if it was a "pointy" knife or a butter one. The pointy one seemed dangerous to eat from.
From Edwin Markham:
He drew a circle that shut me out,
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win;
We drew a circle that took him in!
(Who knew you could sum up the ex-Witness experience in a simple Venn diagram?)
And the Belle of Amherst:
I'm nobody! Who are you??Are you nobody, too??Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!?They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!?How public, like a frog?To tell your name the livelong day?To an admiring bog!
(Neat little summary of the "apostates," the bog being the org.)
Anything and every thing from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. Here's a list:
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/singlehtml.htm
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Who's giving out candy this Halloween?
by Cognitive_Dissident inyeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.
i'm really looking forward to it.
has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?
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No candy. Children don't need candy.
They need to know that the THE END OF FALSE RELIGION IS NEAR!
Hand 'em a Kingdom News #37 instead... Point out Jehovah's loving provision of Beast mauling the Harlot... NOW THAT'S SCARY!
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The JW phrase I most despise is...
by exwitless in"need greaters" ugh!!
i hate that phrase and i always have.
we knew a jw couple who applied every year to bethel and giliad until the age cut-off (age 35 or 40?).
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Paradisaic conditions
The "real life"
Godly obedience
invisible presence
UNREPENTANT WRONGDOERS
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KH restoration in New Orleans
by lostlantern ini just received this from a family member, i was wondering if anyone has any videos that depict bapstists, catholics or any other religion helping out with volunteers?
i would love to respond with my own video that shows jw's are not alone in caring for others when disaster strikes.
what other group of people can do this?
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Indisputable/physical facts
by Norm inin the bizarre world that exists within the watchtower society headquarters in brooklyn you can find all kinds of strange statements.
particularly funny is the use of the expressions indisputable/physical facts.
these are the words the writing department uses when they have absolutely zero arguments for something.
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Has anyone here noted the similar use of the word "evidently?" When there are no solid facts and WT needs to persuade the reader to accept flawed conclusions, "grasping at straws," EVIDENTLY [bulshite statement follows]. ~Sue
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THE SINS DISPLAYED ON TELEVISION ....TV TEACHING CHILDREN TO KILL !
by baysidefatima inthe greatest attack upon family life.
evil creations from hellall manner of abominations are entering into the homes of your nation and the countries throughout the world.
it will be an absolute necessity now for all parents to act as a director, a leader in the homes.
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Turn your Wack-O-Meters up to 11: http://www.tldm.org/Bayside/
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The JWs still blind to the implications of the 1995 generation change
by greendawn inin 1995 the wts as time finally caught up with them, they had to yield to the inevitable and admit that its hitherto interpretation of the so called 1914 last generation was erroneous.
to all intents and purposes the end was indefinitely posrponed it could be centuries away according to the new explanation.
yet the r&f do not seem to realise these implications and are apparently suffering from collective blindness they still believe the end is as near as it was before 1995, just round the corner.
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***Do you have any comments, personal experiences or those of others on this issue?*** I was LAUGHED AT in my Knowledge Book study by a pioneer sister who was baptized shortly after this change. She told me "SOME" people wanted to believe this, but they were clearly wrong in THEIR understanding, and she kindly went about "re-adjusting" me. Like I was crazy and clinging to some false belief the Society never taught. Or worse: making it up. People, I was "inculcated" with the 1914 Generation teaching since I was a small child in the early '70s. It was drummed into me all my life and gave me hope that Armageddon was coming any day now. It was one of the reasons, in my 30s, why I started studying again. I had lost my grandparents, who lived into their 90s, and they were in that age group "that would never die." I should have booted her butt to the doorstep then. Imagine, I grew up in the Truth and accepted all the teachings... then this newbie comes in years later and basically tells me I am either a fool or a liar or both. Yet, she is a pioneer married to an 18-year Bethelite elder, now an MS in the local congregation. They are untouchable JW Royalty. I am scum for not getting baptized in my youth. What the heck could I possibly know anyway? Jehovah's chariot was moving forward all along and I was not with it. Sorry if I belay bitterness... it was so difficult to keep a mild spirit at the time because I literally had the rug torn out from underneath me with this change. Today, I realize we WERE BOTH DUPED and forgive her as a both a sincere teacher and spiritual sister. Her husband, 3rd generation JW, is a questionable fellow since I know she went to him about it and it was quickly swept back "under the rug" for me as we kept re-weaving WT tales according to "present" knowledge. Thanks to all at JWD for clarifying this very serious, yet clearly wrong, teaching. I am no longer stumbled by it, but hope to use it to stumble others as I go forward. It is a weapon in my hands that Jah himself handed me, and I intend to wield it as such. ~Sue
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Anyone Know About The PA Convention?
by Sunspot inis anyone familiar with this upcoming event?
or know anyone who attends?.
i had "met" a few gals when i first left the wts (seven years ago) who talked about this convention....one was from western ny....but i have since lost touch with them and lost their email addies years ago.
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Sunspot and mouthy, thanks for the reminder and contact info. Hope it doesn't get deleted. I printed out their brochure in early summer and then duly lost it in a flurry of paperwork. Wasn't sure what to Google to find them again but had it filed in the back of my head. I have family not too far away in Easton, PA, and I was thinking of making a weekend of it. Didn't know anyone here to ask, so thanks again. ~Sue
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Anyone Know About The PA Convention?
by Sunspot inis anyone familiar with this upcoming event?
or know anyone who attends?.
i had "met" a few gals when i first left the wts (seven years ago) who talked about this convention....one was from western ny....but i have since lost touch with them and lost their email addies years ago.
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Sunspot and mouthy, thanks for the reminder and contact info. Hope it doesn't get deleted. I printed out their brochure in early summer and then duly lost it in a flurry of paperwork. Wasn't sure what to Google to find them again but had it filed in the back of my head. I have family not too far away in Easton, PA, and I was thinking of making a weekend of it. Didn't know anyone here to ask, so thanks again. ~Sue