Also, compare http://www.scborromeo.org/wisdom/malachi33.htm.
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Myspace laughs
by sinis inthought i'd share, .
http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewthread&entryid=18651712&groupid=100447990&adtopicid=27&mytoken=d450e1b7-f932-1041-677610a20e1f4b2038119355malachi 3:3 says: "he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver...." this verse puzzled some during a book study, and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of jehovah.
one sister volunteered to find out about the process of refining silver and get back to the group at the next book study.
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Myspace laughs
by sinis inthought i'd share, .
http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewthread&entryid=18651712&groupid=100447990&adtopicid=27&mytoken=d450e1b7-f932-1041-677610a20e1f4b2038119355malachi 3:3 says: "he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver...." this verse puzzled some during a book study, and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of jehovah.
one sister volunteered to find out about the process of refining silver and get back to the group at the next book study.
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under_believer
Thanks, I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
That first one you posted, about the silver, is what's commonly known as "glurge":
Glurge is a neologism describing a certain kind of melodramatic, saccharine story. The defining characteristic of glurge is that, while its purpose is to make the reader happy, the feel-good aspect is so overdone that some readers are likely to be nauseated rather than inspired. It often has a religious theme and is most commonly circulated via e-mail in the form of a chain letter. The term was coined in 1998 by regular Urban Legends Reference Pages forum contributor Pat Chapin as an onomatopoeia to communicate the feeling evoked by reading these missives. According to the Urban Legends Reference Pages, glurge is "the sending of inspirational (often supposedly 'true') tales that conceal much darker meanings than the uplifting moral lessons they purport to offer, and that undermine their messages by fabricating and distorting historical fact in the guise of offering a 'true story.'" [1]
Completely vomitrocious. And as for darker meanings they're here in spades: what kind of God holds people in a fire, to refine imperfections that he himself allowed to be introduced? Why kind of God lets you burn and burn until he sees his image in you, especially when that image is so hard for a human to apprehend?
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Why Tracts? And Why Now?
by metatron inah, the poor watchtower!
( is that literal these days?).
with their contributions sinking and expenses growing, they may have to further reduce the magazines - perhaps eliminating the awake.
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under_believer
The reason for the tracts is simple. They realize that the "ministry work" is an empty shell of its former glory and a real joke to most publishers. They realize that all of the teaching and instruction they're offering through the KM isn't helping at all.
They realize that they can get people motivated by declaring a "special" effort, and that "tract work" is much easier than real ministry. Therefore they are stepping this effort UP, because it appears to be successful.
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Studying the 'deep' books - it might be the final straw.
by jambon1 ini can remember studying the isaiah books 1 & 2 back-to-back.
during this time i simply never wanted to go to the book study.
it was all so repetative and boring.
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"Deep" is usually coded language meaning "impossible for anybody to understand." Most Witnesses feel this way.
I think this is deliberate--for a lot of Witnesses, it's a faith STRENGTHENER. It increases their faith in the Society--if the Governing Body understands this stuff, they must be REALLY smart. -
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Hiring the wife to other men
by greendawn inin india having a daughter is a big economic liability due to the need to provide a dowry for her future husband.
better have sons to receive dowries.
so, many parents abort or kill their infant daughters and as a result there aren't enough women for all the men to marry with.
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Dear Penthouse Letters,
I was taking a month-long business trip in Mumbai, when an odd little man approached me in the airport. Standing a few steps back from him was the most beautiful, exotic woman I had ever seen... -
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My (censured) open letter to the Governing Body
by Khufu inhi everyone, below is a copy of my letter to the governing body that i had published on the internet in october 2004. i was threatened with disfellowshipping for that publication.
you may read the full story on my previous thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/115231/1.ashx
philip (khufu)
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under_believer
Very, very nice work. Has gone into my permanent research file.
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Managed to keep my bra covered for the 2nd interview
by kristyann inhey everyone.... sorry i didn't post about this before!
everyone keeps asking me, so i'll let you know.. my second interview was last tuesday.
i managed to not prominently display my bra for the interviewers to see this time, so there's one good thing.
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under_believer
Thanks to this thread and its constant presence on the front page, I've been involuntarily imagining your bra and its contents all morning long... I hope you don't mind, but it's not really something I'm in control of.
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My Wife's reaction to the Revelation Book news
by under_believer inso, i told my wife about the july km news that we'd be studying the revelation book again.
"good," she said.
"good?
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To clarify, she doesn't think it's "wonderful." If her behavior during the Isaiah and Daniel studies are any gauge, she'll complain about the book constantly and say how it's really hard to understand, doesn't make sense, is confusing, is dry, doesn't have any real practical meaning for her life, etc.
Nevertheless, her brainwashing dictates that she state that it's good, even if she doesn't really feel that way. All of those things she complains about she will (at least externally) declare to be her own fault--she doesn't study enough or isn't spiritual enough.
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My Wife's reaction to the Revelation Book news
by under_believer inso, i told my wife about the july km news that we'd be studying the revelation book again.
"good," she said.
"good?
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The amusing thing, to me, about the conversation was that she fully acknowledges that some of it is nonsense; yet it's automatically "good" to study it again, and the fact that there is perhaps some sense in there somewhere makes it worthy to study, even though all the nonsense must be filtered.
How many Witnesses are like my wife: mainly social Witnesses, with some vague, poorly-thought-out notions of faith and belief, and certain knowledge that the Society is shoveling at least some nonsense along with their "truth?" -
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My Wife's reaction to the Revelation Book news
by under_believer inso, i told my wife about the july km news that we'd be studying the revelation book again.
"good," she said.
"good?
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So, I told my wife about the July KM news that we'd be studying the Revelation book again. "Good," she said.
"Good? How is that good?"
"Because Revelation is an important book to study."
"Fine, but I'm not going to a single one of those studies. I can't handle it."
Evil eye. "Not in front of the kids," she whispers. And then: "But why not?"
"Because that Revelation Climax book is nonsense! Come on, you KNOW it's nonsense. How much did you like studying the Isaiah and Daniel books?"
A second's pause.
"Well, it's not ALL nonsense."