the book study meeting was cancelled a while back.
the watch tower said that it was to provide for a family study night and high gas costs.
hmmm.. i thought about the cancellation of the book study meeting after listening to another pastor discus his mega-churchs dependence on small circle groups.
It's going to come back to bite them later.
Everything is becoming more impersonal. When people walk into the KHall before a meeting, they can't really discuss anything, just say hello or engage in trivial chit-chat. This is not conducive to getting to know anyone.
Also, large gatherings are discouraged, and so is studying he literature in groups.
No doubt this is going to result in lower attendance in the future.
We can only hope.
it has been established that all the continants used to be joined together and indeed are still moving.. scotland is part of cananda and the mountians are still getting higher as is the himalayas.. england is moving back towards france, the isle of wight is going to join up with the mainland and then eventually france when they all join up again.. africa is splitting in two gradually and i think its the maldives that are sinking back into the sea?.
now as far as i'm aware... the jw's explain this by saying that the continants first spilt apart due to the flood.
but we have seen how if theres an earthquake, which dosn't move the earth too much, it causes huge tidal waves ( can't spell tunsiarmy) .
Yes, those continents would have had to be zooming around thousands of miles due to the flood at a dizzying pace.
Didn't Garrit Loesch give a talk about this that was recorded? It is ridiculous, but sounds just scientific enough that those who always let the WTS "do the research" and have no real education fall for it.
in the twisted jw world, that is..... http://cultprevention.blogspot.com/2011/08/ah-memories.html.
The first aid staffer probably had the qualification of cleaning lady in a hospital. Could a real nurse be so stupid? Talk about jumping to conclusions without information....
knowing that we are living deep in the time of the end, we keep focused on the main work of true christianspreaching and disciple making.
(matthew 24:14; 28:19, 20) like our exemplar, jesus, we want to be intensely occupied with this lifesaving work.
how can we show that this work is important to us?
The majority of God’s people devote themselves to the preaching work wholeheartedly as congregation publishers.
This is a psychological ploy....tell people that "most people" do this or that and they also will want to follow the trend.
I always had to push myself to go out into this "life saving work" believing that I was deficient because I didn't enjoy it, constantly feeling guilty. Now I wish I could have all those days back.
Jeremy C-how good to see your comment-it's been awhile and I've always enjoyed your way with words!
for those of us who have made the clean break, did you keep any of your old jw stuff?
books, "service" bag, etc?.
i didn't keep a shred myself.
I burned out one shredder and bought another one so that all the bound volumes and individual mags could be gooooonnnne!
well this time last year i was waiting for my first semester at college to start.
i had no idea how i would do in my classes.
my first semester was a complete surprise for me because not only did i do it, but, i did it well ending up on the dean's list with a 3.57 gpa for the semester.
noni congratulations to you! You have learned that you have what it takes, and that you are the master of your life.
I am glad that you are only in your thirties. I spent over thirty years in the collective. After disconnecting myself and going through a very low point, I also took the reigns of life. I have eight more on-line classes to go. I must work full time, so I will graduate in one and one half years, taking two classes at a time. I will be almost sixty-one years old.
It is never too late. I enjoy everything I learn, and even though I may never use my degree, I WILL have it.
Knowledge is freeing! I give encouragement to everyone to go for it!!
in a state of harmonic, suspended animation, i await patiently as a dissonance held for a seeming eternity quietly resolves into a soothing consonance that says all is right within my universe.. .
floating through space, enamored of aural and visual beauties that accompany the lone traveler sojourning through the ether ... supernal, glorious worlds beckon him, their holding in store treasures amassed long before he became aware of realities beyond his finite, terrestrial sphere.. .
wishing to be removed from the anxieties and paltry cares of existence upon this orb i call home, i have traveled to another dimension through a means ever at my disposal ... my imagination.. .
A silly point, really, CoCo.
You have such a way with words....I have the thoughts and feelings, but cannot find the eloquent words to express them. You are so right-books can be the gateway to the universe. I wish young people could realize this instead of discovering video games that keep the universe out - their minds unfocused on the world around them and limited to a small plastic existance.
in a state of harmonic, suspended animation, i await patiently as a dissonance held for a seeming eternity quietly resolves into a soothing consonance that says all is right within my universe.. .
floating through space, enamored of aural and visual beauties that accompany the lone traveler sojourning through the ether ... supernal, glorious worlds beckon him, their holding in store treasures amassed long before he became aware of realities beyond his finite, terrestrial sphere.. .
wishing to be removed from the anxieties and paltry cares of existence upon this orb i call home, i have traveled to another dimension through a means ever at my disposal ... my imagination.. .
Well, I once heard the saying, "Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to be in the next load."
no, this is not satire or a joke.
a jw seriously sued a dr. for "wrongful life" after the dr. saved her life with a blood transfusion.. .
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_dismisses_wrongful_life.html.
So, if she had won the case, to right the wrong, would they have taken her out back and shot her in the head?
as if the other sept. 15th wt thread i started weren't controlling enough - in another study article titled " run ..... that you may attain it " were you aware that just eating and wearing clothes on your body - might be a " stumbling block " to you ?
in a prior article on pg.
12 , paragraph 6 the wt society sets up what they are trying to get across by stating, " people of the world tend to seek personal interests first as " men of this system of things, whose share is this life.
You know, flipper, I remember feeling so guilty because I worried about prices of gas and other things. My husband and I have always had very little money because to be theocratic one had to find a job that required meeting nights off, as well as no Saturday or Sundays so that we could be oh so regular in Field service and meetings.Then, of course, your clothing must look like the examples in the WT magazine. Nice suits, nice outfits for the ladies. Car must be clean, house must be clean and nice for the book study, etc.
Just the other day my daughter told me that when she heard the ironing board going up she got knots in her stomach because it reminded her of the meetings. My husband was an elder and I was always ironing fresh white shirts for him.
I can't imagine now how much it must cost in gasoline to take a group out on Saturday mornings. Let alone the wear and tear on a car with doors constantly opening and closing, and butts sliding accross seats!The constant stopping and starting!
I get slightly queasy just thinking about it all!
