this is supposed to be an outline for a jw funeral talk.
i'm not sure if this has been posted before but i thought i'd post here for your viewing pleasure.
funeral discourse.
I found it- can someone show me how to paste it in? Or how to host a picture...
This is a GREAT nauseating little pamphlet. all about his wonderful life.
All you have to do is join a pic-hosting site (like http://www.photobucket.com), upload it, then put the link in your post.
an interesting public talk some years ago, there was an interesting talk based on noah's ark and.
the brother giving the talk had a full model display scaled down so that .
individuals could appreciate the type of work that went into such a .
2.) Why are the talks are so old?
Laziness? If it ain't broke, they probably don't want to fix it.
Though I do know what you're saying about adding little creative touches. I haven't seen that lately. Many years ago, my dad used to make illustrations for use in his talks; one was of the Immense Image in Daniel 2 (head of gold, arms of silver, etc.). He also had one of two houses, one built on good foundation, the other on sand. The pictures are still in the house somewhere. But I have not seen a visual in a public talk for some time.
The only thing that comes close was some months ago, the speaker brought a pair of Zildjan cymbals and started crashing away at one point! He was talking about the scripture in 1 Corinthians 13 where Paul talks about becoming a "sounding piece of brass" if you claim to do wonderful things, yet do not have love. I was in the sound booth and it was my first time doing it, so I frantically had to keep cutting off the main mic during each cymbal crash. It caught me totally by suprise. I'm sure the brother got counseled for being "too flashy," and "too loud."
The lack of creativity allowed in talks, plus the simplifying of assemblies (no decorations, no orchestra, no food, etc.) gives the average dub less and less to look forward to...no wonder the apathy is growing.
when i was in the witnesses, and near the end of my time in.
there was the whole new understanding, of putting non-anointed people in positions in the organization that were normally something an anointed person would be in.
i remember them mentioning that the amount of anointed was dwindling and there needed to be people in these positions of responsibility, to make sure the work continues.. after this was highlighted and all good witnesses swallowed this thinking hook line and sinker.
I think they left the concept of the anointed very nebulous intentionally so that peope will not start asking questions about them. It's silly to say they just feel it within them that they were called, they must also have some high level of spirituality to justify this. And the GB do not have it.
Your rank and your competence will determine whether you are questioned as being of the anointed or not. One of my friends in the hall approached the elders and told them he thought he was one of the anointed. They started off explaining to him why he was wrong. My friend wasn't baptized, and had come from a destructive lifestyle, so his claim was dismissed immediately.
But consider this: there's an elder in a congregation not too far from mine. He is a genial and patriarchal figure, and can give talks with no notes whatsoever. I learned that he started partaking a couple years ago. No one questions his being of the 144k, because of his position and his competence.
this is supposed to be an outline for a jw funeral talk.
i'm not sure if this has been posted before but i thought i'd post here for your viewing pleasure.
funeral discourse.
(Note: Instead of eulogizing the deceased, use the material in this outline to give a fine witness concerning the truth.
Oh yeah, sure, say nothing about the dead guy. Wouldn't want too much attention drawn to him, right?
Cold-hearted bastards.
i have a mix of friends from democrat to republican.
i am a registered independent myself.
i have heard it said, and watched in the news the obvious moves by the democrats, to put this woman in place to run for the office of president.
Is Diebold still in business?
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Oh they are? Good. Then I think we have nothing to worry about.
if it's called 'judicial', i don't see why you can't
I think it's so f.....g weird that at a JC they can take all the notes they want but the accuser cannot have a recorder or a lawyer or just take simple notes.
Hunters do not give their prey any advantages.
i was reading this on the urban legends web site.
i recall a post and some discussion earlier on this site about the john denver rumor.
the rumor of him at one of his concerts asking all jw's to leave.
I remember hearing that John Denver hated JWs. I didn't know why, but I believed it nonetheless. Myth busted.
Also, the Earth, Wind, and Fire UL was that they needed all JW's to leave the concert because it prohibited their ability to "float on stage" and do magic tricks.
Yeah right! It was special effects!
if you could make and distribute bumper stickers to use as a tool to open the minds of jws or cult members, what would you put on them?.
keep in mind that you would like to open thier minds, yet not offend them.
something that any person could stick on their bumper and the jws would not be able to find reason to label them as opposers or apostates.
How about: FIGHT INDEPENDENT THINKING, ***wt 1/15/83***
or: Reading the Bible Leads to Apostate Thinking, ***wt8/15/81***
Wow, those are even better. They hang themselves by their words alone.
i just got my copy of the sep km.
there's an article, about 6 paragraphs inside about the "false religions end is near" campaign.. i was surprised that the first paragraoh didn't even tell the dubs why they were doing this campaign.
they left the explanation to a couple of vague sentences in the last paragraph about how false religion's end is near.. it seems that the dubs don't know why they're doing this, only that they have to do it and place their 50 copies.. odd..
Isn't it obvious?? They're doing it because FALSE RELIGION'S END IS NEAR, duh!!!
your going to the meetings whether you like it or not!
thousands of jehovah's witness children have heard those threatening words backed-up with spankings, whippings, or even severe beatings.
but what if they are too small to understand?
I have wonderful memories of the "righteous discipline" at meetings, too. I remember distinctly one CA I was taken outside and told by my dad that if Armageddon came tomorrow, Jehovah would look at all the little boys and girls and I would be DEAD because I was a bad little boy for acting up during the assembly.
Sometimes I really love this religion.
