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  With the ramped up talk are the governing body trying to coerce Jehovah to bring on Armageddon?

  by nowwhat? in

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  i loathe hypothetical questions on this forum.

  but i got the honest impression that they are so delusional they can bring on armageddon with all their talk and jehovah will have no choice but to act.

  ( not that i believe in armageddon anymore).

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  "The seeming delay on God's part in answering some prayers is not due to any inability nor to a lack of willingness. . . . In some cases the answer must await God's timetable. Primarily, however, it is evident that God allows his petitioners to demonstrate the depth of their concern, the intensity of their desire, the genuineness of their motive. . . . Similarly, while Jehovah God cannot be pressured by numbers into acting, he evidently takes note of the extent of concern shown by his servants as a body, taking action when they collectively show deep concern and united interest. Where apathy, or a measure thereof exists, God may withhold action."

  Aid to Bible Understanding, PRAYER, THE ANSWERING OF PRAYERS, page 1331
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  Learning New Words

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow lexophiles:.

  last night, i watched a cool road movie, the trip, with steve coogan and rob brydon.

  they were counseled by steve's dad to take an "anticlockwise" route home, rather than the clockwise one steve had proposed.

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  Greetings, Fellow Lexophiles:

  Last night, I watched a cool road movie, The Trip, with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. They were counseled by Steve's dad to take an "anticlockwise" route home, rather than the clockwise one Steve had proposed. Here in the US we use "counterclockwise." I had never before heard "anticlockwise."

  Do you have some words new (or old) to you to share?

  THANKS!
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  Does the younger generation have our work ethic?

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  greetings, you hard workers:.

  i've had enough of speaking in generalities during my time as a jw evangelizer.

  while my own experience will offer up mere anecdotal examples at best, my contemporaries and i have found that kids today lack the earnestness and drive we older folks have had since youth: setting up a lemonade stand; doing yard work without power assist; mopping floors; running errands for a dime; cleaning parking lots, etc.

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  Heavenly Father, forgive us for our falling shorts -- SBF

  WT conductor: We'll get a comment now from Sister Payne . . . in the rear.
  

  Excellent points, Stephane and Nancy!
  

  [ . . .] give me roll of butter rum lifesavers if I would go to the corner store for her.

  • Be there when it counts. If you have to work 24 hours straight to help your boss out of a mess, so be it. [hard to do when you gotta be at the meeting NO MATTER WHAT]

  
  
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  Does the younger generation have our work ethic?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, you hard workers:.

  i've had enough of speaking in generalities during my time as a jw evangelizer.

  while my own experience will offer up mere anecdotal examples at best, my contemporaries and i have found that kids today lack the earnestness and drive we older folks have had since youth: setting up a lemonade stand; doing yard work without power assist; mopping floors; running errands for a dime; cleaning parking lots, etc.

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  Wonderful comments, Diogenesister! Thank you.

  Yes, in the '50s here in California it was as you described. I live in a gated and patrolled community and we have to be careful and watchful.

  Interesting comments from you and others regarding paper routes. Sure don't see kids on bikes throwing your newspaper in the bushes anymore!
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  Does the younger generation have our work ethic?

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  greetings, you hard workers:.

  i've had enough of speaking in generalities during my time as a jw evangelizer.

  while my own experience will offer up mere anecdotal examples at best, my contemporaries and i have found that kids today lack the earnestness and drive we older folks have had since youth: setting up a lemonade stand; doing yard work without power assist; mopping floors; running errands for a dime; cleaning parking lots, etc.

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  Thank you, pepperheart, steve2, cha ching, and WTWizard for your further insights. (edited to add: Old Navy and James Mixon)

  While incorporating your thinking into my own and seeing matters from a broader vantage point, I get the sense you are not quoting from an old Awake!

  The comment below is an example of a workplace scenario that surely does exist, yet not once have I considered how poorly treated employees might react to a bad boss, unsafe working conditions, etc. There are situations, conditions, and attitudes I have never before given thought to.

  So, they react to slavery by not showing up or by doing a lousy job for their masters. -- WTWizard

  
  
  
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  Does the younger generation have our work ethic?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, you hard workers:.

  i've had enough of speaking in generalities during my time as a jw evangelizer.

  while my own experience will offer up mere anecdotal examples at best, my contemporaries and i have found that kids today lack the earnestness and drive we older folks have had since youth: setting up a lemonade stand; doing yard work without power assist; mopping floors; running errands for a dime; cleaning parking lots, etc.

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  Thank you, AllTimeJeff, Sour Grapes, and snugglebunny, for insights beyond my own microcosmic experience and for a good laugh, SG: "Are you firing me?"

  I admit my own view has been narrow; the well-founded points made by ATJ are, as of this consideration, patently obvious but, previously, not passing thoughts for me. Excellent point, sb, about over-parenting (of which I was guilty).

  This is why we naive gliders-over-the-surface old timers need the wisdom and expansive worldview proffered here on JWD.

  With gratitude, . . .
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  Does the younger generation have our work ethic?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, you hard workers:.

  i've had enough of speaking in generalities during my time as a jw evangelizer.

  while my own experience will offer up mere anecdotal examples at best, my contemporaries and i have found that kids today lack the earnestness and drive we older folks have had since youth: setting up a lemonade stand; doing yard work without power assist; mopping floors; running errands for a dime; cleaning parking lots, etc.

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  Greetings, you hard workers:

  I've had enough of speaking in generalities during my time as a JW evangelizer. While my own experience will offer up mere anecdotal examples at best, my contemporaries and I have found that kids today lack the earnestness and drive we older folks have had since youth: setting up a lemonade stand; doing yard work without power assist; mopping floors; running errands for a dime; cleaning parking lots, etc. We were eager to work, maybe making 50 cents for a job well done. My parents couldn't afford my piano lessons at $1.50 a week, so I did yard work for my teacher.

  A friend told me yesterday that she couldn't get her teenage neighbor to return to finish weeding her garden. When weeding his parent's garden -- reluctantly -- he used one hand for weeding, the other for chatting on his mobile. Personally, I no longer recommend kids to people who ask for inexpensive labor. The usual, poor results reflect on me, although the disappointed asker-for-help says it's not my fault.

  What has been your experience or observation?

  Thanks.
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  Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 4, movie set

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it also looks like guests got to walk around the sets of what i'm guessing is what was used for the new jonah movie, coming soon to a convention near you, summer 2018.. .

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  In a book about ancient sea legends, I read that many cultures have tales about a ship passenger suspected of wrongdoing being thrown overboard to appease the gods.
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  Your Favorite Plays on Words

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  greetings, fellow word lovers:.

  please add your favorite, clever smithing of words.. ****************************.

  time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana..

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  Meandering through the hotel's mirrored foyer, Madeleine Miroir saw her beautiful self to the front door . . .
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  Your Favorite Plays on Words

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow word lovers:.

  please add your favorite, clever smithing of words.. ****************************.

  time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana..

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  He minces garlic but never words. (zeugma)