you know what i'm talking about: the trite, often-repeated phrases that convey the person offering the prayer has drawn a mental blank, and utters these words while their brain desperately searches for the next cliche', so they can conclude the ritual with the required tag, "in jesus' name we pray".... (is that like the postage stamp?).
ok, i'll kick this one off, and take the most obvious:.
"forgive us where we fall short....".
At large JW food-eating gathering prior to eating:
"Bless this food and bless the hands that prepared it."
I don't hear this one very often, but there's on JW around these parts who is guaranteed to include it in any pre-meal prayer.
How exactly is the "blessing" of the food and the hands supposed to happen?
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my mom has had visits from various jws and they have asked her if they could say a prayer before they left.
i respectfully listened to the prayers while i was visiting and might silently say amen if i felt the prayer was appropriate for my mom.. i'm just curious, how would you handle this type of situation?.
My wife and I have both been saying "AYMEN" after all JW prayers for a couple years now.
We just add a "G" before it and see how loud we can say it before anyone notices.
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Can I get a nice big GAYMEN?
(We have gotten one or two double takes: "Gladys, did they just say what I thought they said?"
congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.
i'm rooting for three riders this year.
2 have a very realistic chance.
It's official.
Bradley Wiggins has become the first Brit to ever win the Tour de France.
(And Mark Cavendish sprinted out to win the last stage.)
Well done gentlemen!!!
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congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.
i'm rooting for three riders this year.
2 have a very realistic chance.
Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the road!
Congratulations (possibly premature) to Bradley Wiggins and all the Brits.
Unless he gets hit by a bus tonight, Bradley will be first Briton EVER to win the Tour de France.
Well done Mr. Wiggins.
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i have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.
there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.
please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.
Fantastic job jwfacts!
I think we'll consider your article for "Family Worship" this week.
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congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.
i'm rooting for three riders this year.
2 have a very realistic chance.
Looks like Wiggins is gonna pull this thing off!
18 Km left on the individual time trial and he's about 0:55 ahead of the field on this stage.
Unless he crashes, he'll wear the yellow jersey in Paris tomorrow for the overall win.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/michelle-jenneke-australian-hurdler-dancing-sensation-042218109--oly.html.
Joy of Life.
Beautiful.
Sexy? Ok. Sure. But to me, more joyous and beautiful.
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upon reflection over the past 5 years of being out, i've had a lot of time to consider my time as a witness as well as come to terms with my parents shunning us.. that was the biggest shock for me.
contrary to most experiences i've read, my childhood, while focused on witness matters was still pretty happy.
our family always seemed to fall on "family first, religion second".
Have to agree with Talesin on this one.
The only time my Mom ever saw my Dad cry was when they heard my gay brother was being DFed. It was excruciating for my parents, but they shunned my brother out of (twisted) love for God and (twisted) love for my brother.
It was also my personal shunning of my brother that finally broke through my Cognitive Dissonance and started me down the path to awakening.
To be fair, I get your point. Shunning is non-action. But, for most, it is not without great pain.
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disclaimer: your mileage may vary.
if you are a married, "active, in good standing" (tm), jw male who has recently discovered that the .
watchtower is not what it claims to be, this thread is for you.
bttt as a counterpoint to Terry's thread. FCC "equal time" rules spring to mind.
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the scene is familiar.. a jehovah's witness family with one member who has awakened from the lie.. the split comes down to an interesting wrong terminology:.
unbelieving mate vs believing mate.. .
the context of the entire family is as a jehovah's witness family.. damage has already been done.
Two years of tip-toeing, seed planting, and keeping my elder hat saved my marriage and got us all out relatively unscathed.
It's not for everyone, but it's a path that can be tried FIRST, and then when the awakened partner can't take it anymore....
TAKE NO PRISONERS!!!!
My $.02.
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