thank you scully & friends for all that info!.
i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.
are these the talks you were talking about?
the women have the privelege of giving the #3 talk at the weekly Theocratic Ministry School™
In my old cong we were so many sisters and so few brothers, that the sisters was also given the #4 talk.
Then some pioneer brothers moved to our town, and the #4 talk would be given to both brothers and sisters.
kifoy
“First this one found his own brother, Simon, and said to him: ‘We have found the Messiah.’”That’s IT!!!! Sometimes I swear they try so hard to cram some scriptures in here they just use anything.
Did any of you really look up all the referred scriptures when preparing for the study? I almost never took the time, I just read trough it really fast (10-15 minutes) and put a marker here and there (could not show up to the meeting with an untouched WT), and maybe found a paragraph with a simple question with a simple answer that I could answer to.
So that way, and because I always was in a hurry, I would never look up this scripture and never even think about how weird something like this one was.
Jesus cared so much about people that he gave up needed rest in order to teach them.
So, you're tired? Look to Jesus, he gave up on sleep to preach to people. Forget about the fact that he was perfect and you're not. Get up from the sofa!
Here we go…the basic “quit your job you selfish, undeserving, materialistic, no good publisher” routine. You should have faith in Jehovah to provide for you instead. Loser.
Or. "Quit your job ... learn more languages (education?) ... move to far-away-country" That's a lot to ask, but you see "more is needed!"
We should try to assist a Bible student to understand the difference between truth and error, good and bad, wisdom and foolishness.
And black and white. There are no such thing as grey in Paradise™.
When a new one becomes a disciple, the Witness of Jehovah who found him and helped him to learn what the Bible teaches is not the only one with reason for rejoicing. When people organise a search party to locate a lost child, only one member of the group may actually find the youngster. But when the child is reunited with his parents, everyone involved in the search rejoices. (Luke 15:6, 7)
I don't understand the connection between the topic here (finding new sheep) and the illustration (re-finding a lost sheep/child). I thought Luke 15 was about re-finding not new-finding.
I never used so much time reading the WT study when I was a witness. Now I like it because it's so amusing to watch the naivety
kifoy
i found this an got a kick out of it...
http://crlwk.com/aboutme.aspx
I don't know how big his congregation is, but around this time of the month he might be having some trouble sorting the real report e-mails from the fake ones
Or by now, he's just sending all this report e-mails to the trash – unread.
I just hope he's not logging your IPs, folks
kifoy
by now , most of you have probably been aware that the watchtower society and governing body has done a real cover up on the child abuse scandal that came out this year .
it has truly been amazing , that in spite of nbc news coverage of the child abuse crisis in the organization - probably 90 to 95 % of jehovah's witnesses did not know it even took place or happened at all .
the governing bodies way of exercising " information control " on the jehovah's witness rank and file members !
Elsewhere wrote:
Firefox does not work with this web site.
Of course it works in Firefox!
You just need to remember to uncheck the HTML and only check the "Automatic Cr/Lf" below the textarea before you submit your post.
With HTML checked you need to manually put <br><br> between your paragraphs.
Mr. Flipper wrote:
Cult members naturally feel they know more about what's going on in their group than outsiders do , but in counselling ex-members I find that they often know the lea
Yes, I found this paragraph really mind blowing too (check my post here).
I just finished the book a couple of days ago, and have been taking notes. I definitely recommend this book!
kifoy
i found this an got a kick out of it...
http://crlwk.com/aboutme.aspx
FFM:
What a riot!Pick your own price on "irregular" items ... more like regular garbage! LOL Anyone recognize the magazine cover?
Ha-ha. Did you see the pictures of the Magazine Tote?
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_2.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_3.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_4.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_5.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_6.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_7.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_8.JPG
http://www.ministryideaz.com/images/multiple/LTRCASE6_9.JPG
Especially, take a good look at number 6:
Blasphemy, or what?
kifoy
i saw a finnish post.. i had a kind message from a norwigian.. iam from sweden !!!!!.
welcome scandinavian posts..
Welcome to the forum, Madame!
kifoy
i saw a finnish post.. i had a kind message from a norwigian.. iam from sweden !!!!!.
welcome scandinavian posts..
*Waiving from Norway*
Here's a little to our climate:
+15°C This is as warm as it gets in Norway, so we'll start here.
People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Norwegians are out in the sun, getting a tan.
+10°C The French are trying in vain to start their central heating.
The Norwegians plant flowers in their gardens.
+5°C Italian cars won't start.
The Norwegians are cruising in cabriolets.
0°C Distilled water freezes.
The water in Oslo Fjord gets a little thicker.
-5°C People in California almost freeze to death.
The Norwegians have their final barbecue before winter.
-10°C The Brits start heating their houses.
The Norwegians start using long sleeves.
-15°C The Aussies flee from Mallorca.
The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.
-20°C People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face
of the earth. The Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.
-30°C Paris start cracking from the cold.
The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.
-50°C Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole.
The Norwegian army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.
-60°C Santa moves south.
The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.
-183°C Microbes in food don't survive.
The Norwegian cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.
-273°C All atom and subatomic particles movement halts.
The Norwegians start saying "Faen, its cold outside today."
-300°C Hell freezes over, Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
kifoy
i found this an got a kick out of it...
http://crlwk.com/aboutme.aspx
Hehe @ Fading/WAC/Vanilla
I checked out the other links. How about some "Theocratic Items"? http://www.ministryideaz.com/
And what about this Flash Presentation that demonstrates the use of the book covers:
http://www.mckennabookcovers.com/first_page.html
Lame.
kifoy
Without using the bible ... Prove that the Bible is true
So how is how is it any better or worse or different to prove that the bible is true by using the Bible?
kifoy
isn't life crazy?
i just spent 30 days selling christmas trees.
i set there in the rain and cold playing christmas music helping people buy their tree...blessing each and every person who did.... i looked up into the sky and wondered where i will be 10 years from now.
Don't think I want to look ahead, but looking back I would never have guessed where I am today.
kifoy
