so how's things been going this weekend?
for us it was good to catch up with an old friend http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/69086/1.ashx.
the autumn weather days are fine and sunny with a light breeze - and the light is simply gorgeous at this time of year!
Cityfan,
The song you are thinking of was something like "Our Paradise, Present and Future". Words "gracious Jehovah, God we thank you for our spiritual paradise", ........ "by study, pray and meeting we are aided to be wise", etc.
I remember when the new songs came out, learning to play a few of them on guitar. But they had awful melodies and a chord change for every note! Give me Beatle songs with only three or four chords for the whole song any day!
eyeslice
link to picture: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/file/7d83e711-da29-44aa-bde7-f74f9a3d79bd.ashx.
the following caption appeared opposite the paragraph porneia (quote: "porneia includes such acts as oral sex, anal sex, and masterbating another person") what can happen if we ignore warnings?.
now is it just me, but isn't the picture of the little boy trying to rescue his ball from out of a pond just a little weird?
link to picture: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/file/7D83E711-DA29-44AA-BDE7-F74F9A3D79BD.ashx
The following caption appeared opposite the paragraph porneia (quote: "porneia includes such acts as oral sex, anal sex, and masterbating another person")
What can happen if we ignore warnings?
Now is it just me, but isn't the picture of the little boy trying to rescue his ball from out of a pond just a little weird? Firstly, what parent dresses their kids now days in a bow tie, shorts, black socks and shoes? Secondly, if that were my kid and he drowned, then I personally would be totally guilt ridden for the rest of my life. Yes, we all warn our kids about dangers, including not going by deep waters. But heck, the lad looks about 3 years old; could he possibly be held responsible for his actions of "igorning the warnings?"
Just another example of WTB&TS nonsensical reasoning!
eyeslice
so how's things been going this weekend?
for us it was good to catch up with an old friend http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/69086/1.ashx.
the autumn weather days are fine and sunny with a light breeze - and the light is simply gorgeous at this time of year!
I remember a few old song books! Not sure if I can remember any of the old songs that were removed as being too influenced by Christendom.
Today's song are much more in line with what the Soicety expects; tow the line, do what you are told, don't ask any questions.
eyeslice
comments you will not hear at the 03-28-04 wt study
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The Greek word por.nei?.a, translated "fornication," has a fairly broad meaning. It relates to sexual relations involving persons not married to each other and focuses on the misuse of sexual organs.There is another problem here. The text is quite clear in that it is talking about oral, anal and other sexual practices engaged in by unmarried couples. However, the average R&F member will pick this up as a subliminal message that it also includes married couples. So the confusion, or control which ever way you look at it, goes on. eyeslice
Porneia includes such acts as oral sex, anal sex, and masturbating another person?conduct commonly associated with houses of prostitution.
People who think that such acts are not "fornication" are fooling themselves and have fallen victim to one of Satan?s snares. (2 Timothy 2:26)
or click this link... http://www.tekzoned.com/weird/weirdo.html
Sorry to spoil the fun but it is simply an optical illusion based on a color inverted image. Basically, black has been changed to white and vice versa. See the original image here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/file/5AC546C7-F2D4-41BD-AA21-DCC0F173607E.ashx
(I do know lots of Witnesses who get really spooked by this sort of stuff and simple magic illusions - demonic and all that)
eyeslice
does anyone know the stats on this or have an idea?
in all the congregations i have seen seems like the percentage of women is always higher than the men, though it was never information the org let out to us.
also the women are the ones who are most involved in the preaching work--pioneering, etc.
Good point. Your assessment is right there are far more women than men. However, this is not peculiarly a Witness thing. A local church recently reported 83 women and only 37 men at communion.
It may be a biological thing - women are generally more caring and emotional than men. Then again it may be a Christian thing; Islam is a far more male prone religion than Christianity.
eyeslice
being an ex-jw for some years now, we assumed that jw's would have some answers to the blood fractions allowed since they can no long claim they abstain from blood.
we recently were called on by an elder and what appeared to be a brother he was training.
they gave us blood videos, both of which spoke nothing about what was allowed.
Blood fractions has to be the achillies heal of the whole of the no blood doctrine. It just does not make sense now.
Blood 'fractions' are derived from large 'pools' of donor blood, i.e. these fractions are extracted from the blood from hundreds of individual's donations, all of whom broke God's law by donating, but as a Witness it is OK to accept? I see no logic in the doctrine any more.
eyeslice
did any of you find that after meetings/conventions and the family was headed back home that everyone was so happy yelling, speaking above each other, and rarely was it about the actual content of the meeting but the latest gossip and bs.
and then someone in the family would say "wow, look at us, were really happy and stuff because of the holy spirit from the meeting/convention?".
just a annoying remembrence from growing up as a kid as a joe wit..
Hate to be the odd one out here, but as a family we had some really good times after meetings and travelling home from meeting and assemblies. We were always the last to leave the hall and often did post assembly work together. They were good times.
It's the doctrines and dogma of the centralized heirarchy that is filtered down to the local level that gets me not the sociability of the R&F.
eyeslice
many posting here once would not accept a blood transfusion or give blood because of the wts doctrine.. having left that doctrine behind and being willing to "accept" a blood transfusion, are you willing (if able medically) to donate blood?.
if willing to accept an organ transplant, are you willing (if medically able) to donate an organ, either as a live donor or when deceased?.
if yes, to both questions, do you donate blood regularly?
I like many here felt that when the restrictions on organ transplantation were removed that morally if I felt that I coud at some point receive a transplant, then I should be prepared to donate as well. I talked over with my family and am a registered organ donor - noted in driver's licence etc.
My views on blood have changed greatly recently but not yet donated blood. Like itsupport, I would only accept blood as a last resort.
eyeslice
Yes. But like many of us who were loyal, I thought this was part of the price we paid for having the truth and prospect of God's eternal blessings.
eyeslice
