i am trying to find an online c.l.e.p.
test.
yesterday i found one on grammar.
I don't know how to do the strike-thru's and highlights, so I'll type the sentences as they should be written.
1. Johnson has no equal as a salesman; his commissions are larger than those made by any other.
2. If more people had helped solve the energy crisis, it might have been a lesson to humanity.
3. The student thought the lecturer referred to the Communist Manifesto.
4. He has always been negligent of his health and is now feeling the effects of his carelessness.
this year, my hubby's b.a.s.s club has been invited to be in the parade out by the harbor and going all through the town of oswego, (proudly known as the port city and the gateway to the st lawrence seaway) since i cannot climb up onto the decorated boats that will be displayed....they have invited me (little old me) to ride in one of the trucks that will be towing the boat that hubby will be in.. i know this isn't the most exciting event that most of you will be doing this weekend....but for an old lady that hasn't been allowed to see a july 4th parade for 30 years...it is a bit out of the "ordinary" in my list of things to do, lol!
i am looking forward to just "doing stuff" that ordinary people do in the community.
small as it may seem, it is a huge thing to have the freedom to do so!.
I think I know how you feel. My daughter is going to Florida on her vacation, and I'm asking her to buy some lottery tickets. I've got the numbers picked out already.
I know this may seem like nothing to others, but it's a BIG step for yours truly. We surrendered so much to the WTS, didn't we?
Snowbird
i am an active member of toastmasters international.
i find that it has helped me to be polished and professional when dealing with my employers clients, many of whom are mid to high ranking us air force officers and upper level ny/ nj state government people.. i occasionally use the toastmasters forum to educate people about cults.
toastmaster clubs are typically made up of local industry, technology, business and local government leaders and professionals.
I didn't understand the phrase but Wikipedia came to the rescue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon
-ithinkiseeUh-huh, Wikipedia, Encarta, etc. Info at the fingertip. Wonder why the Watchman-John Class didn't see this coming? Who's sighing and crying now?
Snowbird
i want to know what you guys believe "babylon the great" is.
the witnesses told me its all false religions and is described as some woman on a beast with many heads and some chalice or something symbolizing all false religion.
i think that was the jist of it.
To quote Narkissos:
Once you dismiss this contextual answer anything becomes possible, as the history of interpretation shows...
Amen to that. As Ray Franz calls it "interpretive flights of fancy."
Snowbird
stuff i never really touched much when i was a studying with the witnesses.
i'm in awe.. amazed.. at the things jesus is saying/doing.. some of it is even putting me in tears.
one chapter that i really love so far is i'm in luke and i'm reading about the woman who came into the pharisee's home and started kissing jesus' feet and jesus told the story of the two people that owed money.
Especially chapters 24, 21, and 13 respectively, but they'll skirt around the Gospel of John because they are no fools
OOPS! I should have written chapters 24, 13, and 21 respectively. My bad
Snowbird
comments you will not hear at the 7-1-07 wt study (may 15, 2007, pages 21-25)(suffering soon to end).
where is the love?.
17) "god is love.
Thank you so much for printing Pastor Keller's remarks. He acknowledged that there are some things we simply don't know. The WTS would do well to follow his example.
I've always felt uneasy with their explanation of why evil is allowed. Their answer is so technical, so legalistic, so devoid of love no matter how they try to sugarcoat it. The WTS doctrine of the issue of universal sovereignty is seriously flawed and raises more questions than it gives answers.
Why would the Most High have to prove anything to a corrupt rebel? Why drag innocent bystanders into it? Why does this rebel have such power as to demand something from God? These are questions that can be answered by no one - no matter how forceful and dogmatic that person may be.
It is hot here in Alabama. Very, very hot and humid. I had a wee garden but nothing came of it, so I buy tomatoes from a truck farmer. Tomatoes help with my depression issues. Thank you again for a good dose of common sense.
Snowbird
hi everyone, i never was baptized but studied for a very long time before i finally got my sanity back and realized that although the individual jws for the most part were good people and doing what they thought was right the org itself was total b.s.
anyway ive been lurking here off and on for a while and figured i would stop being lazy and register.
so hello, i enjoy everyones posts and hope to be around for a while!
As a Junior Member, I would like to add my welcome.
Yes, the WTS is full of it. The Internet is their nemesis.
Snowbird
stuff i never really touched much when i was a studying with the witnesses.
i'm in awe.. amazed.. at the things jesus is saying/doing.. some of it is even putting me in tears.
one chapter that i really love so far is i'm in luke and i'm reading about the woman who came into the pharisee's home and started kissing jesus' feet and jesus told the story of the two people that owed money.
Leolaia,
You just said a mouthful,
When I first read the gospel of John as a book and read it through (I guess when I was 18 or 19), I cried too. The story can really hit you if you read it on its own terms. The story of Joseph in the OT also can have a strong emotional impact.When I read the prologue to the Gospel of John in the Contemporary English Version, I couldn't stop crying. The part about the Light shining in the darkness and the darkness not overtaking it hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew then and there that wherever that Light was, I wanted to be there, too. I believe that's why the Society doesn't spend too much time in the Book of John. Oh, they'll wear Matthew, Mark, and Luke clean out. Especially chapters 24, 21, and 13 respectively, but they'll skirt around the Gospel of John because they are no fools. They know that anyone reading the Gospel of John will quickly see through their flimsy doctrines.
I find it interesting, too, that Tolstoy called the account about Joseph the most perfect narrative ever written. The Bible is truly a Book for all persons.
Snowbird
why anyone would want to see these i have no idea!.
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I was still inactive when they released the Greatest Man book. Someone brought it to me, and I read it and was quite irritated at the casual way Jesus was mentioned.
They showed no awe, no respect, no reverence for His Person and dignity. They may as well have been talking about an ordinary man; it was simply appalling!
I don't think it will be any different with the current book. They will use Jesus as a stepping-stone to advance their cause as usual.
Snowbird
i am a history buff, so i consider myself as having crossed the rubicon on may 1, 2007. that was the date of my first post on this forum.
the warm welcome and replies to my subsequent posts showed me that i had nothing to fear.. i want to thank simon and all of you guys for treating me so kindly.
i lurked for seven years before i could bring myself to participate.
No going back now, eh? Glad to hear it.
No going back. I've always hated hypocrisy and deceit with a passion. Yesterday, a young man was shot by sheriff deputies because he was allegedly menacing them with a knife. His parents came into the WT when he was just a kid. He hated going to all those meetings, field service, etc. He rebelled; started on drugs; had to resort to robbery to support his habit. Well, you know the rest. As I stated, I have quite a story to tell when I'm ready.
Snowbird
