maybe it was my mood, but last night the meeting seemed really over the top cultish.. mainly the latter portion that just focused on presentation videos which always seem creepy to me anyway.. then the local needs was pre-empted by a video all about ldc which seemed completely pointless.
(on a side note my wife knew a couple of different people in it).
the congregation "bible" study which dealt with the ever changing cover of the watchtower magazine.
I see they've tweaked the lyrics in that song.
Back in the 70's-80's, I memorized all the Kingdom Melodies.
I think that is part of JW's malaise, also.
They keep messing with your mind!
Can you imagine the uproar if anyone did that with Amazing Grace?
Amazing Grace, how dear the voice
That called a slave like me
I once was sad, but now rejoice
Was bound, but now I'm free
I submit there would be a revolution!
Sylvia
the hebrew language in biblical form did not exit until after 800 bce (likely 722).
the presents ex 15 and judges 5 as early but not contemporary.. well wake up... i'm a minimalist however i know the song of deborah fits somewhere.... like before omri.. (established as the first israelite ruler of israel..).
so where does that leave deborah or the song of the sea... both early hebrew but not canaanite.... the answer laid in shamngar...note:.
BOOYAH!
I like that, David_Jay.
It is my aim to get to Mobile, Alabama, and sit in on one of those community meetings that a rabbi conducts.
Right now, I'm working on a timeline from the entering of the Promised Land to the birth of King David, which, if my calculations are correct, covered 366 years.
I heart all things Jewish.
Blessings.
Sylvia
good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
Howdee!
Sylvia
blondie’s comments you will not hear at the april 30, 2017 wt study (february 2017) (who is leading).
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2017/who-is-leading-gods-people-today/ .
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
Blondie, people like you are the salt of the earth.
Providing those other links shows true grace.
The GB needs to sit at your feet and let you teach them about humility.
Sylvia
good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
Good am/pm.
Sylvia
just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.
deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.
worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.
I like the clear, crisp print, also.
Thanks.
Sylvia
on the radio this morning.
here is the link:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08njt79.
Some Jws are starting to think ...
GOOD!!!
Sylvia
reu, the gg-grandfather of abraham, was also known as yen.. yen is the progenitor of asians.. this would be a good topic for conversation at the supposed bible studies that jw's conduct.. being free to pursue your own interests is a beautiful thing.. thanks for reading this, and thanks for this site.. sylvia.
Reu, the gg-grandfather of Abraham, was also known as Yen.
Yen is the progenitor of Asians.
This would be a good topic for conversation at the supposed Bible studies that JW's conduct.
Being free to pursue your own interests is a beautiful thing.
Thanks for reading this, and thanks for this site.
Sylvia
i have little doubt articles of impeachment will be drawn up on trump within the next year or so.
my only question at this point is what are they going to get him for?.
collusion with a foreign government to subvert an election?.
Someone I know made the prediction that President Trump will not last through the summer of '17.
Sylvia
with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.
(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.
(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.
The poet Langston Hughes wrote that at his funeral wake, he wanted everyone to wear red, because there was no point in his being dead.
It is my humble opinion that the Bible's explanation of what causes death is the most plausible of all.
Even so, questions still abound, and that is a good thing.
Sylvia
