Posts by molybdenum

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No Reason For JWs To Go To The MIdweek Meeting (CLAM)

by JW_Rogue in

everything that is done at the midweek meeting can now be done at home.

the videos are online, the first talk is scripted, the bible highlights are scripted.

you could get the same experience by just reading and watching the material from your tablet.

molybdenum

I just realized how closely the lyrics of this song represent my current feeling about the meetings. I never would have thought when I was young and first listened to this song how much it would apply to me now especially when attending the meetings

Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd

Is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me

Is there anyone at home?

Come on now

I hear you're feeling down

Well I can ease your pain

Get you on your feet again

Relax

I'll need some information first

Just the basic facts

Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child I had a fever

My hands felt just like two balloons

Now I've got that feeling once again

I can't explain you would not understand

This is not how I am

I have become comfortably numb

Okay

Just a little pinprick

There'll be no more, ah

But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?

I do believe it's working, good

That'll keep you going through the show

Come on it's time to go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cPxKq-gMDo

After finding out the TTaTT I went through the feelings that most on this forum can sympathise with but finally coming to terms with it in my own way to some degree.

It seems there is no way out for me after being a witness for more than 50 years. It's not possible right now for me to leave physically even though I want to. But I have left mentally and now just resigned to being comfortably numb at the meetings

Or maybe that should read uncomfortably numb.

(Maybe this could be the missing new song 151)

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Reasons for some brothers not to use technology for the cult ?

by SlappySlap in

and what if a brother or sister refuses to use internet only because he got to struggle with pornography and decides to cut off his right hand (technology) and throw it away because it causes him to sin ?.

would he be considered unspiritual for living according to what he thinks to be right or must he take the risk to be tempted or even to sin just to be in line with the ‘’organisation’ ?.

molybdenum

They could also refer to this WT article as a good reason not to use the Internet

As we know, referring to a WT article is like referring to the oracle.

So it would be a mark of spirituality to do so

WT 06 3/1 p. 24 par. 9 “Keep Your Senses Completely”

Quote: On the Internet, it can be difficult to distinguish fact from fiction

Can't argue with that. Or is it out of context. Hmmm....

I'll just check out JW.ORG

No fiction on that site.

Caleb will put me right I'm sure.

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I`m on Windows 10 and my mouse keeps dying , any suggestions ? what to do ?

by smiddy in

hi friends.. as the op states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while i`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so i lose all that i have laboured to type.. i keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .. any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am i flogging a dead mouse ?.

i await your suggestions.. smiddy.

molybdenum

Might be some help for you on this forum

http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/9997-windows-10-mouse-keyboard-not-working.html

hope you get it fixed soon

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What I like about being a witness

by molybdenum in

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Rogue Bro. exposing TTATT, becomes a huge hit in Japan. It boasts nearly 300,000 access each month

by nakanozzi in

a japanese bro.

in good standing in his congregation, exposing ttatt in his blog, boasts nearly 300,000 access per month.. he is nearly unstoppable.. shou-tan blog.

http://ameblo.jp/shou-tan-jw/entry-11719728036.html.

molybdenum

What is often overlooked about the statistics in Japan is how it relates to the culture. Doing things together and being part of a group is ingrained in the psyche of Japanese people especially the women. If you were in a congregation and were not a pioneer you were basically snubbed. So the number of pioneers in the 70's to the late 90's reflected the need to be accepted in the group rather than motivated by any love for Jehovah. To some degree that is still true but things are changing especially with the modern generation brought up on a diet of social networking and the Internet. The incidences of mental health problems related to such "groupthink" is being understood more and an undercurrent of rebellion against the pressure to conform is steadily eroding the number of pioneers in the congregations all over Japan. The young people who were encouraged (forced) to get baptized and then pioneer often straight from school missing out on a higher education as the "thing to do" are now realizing that there is an alternative and that it is OK to break out of the mold. It is not easy and there still is a lot of pressure to be part of the group but the effect of the new thinking is clearly being seen in the falling number of pioneers and those who are now see it is OK to drop out of the pioneer ranks.Probably there will be an even more noticeable drop in the future as the realization that the promise of "Armageddon is round the corner" has not come true and that many of the "old guard" who gave up everything for the pioneer service, including having children, are starting to understand that the hope of never dying is also proving to be an unfounded promise. Quite a few are facing old age with no pension and no children to help support them.The younger ones don't want to be in the same boat.Things are changing in Japan and the GB is definitely worried about it.

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Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

by MicaSmith in

can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

it's bewildering.

molybdenum

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Circuit Assembly Program

by molybdenum in

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TV.JW.ORG (September 2015) - Generation explained again

by Designer Stubble in

guess the overlapping generation concept is difficult for most to comprehend.

david spane does his best to explain it again.

the cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that fred franz died.

molybdenum

How do we know what Jesus meant by "this" generation?

Simple....

Not a publishing company?

by molybdenum in

seems that setting up a cart in the stations or other public areas is not enough now.. now a booth amongst other publishing companies.. next...........( any ideas?).

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molybdenum

Seems that setting up a cart in the stations or other public areas is not enough now.

Now a booth amongst other publishing companies.

Next...........( any ideas?)

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New August Watchtower -- Getting rid of the Generation again??

by FusionTheism in

the new august study watchtower just posted on jw.org is all about how long it may be until the end.

whole article on that topic..

but it never once mentions the overlapping generation..

molybdenum

A quote from the article Page 16 Para 9

Our expectations are
based, not on a naive readiness to be-
lieve anything, but on solid Scriptural
evidence

Ha Ha Ha Ha ! ......ROFL !