well i'm off of work for the weekend.
i hope everyone enjoys their time off (if not working this weekend).
enjoy time with the family.
Yo Yo, if you should happen to lose the decision at your Judicial Committee and are judged to be ‘allowed’ to be reinstated, just remember, you haven’t so much squandered your self self-respect…as gained access to a potentially lucrative Amway or Melaleuca ‘down-line’ at your local Kingdom Hall.
Flip
what is your favorite kind of pickle?.
and, do pickles go bad if you open the container and don't refrigerate them?
And, do pickles go bad if you open the container and don't refrigerate them?
Just like Jehovah's Witnesses that discontinue to adhere to the words of the faithful and discreet servant/slave(a very well off slave, but one nonetheless) when exposed to outside information and influences so to will pickles go bad if you open the container and don't refrigerate them.
Of all people cyg, you should be able to attest to the above fact. (think I read it in a Watchtower from the 70's).
Flip
i saw this on pln.
anyone here know anything about this new book?.
benefit from theocratic ministry school education .
'No one can keep up with the Witnesses'...'time to kick it into overdrive if you want to keep up with us'
Yes, exciting isn't it.
i'm throwing caution to the wind with this one but i know it will be appreciated.
i just received this a few hours ago in my email and thought some of you may be interested, it will affect us all if it goes through.
ban on gay marriages bill now in congress .
There is a Constitutional Amendment being proposed that will ultimately ban homosexual marriages/civil unions and possibly domestic partner benefits in the future. It is being pushed through Congress quickly …that the amendment is not being noticed.
Why would Congress or any one else want to ban Gay marriages in the first place, other than for conservative religious reasons, cultural bias or fear of supposed social decay and assumed loss of votes?
What are the intrinsic and, if at all, financial reasons why Gay’s would want to be recognized as being married if some choose to remain childless, other than giving a reason such as, ‘men and women get to be…so do we’?
What is meant by homosexual marriages/civil unions (specifically civil unions? Why the connection between the two terms?
What is meant by domestic partner benefits? Is there a potential governmental financial benefit, i.e. tax deductions for Gay married partners who will be without the responsibility or the expense of having to raise children?
Are there significant differences of perspective between Gay’s who have the responsibility of raising children and Gay’s without the responsibility of raising children that want to marry and the heterosexual marriages that raise children and those you choose to remain childless?
Just throwing out questions off the 'top of my head'.
Flip
(Giving Up On JW Ways and Willing to Scrutinize This Issue Before One Signs on the Dotted Line Class)
Puffs',
So sorry to hear of your Dad's passing. I think I know how you feel, lost mine a few years ago.
Think of the good times and the little things that he did that were great.
Flip
what i am talking about a movie that you thought was great, but is mostly forgotten by most people today.. well, my favorite overlooked movie is "a perfect world.
" in it kevin costner is an escaped felon who escapes from prison with another felon.
they then break into a house and kidnap a boy who is a (gasp!
In keeping with a Jehovah's Witness theme, The Truman Show because the movie eerily parallels Watchtower Society methods of quarantining the individual from outside influences through deception and guilt.
Otherwise, on a lighter note, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World a wonderful comedy that unfortunately opened during the assassination of President Kennedy.
Flip
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http://www.canoe.ca/cnews/yourview.html.
actually, if you scroll down further, there are several current 'letters to the editor' in response to the young jehovah's witness living in alberta, canada that required a court order to receive blood transfusions during her fight with leukemia.. any one associated with jehovahs witnesses could research the issue and submit a comment if they are so inclined.. flip
BTTT.
Actually, if you scroll down further, there are several current 'letters to the editor' in response to the young Jehovah's Witness living in Alberta, Canada that required a court order to receive blood transfusions during her fight with leukemia.
Any one associated with Jehovah’s Witnesses could research the issue and submit a comment if they are so inclined.
Flip
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http://www.canoe.ca/cnews/yourview.html.
actually, if you scroll down further, there are several current 'letters to the editor' in response to the young jehovah's witness living in alberta, canada that required a court order to receive blood transfusions during her fight with leukemia.. any one associated with jehovahs witnesses could research the issue and submit a comment if they are so inclined.. flip
. http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/yourview.html
Actually, if you scroll down further, there are several current 'letters to the editor' in response to the young Jehovah's Witness living in Alberta, Canada that required a court order to receive blood transfusions during her fight with leukemia.
Any one associated with Jehovah’s Witnesses could research the issue and submit a comment if they are so inclined.
Flip
having left jws over 20 years ago, and having just got on-line after dragging my heels into cyberspace, was i surprised to find the networking that is taking place among jws, xjws, and interested parties!
we're at war with the dark spiritual forces behind the wt.
it is a spiritual, nonviolent war.. so what is the objective?
And since the practice of disfellowshipping has been so abused, it should be discontinued. This would greatly decrease the degree of control which the GB has.
Why on earth would the 'GB' want to relinquish control of one the most financially successful manufacturing and real estate corporations in the world by discontinuing disfellowshipping.
...We're at war with the dark spiritual forces behind the WT...We shall "win the inevitable victory"!Get real Justin, as long as you believe the WT hype having any connection, whether for good or evil, to a so-called, self conjured spirituality related to some cosmic significance, the Corporation has already won by deflecting attention away from what the WT actually is.
Only the deluded are at 'war' with 'dark spiritual forces' of the WT. Probably the best the informed can hope for is trying to educate consumers about potentially destructive marketing and asset saving techniques used by a highly successful, 'religious', tax favored version of Amway.
Flip
i have a jw friend who is constantly telling me he is in the truth.
he always tells me that people will know gods true "organization" by their works.
he tells me about all the door to door stuff.
...if there is anything the JW, WT does for the needy
Jiut', the first thing you need to learn when discussing Jehovah's Witnesses, especially with another Jehovah's Witness, is; clearly define simple terms and perspective and try to come to some consensus first.
Otherwise cyclical argumentation will surely prevail. However, expect silence on the part of the Jehovah's Witness once a common ground begins to threaten a way out.
For starters, define 'needy', because there's a good chance the word means something entirely different to a Jehovah's Witness than to your self, whom I assume has never been one.
Flip
