when you see the word or hear it----what do you think of??
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I still don't get the whole 'YHWH=Yahweh = Jehovah' translation. I'm sure it's because I just don't have enough knowledge of biblical translation history though. Yahweh I get, it seems phonetically coherent with two syllables, but Jehovah with three syllables bugs me. So in my mind Yahweh != Jehovah.
My first thought when I hear 'Jehovah' is: whozat?
hello my dear friends !
i did a thread on this about a month ago in a humorous way - so i figured i would do it again to see how things went for you during the christmas holiday season.
hopefully my off-beat sometimes humorous, sometimes insane, sometimes serious advice helped you.
Thanks Flipper I need this! I have no idea how to get my 7 year old girl how to explain her ideas in language I can understand. "Dad. Dad. Hey Dad...DAD! There was this movie lady that has this thing and always sometimes she takes it with another thing, it does sumpin. Can I do that?"
What am I allowing or denying my child when I respond, and what far reaching effect will this have on her psyche?
adjustable religous malarky.
are todays jw beliefs the same deal you originally agreed to?
now that you have gotten settled in, do you find it difficult to keep up with the changes to the deal?
Gregor that was so great! It sent me immediately to my packet that I received when I signed up to be a jdub. Interestingly to me there were several required documents that were conspicuously absent:
The 'Affiliated Business Arrangement Disclosure'. This document outlines that the people you are entering into the ARM with may do business with or as any number of other entities. It goes on to say just because you are signing up for one type of agreement with the ARM people you are in no way required to do other business with their affiliated entities. (For instance if you sign up to be a publisher you don't have to be a pioneer, regular pioneer, bethelite or ms)
The 'Limited Document Correction Agreement'. By signing this document you allow the maker of the ARM to correct typographical or clerical errors. If you don't sign this one, the package has to stand as signed for all eternity. (I can't find mine so as far as I'm concerned the phrase 'before the generation that saw 1914 passes away' is still valid.)
The 'Important Acknowledgement Concerning your ARM'. This one outlines exactly what you are signing up for. It lists the term, rate and if your ARM is subject to recission.
The 'Privacy Notice'. This one documents with whom the ARM people may or may not share your personal information. (Especially handy for anyone facing a jc. If other elders (or their wives) aren't listed on the privacy notice then they can't be privy to your info.)
Most important is the 'Recission Notice' or 'Right to Cancel'. This document allows you up to three days in which to think about the transaction you've entered into and allows for cancellation if you find something isn't up to your expectations. (I personally would have used this one. After my dunking I was all but forgotten by love-bombing elders and other congo members.)
hit this link and type in your time and place of birth.
you will get a chart done within seconds.
i'm interested to see how yours fits your personality.
You love to be the center of attention and you want to appear strong, confident and dominant. You are very proud of yourself, sometimes quite vain even. When all around you are bedraggled and falling apart, you look like a million bucks!
That's the solid gold underwear.
Very dignified and honorable, you enjoy the power and privilege, but not the responsibilities, that come with leadership.
Holy carp, I'm George W. Bush! Well, except for the dignity and the honor.
Physically, you are very impressive - - at your best you have a regal, charismatic demeanor and bearing.
Damned skippy!
You get quite listless when things around you become static and dull, but your excitement returns whenever you are stimulated by a new idea.
Did you guys see the thread on underwear, or lack thereof, at the kingdom hall? Mine are solid gold.
Your moods change quickly and often
Kiss my a....!
Chatty, inquisitive and quite playful, you enjoy practical jokes and games in general.
For my next trick, I need to borrow a $20.
Your vivaciousness enlivens any social gathering.
Hello? Can you say Oklahoma Apostafest?
You need role models to respect, love and emulate
Farkel, I love you!!!!!
Dutiful and patient, when you make an emotional commitment, you sign on for the long haul -- your love is long- enduring.
That's what she said.
A slow and careful thinker, you like to present ideas visually and concretely. Abstractions are quite difficult for you to understand. For you, everything must be practical and useful in order to merit your attention. You are a perfectionist -- you enjoy being skillful enough to handle the dexterity required of fine craftsmanship. Cautious and conservative in your thinking, you are very slow to change your opinions. You are more apt to respond to an appeal to your feelings than to an appeal to logic or reason.
I was told there would be no math....
You like to be very close to other people. You need emotional support yourself and are willing to give it to others. When you feel unloved and insecure, you can be very jealous and possessive.
You are alllll mine!
But you have a very short attention span and it is difficult for you to complete tasks because something else more interesting always seems to be beckoning.
What was I doing? Oh yeah! Have you guys seen the thread on underwear, or lack thereof, at the kingdom hall?
You love to debate and argue, usually in a spirit of friendly disagreement.
No, I don't!
But watch out that you do not get too overly aggressive or antagonistic or others will be quick to take offense where none may have really been intended
You talking to me, punk?
Your aesthetic tastes are refined, but expansive and expensive.
I do have solid gold underwear, afterall.
If you try to surround yourself with supportive people in your environment, you will become more emotionally self-supporting.
I loves me some jwd!
You are willing to experiment with substances like drugs in order to push your understanding of your inner being to the extreme.
Like drugs? There is something else like drugs? Want.
A little enlightened self-protectiveness on your part can make your life work much, much smoother!
Where was this website in the early 90's when I went to the hall? :*(
Freaky, there were many valid spot-on assessments of my personality in that chart. Thanks for showing this to me FHN!
"No, no, no! I'm Judah Ben Schroeder! Professional courtesy! Professional courte...."
**While thinking to himself**
"Everyone down in the Islands is soooo nice! Even the guy at the kayak rental store called me 'Chum'!"
Welcome to 2008! Tax time quickly approaches.
i know the mormons go door to door and i have seen some church of god people occasionally.
who else has organized preaching ministries (door to door, etc.)?
i'm in an ongoing dialogue with relatives and this is one of their contentions - that the witnesses must have the truth (despite the many fallacies) because they are the only one that go door to door preaching.
I agree with what JT said above. I get a weekly update for a local baptist church (a by-product of asking the pastor to perform a relative's funeral) and there are a number of 'ministries' listed. Nursing home, prison, youth and on and on. I would hesitate to call it organized though. After attending some of the services and talking with some folks its more like people do what the spirit moves them to do.
while there are words that we should not teach children and not use in a polite public environment, known as bad language.
there is one word that gets passed around all the time and is probably the most hurtful and scary word out there.
that would is metastasis.
I am so sorry for your loss free2beme.
Your experience mimics my own in many ways. My mother-in-law had breast cancer, was pronounced cancer free and stayed in remission for 2 years. In August 2006 she went for routine tests and they found new spots on her lungs and liver. On Thanksgiving she went into the hospital to stay and then, sadly, died on December 11.
That truly is the worst word.
Eagle
i live in a very small town.
i hadn't been to the local mexican restaurant in quite awhile until the other day.
my mom, my son and me were .
Sad to say the witlings aren't the only religious organization that does this. I know of one church in my area that prints tracts to specifically hand out to waiter/esses. Having seen them before, I now spot them in restaurants all the time in lieu of a decent tip.
Here's a thought: If someone really wanted a waitperson to read the the frikkin things, they should leave a HUGE tip along with the tract. To do otherwise is just mean and petty.
Eagle
