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  Happifying? Real WT quote, or are we joking -

  by james_woods in

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  maybe i just missed it, (the story of the word) - but i am seeing this word "happifying" in a lot of threads.. can it possibly be that the wt actually printed this??

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  AnneB

  Agonus, you forgot the comma.
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  Happifying? Real WT quote, or are we joking -

  by james_woods in

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  maybe i just missed it, (the story of the word) - but i am seeing this word "happifying" in a lot of threads.. can it possibly be that the wt actually printed this??

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  AnneB

  Happified!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TylvUGJIi_w
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  Happifying? Real WT quote, or are we joking -

  by james_woods in

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  2. experiences

  maybe i just missed it, (the story of the word) - but i am seeing this word "happifying" in a lot of threads.. can it possibly be that the wt actually printed this??

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  AnneB

  Happifying was one of those words....when you heard it from the platform (especially at a District Convention) you were supposed to start into a big round of applause...even if you just finished one, as in a one hour talk about annual statistics.

  It was most happifying to see that the number of full time publishers increased in Vulcanola where we now have a grand total of two! (applause)

  And we were most happified to learn that Nastyland has removed the ban on Kingdom Publishing and our brothers are up to their elbows in mud and straw, building a beautiful new Branch Office with funds entirely obtained from their own contributions! (applause)
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  How powerful - the Holy Spirit?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  startfragment.

  holy spirit the power behind the creation of the universe, millions of galaxies, billions of stars.

  the energy flow required to achieve this is unimaginable.

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  AnneB

  You posted the topic for open discussion, I responded. You don't have to like what I said.

  If you recognize that the no smoking policy is a man made, arbitrary rule, and you choose not to follow it, why are you unhappy with the consequences?

  You say you take the spiritual counsel given by those in authority, but you also said you lied through your teeth to get reinstated. Did those in authority counsel you to do that as well? Their version of religion says that if you rely on Jehovah you will be helped by holy spirit. Did you rely or lie?

  If you choose to follow the WT way that's your decision, but your logic is faulty if you don't do what you are told and then expect the same results as if you did.

  Now, I'm done with this topic. I hope that you will see past your emotions to the logic of what I said. If you don't, well....it won't be me that's hurting.

  I sincerely wish you the best.

  AnneB
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  How powerful - the Holy Spirit?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  startfragment.

  holy spirit the power behind the creation of the universe, millions of galaxies, billions of stars.

  the energy flow required to achieve this is unimaginable.

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  AnneB

  To paraphrase departed Dan Sydlik: Why do you think God gave you a brain, and hands, and strength?

  There are some things you are meant to do for yourself! Funny, you didn't wait for the Holy Spirit to make you *start* smoking, so why should it help you stop? Your decision, your strength, your action. Same with the cases of illness such as the one you mentioned; people make decisions (even unwise ones), it's their right and prerogative; why would anyone expect the Holy Spirit to get involved? It's sad and terrible when people lose to seemingly random ailments or tragedies befall them that are not of their own making (tsunami's, dementia, etc.) but again, what has that to do with Holy Spirit? Holy Spirit didn't cause them so why should Holy Spirit be expected to fix things up?

  Look for sources, not scapegoats. Take responsibility for your own decisions. When the reason for tragedy (or anything else for that matter) isn't clear or isn't able to be tested satisfactorily, don't blame what you perceive on "Holy Spirit" as if it had shortcomings, rather, take it upon yourself to learn more than what you know now and give understanding a lot more time. Grieve if you need to, but don't join any lynching parties, you may find out later that it was you who was in the wrong.

  AnneB
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  Descended from animal? Explain language.

  by StopTheTears in

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  if, as evolutionists claim, all of mankind evolved from the same primitive life-source, then how did we end up with 7,000 different languages?

  did one gorilla get angry at another gorilla and decide to start a new language?

  i'm intrigued to know.. .

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  I like that tiny one first in line from the left. I think the gene for dancing came from him.
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  Bill Bowen of Silent Lambs?

  by PublishingCult in

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  apparently, i am so out of the loop and did not know bill bowen has been disfellowshipped from jwn.. could someone kindly give me the short version or post a link that lays out the narrative so that i can understand what happened with him .

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  AnneB

  Hopefully this won't degenerate into something less than "upbuilding"...

  The difference between any forum and any KH is that you know the rules before you go in.

  If you sign on in here, it means you've agreed to play by the rules. If you become a JW, they make up the rules as they go and don't bother to tell you they exist in the first place.

  Just use the Search feature to locate the information you are seeking.

  Be a friend of peace.
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  Have you built your MEMORY PALACE?

  by Terry in

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  it is any place you know so well your memory of it is intimate knowledge you simply will not forget.

  this, in turn, will serve as a mnemonic device or place of safekeeping for anything you wish to remember (forwards or backwards).. memory experts "build" a great many of these for various uses.. .

  1.a jar of pickled garlic (here is where you fix the item: imagine in your mind's eye smashing that jar in the middle of the driveway with the juice running out into the street and the pieces of garlic stinking up the neighborhood.

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  AnneB

  Or you could simply memorize whatever it is you're presently dealing with. It takes less storage space than all the games....and you won't have cream cheese cat **** stuck all over your newly filled memory cells!
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  Bill Bowen of Silent Lambs?

  by PublishingCult in

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  apparently, i am so out of the loop and did not know bill bowen has been disfellowshipped from jwn.. could someone kindly give me the short version or post a link that lays out the narrative so that i can understand what happened with him .

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  You'd be better off looking it up through past posts.
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  WHY DOES RELIGION BECOME VIOLENT?

  by Quentin in

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  almost without exception all major religons become violent at there inception, or not long after they have become established, why?

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  AnneB

  Well.... If you thought you had a message from the Great and Wonderful Supreme One, and people wouldn't listen to it, much less obey...

  It would be an affront to your dignity. Here you are giving of yourself for their benefit and they're a) ignoring you, b) laughing in your face, or c) persecuting you. It would be an affront to your God. (See a, b, and c above.) Then some fool comes along and tries to say that his god is better than your God....and the fight begins.