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Posts by AnneB
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37What words has the WT redefined?
by Splash inthese days, virtually every public talk speaker thinks it's interesting and intellectual to include a dictionary definition of some word.
often the word is in common use and needs no explanation, such as 'exercise', or 'knowledge', or whatever.. now contrast that to all of the words that the wt has it's own meaning for, and referencing a dictionary for the common understanding of it would be viewed unfavourably.. words like 'generation' or 'men' (as in jesus is mediator between god and 'men' - 1tim 2:5-6).. what words have the wt redefined that you know about?
- i'd like to compile a list if possible.. splash.
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What words has the WT redefined?
by Splash inthese days, virtually every public talk speaker thinks it's interesting and intellectual to include a dictionary definition of some word.
often the word is in common use and needs no explanation, such as 'exercise', or 'knowledge', or whatever.. now contrast that to all of the words that the wt has it's own meaning for, and referencing a dictionary for the common understanding of it would be viewed unfavourably.. words like 'generation' or 'men' (as in jesus is mediator between god and 'men' - 1tim 2:5-6).. what words have the wt redefined that you know about?
- i'd like to compile a list if possible.. splash.
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AnneB
In speaking of Satan being confined to the earth, the elder said that Satan was "canned" (fired, sacked, terminated from his heavenly position). Then he said "you know what happens when something is "canned"; it's put under pressure." He conflated cookery with job termination to make his point that Satan has great anger because he was thrown out of heaven.
*sigh*
The talk may still be online...Bob someone-or-other, in Pennsylvania.
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watchtowers army assault on our vulnerable elderly in nursing homes
by friendaroonie inits been a long time since i have been this enraged at the evilness and shameless exploitation by the jws.
i just got back from the meeting (dont ask) and sat through the km article laying out plans to mass convert nursing homes all over the world.
i am not going to labor the obvious ethical travesty of this plan but i will say that it constitutes a major public health risk.
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AnneB
When I lived in a southern state there was one nursing home in the entire county. The elders knew there was an "annointed" residing there, a Rutherford-era guy who smoked and hadn't kept up with the changes...and wasn't disfellowshipped.
When Memorial time rolled around there was big discussion about who would bring this man to the Kingdom Hall and the upshot was that the elders would bring the emblems to him at the close of the meeting that night.
It didn't happen. The elder in charge said that the annointed could partake up to 30 days afterward, and the matter was dropped. The next time I inquired the elders thought maybe the man had died, so a trip to the nursing home would be unnecessary.
That's how little attention will be paid to the new directive. It's all CYA, folks, to maintain their nonprofit religious and educational status, and to produce "evidence" if asked.
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Who knows when Native Americans was granted citizenship?? Very strange.
by jam inhow can one not be a citizen of their own land??.
yes the act of 1924 granted u.s citizenship to those native .
americans who were not already u.s. citizens.. prior to the passage of the indian citizens act of 1924, nearly .
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No TARPS Allowed (or large umbrellas).
by problemaddict inmaybe this was already covered here.
i've been absent a bit more than usual.. at qualcomm stadium, home of the chargers and the "special arrangement" with san diego which means they use the venue for free, you are not allowed to bring a tarp in the 80 degree sunshine, nor a large umbrella.. mercifully however, you may bring a small one person umbrella you can hold or perhaps vice to the seat, but if someone asks you to take it down, you are to oblige.
san diego is freaking out over this i can assure you.
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AnneB
I think we've run off with ProblemAddict's thread! :)
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No TARPS Allowed (or large umbrellas).
by problemaddict inmaybe this was already covered here.
i've been absent a bit more than usual.. at qualcomm stadium, home of the chargers and the "special arrangement" with san diego which means they use the venue for free, you are not allowed to bring a tarp in the 80 degree sunshine, nor a large umbrella.. mercifully however, you may bring a small one person umbrella you can hold or perhaps vice to the seat, but if someone asks you to take it down, you are to oblige.
san diego is freaking out over this i can assure you.
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AnneB
Dodger....where they would shut off the escalators so there was no choice but to climb those millions of stairs...with the strollers (banned years later), the diaper bags, the kiddies, our poor, tired, sunburned selves. Good ol' Dodger, frozen in the mornings, inferno in the afternoons!
....makes 80F in San Diego seem like a picnic, even without a tarp! :)
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Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children Was a Crime
by Stealth inwtf .
the st. louis archbishop embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal testified last month that he didnt know in the 1980s whether it was illegal for priests to have sex with children, according to a court deposition released monday.
archbishop robert carlson, who was chancellor of the archdiocese of minneapolis and st. paul at the time, was deposed as part of a lawsuit against the twin cities archdiocese and the diocese of winona, minnesota.
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AnneB
I think the Archbishop understood that it was morally wrong, but didn't know that it was actually illegal ("wrong"). There is a difference.
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No TARPS Allowed (or large umbrellas).
by problemaddict inmaybe this was already covered here.
i've been absent a bit more than usual.. at qualcomm stadium, home of the chargers and the "special arrangement" with san diego which means they use the venue for free, you are not allowed to bring a tarp in the 80 degree sunshine, nor a large umbrella.. mercifully however, you may bring a small one person umbrella you can hold or perhaps vice to the seat, but if someone asks you to take it down, you are to oblige.
san diego is freaking out over this i can assure you.
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AnneB
Back in the day, Dodger Dtadium in Los Angeles was used for conventions and upward of 60,000 people would attend. Daily temperatures would reach the 90's or even past 100F. There we would sit, baking, mom and kids, no money for tarp or umbrellas.
The people aound us had them though, and woe betide the person who complained when tarp rope or umbrella spokes cut across seat space, especially if that seat was occupied by a child. "You don't mind, do you?" Yes, we minded, but it was "untheocratic" to argue with a "brother" or "sister", so sunburned people sat sideways or forward in their seats, adding to their misery. The worst part was seeing many empty seats in the shade under the tarps, seats that were never shared with unfortunates or their children.
Ever try to leave your seat and make your way down a row past gigantic umbrellas, tarp poles, and ropes, then have to face the same infuriated faces upon your return?
I'm glad they're forbidden. Just call it part of the "equalizing"...
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How do you cope with impaired mobility?
by compound complex ingreetings, my aging friends!
before asking you this question, i tried to do some research on the thought that 'hard work never killed anyone,' but, man, can it cripple you!
what i wanted to figure out is something better than you're getting older and tireder.. many of us have done hard physical labor most of our lives and see no prospect of retirement.
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AnneB
I'm surprised that dehydration after hours of hard work hasn't been mentioned as a source of discomfort.
Drinking water, lots of it, every single day, will really help.
AB
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How many remember the 15 min break Between the Public Tlk and WT Study?
by Wasanelder Once inas kid i remember a break of 15 minutes between the public talk and the wt study.
all the new ones and "weak" ones ran out to smoke.
loved to see the attendant round them up to come back in when the droning began again.
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AnneB
I remember the "15 minute break." On Sunday half the Hall left "at the half" and the WT Study was sheer agony because it was 75 minutes long with very few to support the answering. It fell to the older ones who had been around for years and some of their answers could be...literally...five minutes long as they went through entire "scripture chains" to make a point.
There was a 15 minute break between the Ministry School and Service Meeting as well. The literature counter would open, people would line up to buy publications (they cost back then), mothers would stand at the back and talk. When time was called people would argue with the Literature Servant, wanting him to take care of their literature order after the meeting began. There was always talking and clinking money sounds coming from the literature counter during the second half. Magazines were unwrapped, counted, and put into slots marked with publisher's names; apparently this couldn't be done at any other time than during a meeting.
At our Hall the rest rooms were upstairs, as was the Library/Mother's Room. There was a steady stream of young mothers with babies marching up and down those stairs during the meeting. Every time someone opened the door to the Ladies Room the sound of several conversations could be heard. At one point they appointed a bother to clear out all the Sisters who weren't actually there to use the facilities. All that did was move the Sisters to the Library across the hallway!
Meetings were different back then...