bethel writer see's a fatty bethelite take the last bread roll at lunch...should he vent his feelings thru jehovahs holy watchtower magazine...why not!!.
watchtower 1974p.167 "...by over indulging in food....he fails to show love for jehovah god...is food a big thing in his life?
does he selfishly ignore others needs and take more then his share?
Jesus Christ, what havent they commented on? What hasnt there been a questio from the readers about? I mean, excercise? Chess? Eating too much? Eating too little? What havent the WT given an opinion on? Anyone?
Fabric stores. WT has never commented on the number of hours one can spend in a fabric store. After the fabric store the sisters always stop for a bite to eat.
McDonalds, anyone?
the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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Jesus was just a slacker, then?
the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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I can hear soooo many things wrong with the reasoning and logic in this video, so much that I had to stop listening, it is so Wrong!
It's all about force; forcing your child into baptism by the early teens at the latest, forcing your child out in service every Saturday morning, forcing your child to attend every meeting.
The parental mention of letting the child's heart do the motivating is minimized into extinction and the parent's reasoning demeaned.
The Jonah example is ridiculous; to say that Jehovah forced Jonah to go to Ninevah because the alternative was another ride in the Big Fish takes away all personal choice from the individual. But then, isn't that what WT is all about?
Disgusting.
a few months ago i posted about the dilemna i was facing with my girlfriend and getting reinstated.
a little under a year ago, both of us were disfellowshipped for sexual immorality.
while it was difficult, we promised to stick together through it, work our way toward marraige, and eventually return.
Loyalty or integrity, which is first?
That question came up 30 years ago in my Book Study group...after the meeting, when we were out for coffee, of course.
Now it's your turn to answer, and to live with your choice.
I can only tell you that it's rough either way.
Heartfelt empathy and love from AnneB
these 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.
Be sure to include WT's definition of "Lie" as written in the Aid book.
these 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.
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.
its 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.
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.
how 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 .
maybe 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.
I think we've run off with ProblemAddict's thread! :)
