one time, a elder said like "heavenly father jehovah, thank you for the meetings.
i pray thru jesus name amen" i was so stunned it was a very short prayer.
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I've heard a couple of those one-liner "prayers" as well. They happen right after the congregation sings only one verse of the song so the elders can bring the meeting to a close on time.
Nice thing when a timeclock takes precedence over True Worship. (Hey Farkel, how do you make the little copyright symbol?)
terry gave me a copy of "in search of christian freedom"...no disrespect to ray franz...i am bored to tears....can't get past the frist chapter...soaked up coc, turned around and soaked it up again.... highly recomend coc to any jw (one that's not brain dead) or ex-jw (also not brain dead) who needs to know something about how the tower works....great book.... sigh, i seem to no longer have the attention span it takes to read a book of this depth....a sad commentary on me...has the internet dumbed some people down to the point that they can no longer read a book?
if that's what's happended somebody shoot me please... .
It's not you...ISoCF is far less riveting than CoC.
yes, i plan to break the 10 "witness commandments" on my birthday!
any idea's...did i miss any?
i can't think of ten!.
Learn to "act" instead of "react".
i've gone to many a witness dinner where i would bring one or two nice wines, hoping we would have some with dinner.
{to numb the boring conversations} only, to find the couple say "thanks" put it in the cabnet....and serve up lemonade..... and it's not an alcohol thing....two different brothers brought out there own "home made" vino instead, which taste like a mixture of fruit punch and vineger!
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When a guest brings food or drink to a pre-planned meal (not a picnic, pot luck or covered dish dinner) the item is not served with the meal but simply viewed as a gift. The guest's opinion on the matter is moot; they were invited to consume the meal, not contribute toward it.
In other words, if you want to eat/drink a particular thing, do it somewhere else or at another time. When you're invited to someone's house and accept the invitation, eat what's served without thinking about how you would have done it different.
Etiquette-AnneB
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we were heavily influenced by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's recently-released two-album set called "Will the Circle be Unbroken" One time we tried to learn to play that song ("Circle") by sitting back to back in a circle (four of us), with our arms sort crossed, each of us plucking one instrument with our right hand, and fingering another instrument with our left hand. For example, I would sit with Jim on my left and Kory on my right, and Kenner behind me. I would hold my banjo to my left and pick it while Jim fingered it. Meanwhile, Kory would hold his mandolin to his left and pick it with his right hand, while I fingered it with my left.
Dissonance at its JW best.
no, this is not a joke.
having actually managed to survive through the entire 3 grueling days of the dc after attending the friday session today (hit sat and sun last weekend) i was initially going to make a criticism of some of the parts & points at the dc.
however, something that i witnessed today changed my mind.
On the other hand, put yourself in that woman's place: would you want 9,000 eyes staring at you while you were suffering?
It's a good thing that they kept the speechmaking going, sad that there was no acknowledgement later.
well, i had a procedure today i've wanted for quite a while.
i've had atrial fibrillation for years.
today i had a cardioversion - electrical shock to the heart to convert it to normal rhythm.
It's pornogra-food, people! Those shows are for people who can only watch! It's about as "real life" as porn-anything-else.
Glad you're feeling better, H!
i just read another posting about a fella fading, and it brought to mind the following.. on the weekends, i go to a local coffee shop in the am for coffee and a little breakfast taco.
i usually sit at the counter, where i also read my electronics-related magazines and i also write thoughts in a gridded-paper notebook.
i immediately pegged them as jws - it was too easy.
Instead of speaking to them directly try getting info from the waitress/waiter/counterperson.
my 17 year old son told his dad that he didn't want to be a jw anymore about 8 months ago i think, and doesn't go to meetings or assemblies.
he's been accepted to one of the best universities in the country and will start this fall, with his dad's blessing.
their congregation had the summer convention this past weekend.
Your son is:
1) underage
2) unbaptized
Have you, as a parent, informed these "elders" that they have no legal (much less organizational) right to communicate with your son *and* that you, as legal custodian, will not permit it? Even if your JW husband fails to object to the meeting you are still equal in terms of legal guardianship. Use your legal authority to protect your child!
http://www.democrats.com/files/amomentoftruth.pdf.
kucinich website crippled under suspicious circumstances after introduction of impeachment articles.
political desk june 10, 2008cleveland, oh - ohio congressman dennis kucinich's re-election website was shut down this morning by a series of suspicious and fast-moving events several hours after kucinich introduced 35 articles of impeachment against president george w. bush.. .
Is this the same Dennis Kucinich who "communes" with space aliens?
Praying to an invisible Jesus who was taken into the clouds and has yet to visibly return isn't communing with space aliens?
