Posts by yknot

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Does the Watchtower School of Gilead still send out missionaries to foreign fields and if not how come..

by solomon in

the new brochure "who are doing jehovahs will today?

" says on page 14 that the bible school of gilead sends out missionaries to foreign countries.

i thought this program was discontinued.

yknot

No....it would be uber stupid to ever discontinue Gilead as it is a recognized as an international school (read-Mormon BYU potential)

The Governing Body has outlined adjustments to the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead. Starting with the 132nd class, which began on October 24, 2011, training will be given only to couples who are already in special full-time service, such as field missionaries who have not yet attended Gilead, special pioneers, traveling overseers, and Bethelites. If a couple speak and write English fluently, their Branch Committee may recommend that they attend.

Gilead graduates will be given assignments that will strengthen and stabilize the field and branch organization, whether as field missionaries, traveling overseers, or Bethelites. Those assigned to serve in the field will be used in densely populated areas where they can have the most profound effect on the preaching activity and on congregation activities. Branch Committees may continue requesting Gilead graduates if there is a particular need in their territory. They may also recommend well-qualified special full-time servants from their own branch territory to attend Gilead School. In some cases, Branch Committees may request that the graduates return to that country after they graduate

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Getting re-instated for fun & profit.

by Trismegistus in

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friends

as i have previously mentioned, i have been df'd for about eleven years.

recent issues have brought me back to meetings for a bit.

of course, the elders desire to talk to me about my options.. .

yknot

Weigh your time and gains.....

Play the game if you feel it is worth it!

Once you get to where you desire....just start slacking more and more into a fade into inactivity.

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Science and the supernatural - thoughts and opinions wanted

by freshstart in

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friends

i definitely support science, i think that the entire field is fascinating.

the things that have been discovered and that will be discovered in the future is mind-boggling.

i do wonder, however, if there is some things that science can't explain.

yknot

I don't know..... I wish there were fairies like in Louisa May Alcott's Flower Fables.

I spent hours trying to see the Marfa Lights....got nothing when others were seeing something.

I think people have enate senses we attribute to 'gut' or 'intuition'.

I think people feel/see things when they desire to see something.....been to a lot of "haunted" places got nothing but a moment of my own irrational fear which my dubbie brain auto-corrected.

I want to understand well-witching....just haven't figured it out yet fully.

Generally speaking...today's supernatural is tomorrows science explained, I mean technically didn't Jah want humans to have 'accurate knowledge'....so kinda leaves little room for supernatural over science

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Who will remain on Earth????

by wolfman85 in

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i must admit that after carefully examining the nt it seems that christians will have heavenly life.

but my question is, who will remain on earth?.

yknot

Ditto Ding....

(post 1000 year reign and satan's loosening for a 'little while')

Now as how that exactly works out varies by belief system.....

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God particle is 'found': Scientists at Cern expected to announce on Wednesday

by cantleave in

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2167188/god-particle-scientists-cern-expected-announce-higgs-boson-particle-discovered-wednesday.html.

scientists 'will say they are 99.99% certain' the particle has been foundleading physicists have been invited to event - sparking speculation that higgs boson particle has been found'god particle' gives particles that make up atoms their mass.

by rob cooper.

yknot

This is so awesome!

Type of stuff I wanted to learn when I had an eternity to discern...

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Skirts and trousers (pants if you're in the US)

by Chariklo in

just what is it that the watchtower thinks is so much more modest and respectful to jehovah about wearing a skirt instead of trousers?

that is, unless you live in a culture that has trousers as the norm for women, as in india.. something today brought this to my mind.

i can't even remember what it was, but it led to thinking again about this.

yknot

ooooh and then there was the pantyhose/stocking thing too (but varied by area)

and denim skirts are discouraged...(fiercely love my denim skirts!)

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Update on my pregnancy post from yesterday

by freshstart in

i don't know how or why, but this morning i woke up and did not vomit!!!!!!!!

i'm keeping my fingers crossed but could i finally be getting some relief????

.

yknot

Awww I am sorry Freshstart!

Keep hydrated, take your prenatals and get a lot of rest...

Huggles

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Rooming

by shulamitemaden in

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friends

yknot

I remember that!!!

Didn't know worldlies were approached offically ....

I guess having grown up hearing about 'the old days' where rooming was more abundant .....never thought it was odd/weird.

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For those who have been pregnant....

by freshstart in

i wish i could be one those women who absolutely love pregnancy, i really do.

but i honestly don't care for it at all.

it was the same with my first pregnancy.

yknot

Hugs freshstart....

Keep taking things slowly....

What does your mid-wife think the culprit is

hCG

estrogen

helicobacter pylori

increased sensitivities to smell

Did she talk to you about B6 vitamin (usual dose is 10-25 milligrams 3x day).....if not ask what her thoughts are on the subject

Make sure you keep watch for dehydration too as it happens so quickly with morning sickness.

I wish I could give you my experience......I loved every second of being pregnant, only had morning sickness at the moment of implantating.

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Who did you want to meet in Paradise?

by Flat_Accent in

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friends

step right up!

take your pick of any of the 100 billion or so people that ever lived.

who did you want to meet?

yknot

No one really...

Planned on being too busy aiding in the resurrections (or whatever assignment I was given).

Perhaps 200 years vacation time spent selfishly learning/mastering/exploring/following my every intellectual delight.

Returning to my work hundred years before Satan's loosening....

My humble abode having 'There will be a final test at the end of the 1000 years' written above every door.

This above plan only altered a bit when I had children to include encouraging them and to see them develop into their own persons and then me going into full time resurrection duties and an additional 200 years vacation time to spend with them ..... I married right before the 1995 generation change and thus accepted my hubby was a 'dead man walking'.....cuz I didn't think thanks to that 1989 WT article that we would be married more than 6 years.......(we are now approaching our 17th anniversary-whodathunkit!)

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I often secretly wondered exactly how long was 'a little while' for Satan to run amok......

Never understood JWs who focused entirely on the 1000-yr reign....they were totally oblivious to the fact that they could fail or return to worldly when Satan was unloosed.....

My greatest focus was surviving to see the 'Tent of God'......because it was only then I knew I couldnt fail .... I could stop proving myself worthy/loyal and just become a simple wife and mother living a very simple life......happiness.