it's official; they read the letter tonight that puts forth the new procedure.
if you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.
presumably the elders make a decision if an expelled one is regularly attending meetings, but only they can give them lit.
So Gumby, you some kind of double agent?
Yeah, but I can't help it. I'm bipolor and I'm dislexic. One day I'm knockin on doors in my polyester yardsale witness clothes, then two days later I'll be damned if I ain't smokin a dube and sittin at my computor gossipin about the dumb bastards. My new medication is supposed to keep me on a level plane cept for I ain't sure if I'll now be wearin yardsale clothes and witnessing to people........ or coming here and makin an ass outta meself Gumby
this past weekend, we met a new couple in our campground, and the conversation soon came 'round to the supernatural.
the lady said she has had quite a few supernatural experiences, and that she plays her own home-made version of the ouija board.
my husband was all excited and begged her to play .
there are 3 current threads that say these very things.
(ok, the one about armageddon says it will come within days or weeks--not months--so that means june 2007.
seems to me this is whipping up into a paranoia bigger than the 1980s apostate scare, bigger than they've ever seen before.
Just wanted to give you a warm welcome Still-in74. Nice to have you here. I haven't herd of this news at the hall yet either.
Gumby
with the global village now teaching evolution as an absolute fact, and the 'creation museum' making a mockery of the bible, any bible study should begin with this question!
however, the biggest hinderence to learning truth is clinging to concepts we've accepted as 'truth' without being willing to take a closer look at other possibilities.. i ask that ridiculers have fun on other postings, so that it might be possible to enjoy comparing what we have learned, how we see things- and also share what we have found to be facts-truth!.
(and i will not "count the time", as promised; that's unimportant to me, anyhow!).
A human is immensely simpler than a god.
How so Alan? In other words...simpler how? What do you mean by " a god"?
Gumby
it's official; they read the letter tonight that puts forth the new procedure.
if you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.
presumably the elders make a decision if an expelled one is regularly attending meetings, but only they can give them lit.
Gumby - You don't need no stinking Bible Study! What the hell are they going to teach/brainwash you?
Actually Lawrence that's exactly what I told my son-in-law Id say to them if they did ask me. They would probably start you out in the "What does the Bible Teach" book (I think it's the one they now use for bible studies) and you would study all the shit you have studied since day 1. I can imagine sitting there answering questions like "What is Gods Name?, Who really is Jesus?, What type of friends should we have? etc.
My guess is they give no consideration to the fact a DFed one doesn't need that TYPE of a study, but as we all know they go by the Manuel of what the FDS tells them they should study with such ones with no questions asked.
Btw, when you comin over and twisting up a fatty with me?
Gumganja
this past weekend, we met a new couple in our campground, and the conversation soon came 'round to the supernatural.
the lady said she has had quite a few supernatural experiences, and that she plays her own home-made version of the ouija board.
my husband was all excited and begged her to play .
*shits his pant's and screams out "JEHOVAH" *
gUMBINIZED
with the global village now teaching evolution as an absolute fact, and the 'creation museum' making a mockery of the bible, any bible study should begin with this question!
however, the biggest hinderence to learning truth is clinging to concepts we've accepted as 'truth' without being willing to take a closer look at other possibilities.. i ask that ridiculers have fun on other postings, so that it might be possible to enjoy comparing what we have learned, how we see things- and also share what we have found to be facts-truth!.
(and i will not "count the time", as promised; that's unimportant to me, anyhow!).
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it's official; they read the letter tonight that puts forth the new procedure.
if you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.
presumably the elders make a decision if an expelled one is regularly attending meetings, but only they can give them lit.
If you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.
I got news for you.........you never were allowed to give literature to a DFed person, so evidently this is a reminder, not a change in policy.
As for studying with a DFed one? Hello? Since when did a publisher EVER study with a DFed person? Never, that's when.
The ONLY one who can study with a DFed person is an elder and that only happens if a DFed one has applied for reinstatement and the elder body feels a bible study would benifit the DFed one in some way. I was out for 13 years, recently got reinstated (for sake of family and my sanity) and I was not offered a bible study.
Why this letter is being read baffles me unless there has been a problem with publishers calling on DFed ones and speaking with them. All witnesses know that speaking to a DFed one is a no no....let alone having one on your magazine route as a return visit or even for a first time encounter with one in the ministry.
We didn't have a meeting here this week because of the assembly, but so far I have not heard of this letter being read.
Gumby
with the global village now teaching evolution as an absolute fact, and the 'creation museum' making a mockery of the bible, any bible study should begin with this question!
however, the biggest hinderence to learning truth is clinging to concepts we've accepted as 'truth' without being willing to take a closer look at other possibilities.. i ask that ridiculers have fun on other postings, so that it might be possible to enjoy comparing what we have learned, how we see things- and also share what we have found to be facts-truth!.
(and i will not "count the time", as promised; that's unimportant to me, anyhow!).
"Are you telling me that without God to tell you not to commit all manner of actrocities, you would?" It's a stumper because answering Yes or No gets them into hot water. "Yes" means that they know they're a scumbag; "No" means that their question is bogus.
Don't know why this hit my funnybone but I just laughed my ass off when I read that line.
Gumby....of the non-scumbag class
Btw, listening to you two on this has been a treat and quite interesting.
no this isnt a film or anything lol.. anyone remember luna off this site?
where the hell is she at?
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Our dear Luna is posting at JWO sometimes..... I say she needs a good whuppin for that.
Oh dear god no.....not our Luna. Quick, someone get a fire hose, some vinegar, a scrub brush, and let's see if we can't get the scum off of her before it eats away her skin.
Gumby....of the I can't stand the place where she's been class......not even one friggin little bit.
