honor jehovah by displaying dignity .
this ten-year old has quickly learned that dignity is only the outward appearance.
why, though, can humans act with dignity?
Thanks for your comments Blondie. Very informative and interesting.
I especially liked the comparision of the lepers and those who are DA or DF. What you say is so true! I'm not in the DA/DF category at the moment tho if may happen in the future. I'll store your article away for future reference. Sometimes our JW family members bring up some "relevant" points to me and hubby Gladring so its nice to read your comments and be prepared for what they might say.
how many is there?
can we have a brain storm and get a list going?.
paul.
I've attended both weddings and funerals of another faith. Almost all my extended family is Catholic and I go along to attend their memorable occasions. Never been pulled up in any way for doing so.
mine was the time i had my twin grandsons with me and i was sitting in the overflow room.
they both needed to go potty at the same time.
so i tried to pick both of them up.
Speaking of people falling asleep at meetings...
I remember one time when a hit-and-miss kinda brother came in to the meeting late and proceeded to fall asleep. My dad was on mics and decided to put the mic in front of this brother's face and got someone to give him a slight nudge to wake him up. So he woke up with the mic right at his mouth! The speaker was still trying to give his talk and all of us who'd seen what had happened were completely cracking up!! That'll teach him not to fall asleep at meetings!
i have came to the conclusion that all i learned while growing up as a witness is not the "truth'.
i believe i have become agnostic in a short period of time.
so, this year i decided that we are going to celebrate some holidays.
It could just be coz its new that you feel nervous - just like doing anything else for the first time.
Or it could be that you're worried about getting "caught" by some elder or family member. Do you still live in your old cong's territory?
mine was the time i had my twin grandsons with me and i was sitting in the overflow room.
they both needed to go potty at the same time.
so i tried to pick both of them up.
I got too warm at the book study and tried to take my jumper off over my head. But it got stuck half-way and then I got a fit of the giggles. I couldn't get the jumper back on or off but because I was laughing so much I had to leave the room. So I had to walk out with the jumper still stuck on my head!
Mind you, maybe that doesn't count coz the book study is no longer a meeting.
not that i subscribe to that sort of thing - but this one was very wierd.. i was in a glass house - or at least there was mostly glass all around.
there was a vehicle pulled up close to one of the doors, and a woman was yelling that she needed to come inside because the buffalo were chasing her.
i looked down the hill and saw two thin buffalo, and when they saw me they charged up to the entrance of the house, preventing me from opening the door to the woman.
Very interesting and unusual dream. I used to have a dream dictionary but had to get rid of it coz my dub mother thought it was demonic!
So I can't help you much. Guess you need to contact the prophet Daniel or maybe Joseph. They knew a thing or two about dreams!
i have been wrestling with the idea of da'ing myself for close to a year now.
but there is a small area in my subconscious that whispers "this is not a good idea.
i haven't been to a meeting in over six months, no service in seven years.
As you probably know, these days they make the same announcement whether you DA or are DF'ed. So in their eyes, there is no difference in leaving because you can no longer stand their dishonesty and poor ethics or if you run off with your best mate's Mrs! Sick, isn't it? The congregation will have no idea what the reasons behind your announcement are but, being the judgemental group that they are, will no doubt think the worst ie that you've done something immoral not the WT.
DA'ing is not something you can undo so don't do it until you're 100% sure its the right thing for you to do. I've thought about doing it myself more than a few times but I agree with what the other posters have said about this showing that they still have some level of authority and control over you. Don't give them the satisfaction!
the january 15th wt study issue is now up at .
http://www.jw.org .
the yearly figures won't appear in wt this year.
A few years ago they changed it to put the year's stastics in the Feb WT instead so it might still appear then.
just received this.... .
a reminder of jehovahs' love .
every sunday afternoon, after the morning meeting one elder and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out tracts.. this particular sunday afternoon, as it came time for the elder and his son to go into the ministry with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down with rain.
My thoughts exactly Sir82!
I was thinking just that reading thru it.
They are so unoriginal.
comments you will not hear at the 10-12-08 wt study - august 15, 2008, pages 7-11 (maintain loyalty).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
At the meeting I was at there was some very odd comments (i'm using the word "odd" in a relative sense!).
One brother said that perhaps Jehovah put the lion there to warn the young prophet not to go home that way. He felt that Jehovah hadn't caused the young chap's death. (I'm guessing that's what keeps this bro going is changing things so he's not worshipping a god who can instantly forget a lifetime of faithful service due to bring tricked in to a single mistake.) The thing is the account said that the body of the prophet wasn't mauled and the donkey was unhurt. Either human flesh doesn't taste too good or this lion was behaving strangely because of divine manipulation, like what happened to Daniel.
I was tempted to raise my hand and say that if the young guy had just taken God-appointed Jeraboam's goodies then the other things would never have happened to him!
