Posts by ssn587

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Impossible to concentrate!

by highdose in

looking back on my time as a jw i found that i sat at the meetings just willing the time to go past and just trying to get through it.

there would be a blip were i would concentrate on getting my answer in, just so that others didn't look down on me even more than they already did, but after that i would go back to sleep.. the thing is i was a very serious jw, and really did want to pay attention... i just found it to be impossible, 5 mins at the max and then drift away.... i even perfected the art of staring intently at the speaker while having my mind very much elsewhere.

and i wonder now how many jw's are actauly listening at all?.

ssn587

Most all of the meeting are very boring and just recitals or rehashes of rehashes.

cantleave we dont go back to normal time until 01Nov09 no this weekend.

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Living Well Is Not Only "the Best Revenge"...

by BabaYaga in

...it is also a good example.

as such a good example... your loved ones who are still in may turn to you for assistance or advice on occasion.. live as well as you can... educate yourself in everything that peaks your curiosity... and work on responding in love, not bitterness, whenever possible.. their adage of "being won without a word" works both ways..

ssn587

Living well is a blessing that some enjoy, My family is doing okay, we don't lack, but for sure there are those at the hall who view us with the jaundiced eye. And there are hints from the platform about helping your brother and sister etal. When the opportunity arrives, I have always mentioned that it would be great if the WTBTS would quit building things and donate some of that money they received through donation to help those in need in the congregations. I almost laughed when I did this as we all know they the WTBTS could care less about how anyone but themselves are doing.

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millenial reign

by ssn587 in

have been looking for any other references other than in the book of revelation of christ's 1000 year reign.

if any exist i haven't been able to find them so either one doesn't exist or i am brain dead over this issue.

any help will be much appreciated.

ssn587

tks for the info, I like you can't recal either, off the top of my head where nothing resides hair either.

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millenial reign

by ssn587 in

have been looking for any other references other than in the book of revelation of christ's 1000 year reign.

if any exist i haven't been able to find them so either one doesn't exist or i am brain dead over this issue.

any help will be much appreciated.

ssn587

Have been looking for any other references other than in the book of Revelation of Christ's 1000 year reign. If any exist I haven't been able to find them so either one doesn't exist or I am brain dead over this issue. Any help will be much appreciated. tks in advance.

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Adjusting to illness & old age

by dozy in

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friends

the point is sometimes made in these forums that the societies constant insistence that the end is nigh has meant that so many jws fail to make adequate financial provisions for their retirement.. however , ive noticed an increasing trend amongst jws in middle age to elderly ones that they also havent made adequate emotional provisions , as they have been constantly told that they would never get old in this system.

most non-jws , aware that sooner or later they will experience a deterioration in their health, are mentally better prepared to cope with this.

with many jws it seems to throw them completely.. a good friend , aged around 50 , has just been diagnosed with a fairly serious illness.

ssn587

I believe many of the older ones stay becasue they have nothing else around to calm their fears of whats coming. i.e. death, and there ain't going to be any resurrection, so religion is their opium to help them cope, They ignore the lies, and hope for the best while knowing deep down inside its all nonsense. They knowl they have been lied too and the just ignore it. Thinking that the asshole GB will really give a crap about them. They would realize if they just looked that their is no help for the aged, sick, destitute, the hungry thel poor or anyone else in this organization.

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Kings of Genesis chpt 36

by ssn587 in

in richard friedman's book who wrote the bible, it mention in one area that issac ibn yashush pointed out that a list of edomite kings at genesis chpt 36 named kings who lived long after moses was dead.

does anyone know specifically just which of those kings he was talking about?

if so who were they..

ssn587

In Richard Friedman's book who wrote the bible, it mention in one area that Issac ibn Yashush pointed out that a list of Edomite kings at Genesis chpt 36 named Kings who lived long after Moses was dead. Does anyone know specifically just which of those Kings he was talking about? If so who were they.

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Did the sun stand still and go backwards up the steps?

by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

been a while since i posted here, but driving into work the other day i recalled how "excited" we all were when it was announced that scientists had discovered "proof" that there is a full "day" missing astronomically, for the exact period of time covered by joshua's having the sun stand still, and isaiah having the sun move backwards, sending the shadow back up the steps for hezekiah.. that got me searching jwd for a thread about this topic, and i didn't find one, but i did find this snopes article.. http://www.snopes.com/religion/lostday.asp.

ssn587

The sun stood still or went backwards only in mythology or disneyland your choice!

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Circuit Assembly, District Assembly, Special Assembly Day....what is the difference?

by insearchoftruth in

my wife just went to what she called a special assembly (or something like that), what are the assemblies or conventions and what is the intended audience and the length of each?.

ssn587

Other than amount of days attended, wouldn't it also be the amount of $$$ taken in? For those in the know do the sad two dayer and da taken in $$$ for each attendee or is it a set sum for the whole thing per person?

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Is there anyone on the GB who has more than a high school certificate?

by Lady Lee in

some time this week i will be interviewed by a couple of university students doing a project on jehovahs' witnesses.

the one i spoke to knows very little about them.. it will be an interview on my personal experience as a jw but from her initial phone call we saw that my answers easily led to more questions.

she doesn't realize she is talking about a cult but began to get the idea that the wts has a lot of control over the lives of jws.. so the education thing came up and i explained how education beyond high school was not encouraged and even though they give lip service to it post-secondary education is still not highly recommended.. which got me to thinking.

ssn587

Farkel, wasn't a person who was going to try out for a Rhodes Scholarship required to have a college degree/Diploma? If Franz didn't complete college he wouldn't have been able to complete the application. He, Franz, should have tried to educate himself on fiction writing, maybe he could have sold a few books that way and made some money for himself instead of writing Fiction for Rutherford and not getting any $$$ out of the deal.

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When N. T. written?

by ssn587 in

ssn587

It seems that some scholars have said that Mark was the first book of the N. T. written, and WTBTS says it is Matthew, does anyone really know. I would like to be able to determine which and when if at all possible, but don't have the time to research it for awhile. Any and all help will be much appreciated. Tks in advance.