We should get a huge group together to travel to Ray's town just to show him our love and support. Not like some idol thing or something, just to let him know how much his work has helped us and how much we all appreciate him. Wouldn't that be so cool ......wf
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I just spoke to Ray!!!!
by mouthy inhe sends his christian love to all.. he is 87 now.
feeling his age.. cynthia is also having .
heart problems.
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Aspects of the Gifts of theHoly Spirit?
by Rocky_Girl inok, i read this on another thread that the new belief is that the when the bible says:.
galatians 5:22on the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,23mildness, self-control.
against such things there is no law.
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I just read that to and was wondering the same thing. The Bible says it clearly, what is the wt trying to say?....wf
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My friend made an interesting observation and wanted me to share, very interesting.
by awildflower inthis is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and i thought it would be great to share........i was thinking about this laying in bed this morning.
have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below.
what do you see...a young girl or an old woman?
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I know I love that! After all we are called human beings not human doings..............wf
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What's your 4th of July plans?
by Quirky1 ini'll be batchen it while the jw wifey goes to the dc.....
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What a fun thread. Sounds like a few parties going on! The other day I asked my husband (retired Navy man) how do I register to vote if I want to. It had hit me how precious freedom really is. How we live in a great country to be so free (compared to other countries of course). So this is the first 4th that actually really means something to me. I was an active JW through my husbands Navy career so I never got involved in anything military and I really regrett that now. All the connections I could have made........Anyways this 4th represents Freedom for me in the biggest way from so many things! Also my son turns 19 on the 4th! The last time he had a b-day celebration was his first b-day (wasn't a jw then). So this year will be extra special.
Would love to party with you guys! I'll be having a drink or two or three, for everyone. Sacolton, that doensn't sound to bad, you could always come over here!................wf
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I would like to thank my children......
by awildflower in......for being so obedient and cooperative during our lives as jw's.
for getting ready for all of those meetings and doing their best to study before hand and comment.
for volunteering to help the elderly and others with yard work and cooking and babysitting.
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Hi Spike, both my kids have been reading this post! After a couple days I wanted them to see it. It has been more encouraging then anything that ever happened in the org for them, so thanks you guys a ton!....wf
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My friend made an interesting observation and wanted me to share, very interesting.
by awildflower inthis is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and i thought it would be great to share........i was thinking about this laying in bed this morning.
have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below.
what do you see...a young girl or an old woman?
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Poppers, I with you! On another post they are talking about 'beliefs' and what doesn one another believe in. But to me it's not about beliefs it's about a state of being, another subject I guess. And Spike Tassel, thank you for the help with the name. Good one AnnOMaly.
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My friend made an interesting observation and wanted me to share, very interesting.
by awildflower inthis is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and i thought it would be great to share........i was thinking about this laying in bed this morning.
have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below.
what do you see...a young girl or an old woman?
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I hope Renaii (sp?) reads this post........wf
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I would like to thank my children......
by awildflower in......for being so obedient and cooperative during our lives as jw's.
for getting ready for all of those meetings and doing their best to study before hand and comment.
for volunteering to help the elderly and others with yard work and cooking and babysitting.
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Thanks everyone.......
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My friend made an interesting observation and wanted me to share, very interesting.
by awildflower inthis is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and i thought it would be great to share........i was thinking about this laying in bed this morning.
have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below.
what do you see...a young girl or an old woman?
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I knew you guys would like it! I'll let my friend know and thanks for the book recommendation, always love that!......wf
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My friend made an interesting observation and wanted me to share, very interesting.
by awildflower inthis is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and i thought it would be great to share........i was thinking about this laying in bed this morning.
have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below.
what do you see...a young girl or an old woman?
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This is not mine, but my friend e-mailed it to me this morning and I thought it would be great to share........
I was thinking about this laying in bed this morning. Have you ever looked at one of those optical illusion pictures such as the one below. What do you see...a young girl or an old woman? Once you know they are both there, you can close your eyes, look at the picture anew and see the other image. What if I told you that I was a friend of the artist and that this was a picture of a young girl. Would you continue to look for something else? Most likely not, you would most likely see what I told you was there. The same if I had initially told you it was an old woman. Even though there is another way to look at it, you would trust me and look no further. Isn't this what the WT does to people in a way? They say they are speaking for God (the artist) so we see what they tell us is there, in the Bible. It sounds right (just like the picture is that of a young girl) so we don't, or can't, see anything else; we look no further. Now, suppose someone comes along (let's call him an apostate) and tells you to close your eyes and look at the picture again and see if you see the old woman. Suddenly you do! But, until then, your mind was closed to any other image. All of us have closed our eyes and looked again, and this time we saw something else. I have been trying to understand how for so long all of us had, and all the JW's still do, not look beyond the WT's interpretation of scriptures, no matter how wacky it gets. Why didn't we do any independent research but accepted at face value all that was told to us? Thinking about this optical illusion has sort of helped me understand why. We trusted them and never thought about the possiblity that there was another way to look at the scriptures. What I have been trying to understand though, is it impossible for some to see beyond the young girl even after being told the old woman is there? Or do they just choose not to see it and keep focusing on the young girl? Is that what some Witnesses do when confronted with a different way to consider a scripture, Bible story, or doctrine. They can't or refuse to see it any other way than their initial acceptance of what it was? In the real application of this illusion, some people see one or the other right off the bat. I don't know what that tells you about the person, but again, in applying it to our acceptance of the WT, it reminds me how many are drawn into it and others see it right away for what it is. Just some musings today I guess.
