so awhile back i mentioned doing an 'out of your comfort zone' project for a class i'm taking.
it's due on monday, so i have no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with jw's this weekend.
it figures that jw's are like fred flintstone when it comes to the internet.
Show up at the Kingdom Hall at Sunday @ 9:30AM. That's usually the earliest a meeting will start. There should also be a listing of meeting times by the door.
If no one show up, it means they had an assembly that weekend, in which case, head over to the assembly hall.
9:30 song no.
10:50 song no.
12:10 song no.
RedSoxFan1393, If it makes you feel any better, I'll be going too. Take good notes, the time will go quicker.
interesting article in the new york times looking at the economic differences among the united statess various religions.
jehovah's witnesses get a mention in the article as one of the lowest income earners.. "the most affluent of the major religions including secularism is reform judaism.
sixty-seven percent of reform jewish households made more than $75,000 a year at the time the pew forum on religion and public life collected the data, compared with only 31 percent of the population as a whole.
Trades are not really looked down upon in my area because you only have to go to school a few months out of the year, you can help out with Kingdom hall builds, and it is "practical".
since i have dual nationality with bosnia and canada, i thought long and hard about since i need to apply for my fis race license to race international for any country.
i will do races for bosnia and herzegovina, i'm going to apply for my fis license from them and there is so much good news, i'm going to start my training soon, like in 2 weeks.
i'll keep everyone posted.
That's awesome! I'm glad you get to pursue your dream.
me and pyramid finally finished crisis of conscience.
it took us awhile as we were reading it aloud together so we could stop and discuss interesting features along the way--kind of like what the wts recommends we do with the bible (ironic, we never did it with the bible).
anyway, i wrote a blog on the book and have been having an interesting discussion with an old jw friend of mine.
I would be interested in hearing what the Mexican brother's comments were, if possible. I've never heard the situation from someone who lived through it.
i had been doing yard work all day and then i went to plant a rose bush for my dad .....when i stepped down on the shovel my lower back went out !
omg it hurt ....i couldn't straighten completely up afterwards .
so i went to see the chiro ,he used an activator on my back and now the pain is worse !
Careful if the doctor prescribes you anti-inflammatories, they are quite tough on the stomach, and can lead to an ulcer if overused.
i studied the paradise book, you may remember there was a whole chapter it in about the dream, the tree getting chopped down, time, time and half a time etc.
now i was very young ( but of course spirtualy mature (!
) when i studied this but i remember seeing the person explain this doctrine to me and it was like.... " ok now you see this scripture here?
Being a born in my reaction was "that's nice, can I watch cartoons now?"
i realize that i avoid using their name for god.. i can say it................. jehovah.
but i'll avoid it almost always..... if i'm talking with you,.
on the rare occasions that i am in conversation with any jdub family,.
Why is it even called the tetragrammaton? Where is the tetragrammaton for Moses or Jesus?
Tetragrammaton is Greek for "a four letter word".
Unfortunately, Today many seem to use the name Jesus as a "four letter word" to curse.
a jw will always rationalize the errors of wt leaders by arguing that they are simply imperfect men, who have never claimed to be spirit-directed.
let's assume, for argument's sake, that that's true, that they've never made such claims.
the question then becomes, "why aren't they?"..
Good reasoning point @keyser Sore. I had not thought about that before.
...i was told but they usually were as i look back.. as a lad i'd sit and look to see who the lights would fall on.
i'd get an almond and see how long i could suck it before i chewed at it.
i'd imagine playing rock'n'roll on the congregation's piano.. how did you get through the meetings when you were bored?.
When I was young, I used to imagine a bouncing ball (thing pong), and trace it's trajectory as it bounced around the stage.
@Found Sheep, that's a great idea. I'm going to try it, my LH skills need improving.
