apparently "prejudice" applies only to racial equality and has nothing to do with diverse sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
it's news to me, but that's the only way i can explain this latest cover from the society.. http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/86/wp_e_20130601.pdf.
cedars.
Blue collar work men - the salt of the earth and an aspiration for all.
Didn't you know? Any time they show white collar workers in WTS publications they're either:
- working overtime because they're materialistic
- an alcoholic with a highball glass in their hand
- flirting or being harrassed
- fighting with their spouse after work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhn7xzopyii.
according to this, the uk branch made a cool million pounds from investments...which implies theyve much more invested.
i know very little about financial stuff.
This video's been posted before.
Others may disagree with me, but this guy makes hedge funds and hedge fund investors sound much more nefarious than they are. Almost any organization that has enough liquid assets to qualify as an "institutional investor" is invested in hedge funds-- including the pension funds for all 50 states, almost every single college and university, almost every single large non-profit, almost every single union (teachers, UAW, etc.).
If this guy knew anything about hedge funds and their investors, he would know he looks and sounds like an idiot.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20130319_11_0_twowom831238.
The dark gray dog, which Harrell estimated to weigh about 130 pounds, eventually turned its attention toward Harrell and charged at him, blood covering its mouth.
The injured women lay motionless on the ground, he said. The dog’s owner, armed with a baseball bat, was hysterically screaming on her knees in the front yard, he said.
Lance Snider, who heard the commotion just feet from his home and called the police after witnessing the attack, described what he saw as “disgusting and shocking.”
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I sincerely hope they're both able to make a full recovery. I can't imagine the horror of being attacked like that.
I also wonder if both sisters had their Blood Cards up-to-date. I'm sure the HLC got there almost as fast as the ambulance.
download from this site is pink.
is this a sneaky way to ferret out those who get theirs from this site?.
I've got a Bethel elder who's super anal about every JW rule who emails me the KM every month from his Bethel email address, albeit with the direction that it not be forwarded. They're always pink.
There's also a local elder who will email it to me if I ask, so there doesn't seem to be any restrictions about non-elders receiving or having the Pink PDF KM. (It does get pretty annoying trying to find the right KM at the meeting when every single one on the iPad is pink.)
R_O
so my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
Honk if you miss slushy OJ with your cheese danish!
Chaperone on Board
distance from jehovah (not jesus).
comments.
comments.
16, 17. What grievous situation has afflicted many parents, and how do we know that Jehovah understands their pain?
16 The bond between parent and child is so strong that Jehovah used that relationship to illustrate his own love for his people. (Isa. 49:15) It is normal, therefore, to be deeply grieved when a beloved family member leaves Jehovah.
I couldn't help it. I raised my hand to answer this question, and again on paragraph 20. I made a point to say "...when a beloved family member chooses to leave, or is expelled from the Organization because of their words, actions, or beliefs."
The conductor didn't blink and just moved on to covering the material in paragraph 17. I just didn't want to hear someone else either just parrot back the paragraph on leaving "Jehovah", or "the Truth TM ". I doubt anyone else in the audience even picked up on it, or that it made an impact on anyone. But I felt good saying it and ensuring someone else didn't say something that would just make me irritated.
R_O
was pondering today on the jws stance on the existance of the dinosaurs.
would be interested to know any belieavers stance on this eg.
your own belief and that of the wts current understanding.. insidentally i tried to search this on jw.org and no search bar, or at least i didn't find one ????.
Most J-dubs I know wouldn't dispute the dinosaur fossil record, although not everyone. I observed the following conversations between two recent JW high school graduates (although come to think of it, one was "home schooled"):
"Dinosaurs? Haha...don't be an idiot. Don't you know that they didn't really exist? They're a myth scientists made up to support evolution."
"No, dinosaurs DID exist. Haven't you seen the fossils? It's CAVEMEN that are the ones that didn't really exist!"
"Ohhh....right, okay!"
AWAKE! education at its finest.
so my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
607 is right!!
Proud Member of the Overlapping Generation
God Hates Birthdays (but Anniversaries are OK)
Praying that God Kills 99.9% of the World...ASAP.
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This reminded me that I saw the following vanity license plate in the parking lot of the last assembly:
JWORG
I kid you not.
sorry it's gonna be long winded.
i've done my best to reconstruct from memory.
my husband was next to me the whole time.
00DAD: How would I know? They didn't even know for the last 93 years!
Hahaha!!! PERFECT response!!!
sorry it's gonna be long winded.
i've done my best to reconstruct from memory.
my husband was next to me the whole time.
Two questions for the group:
1. Have the elders been instructed on what to say when it's discovered that the person has read the "Flock" book? The line of questioning Julia got seems very similar to some of the recorded JCs I've seen/heard.
2. What can/do elders do when the subject of the Judicial Committee refuses to answer certain questions, especially the "loyalty" questions? Anyone have any experience as either a member or the subject of a JC? As long as you haven't incriminated yourself or voiced beliefs that are contrary to WTS teachings, they have no "evidence" against you. (Although come to think about it, refusing to answer may be considered "BRAZEN CONDUCT", I suppose.)
