i have seldom given money to beggars.
i have often thought that many are people who just do not want to work.
however, i am starting to wonder if i ought to: and how much to give?.
I gave a homeless guy 11 bucks on Friday last week. I normally do not give money to homeless people, but I had it in my cup holder and was driving passed him. I was only going to use it for junk food...same as him probably.
Maybe I should have given him an Awake!
with many of us here on jwn in a fading state trying to stay halfway connected to jw relatives - i thought it would be informative and helpful to know what the wt society is telling jehovah's witnesses about who or who should not be their close friends.
so if you experience even more shunning than normal - this article may be influencing some jw's to do this.
you won't find any new information here- but the wt society is definitely trying to control who witnesses hang out with.. in the article " is your recreation beneficial " ?
@Franklin Massey
I used to study with a guy who was 35 years my senior and his wife. I became extremely good friends with them, to the point of enjoying several meals together, going out for a beer with them, and meeting their family members.
It has been one of the best and most meaningful friendships I've ever had. I personally felt like a dirtbag that I had this hidden motive every time we were together, so I eventually phased religion out of the equation, and just tried to be a good friend. I learned way more from the two of them about life and faith than I could have ever taught them myself.
It began to bother me that the rest of the people in my congregation would likely have written them off as a lost cause, because their interest in the truth began to wane. I could never imagine God killing them at Armageddon because at 60 years old some 25 year old couldn't convince them to become Jehovah's Witnesses.
Unfortunately, the two of them moved away, and we are only in touch via email. He is in town visiting family in September and I am meeting up with him for dinner. I have considered expressing my new-found reality with him, and apologizing that our friendship started with a shady premise. I think it might be a little too akward though, so I might just enjoy his company and leave it alone.
has anyone seen this documentary?
http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org/indexe.htm.
i watched it on netflix today and found it pretty interesting.
Has anyone seen this Documentary?
http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org/indexe.htm
I watched it on Netflix today and found it pretty interesting. Though I am not gay, I identified with the delima this presented to those interviewed and their families.
I definitely reccommend it!
i just started reading this last night.
i've seen it referred to on this forum a few times.
any weird things i should keep my eyes out for?
I now realized that I have not been reading the correct book. The one I have is "Then is The Finished Mystery Of God". I just assumed "Finished Mystery" was a sorter title for the same publication. But, we all know what assuming does....
...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation.
i coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that i identified with a lot of them.
"every day is exactly the same".
On a side note, regarding TOOL:
Someone pointed out to me after the release of The WTBTS Creation Video that the Tool song "Lateralus" is written in the musical pattern that follows the Fibonacci Sequence (Spiral). Here is a link to the You Tube video on this:
...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation.
i coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that i identified with a lot of them.
"every day is exactly the same".
@Rydor
Yes, TOOL is one of my guilty pleasures.
I typically listen to folk music and indie stuff as it irritates my wife a lot less.
...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation.
i coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that i identified with a lot of them.
"every day is exactly the same".
...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation. I coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that I identified with a lot of them.
For example:
"Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
I believe I can see the future
Cause I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
But then again
That might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I've been told
I really don't want them to come around
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I'm happy here
Sometimes, yet I still pretend
I can't remember how this got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will end
I'm writing on a little piece of paper
I'm hoping someday you might find
Well I'll hide it behind something
They won't look behind
I'm still inside here
A little bit comes bleeding through
I wish this could have been any other way
But I just don't know, I don't know what else I can do
"The Great Destroyer"
Say your name.
Try to speak as clearly as you can.
You know everything gets written down.
Nod your head.
Just in case they could be watching.
With their shiny satellite.
I hope they cannot see.
The limitless potential.
Living inside of me.
To murder everything.
I hope they cannot see.
I am the great destroyer.
Turn it up.
Listen to the shit they pump into your head.
Filling you with apathy.
Hold your breath.
Wait until you know the time is right on time.
The end is near.
I hope they cannot see.
The limitless potential
Living inside of me.
To murder everything.
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
Anyone else into NIN? I typically do not listen to music this "heavy", but find Trent Reznor quite talented.
i have been giving a lot of thought to the young people who are leaving the watchtower organization in recent years.
last night, i was reading the thread posted by jwfacts a while back in which he provided some statistics and graphs showing the rapidly declining growth in the watchtower.
one factor that was discussed at length was the high number of young people who do not stay in the organization.
Jeremy,
This is my favorite post this week. I have often considered the same topic with friends who are still Jehovah's Witnesses. It makes no sense to me that they don't do more to reach out to and hang on to young people - especially since these make up at least 60-70% of newly baptized members each year.
Why no youth programs/outings/biblestudy groups?
Our Circuit Overseer spoke to this point in his last meeting with our Body of Ministerial Servants and Elders. He said that some appointed men have taken the opportunity to shepherd young ones in the congregation who were not their children by means of association or person Bible study, rather than spending more time in Field Service. He said that if we were replacing door-to-door ministry with these types of activities that we should stop. He said, "It is not our responsibility to care for other peoples children. As Galations 6:5 says, 'each one will carry his own load.'"
I almost fell out of my chair. I wish I had had the guts to speak up about this, but I bit my tounge. These guys are totally nuts. Period.
i just started reading this last night.
i've seen it referred to on this forum a few times.
any weird things i should keep my eyes out for?
(p. 224,ZG edition)
How many versions of the book are there?
i just started reading this last night.
i've seen it referred to on this forum a few times.
any weird things i should keep my eyes out for?
I just started reading this last night. I've seen it referred to on this forum a few times.
Any weird things I should keep my eyes out for?
I already thought the references to astronauts in the first chapter was pretty funny. It almost seemed childish.
