http://www.townofwarwick.org/wt_con/_appendix%20j.pdf.
of course i was aware that the new headquarters would be there but according to the above plans it is immense!.
253 acres???
There also seems to be a big push at remodeling halls and even building new to replace older models.
Projects that have been on hold for literally decades are getting a green light, and the society is lending money left and right.
Is this their investment in the future (i.e. Satan's Wicked Ole System o' Things)?
i've just had the official results on my pgce.
i'm not posting here to boast, but to encourage any who may have abandoned education because of the pressure as a jw, and who may feel that it's too late to return and achieve such goals.
in the 1980s i stopped halfway through my b.ed honours and accepted a dip.h.e.
Congrats! It's great to hear success stories like yours. Awesome.
i have so enjoyed all your threads and input this last year!
i really feel like i know you all.
very briefly, all four of us left da troof exactly one year ago and dissed ourselves within days.
Welcome
per the ministry school schedule, the bible reading continues in the book of acts.
in chapter 12 king herod arrests peter and throws him in prison, meaning to "produce him" for the jews after the passover (evidently to be executed).
an angel appears to peter in prison, releases his bonds and walks him out of the gate of the jail.
Thanks for starting this thread - it inspired me to do a little research on my own which led to a discussion with my wife.
Basically I told her there was much more to this passage than the predictable, canned WT response. According to bible commentators, there a multiple ways of viewing this verse: (1) it could have been a human messenger of Peter, not neccesarily angelic (2) it could have been a guardian angel according to one of the Jewish superstitions at the time (3) according to another superstition, you might be visited by an apparition of a person who is about to die which presages their approaching death (4) it is Peters ghost (5) the lame WT interpretation.
So, I asked my wife Why don't they mention any of these other ideas? Well we came up with a few reasons: (a) the society does not want to cast doubt upon the beleifs of those "early Christians" and they want you to think first century Christians were all part of one cohesive, united religion, which any true student of that time knows is false. (b) they keep it simple because they don't want to confuse dumb people. Here's your answer, that's it, think no further (c) they want to reinforce their own worldview and doctrine and thus feel the need to disambiguate this passage.
My wife was impressed. I said There's a big and endlessly fascinating world out there outside of WatchtowerLand.
this is my first post even thou ive been lurking for some time.
i was raised in as a jw, and im still in because of my family.
since waking up i found meetings, assemblies and fs stressing and thought writing in here might be therapeutic.
Welcome, and don't rush yourself. The important thing is that you've "awakened."
during the years when i was an active jw i never questioned the ban on blood transfusion.
i have been inactive now for a number of years and even during those early years i reasoned i will never accept a blood transfusion.
however, thinking about it with an open mind, i question the current teaching of jw's on banning blood transfusion on any account even if it means saving a life.
Like that 'marriage ring' logic, NOTSURE.
Was just thinking about this myself. . . The command in Lev to drain the blood and not eat it - was this a "ceremonial cleanness" issue or a moral issue? For instance, a moral issue would be not stealing, it's morally wrong. But is the eating of blood more like the command not to eat a ham sandwich?
i still believe it's coming.
i think if god is real, it has to come.
it only makes sense.
Vigorous brushing.
And the fluoridation of our drinking water!
i still believe it's coming.
i think if god is real, it has to come.
it only makes sense.
Dude, I hate to sound "flippant". . .
. . .but I believe I will win the Powerball because it seems like the best possible thing to me. I can even envision clearly in my mind winning the Powerball and all the good stuff I will do with the money: give to charities; send all of the kids in my family to good schools; pay off everyone's mortgages.
We all envision great and wonderful things for ourselves, our families, and the world. That doesn't mean it will ever happen.
Do the best with what you've got. That is a realistic goal.
on another forum, somebody mentioned that there is a growing belief with those high up in watchtower hierarchy that the great tribulation will begin april 3, 2015. evidently, one has to check the skycharts for that date and compare with 33 ceand also compare with the history of jws for past 40, 80, 120 years.
dont ask me to verify the rumor...these things come and go.
im sure lots of people in hq believe all sorts of things.. .
For some reason, my BIL seems dead-set on the idea the GT will start no later than 2015. . . . . Hmmmmm. . . .
Is that a memorial date?
i still believe it's coming.
i think if god is real, it has to come.
it only makes sense.
You really need to look deeply at why you believe that. What is the source of that belief, and how trustworthy is it?
Then again, if you're just daydreaming "Wouldn't it be nice. . . " then you don't really need anything to back it up.
