Wow. Welcome - amazing story.
Thank you!
BOC
i was a 3rd generation jw, half the congregation i attended was made up of my entire mom's side of the family, 2 of the 3 elders were my grandpa and uncle.
my first memory of the organization was when they announced my mom's name in the meeting saying she had been reinstated....it was 1988 and i was 6 years old....i didn't understand it then, but when i asked my mom why was she crying and why did they say her name in the meeting, she said "it's because i've been good!".
so she went back and after a period of time assisting constantly, she was reinstated.
Wow. Welcome - amazing story.
Thank you!
BOC
didn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.
apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.
(completely unconfirmed.
This is pure speculation, but I think there's something to it:
I think GB 2.0 as a group is going to die prematurely.
Pierce died at 79 - that is about 20 years early for a GB member.
It seems like most of the members of GB 1.0 lived well into their 80's and 90's
Here's where I see a difference:
GB 1.0 were all skinny guys (mostly). They looked like they might eat a half-can of tuna fish in water a day.
GB 2.0 do not look like they miss too many meals. Morris looks downright obese, Jackson too. Even Sanderson has a lot of weight on him, especially for a forty-something guy. While I wouldn't have pegged Pierce as "obese" he certainly did not have the wiry profile of Franz or the other old-timers.
Sure, their lives overlap with 1.0, but that may not give them as much of a "stretch" as they intended unless they start taking their health seriously.
Fat cats.
didn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.
apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.
(completely unconfirmed.
this is the followup to this thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/276119/1/well-its-march-and-the-college-answers-are-coming-in#.uyjdu_ldv2e.
the financial aid offer came in.. the first year of attending is actually cheaper than what we were going to pay at the state university after their scholarship offer.. i mean, really cheaper.. we would be fools to turn it down.. they are even flying him in for the preview week.. .
YES YES YES!!!!!
So happy for you and your son!
Best of luck (although LUCK probably has nothing to do with it!)
BOC
from 1920 wt publication "talking with the dead":.
p. 116 materializations.
"these materializations occur by a power which the demons posess of being able to draw out of the mediums body connected streams of the cells of which her body is composed, and then changing the form of these living cells into any desired appearance.
I like mine medium-rare.
didn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.
apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.
(completely unconfirmed.
Is this "Grandpa Al"?
They're gonna hafta find another 42-year-old to replace him. . .
i note that they're making reference to this in the upcoming convention programme.
someone has has dropped a bollock here, have they not?.
i mean, if i were a jw, i'd be sitting thinking of all the promises made and broken.
Well, what choice did they really have.
Either they avoid the whole issue, and let doubts fester only to erupt at some time in the near future. . . . .
OR. .. .
Embrace the 100 year anniversary as a sort of "feature" of god's invisible kingdom!
I think they knew what their choices were and are gambling on #2 as the way to go.
If I were in the same position as they (i.e. a cold, calculating psychopath) I think I would've chosen the same.
http://gma.yahoo.com/fla-woman-says-church-scientology-ripped-her-family-165522676--abc-news-topstories.html?vp=1.
this was posted on yahoo news, informing people about a woman that claims her family has been ripped apart by the teachings of scientology.
sounds like the situation for many of us here with our families still in jw land.
This is a GREAT article/video. Showed it to my wife yesterday. Pointed out that if you only switch a few words of Scientology-Speak with JW-speak and you have the same damn story.
She commented on how hypocritical L Ron Hubbard's writings on the "importance" of family were. . .
I showed her the 2009 Awake on not having to choose between family and religious belief. . . .
A very effective piece.
"Let's review: They're both cults!"- OUBLIETTE
Amen!
researchers working with a telescope at the south pole beleive they have glimpsed light from the first "trillionth of a trillionth of a tillionth" of a second after the big bang.. a lot of work has still to be done to confirm the findings, but if it holds up it is one of the biggest discoveries ever.. _________________________________________.
...inflation came with a very specific prediction - that it would be associated with waves of gravitational energy, and that these ripples in the fabric of space would leave an indelible mark on the oldest light in the sky - the famous cosmic microwave background.. the bicep2 team says it has now identified that signal.
scientists call it b-mode polarisation.
Yes! Just reading this on the NYTimes. . . Fascinating stuff!
its up on jw.org the 2014 convention program.
friday 2:00 symposium : what must be kept in second place?
recreation.
2015 Convention Talk Suggestions:
"Oxygen and Food Are Overrated"
"Why Bother With Bathing?"
"Cardboard Box in the Park - A Perfect Pioneer Pad"