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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder
by Sanchy inwarning of a long boring post ahead.
i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.
i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Latest Music video advice picking a marriage mate
by Watchtower-Free inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.
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How much you wanna bet those garbage bags are filled with garlic bread?
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I have it on good authority that the March 2016 broadcast will include a new explanation of the "Overlapping Generations" theory using cinnamon french toast and a waffle iron. -
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That clip was just about one of the most bizarre things I have ever watched in my life.
A jump-the-shark moment.
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2016-1-25-BOE on Applause or Clapping!
by Atlantis injust in case someone wanted this letter for their records.
.. http://postimg.org/image/dn44a9m9h/.
.. petra!.
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An interesting story from our local cong:
So within the past year, a young brother who everyone always loved (really nice kid) was reinstated and the congregation spontaneously exploded into applause. So, the COBE then runs up to the stage immediately after this happens and rather brusquely announces, "we'd like to inform the congregation that there is not to be clapping during a reinstatement announcement. Thank you."
This did not go over well in the hall, as the congregation here is actually quite warm and loving (in their weird JW way) and most thought this was a bullshit move. In fact, there were even folks complaining about the COBE incident on Facebook.
Evidently, the kerfluffle over this got so big, there was a "local needs" in which another elder tries to do damage control, half-apologizing for the rather uncaring way this was handled by the COBE, yet going over the information from the society as to why the practice of clapping after a reinstatement is forbidden (it's all scripurally-based, of course )
Then a few weeks later, another young guy was reinstated, and the response is --- crickets.
I would just LOVE to know what is going on in the minds of both these elders when they get this letter. In the end, they were just doing what they were told, company men, and now they have to eat their words. . . .
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Woohoo!
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Gems From the WT
by Slidin Fast injust noticed this gem of a definition in the current (no 1) wt.
"lying.
saying something false to someone who is entitled to know the truth.".
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Actually, they're wrong at the "saying something false" part. Lying is saying something you know to be false.
For instance, someone might ask "Where's Mrs BoC?" and knowing that Mrs. BoC said she was going to the food store, I would say "She's at the food store." However, Mrs. BoC might have decided not to go the food store, and to go to the library instead.
So although I was stating something false (Mrs BoC went to the food store, when she's actually at the library) I would not be lying.
I'd be wrong, but not lying.
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You Are Unsuitable!
by Divergent intoday's text -.
sunday, january 24. they collected the fine ones into containers, but the unsuitable they threw away.—matt.
13:48.. understanding the lesson of this illustration helps us to avoid being overly distraught or disappointed if a bible student or one of our children does not make the truth his own.
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I've considered myself "unsuitable" ever since I tossed my meeting suit into the Goodwill bin. -
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Evolution is a Fact #9 - Less Chewing More Thinking
by cofty inif you put your fingers on the side of your head, just above your ears, and move your jaw you will be able to feel your temporalis muscles doing their thing.. compared to our primate cousins our temporalis muscles are puny - approximately one eighth the size.
the reason for the difference is a mutation of the myh16 gene in humans that produces a protein called myosin heavy chain 16. in primates like the gorilla this protein produces the powerful chewing pressure of the jaw.. our closest hominid relative, the chimpanzee have an intact myh16 gene.
since the rate of mutation can be determined, hansell stedman and his team at the university of pennsylvania have calculated that the mutation that disabled the gene in our line happened between 2.1 and 2.7 million years ago.. the large temporalis muscle has to anchor to very thick and strong skull bones.
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Super interesting stuff again COFTY.
What really fascinates me is how they determine how many years (generations) ago a given mutation occurred. Would love to learn more about that process . . .
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Honeymoon over for the carts
by Deltawave inspeaking with inlaws i another congregation today who said exactly what is being said in our own hall.
the trolly work is long and boring and no one even notices they are there anymore but walk right on by.
jehovah really is speeding up the work lol.
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They're going to have to build some kind of hot coffee dispenser off the back of those things.