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source article: http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/november/evangelicals-mormons-jehovahs-witnesses-church-involvement.html.
Definition of highly involved...as we all know...forced baptism of born in children, going at least to the Sunday meeting and out in service once a month would meet the below criteria set out by Pew. It would however, mean you are a "weak" witness by JW standards if that was all you did.
Pew defines as
officially joining the church,
attending services at least weekly,
and attending a prayer group or Bible study at least monthly.
i always enjoyed being kind.
when someone genuinely needed a hand or what not, it felt good to help family or friends.. i don't really miss them anymore.
i faded over two years ago, so they long ago shunned me.i think about them less and less and have even forgotten some names.i did enjoy some of the friendships and the association.
Kairos, the fact that you even think the way you do shows what a quality person you are.
Oh and by the way, I enjoyed seeing your post on the music/art thread too!
so last night i went to the meeting with my family.
had not gone in 2 weeks.
as usual i sat down reading the bible.
LOL Outlaw
So good to have you back!!!!!!
the theme of the jw calendar 2016 is building, building, building.
all the calendar pictures are about building wts property with cheap labor witnesses.. and then, just before the year approaches the building has halted.. it seems a short term decision.
a strange correlation again.. gorby.
Its really not hard to swap out some pictures, so what gives here?
DId they already have millions of these printed up and are too cheap to swap them out?
Because it seems like a PR disaster to keep reminding people.
got this very interesting email last night and i thought i'd share it.. this is from the local rbc.. "in harmony with our new ldc form we have been asked by the branch to liquidate all current assets of used tools and materials once owned by the rbc.
you are invited to visit the equipment trailers to acquire items being liquidated by the rbc asset team, these items will be offered on a first come bases with voluntary donation.
if you see any item you like please be in position to take it with you at that time, after you return to your congregation then you will make a donation of cash or check in the congregation contribution box designated for the support of the worldwide work.
This is a really poor way to liquidate tools if your using any financial reasoning at all.
It smacks of "we dont care, really."
Were these tools donated? Is that the why behind the blase attitude?
is this a beautiful story, or what?.
act one________.
now in an ordinary romance of the golden hollywood era, the boy goes off to war while the young lady waits nervously for his safe return.in a cary grant, debra kerr movie, the two vow to meet after a certain period of time and tragic circumstances intervene.. in my story, the young man is a conscientious objector who goes to prison instead of off to the vietnam war.
sparky1
Broken hearts can mend.
Relationships can be rekindled.
Time can regain its meaning.
And the story of our lives can have a happy ending.
Good luck, Terry. We all deserve a measure of happiness and love.
Love your wonderfully told event Terry and love the inspiring hopeful posts its generating here on this thead also!
here is the translation of monsieur leiris' words;.
friday night, you took an exceptional life - the love of my life, the mother of my son - but you will not have my hatred.
i don't know who you are and i don't want to know, you are dead souls.
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude"
Written by Viktor Frankl, the psychiatrist who endured Auschwitz-Birkenau and lost the love of his life in the death camps.
i don't follow the board nearly as closely as i did years ago and i've only seen scattered and seemingly contradictory threads on construction delays and bethel layoffs.. anyone care to briefly summarize the latest for those of us who haven't closely followed the various threads?
it'd be greatly appreciated.. thanks in advance..
There has been the comment made that the destroying of old records has been the official standard for a long time and is nothing new.
Some elders do the cleaning out of files and some neglect it.
a bethelite was telling me that there are 83,000 theocratic facilities world wide.
he compared that to 35,000 mcdonalds and 21,000 starbucks roughly to show the size of the theocratic organization.
i am not sure where the 83,000 comes from what would he be counting?
Apples and oranges...
I would be more interested in hearing about comparable religious holdings. S.D.A. or Mormons for example.
james woods has been a long time regular on this discussion group in all of its incarnations.. he had some kind of "heart-attack" and has been in dallas' emergency ward for several days.
he also has a blood clot doctors are working to break up.. 972-261-4412 is his cell number.. he was in a talking mood yesterday afternoon.. i bet it wouldn't kill him to get some well-wishes.. james goes back a long way as an ex-jw.
he knows where the bodies are buried :).
Thanks for keeping us updated Terry.
I am checking this thread and glad you are letting us know how things are going for James.
Tell him he has 2 pages of well wishes now!
Oh! And flowers! :rose:
