mrs phizzy and myself will be eating out, sure in the knowledge we will not have jw's using the same restaurant.. i may have a cigar along with my brandy at the meal's end to celebrate my (our) freedom..
Saethydd
Ugh, I've got to go to their Memorial, AND it didn't even fall on the normal meeting night so I have to go to that two days later.
Perhaps not?
I thought no other meetings were to be held that week?
Or is it just no other meetings are to be held that night?
Trying to help you get off the hook saethydd!
you make a topic with the entire title and post in capitals !!!.
what you think happens: lots of people will read your many important words of much importance.
what actually happens: the forum admin deletes it.. tip: don't post in all caps, it looks spammy and spammy gets deleted..
I am a dork! I thought this was going to be a thread about anticipatory anxiety versus what actually happens.
OR (notice those caps???)
its opposite, where you build things to such a heightened expectation that the reality fails to deliver.
You know, like a sequel to an originally good movie. Or that great restaurant that was hyped and you found it just so-so.
And now me and this thread!
i know this must be coming down from the top because the elders in my hall who didn't really care before are all concerned about it.
must be on the list of things to do before the co comes back around.
in past years i never really thought about the dpa.
They have back pedaled on their hard line as to blood transfusions being a disfellowshipping offense.
Perhaps this is an internal way of enforcing the seriousness of the teaching without putting so much in writing?
florida keys news, saturday 8 april 2017. key west to settle religious discrimination suit by former bus driver.
the city of key west has reached an agreement to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a former city bus driver who claimed religious discrimination fueled his firing after he refused to work during the nudity-filled fantasy fest.. bobby walker jr. sued the city march 3, 2016, nearly three months after the equal employment opportunity commission dismissed his claim over his firing.
he accused his bosses of mocking his religious beliefs and making derogatory comments about his race before firing him from the $13-an-hour job in retaliation when he complained.
Stupid law suit but he probably would have gotten something, so better to settle, is the rule of thumb the city used I guess.
He cried religious discrimination before with another bus company..
His lawyer didnt want that mentioned. (I guess not!)
JWs are an extremely litigious group. He has learned well.
Jehovahs Witnesses and love is an oxymoron.
the trial has begun.
the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).
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sparky 1 that was an awesome post. Thanks!
we were all told when we were in the watchtower that we should be grateful to be part of such a loving family.
we were told that just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in.
obviously, we took that part with a mountain of salt or we wouldn't be here today.
punk says
feel like I'm hurtling through time so fast that I'm about to hit something. I think it might be death's door.
I think that is a sign of your active. creative mind punk.
(psst, that would make a good line in a song - just saying)
The finances are really drawing them out!
the trial has begun.
the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).
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It sounds like the making of each congregation in to its own entity is a ploy the Russian legal system recognizes and is pushing aside as such.
Sanderson sure looks content. And why not? In JW speak they will either score a victory for God (him of course) or be persecuted (not him of course) for righteousness sake. A win/win, thus the content smile.
see what bridget azaz did!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzbe5yo7uq4.
I had never thought of how all other religions include and only JWs exclude until reading this thread.
If the JWs feel (and teach) that their is a separate celebration that was instituted by Jesus at that last Passover of his, what is their proof?
Is it the way the scripture reads?
