here are some examples where bible writers used the #, 3!
were these stories ever true, or were they just fabrications and laziness on the writer's part where it just made sense to use the #, 3?.
12-year-old jesus stays in jerusalem, joseph, and mary find him 3 days later.
At the time of the the solstice, when the shortest day and longest night occur, ancient observers noticed that the sun's position at sunrise was pretty much the same for about a 3 day period. In the Northern hemisphere, that occurs around December 22nd.
It was as if time was standing still in a sense. The deepest sleep before life renewed again.
Echoes of this astronomical event occur in quite a few myths.
she certainly is passionate about climate change.
🤔.
Axiom, you make a good argument.
I think this girl is just a girl that is speaking her mind about something she has genuine feelings abut.
If the most powerful man in the world makes it his business to tweet about a 16 yr old girl, then maybe she is on to something.
although not a new concept by the watchtower, particularly in public talks and at assemblies, they have now put this prophecy in writing.watchtower oct 2019 page 8 -13 study no.40 titled -keep busy during the last of "the last days".
the first paragraph asks '1.
what convinces us that we are living in “the last days”?
Anyone who was a JW in1995 actually witnessed the failure of a prophecy and the eventual baffling evolution of that belief.
Many of those same people are still JW's and going stronger than ever, more convinced of their conviction and faith in the GB.
ewart chitty was appointed as secretary-treasurer , which position he held until his appointment to the governing body in november 1974.. when in brooklyn, chitty seems to have preferred younger men as roommates.
the actual charge brought to the gb against chitty was made by a former roommate and involved some sort of inappropriate conduct.
the gb concluded that chitty had homosexual tendencies, and asked him to resign.. a rare photo of chitty in happier days.
Not sure if that's a cigarette, looks like the shadow on the bottom of his jacket to me. 🤔
not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.
you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.
i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.
Wow Jook - written review, I haven't heard that phrase for so long. Just reading the words written review did things to my head.
not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.
you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.
i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.
I was having a debate via text message with a pimi elder friend recently and what struck me was his complete inability to use his own brain to reason.
I know this isn't that surprising for a Jw but any question I asked was answered with a link to jw org. He wasn't willing or able to discuss anything that required him using his own critical thinking.
It became obvious that if I didn't accept without question the articles in the links he provided, that it was my problem. He wasn't interested in whether they answered my question or not and he refused to discuss it further.
So yes, I have witnessed the outcome of an 'education' program which is literally making people more stupid.
had to look.
first paragraph mentions that most of were probably born after 1914. most?
i bet the dubs 105 and older can be counted on your fingers..
Road to nowhere,
It would be interesting to see if anyone on this forum knows any living dubs as old as 105.
I have lived in a lot of places and been a member of 8 congs in 3 different states and I can't think of anyone that old.
I know a few in their 90's, as would most people, but that's it.
myth:.
speculation... .
expectation... .
Myth:
Speculation...
Expectation...
Disappointment.
Truth:
Speculation...
Evidence...
Verification.
anyone heard of vera de saint croix?
if fred franz had got married she would have been the one he would have married.
she wasn't his girlfriend but she was a very special lady to him.. that's all i know.
'I've been disfellowshipped... for being able to count and read.'
Ha ha, that pretty much sums it up.
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
I haven't read through the entire thread so maybe someone else has made a similar comment...
If you are asking, is Uni essential to become wealthy and successful and having fulfilment in life, then no, it's not all that.
However, it would have been nice to have been allowed to make the choice and have parents that nurtured dreams and ambitions, because some ambitions can only grow by being formally trained.
