hi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.
like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.
having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.
Congratulations digderidoo.
Education is a wonderful thing. Education can transform lives, and that is great for you as well as the lives that you touch.
But (and there is always a but), your degree, while a worthy goal, only gets you to the starting point of the rest of your life. I wish you the best and know that you can obtain fullfillment beyond your dreams. So, now you are at the starting point, and you need to ask is where do I go from here?
Good luck and enjoy the ride.
this topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
that's a nice ass
I am not sure for whom your comments was directed, but all things considered... thank you.
this topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
I think that it is a bit arrogant to think that of all of human history that some believe theirs to be the chosen generation where all these prophesies line up for fulfillment.
What is so special about this time?
well, that seems to be the latest hot thing amoung witnesses.
everybody buys a tablet.
even the poor families that eat carb heavy meals are gettin' em.. maybe they can't afford the latest apple product like the maxi/mini pad or whatever they're calling it these days so a trip to ebay or overstock.com fills the bill.. use it instead of a songbook.
The meetings would be so much more fun with an iPad.
this topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
So, who again is the king of the north? Has the watchtower decided who is the current KON? Is is Russia or Iran or the ISIS countries? Or may be the BRIC countries?
I have not heard, so given this is a topic of the KON, the first thing we need to define is - who are we talking about?
i've been working on a side project for a while.
the goal of the project is to create a comprehensive database of all publications throughout history.
with this database i will be able to instantly find trends in text,sentiment of writing, methods used, and scriptures emphasized.. essentially i will be able to put a word like "apostate" into my tool, and instantly receive a report showing every time the word (or similar words) has been used in all publications since 1870.. i will also be able to create reports showing word density used in publications over time.. so i'll be able to see that the word "governing body" has increased in usage 25% year over year since 1975.. or i will be able to analyze the november 2014 wt and run an algorithm that helps to determine, what the tone and motive of the writing is.. the thing that i am most excited about is the ability to instantly find every occurence of a scripture in every publication.. this will be a great tool to find flip flops in doctrine as well as inaccuracies in biblical interpretation.. i will for sure publish all interesting findings here.. .
What application are you using? I use nVivo 10.0 for some qualitative research I am conducting (unrelated to the Watchtower).
i absolutely love watching the animal channel and just observing the animal kingdom has really brought up some serious questions for any devout anti-gay religions such as born-again christians(bacs) and jws.
some animals such as deers practice lesbianism when there is no male deer around.
i almost fell out of my chair when watching this.
I don't know about BAC, but JWs tend to ignore facts that conflict with their beliefs. I think this is a common practice for many groups built on unsubstantiated ideas. As they say "don't confuse me with the facts..."
in a letter in the 2013 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, the governing body sign off with the words, "we love you all very much".
these words were later echoed by one of the governing body in an address to french jehovah's witnesses in july this year.
these words sound so marvellously compelling and heartfelt - goosebump inducing, even.. imagine the governing body wrote these words to you or expressed them to you in person- yes to you reading these very words.
Yea, but is conditional love. Translate what they say to "show me the money." They love the flock only to the extent that they benefit from the flock. The flock sacrafices - the GB gains the benefits of the sacrafice. Who would't love that?
watchtower uses the following twisted logic to equate receiving a blood transfusion, with feeding on blood:.
feeding is sometimes done by injecting nutrients intravenously.. blood transfusions are carried out by injecting blood intravenously.. therefore the intravenous injecting of blood can be equated with feeding intravenously.. hence, true christians refuse blood transfusions in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from blood".. now notice how the same kind of twisted logic leads to the equating of an invasive examination by a gynecologist, with sexual intercourse:.
sexual intercourse is often done by inserting the penis into the vagina.. certain invasive examinations by a gynecologist is done by inserting an instrument into the vagina.. therefore such invasive gynecological examinations can be equated with sexual intercourse.. hence, true christians refuse such gynecological examinations that are performed by someone to whom they're not married, in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from fornication".. it's the same kind of twisted reasoning, isn't it?
Proctologists have a great sense of humor. As explaine by Kramer on a Seinfeld episode - if you are at a party and a you meet a proctologist, plant yourself next to him and you will hear the greatest stories ever.
watchtower uses the following twisted logic to equate receiving a blood transfusion, with feeding on blood:.
feeding is sometimes done by injecting nutrients intravenously.. blood transfusions are carried out by injecting blood intravenously.. therefore the intravenous injecting of blood can be equated with feeding intravenously.. hence, true christians refuse blood transfusions in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from blood".. now notice how the same kind of twisted logic leads to the equating of an invasive examination by a gynecologist, with sexual intercourse:.
sexual intercourse is often done by inserting the penis into the vagina.. certain invasive examinations by a gynecologist is done by inserting an instrument into the vagina.. therefore such invasive gynecological examinations can be equated with sexual intercourse.. hence, true christians refuse such gynecological examinations that are performed by someone to whom they're not married, in order to obey the biblical command to "abstain from fornication".. it's the same kind of twisted reasoning, isn't it?
ADCMS, I knew a guy who"s colonoscopy went horribly wrong. It nearly wrecked 'em
Thanks for the encouraging words, I will sleep better tonight
