Time indefinite contrasted with eternity for me at a young age. I knew what indefinite was! I always had my bred in indoctrination vying with my curiosity about what the bible actual said and What we knew about how the world worked. It never added up. It always required magical thinking and that was a whole conundrum in itself.
JaniceA
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conversation with a JW about the sun
by neat blue dog injw: didn't we just hear somebody say that the sun's gonna blow up?.
me: well, they were saying that it will expand and eventually burn out.. jw: but it can't do that, it just keeps blowing up inside and getting more power.. me: well, they were talking about stars in general, how they have a life span.. jw: but god didn't make it that way, it's firmly established to time indefinite.
it's not like the sun is a regular star.
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Apparently, I'm (NOT) famous!
by TerryWalstrom instarbucks conversation today.... "oh my god!
i recognize you!
"you-you're graham somebody...air supply...the tall one.
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JaniceA
You are better looking, but I can see why they were mistaken.
Your daughter is lovely. I hope you enjoyed your free coffee!
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JaniceA
I saw a lot of naysayers in recent years. I felt Mrs. Dykstra was a woman of integrity and I am pleased to be right (about something!)
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Blood Card Issue
by pometerre21 ini posted this on r/exjw, but i thought i might post it here as well.
so the elders in our kh are moving to get us to sign new simplified blood cards and keep them on file.
i really need to not rock the boat in my current pimo status because of circumstances.. my cousin knows i have doubts about the blood thing, but i can’t show her that my doubts are getting to me.
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JaniceA
Remember that your last will and testament is simply the most recent one available. I would not put ANY thing in writing in the hope that a later one will be available. In a crisis, they aren't going to do a thorough investigation to find your latest blood card. This is only likely to be an issue in a critical medical situation when you can't speak for yourself. Don't leave anything on file that you don't agree with.
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Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?
by Chook incharity is lacking from the house of god.
i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.
charity begins at home..
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JaniceA
I heard that on 9-11 they opened the doors and handed out cookies or sandwiches as people fled Manhattan over the bridge.
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Did Ancient Jewish Worshipers Ever Make Changes to the "Holy' Scriptures?
by fulltimestudent inif you have the time and the means to visit israel right now, you can see something that few modern people have seen.. at the israel museum in jerusalem, a very special document will be on display.
the museum's website heading describes it as:.
genesis retold: an exceptional dead sea scroll.. .
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JaniceA
Accurate as to? Provenance? Authentic to?? Accepted by?
For all the WT and others go on about consistency. . Well, we have absolutely consistent and unquestioned declaration of independence , but that doesn't make it the word of god, even if there are statements that God had input into the laws and rights accorded in the document.
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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JaniceA
Talk to his mom! “ I love your son and your son and I are sexually active together. Will that preclude me from attending services or taking communion? Could I go out in service or be baptized or answer questions at church?”
See what happens next.
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Republicans Are Not Welcome!
by minimus inthe owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.
he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.
it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..
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JaniceA
The only person I unfriended made a disparaging remark about my teeth when I updated my FB page.I’m not particularly vain, but wondered what kind of person I had accepted to associate with. He had a history of being rude to people about their looks. Usuallly really shallow or petty things. I can’t remember how I know him so I unfriended him. I don’t need unremitting negativity popping up at my actual friends. Disagree with me, but treat people respectfully.
Similarly, I don’t care to financially support jerks, even if I share their politics/philosophy/sexual proclivities generally.
But that’s just me. Jerks don’t get my support, however they lean, hang or vote. It’s a lot simpler to tell who is a jerk than who is Jw, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, Catholic, trans, Republican, Democrat, gay, straight whatever.
People who depend on customers and employees need to get a clue.
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Priming the Pump
by days of future passed inthe definition of priming the pump, is put to water manually into the casing of the pump so that it will create a seal and draw the water up.
it's a term used for economics but i like to use it when i am trying to hopefully help a jw, escape.
i view it as a long term endeavor.. whenever there are videos for upcoming conventions, i'll try to work the main theme into a conversation with them.
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JaniceA
Remember when the first Caleb video came out? JWs who were shown it while they didn’t expect it usually thought it was a spoof or a mocking video. It didn’t get any one I know to leave, but they couldn’t ever unfeel their instinct to doubt it. And to THINK about what they are being taught. I think priming the pump about changes is a great idea to make their brain stop for a minute about a topic they are justifying and defending and that there is suddenly a new bible teaching to take in and spit out.
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Recent New Testament translation causing a stir
by careful insharp-witted and well-educated eastern orthodox philosopher and theologian david bentley hart, now a fellow at notre dame, has produced a nt translation (yale univ press 2017) that is causing a major stir.
one-man translations are pretty rare any more, but this one is making a real splash, largely because it does not surrender to the group/translation committee mentality.. .
even though it's been out only a few months, it's already been reviewed several times in well-known publications.
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JaniceA
Good catch! Thanks for highlighting this new translation. I quite like the irreverence of the man who seems to have taken it quite seriously.
I think that his refusal to homogenize the translation to give a easy read/single voice was brilliant and highlights how sublimely ridiculous our (previous) reverence for the scriptures and their beauty actually was.