In the German language we have not only "half-two" ( halb zwei ), in some regions it is normal to say "quarter-two" ( viertel zwei ), meaning 1:15. Likewise "three-quarter-two" ( dreiviertel zwei ), meaning 1:45.
amiable atheist
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“Do You Know the Time?” From WT Sept 2018
by skin inthere is a one page article in the current wt study mag, sept 2018 pg 22 with the title “do you know the time?”.
in that article it describes a number of different ways you can say the time is 1:30. it goes on to say “there are even places where that same time could be expressed as “half two,” meaning 30 minutes before two”.
what i would like to know is this, where in the world does “half 2” mean 1:30?
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Sentinel Island: Rewards for Those Who Expand Their Ministry, Blessings Await You!!!!!
by moomanchu in"can you serve where the need for kingdom publishers is greater?".
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-worlds-isolated-tribes-intl/index.html.
the message of jehovah’s kingdom by christ has already gained grand triumphs throughout the earth because he backs up and blesses the preaching of this “good news” by his witnesses in all the inhabited earth.
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amiable atheist
"" [...] until Armageddon, when his own triumphant act of vindication will cause all the earth’s atmosphere to be permeated with the sweet, life-giving odor of the knowledge of God for every praiser of Jehovah that then breathes."
WTF? Oh, you mean the stench, the sickly odour of decay, the foul reek of eight billion rotting corpses, as if filth unnameable were littering the entire surface of the earth? — Nice euphemism.
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Films with nudity
by neat blue dog ini guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.
of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.
female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.
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amiable atheist
Even Jesus wasn't born wearing magical underwear - he wasn't a Mormon after all.
Seriously, it's quite telling that violence is considered more acceptable than a nude human, or a couple having consensual sex.
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It's My Birthday Today
by pale.emperor intoday is my 34th birthday.
or, my 3rd birthday that i've actually acknowledged seeing as i was raised in the cult.. i woke up this morning to my 4yo running into my room and wishing me a "happy birthday daddy!".
i got a card from my ex-jw brother and i bought myself a birthday gift - a new 50mm lens for my nikon camera (photography is a hobby i took up since leaving the cult).. i dont know about you guys, but birthdays is still something i have to make a conscious effort to acknowledge and enjoy.
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amiable atheist
Happy Birthday to you, P.E!!
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How do you determine whether any religion is good or bad since...
by TerryWalstrom inso, yesterday whilst playing chess i had a discussion ranging widely topically in which my chess opponent asked me, "how do you determine whether any religion is good or bad since there is so much basic disagreement on interpretations of text?
"i replied this way:"does this particular god need to be treated like an adult, or as a spoiled child with a churlish temper?
that's a good place to start.
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amiable atheist
TerryWalstrom -- That's a good point: Being a perfect human according to the bible doesn't imply the ability to discern the concepts of Good and Evil, after all.
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Tag teams of Cart Sitters
by days of future passed inone sunday, we took our dad out for lunch.
since it didn't open till 12:00, we were going to have to kill time.
this restaurant is situated with other businesses around a small park and when we parked, we noticed there was a cart to the right in the park.
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amiable atheist
pale.emperor — Just standing there holding a magazine to their chests cover facing.
That's "Old School" Street-Ministry. In the 60ies and 70ies we did it this way. As a kid I always tried out, how many magazines I could fan out without dropping them.
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Tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel!
by StephaneLaliberte ini just watched the movie apostacy and thereby, visited an ancient feeling of mine.
there were various moments where you could tell that the mother and even the “faithful” daughter were bottled up inside with many thoughts and feelings left unsaid.
their basic, normal, human morality immediately tells them that the proper way to act is not that of the wt.
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amiable atheist
And get them when they're young. The "Caleb & Sophia" videos are the epitome of FOG BITE.
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Be Honest in All Things - New video exposes a problem with honesty at Bethel/Construction
by George One Time inon tv.jw.org kenneth cook jr. discusses how important it is to be honest when applying for special assignemts.
he mentions health and viewing pornography.
those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.
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amiable atheist
"Those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply." Which of course, translated into JW logic means: If you don't apply for special assignments, you are obviously a drooling porn addict. -- LMAO
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Oh the irony!!!
by stuckinarut2 injust wanted to share this funny thing.. so we have just been invited to a neighborhood xmas party to be held in the house of a lovely couple around the corner from us.. they bought the house a short time back from a jw who built it and lived there!.
so, we get to enjoy one of our first xmas parties as a couple, in the former house of a jw!.
now, that made me giggle.....
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amiable atheist
@neat blue dog -- If someone is mentally in a destructive cult, they cannot help devaluating everything that's not cult-leader approved. Sad, pitiful, pathetic guys.
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Elders' new direction.
by lastmanstanding inthere's been a change.
a rather big one.
and the kevin bunkers of the world beware.. jw elders no longer need to "turn the other cheek".. in the governing bastard's desperation, they have given a new directive to elders.
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amiable atheist
They should extend that -- not so very -- new rule to JW children, who are bullied at school, and allow them to defend themselves if they are physically attacked. But that's never gonna happen; for them it's apparently better to feel miserable and rejoice being beaten up, thus getting accustomed to surrender as a preparation for being used and abused in the future as the organisation sees fit.