Posts by panhandlegirl

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Video of the Annual Meeting / new FDS understanding on JW.org

by cedars in

i apologize if this is old news or has already been discussed, but i notice the society has posted a video commenting on the annual meeting and the adjusted understanding of matthew 24:45 on jw.org.. here is the link.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/events-activities/video-clip-2012-annual-meeting-program/.

thoughts?.

cedars.

panhandlegirl

And really, how can the Faithful Slave not know who the Faithful Slave is? The apostles knew they were apostles. The prophets knew they were prophets. Jesus knew he was the Christ.

They must have an self-identification problem. They are who they have to be an any given time. The identity problem is resolved with new light.

It's an amazing maneuver of self-promotion. I am wondering if the real aim is to erase the wall between the "Annointed" and the "Great Crowd", so they can do away with the literal 144000 doctrine.

Now, that new light would blow me away, but I would not be surprised to see them do it. How do you think that would benefit their status?

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Video of the Annual Meeting / new FDS understanding on JW.org

by cedars in

i apologize if this is old news or has already been discussed, but i notice the society has posted a video commenting on the annual meeting and the adjusted understanding of matthew 24:45 on jw.org.. here is the link.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/events-activities/video-clip-2012-annual-meeting-program/.

thoughts?.

cedars.

panhandlegirl

I found it interesting towards the end when David Splane said: "And brothers, we LOVE this teaching. We LOVE this idea, because it really truly does dignify the members of the Great Crowd."

cedars, I found it interesting also, but for a different reason. He carefully worded his statment to dignify the Great Crowd but made no mention of how the other anointed ones were demoted to a lower rank. As I understand the "new light" the other anointed are no longer a part of the FDS class. I wonder how they will react to the new light? Now, being of the anointed class means nothing. They are just domestics like the great crowd.

PHG

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apropos of absolutely nothing

by Hortensia in

i occasionally go on self-improvement benders, as witness my attempt to eat healthy food this week.

that is going well, so i thought i'd check out where i am intellectually.

the guardian recently published a list of the 100 greatest novels of all time.

panhandlegirl

Jose Garcas is a good cook -- I bet that's a wonderful cookbook.

Hortensia, I don´t watch the Food Channel, so I had never heard of Jose Garcas, but from what I read about him, he must be good.He won an award from James Beard. I hope I do his recipes justice. I have never read anything written by Barbara Tuchman or Thomas Cahill, but I will look for their books next time I go to B&N. I like knowing what others are reading or have read. It expands my list of authors to read.

WinstonSmith, the GINGERBREAD LATTE sorcery was really quite good, especially topped with whipped cream. It´s nearing Thanksgiving time so I decided to try something new. It hit the spot on a cold, windy SE GA day.

PHG

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How do you keep your hopes up while in this doomed existence?

by sabastious in

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coming from aguest's thread where she showed us the article that describes a "brain drain" that has been occuring for centuries do to "mutations" i can't help but be a little fed up with how much negativity comes from the land of science.

sure, facts are facts and they do not set out to sound good or bad, but instead of identifying the problems of doom, like our brains are devolving, why not focus on the solutions to those problems?

where are the hopes and dreams that our culture so desperately holds onto which actually provides the drive to progress towards them.

panhandlegirl

I don't know what the afterlife is. I have my speculations but I only know that it exists and not a whole lot about it. Do we sit there and talk about all the horrible stuff we went through? Is heaven like a really big therapy room where everyone shares their life lessons with each other?

If there is an afterlife, I hope it's not a big therapy room. I'm sick of therapy and sharing life's lessons. I hope in the afterlife we see our loved ones, meet people from other planets, learn new things, dance, drink wine, and have a great time. Forget what happened on earth. Let´s get on with the afterlife. Dare I say, Let´s party! We just passed finals!

PHG

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apropos of absolutely nothing

by Hortensia in

i occasionally go on self-improvement benders, as witness my attempt to eat healthy food this week.

that is going well, so i thought i'd check out where i am intellectually.

the guardian recently published a list of the 100 greatest novels of all time.

panhandlegirl

Just got back from Barnes and Noble. Had a blueberry scone and a gingerbread latte. Bought three books: The Barbabous Years, The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675. I like history and it looked like a good book. Also bought a book of poems by Pablo Neruda:Veinte poemas de amor y una cancíon desesperada y Cien sonetos de amor. The cover is so nice: four rows of ponegranate seeds set against a white background on the front cover and a whole pomegranate on the back cover. Lastly, I bought a cookbook The Latin Road Home by Jose Garces, the recipes are of foods from Ecuador, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru. The pictures of the food looked so delicious, I just had to have it. I am going to cook some of this food.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-04-2012 WT Study (THOUSAND YEARS)

by blondie in

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comments.

panhandlegirl

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A letter from a College Dropout

by Ethos in

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dear harvard university,.

i have decided go leave this institution of education.

let me explain why.

panhandlegirl

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JW Argument: Jehovah is delaying Armageddon as he wants as many people as possible to be saved!!!

by iclone in

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Why do the Jehovah's Witnesses accept the authenticity of "The Book of Daniel" but not that of Enoch's?

by I_love_Jeff in

according to the jehovah's witness book called insight vol.

"authenticity.

some critics question the authenticity of daniel, assuming the position taken by a third-century heathen philosopher and enemy of christianity, porphyry, who contended that the book of daniel was forged by a palestinian jew of the time of antiochus epiphanes.

panhandlegirl

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How do you keep your hopes up while in this doomed existence?

by sabastious in

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friends

coming from aguest's thread where she showed us the article that describes a "brain drain" that has been occuring for centuries do to "mutations" i can't help but be a little fed up with how much negativity comes from the land of science.

sure, facts are facts and they do not set out to sound good or bad, but instead of identifying the problems of doom, like our brains are devolving, why not focus on the solutions to those problems?

where are the hopes and dreams that our culture so desperately holds onto which actually provides the drive to progress towards them.

panhandlegirl

Another universal principle is recycling. Everything living came from dirt and will return, whether human, plant or bug. Water recycles, carbon, even the some of the continents recycle, being subducted, eventually. Stars also. Being that this principle is universal, it could be used to support the reincarnation idea. Evolution is another universal principle.

S

That is something you certainly learn when you study Earth Science. The earth is in a continuous state of recycling itself and everything on it. I find it an amazing thing. I hate to think of me being recycled but that may be our fate. If it is, it is. We are alive now. If this is all the life we have, it is even more precious.

PHG