there were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
Driving force, I've heard a zipper story too, but it was a little different.
A guy goes up to give his talk and his zipper was down. He notices, and leans over to zip it, and his tie gets caught in his zipper. He tries to undo it but it will NOT budge, and he can't stand up straight. A helpful brother comes running down the aisle with a pair of scissors, and snips his tie in two. The guy stands up, and the lower half of his tie flops comically down.
has anyone come across this line of research on the new testament?
i stumbled upon it today researching the divine name, and textual criticism of the nt.
it seems that the peshitta is an aramaic translation that has been handed down through the centuries without the controversies of the greek translation.
i had to take the drivers license was up for renewal so while filling out the paperwork, i checked the motor voter box.
(explanation of motor voter: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=utf-8#q=motor%20voter%20law ).
they already had all my information.
Smiddy I couldn't agree more.
i think witnesses don't want you to choose any political ruler because they don't want anyone to be leaders but themselves.
for some reason, i love autumn .
i always did as kid.
warm days, and cool nights, changing leaves, sunny days of the indian summer or eastern european equivalent called "grandma summer".
Yes! Last night I hung up lantern string lights that are mini jack o lanterns, and set up our Halloween owl luminaries and pumpkin decorations. In a couple days we will carve our pumpkins and make pumpkin pie. My kids were trying on their costumes last night.
I love it when sudden gusts of wind make a bunch of leaves fall off a tree at once. I love lying on the grass watching the leaves fall around me.
I love every season, actually. I feel like witnesses want to deny seasons! These traditions go back many thousands of years. The ancients were much more familiar with the cycles of life. Celebrating them is perfectly natural. The Hebrews got to do it. Witnesses don't get to do anything!
our former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
the other day the glass in my oven door exploded and sent glass into the next room, fortunately i wasn't peering in at the time.
about a year go the previous oven door shattered one morning.
the oven was cold.
i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.
( just "serving" napa ).
so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.
someone named john free popped in on one of my posts at exmormon[dot]com and mentioned this website.
i have a lot of questions.
i never knew much about about the jw church.
Loved your post, CD. Thanks for that. I have always had a particular vitriol towards Mormons... Then I figured out it was my own frustration with myself being raised a JW,...venting against Mormons was sort of an indirect outlet!! So many similarities, yet discussing how WEIRD and what a CULT mormons were was a favorite pastime!!
Did you really believe 6 kids gets your family your own planet?? And can a man say his wife's secret name to ensure her salvation??
i had to take the drivers license was up for renewal so while filling out the paperwork, i checked the motor voter box.
(explanation of motor voter: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=utf-8#q=motor%20voter%20law ).
they already had all my information.
LOL that is hilarious NJ.
zoos that is awesome. im going for Bernie. Hillary did a nice job at the debate, but it's ridiculous to think she will help heal divisions in this country, didn't she mention that was her goal? Yeah....
i really like voting for local issues too. But presidential elections are great. I love staying up late at night watching the statistics come in across the country. good stuff! I will be sad to see Obama leave tho. It's so weird thinking he won't be president anymore.
according to one source on a western european 'apostate' website, the org's plan is to abandon the name "jehovah's witnesses" in the future, and replace it with "worshippers of jehovah.".
http://www.bruderinfo-aktuell.de/index.php/fixnews/#comment-4313 .
the gist of the account appears to be a repeat of rutherford's re-branding and debunking of old predictions made by the previous shower of fakers.
