the latest december 15th study edition of the watchtower opens with an intriguing article entitled "beware of superstitious use of the bible".. as an example of what constitutes "superstitious use" of the bible, it has this to say.... .
"perhaps a more common misuse of the bible is the practice of bibliomancy.
it refers to opening at random a book, often the bible, and reading the text that first meets the eye in the belief that those words will provide needed guidance.
Well, you know what they always say to cover up their blunders - "The light gets brighter."
Yeah, when the light gets brighter you can see all the dirt that's been swept under the rug.
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as has already been mentioned, the december 15th watchtower (study edition) is now online and available for download on this link.. i couldn't help but smile at the concluding comments of the final study article on page 28 where it had this to say:.
"the very concept of foreigner has already lost much of its meaning among jehovahs witnesses, who pay little attention to the nationality of those in their midst.
recently, for example, several of their smaller branch offices were merged to simplify the work of oversight and to improve efficiency in accomplishing the preaching of the good news of the kingdom.
Expansion and contraction are evidence that Jehovah is breathing.
LOL.
Expansion and contraction lead to potholes in the narrow road. I guess they'll just patch it and keep on going.
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i dont remember the date.
or the year or if it was a district or circuit.
what i do remember is that we rode up with a car full of other female witnesses.
My last one was a district convention in 2003 in Portland, Maine. Pure torture. I didn't want to go in the first place, so I was feeling depressed, angry, and anxious. My ex-husband was hearing impaired, so we went to sit in that section, but the power-drunk attendant kicked me out (never had that problem before). I went down to the floor section and found a seat near the platform. I must have been radiating misery because my ex told me that they sent an attendant to sit a few rows behind me and across the aisle, obviously watching me.
I hadn't made up my mind to DA myself yet, but I was close to it. I think I made him take me home after that day. He went back. It was a 4-hour trip one way. Fanatic.
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working downtown today and i just saw two groups of jw's doing street work.
the 1st pair was a coupla young brothers who reminded me of myself when i was young and dumb.. the 2nd set was a couple older brothers (guessing 30 or 40's) doing the green mile walk of death.
i mean these 2 cats were walking at speeds reserved for those 73 and older.
Street work felt like having my skin peeled off in little strips.
I would have preferred a getaway car, but a bullet to the brain would have been my second choice.
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http://whalesinspace.com/2010/04/29/the-bloop-and-cthulhu/.
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if he returns, i hope he eats detroit first.. metatron.
it's friday.
post a video or photo or something funny or whatever.
start your weekend attitude with this post:.
i was looking for a different bible translation to read after i finish the nwt and i found two funny customer reviews.
check them out!.
#1 http://www.amazon.com/review/r2ncwo210iwbxk/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=utf8&asin=b001eocfu4&linkcode=&nodeid=&tag=.
again, i just this minute checked to see if the video was still on-line at the official website of jw.orb ,sign language ",gods way is love " and of course it is still their .
the video on masturbation for the deaf community .much has been said on a variety of links,threads ,other websites , u-tubes , facebook , twitters , etc.
etc.. what is wrong with people , masturbation is a fact of life .do you honestly think that the pope of rome does not masturbate ?
If the good Lord didn't want us to masturbate he would have placed those organs where we can't get at them, like that spot in the middle of your back that you can't quite reach.
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well, now that the new jw.org website is up and running, the videos keep coming thick and fast.. this latest highly-polished production shows an asian family, evidently living in america (or some other developed country), explaining how the watchtower in simplified english benefits them.. here is the link.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/world/video-clip-helping-children/.
the first thing that struck me was the boys playing football together at the beginning.
it seems playing soccer in pairs (as with the ministry!
You know, they used to say that the Washtowel was written in such a way as to expand our vocabularies and improve our grammar. Remember that early video where it showed the two older sisters at Bethel discussing grammar? "Yes, that is an interesting verb."
Now they're dumbing it down. Obviously going after ESL types. Sheesh! It's like putting lipstick on a pig.
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i know it's probably been discussed by the old timers on this site, but i had never read the letter of walter salter to jf rutherford before.
i see why being the president of the society (and eventually the governing body) is such a desirable postion.
it made me wonder how much of the donated money is used for these sorts of things with the current gb.
Back in my JW days I visited with an elderly sister who had been a JW since before they were called JWs. She had met Rutherford. Several times during my visit with her she referred to something he said that had offended her, "Women are a hank of hair and a bag of bones."
Apparently, those words had so hurt her that 50 years later she was still shaking her head ruefully at the recollection.
Ol' J.F. was quite a peach, wasn't he?
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