"fine" this, "fine" that..... "the best assemby (meeting, convention, etc.) ever"... does anyone ever say: "actually I thought last year's was better" ??
"ones," as in "wicked ones," "faithful ones," etc.
so we all know the jw vocabulary is a weird one.
what words or phrases bugged you the most?.
a few of mine:.
"fine" this, "fine" that..... "the best assemby (meeting, convention, etc.) ever"... does anyone ever say: "actually I thought last year's was better" ??
"ones," as in "wicked ones," "faithful ones," etc.
just got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.
he was diagnosed in early august.
this has been really tough for me and my family..
A tough loss, I'm sure... my deepest condolences
at today's special assembly in natick ma, bro brown payne annouced to the audience that serena williams was disciplined by her local elders for her swearing escapade on tv.. saying: "can jehovah's witnesses swear like that on tv?
" then he told the audience that she was "disciplined" by the elders of the congregation she's a publisher in.. doesn't this smack of revealing the private business of another person?
the most the local elders could have said was "a matter concerning serena williams has been handled by the elder body".
No biggie.... her run-in with the elders was mentioned in a profile published in the New York Times Sunday Magazine a month or so ago.
bro do brown payne told the audience of today's sa day at natick mass.
that "many brothers compromised their neutrality by voting in 2008".
he followed that by asking "and what has this president done for you?
He sure sounds like a "Brown Pain" (sic.)!!
this past week randy was hospitalized.
he is now home recovering and has asked me to let you know that he will need a couple of days to recuperate.
in the mean time: if you have sent him emails or want to send him an email, it might take a couple of days for him to respond.. feel free to leave messages here for him.
Been away, haven't seen this until now... wow... Randy, I'm real glad the devil spat you out and back into our embraces!!
(the first chapter of hebrews seems quite explicit on the issue).
but since scriptural texts don't seem quite enough for my jdub kinfolks (wtf?
), i tried to find out where this poppycock idea first popped up.. .
... maybe, maybe not; who cares, reallly and what difference does it make?
i wonder how they will respond to their demotion to parity with the "other sheep" as mere "domestics" in god's house.
and what about the appontment of a 47 yeard-old to the governing boday?
in my neck of the woods, the word of any forty-something who began partaking would fuel the gossip mill for weeks!
I wonder how they will respond to their demotion to parity with the "other sheep" as mere "domestics" in God's house. And what about the appontment of a 47 yeard-old to the Governing Boday? In my neck of the woods, the word of any forty-something who began partaking would fuel the gossip mill for weeks! It will be interesting to see what these events do to the number of partakers next year and beyond.
i began pondering about the reasons why this new light was made and have come to a few theories that may be plausible.
my conclusion is that the society is hell bent on eliminating the discrepancies to their authority.. .
the ancient lineage of the faithful and discreet slave - eliminated.
Personally, I think their new imaginings are so cocked-up as to be unworthy of a temperate response, much less of the thoroughly impressive refutations and intellectual capital lavished on it by contributors such as Leolaia and others-----
i wonder if the wt or jw's in general would consider paul to be a member of the "faithful and discreet slave.
he wrote a good deal of the christian greek scriptures.
surely he would be considered one who was "dispensing food at the proper time" would he not?.
... what a convoluted mess, all of this
have you noticed there are certain movies you just never get tired of watching?
what's does your list include?
here are some of mine (in no particular order as to favorites):.
"On The Waterfront"