especially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?
was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.
how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.
Oubliette,
Thanks for keeping us informed about this from the front lines. While I applaud the concept of teaching students to actually be able to think (as opposed to scoring high on a test) it seems like we are starting a bit too late. What would happen in the US if students were taught to think critically now? Why didn't we do this in the past? I would have loved to have taken a basic logic course (in retrospect, if you know what I mean) in High school.
Regards..
is there any site that has the assembly resolutions for download?.
No. In fact I never raised my hand (unfortunately I wasn't man enough to oppose or ask for further discussion). I concur with FirstLastName above, only in stronger terms.
friends,.
who was in any doubt that our jw believe is a marketing model, see this pictures of the still existing hq of jw at columbia heights.. earlier comments on jwn that something is going to change in the organisation, these comments are true.. in a few years we will not talk about the watchtower society, we wil talk about jw.org.
i think the current leadership will make a transfer to a new start.
Just to add to the (formerly) negative attitude about refering to Jehovah's Witnesses as 'JW's', my wife walked in on a Skype session with my mother (who is not a JW) asking me if I was still going to the 'JW' meetings. My wife sat down and after the call, made mention of it. I showed her the latest WT and said: apparently it is ok now. That is what they are now refering to themselves as (again).
everyone knows about the recent across-the-board okay to use electronic devices in jw worship.
few, though, know about how not long ago it was considered a taboo.. first, there was that dc talk a couple of years back where they nearly demonized simply the ownership of a smart phone, ipads (i phones, blackberries, etc) let alone the use of them at meetings.
they brought out that they were a waste of time, expensive and that they exposed a christian to satan's world on the internet.
Can't wait to see their reaction when the R&F start appearing at the KH wearing Google Glass.
yesterday in yet another attempt to get me back to jehovah's organization of faithful men, we began to argue.
when i asked her how she could possibly trust the men leading this organization who have lied over and over again about everything we believe.
she literally scream ed at me and said, "the men jehvoah uses in this organization to take the lead are standup men who always have the best intentions for the flock.".
I remember a situation in Orlando FL area many years ago. The CO was Lett (Peter, I believe). Great speaker. Needed a new car. What was offered wasn't good enough. He wanted a new Mercedes. He got it. Anf then, he promptly left the circuit work and was suddenly "Dr. Lett" - peddling vitamins and homeopathic treatments. Last thing I remember about him was a picture in the local paper being hauled away in handcuffs for practicing medicine without a license. Not sure what happened after that.
it was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work.
in front of the band, two watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity.
i could not work out who were the jws attending them.
I will have to check out the scene in Warsaw this Spring. With bad weather approaching here in Poland, I can't imagine this would be a popular gig. Spring and summer, yes. But as someone else mentioned they are competing with so many others for attention, they are basically just background noise. Besides, if someone is really interested can't they just go to jw.org and get what they want annonymously?
i visited relatives out of state this weekend and sure enough watched two witnesses going door to door approach the house.
i casually walked out to the front yard and, sure enough an older brother with a young married man in tow came over to me.
i let them go through the usual speil & took the magazines.
My recent experience was a bit different. We live out of territory, so we don't always know the 'friends' coming thru the neighborhood. I heard the dogs barking like crazy and sure enough when I looked out the window I saw 3 pairs of JW's shuffling down our dirt road. 1 brother and 5 sisters. The Brother and a young sister come to the gate and ring the bell. Dogs are going ape-shit! I tell my wife: some of your JW friends are at the gate. She wanted me to go out and tell them she was sick (she was making breakfast and not dressed)! I said: don't worry, they'll go away in a minute. And they did.
The strange thing for me was the fact that usually she goes out to meet them, invite them in for tea if the weather is cold or offer to use the bathroom. Maybe she got a feel for how annoying that Saturday morning visit can be when all you want to do is have some coffee and make some scrambled eggs. Reverse witness would have been hard for me since I don't speak the language. But, you did a good job. Maybe I will get to try it when I return to visit family in the US soon.
(of course, this will be "old news" to many of you...but, this is especially written for the "newbies" who may not know of the following.).
... i was just wondering .... .
i remember back when i was very active among the jehovah's witnesses, the watchtower society recommended a special procedure they used to do to put pressure upon bible studies of jehovah's witnesses by doing something they called: "directing attention to the organization.
It always sounded strange to me (directing people to the org ASAP). I just encouraged people to read the bible and make a decision based on what they read.
just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.
this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.
AnnOMaly, I was under the impression that Job was actually based on much older non-Hebrew texts, but must recheck references. Hey, eveyone likes a good story, right?
al smith performs at ecofest in times square 8.25.13!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnapbhregu8 play videoal smith performs his unique brand of rock and soul at the 2013 ecofest at times square!
he gives an electrifying rock 'n soul treatment to the classics "what's going on?
Great music. What's wrong with the audience? Are they all doing 'ludes' or just busy with their iPhones?
