i realize that prayer is a really personal thing, but representing a group in prayer has become so full of cliche's that i just want to vomit sometimes.
co week almost every prayer has the phrase "special week of activity" in it.. then there's "please look after the sick and afflicted.".
not so much anymore, "please bless this food and the hands that prepared it.".
"Please guide us and direct us as we make our way home from the meeting"
Actually this is a very logical request...at least for the level of intelligence most of the JDubs in my area display. They need all the help they can get making their way home from anywhere.
i realize that prayer is a really personal thing, but representing a group in prayer has become so full of cliche's that i just want to vomit sometimes.
co week almost every prayer has the phrase "special week of activity" in it.. then there's "please look after the sick and afflicted.".
not so much anymore, "please bless this food and the hands that prepared it.".
We had a brother in my old congregation who would implement the word "father" in his prayer as often as he could
Just the last meeting that I endured I counted the word "Father" 17 times in the last prayer. And then there is "Jehovah", or as they say here Chee-HO-vuh, repeated at the end of EVERY sentence.
Or the idiotic "Please, Jehovah, we know that there are MANY who are not here with us due to many difficult circumstances, Father, and we ask that YOU help them know how much we miss them Father, and we ask that YOU give them the strength to return to meetings with us Father Jehovah."
WTH about YOU, the moron braying (intentional misspelling), how about YOU do something to assist the ill, the poor, the distressed?
Sorry bunch of HYPOCRITES!
did any of you attend the old school week long conventions?
i have heard stories and it seems like these were mostly in the 70's and 80's before my time.
i couldn't imagine.
1969
Vancouver, B.C. Camped out nearly 80 miles away. Started early, ended after dark, then a long drive just to sleep for a few hours. I remember the big rumor was that singer Glen Campbell was supposedly baptized. Everyone barely containing their "joy" at someone famous getting dunked. Of course it was just that, a rumor.
Miserable a55 times for sure.
same theme scripture as last week deut 32.
3/4 "a god... who is never unjust".
do i share that spirit ?
They could have saved a lot of ink by just printing one sentence.
"We're right. You're wrong. Suck it up or GTFO cupcake!"
the relationship between local elders and the circuit overseer has fluctuated over the years.
in the sixties, .
the circuit overseer simply appointed all the servants.
If you can do this you may be elder material.
watchtower october 2017, page 11, par.
17 - confess and abandon secret sins.
some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.
such “older men” cannot absolve anyone of sins...However, they are...qualified to reprove...a person...
So they cannot absolve or forgive sins, only God can do that; but they are qualified to JUDGE and then spiritually stone you. Makes perfect sense to me...
watchtower october 2017, page 11, par.
17 - confess and abandon secret sins.
some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.
I "suggested" to one of the eldurrs that the now unused second school room (due to very low attendance and no TMS any more) be converted to smaller confessionals. I said that the three JC eldurrs could take turns manning them.
I keep "suggesting" that at every chance I get. Maybe this article will be another chance to bring that up, even though I cannot any longer make "public declaration of my faith".
how did they ever get away with that and how does it go down now, in today's society?.
its fucking mental.
.
OH! Because she doesn't have a penis...of course...makes perfect sense now....
Apologies in advance if I offend anyone. This statement reminds me of an old joke.
Little Johnny and little Susie were playing in the sandbox when little Johnny suddenly jumped up, dropped his trousers and underwear, and while pointing at his penis proclaimed, "I'll bet you don't have one of these!"
Of course little Susie knowing that she didn't burst into tears and ran home crying.
Several minutes later she came skipping back to the sandbox with a big smile on her face.
Little Johnny looking puzzled asked, "Why are you so happy? You don't have a penis."
Little Susie just hiked up her skirt, pulled down her panties and pointing between her legs giggled and said, "My mommy told me with one of these I could ALL of those I want!"
Sorry for getting off track a bit, but humor (even sick humor) is good for the morning.
some of the videos on youtube really make the beard policy look ridiculous.
i wondered what would happen if the jw beard policy caused someone to stumble?
jesus most likely wore a beard, and charles taze russell had a beard.
Being stumbled by the WT beard ban policy is the individuals fault, not anything for WT to worry about.
This quote pretty well sums their excuse up: *** w88 8/15 p. 30 Maintaining Our Christian Oneness ***
Whatever the case, how regrettable it is when such overly sensitive ones allow themselves to be offended by trifles..."
You see if one is stumbled according to WT it is that persons fault. Always blame the victim.
i posted this thread sometime last year but thought i would revive it due to the new ones on the board, and to change things up a bit.
my favorite?
bro murikami, from hawaii, very humble, kind bro.
Good Ones (IMO): Marv Hollien - early sixties, Wayne Bjornson - early seventies, Gary Breaux - back in the day, Numan Zurahn - actually seemed to care about people.
Bad Ones (IMO): ??? Green - mid sixties, a real prick to kids, M. Harfman - an arrogant prick, Steve Misterfeld, ??? Prouton, ??? Smelser, basically every last mothers son of them except for the very few that tried to be decent people, at least IMO.
