My apologies darkspliver; I was not aware that you had already posted on this.
Simon; you might want to consider removing this discussion. No point in having two discussions on the same topic.
on the jw.org website, the watchtower is sending out a strong warning with regard to emoji's & flirting.. my personal view is that the org is now trying to micro-manage just about every aspect of people's lives!.
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/friendly-or-flirtatious/.
ps: 'quotes are from julia, ellen and tara.
My apologies darkspliver; I was not aware that you had already posted on this.
Simon; you might want to consider removing this discussion. No point in having two discussions on the same topic.
on the jw.org website, the watchtower is sending out a strong warning with regard to emoji's & flirting.. my personal view is that the org is now trying to micro-manage just about every aspect of people's lives!.
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/friendly-or-flirtatious/.
ps: 'quotes are from julia, ellen and tara.
On the JW.Org website, the Watchtower is sending out a strong warning with regard to Emoji's & flirting.
My personal view is that the Org is now trying to micro-manage just about every aspect of people's lives!
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/friendly-or-flirtatious/
What do you think?
PS: 'Quotes are from Julia, Ellen and Tara. Sorry ladies / girls, but it's all you fault ;)
Here is Lloyd Evans (Cedars) view on it. As we say in the UK, it's a 'piss take' ... LOL
i was in a good mood yesterday (makes a bloody change, i hear you say).
i was meeting an old buddy for a meal.
he was never a jobo.
Tepid
As for me, I'm in limbo - don't know what to believe anymore.
and it was with great sadness that today my favorite pair of dirty denim, armani jeans were thrown in the bin.
they cost me £260 to purchase, and were value for money, as they were worn for many years and together we shared some wonderful occasions.they were stitched on numerous occasions, and loving repaired.
but today, and to my wife's relief i finally binned my amani jeans.
Commiserations, The Rebel.
I still have my 'christening 'cup', given to me by one of my uncle's when I was christened over 50 years ago.
I will never part with it.
i am a fan of a video came called simcity and other building games like cities skylines and the such also legend of grimrock.
anyway, as i watch others plays these games on youtube i have noticed that there are some pretty intelligent people out there.
how others can solve the puzzles way better than i can on legend of grimrock and how they can build cities in ways that i had not thought of at all.
Hank Marvin - lead guitarist with The Shadows.
Not sure if he made £/ $ millions however, he must have earned a comfortable living.
Main thing is; he influenced many, many guitarists throughout the world with his unique style of playing.
which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.
everywhere you found telephone booths!
a call was a nickle.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.
following the news of stuckinarut2, over the past few months my wife has completely mentally woken up.
i've been meaning to post but haven't had the time.
i saw stuckins post and i figured i'd add my news too.
Great news, freemindfade.
Best wishes to you and your wife.
when i was young everybody used to fantasise constantly about how brave we would all need to be "when the persecution comes".
we worried about what "they" would do to us and how we would never talk or betray other jws.
psychologically it was a damaging environment for children; but maybe that's another topic.. who would have thought that when it finally came it would take the form of being sued for protecting pedophiles.
... I actually feel bad for the many innocent elderly long-term JWs who must be feeling betrayed and bewildered - cofty
We were all betrayed however, these folk who sacrificed their entire lives to being JW's were, IMO, robbed the most. Where can they go to now?
why is it that the watchtower finances are cloaked in secrecy, yet when the congregation is ask to approve extra donations to the organization, the voting is in public, so everyone can see who is "loyal" to jehovah.. hmm... i think i just answered my question.
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A slight deviation from the topic of discussion and inline with Blondie's post above; I was an accounts servant for a couple of years. Believe me when I say this; it was quite an eye opener - meaning where the donations were sometimes really allocated!
I know nothing about USA politics or Donald Trump.
However, his presidency could end up being a complete disaster, or, he may yet surprise us all.
Might be an idea to review his presidential track record in a year's time.