do folk in the united states use mnemonics as we do here in the uk?.
just in case youre wondering, a mnemonic is a method by which it becomes easy to remember something, especially if it involves a table or sequence.
most uk mnemonics have a vulgar or sexual connotation, so their use is somewhat frowned upon in jw circles.. when number 2 son was studying geology, it was essential that he remembered the hardness order of various minerals.
Stars can be classified by their spectra, and astronomers have divided these into letter groups. Alas, it was not done alphabetically, so someone came up with a spelling mnemonic for the sequence O B A F G K M R N S:
"Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me right now sweetie."
Our local star is a G class in the hotter to cooler list given above.
i turned to this website looking for encouragement.. i thought it was a genuine jw chat site.. what do i find?.
most who write here, don't belive in the jw teachings.. most are complainers and apostate.. does any one know were i can find a genuine jw site?
Hello to all the group:
I doubt that "Sue" is a JW or an ex-JW. I doubt that "Sue" is female, as nearly all trolls I have ever known are from males. And in all the posts from "Sue", there is nothing to suggest that they are anything other than just another trolling expedition.
Trolls are unentertaining in the extreme. Fortunately, they die rather quickly when they go unfed.
Please do not feed the trolls.
i was talking to my brother last night on the phone who walked away from the borg in the mid 1980's.
i asked him if he ever checked out any ex-witness sites.
his reply was basically, no, since he's moved on past his time served in the borg.
Posting intelligent articles that help others to see the truth about "the truth" is a worthwhile activity. I only wish that such had been available to me many years ago.
If I can help others, I see no reason to be in a rush to stop my activity here.
the wtbts claims to be "spirit-directed".
how this is different from being "inspired", only a lawyer could tell.
there is no doubt that the wtbts has many, many times claimed to be "god's only true channel", "appointed by god", "not a false prophet", and so forth.. my question here is: how does the wtbts describe the actual mechanism of "spirit-direction"?.
The WTBTS claims to be "spirit-directed". How this is different from being "inspired", only a lawyer could tell. There is no doubt that the WTBTS has many, many times claimed to be "God's only true channel", "appointed by God", "not a false prophet", and so forth.
My question here is: How does the WTBTS describe the actual mechanism of "spirit-direction"?
Joe Rutherford wrote that he got the whole story from angels. And in at least one case, the decision in 1931 to rename the group to "Jehovah's Witnesses", he claimed it came from an angelic source while he slept the night before the announcement. Maybe he was hitting the booze pretty hard at the time; possibly a case of Canadian whiskey had recently been smuggled into Brooklyn just for him.
Has the WTBTS in recent years written anything more about their sources? Have they ever denied Rutherford's angelic assertions? Do any in the WTBTS leadership still claim a special relationship with angels? Or, like Rutherford, do the spirits speak only after a lot of spirits have been consumed?
"Pour me another Scotch, bartender! All these damned apostates are making this faithful slave really thirsty. I need some more visions to fix up the chronology. Bartender, better make that a double!"
back in late 1973 when i got my fatal doubts about the wtbts, i was sure that the society would crumble soon after 1975 when yet another prediction failed.
i was not alone with this thought; a british author by the name of stevenson (an exjw that had written an expose) allocated an entire chapter in his book about the likelihood that there would be a very major falling away in 1976 or soon thereafter.. but it didn't happen.
yes, there were several years of consecutive worldwide declines.
Hello again Eppie:
Yes, you won't find out much about 1975 in any recent literature (written after 1975). But there was plenty in the 1966-1975 time frame, i assure you. The web references that were posted are accurate; I recall reading some of them when they were first published by the WTBTS.
Of course the WTBTS wants to keep the whole 1975 topic off limits to current JWs. Exactly like they kept information about Rutherford's 1925 Big A prediction secret from the JWs of thirty years ago.
The day will come, likely in the next ten years, when the WTBTS will not longer publish the 607 BC/1914 AD chronology. And then the JWs will never hear about that again.
the august 1 wt arrived in my mailbox today.
i eagerly ripped off the wrapper in anticipation of fresh spiritual gems.
i was not disappointed.
The WT study article says about a mature Christian: "He does not advocate or insist on personal opinions or harbor private ideas when it comes to Bible understanding."
Uh, isn't this exactly what the governing body members do? And the writing department as well?
never reaching the endddddd... letters i've writtennnnn... never meaning to sendddddd.... (leave me be, ya'll; i'm singin' to unk... my 'cyberhubby'...).
'cause i luv youuuuuuuu... yes, i luv youuuuuuuu.... ohhhh, i luvvvvvv youuuuuuuu.... sj, the 'love' of the dear reverend hollingsworth's life...
Ah, yes; the Moody Blues. _Nights in White Satin_ is even better than Led Zeppelin's _Stairway to Heaven_ as a slow dance song.
_Nights in White Satin_ also has the line "Just what the truth is, I can't understand". Sounds like a good theme song for the WTBTS writing department.
please take a look one of the new layouts we are working on:.
http://www.ajwrb.org/newindex.shtml.
will it make them squirm?.
Looks very good to me.
One additional point that might be appropriate for the front page is the fact that JWs are allowed to blood fractions derived from human donations, but themselves are not permitted to donate blood to others.
hey all,.
i just came across this site today and i decided to join the gang :).
don't worry about the topic, i am not a jw that is trying to convert you back into the religion.
Hello Eppie and thank you for posting your story.
You are quite right in your decision to attend college, and I hope that you will consider encouraging others, particularly other JWs, to give it a try. You are fortunate to have supportive parents; alas, not many JW teenagers have such and not only did these not get college support, but were even kicked out of the house for openly wanting to go on to a university.
There aren't too many posters here who believe that everything about the WTBTS is bad. They do have a few good ideas: no stealing, no convenience abortion, support for ethnically mixed marriages, obedience to parents, etc. But there are plenty of other religions that do all these and more: food pantries, clothing for the poor, housing assistance, care for the elderly, hospital programs, prison ministries, and many other good activities all supported by scripture and clear to just about everyone except for the WTBTS. A close examination of the WTBTS shows that anything that involves them spending money is off limits except for printing presses and ever more real estate.
If you haven't read it yet, I suggest reading _Crisis of Conscience_ by Raymond Franz, a former member of the WTBTS governing body. It is packed with documented evidence of WTBTS history and practices that they would rather have kept secret from you and every other thinking JW. Yet there is not a bitter or vindictive paragraph in the entire book.
Work hard at college; what you get out of it is proportional to what you put into it. It is a big investment of your time, but it also will pay dividends for the rest of your life.
simon did away with the sex forum - so i must take the tradional route and post under "make new friends.
" how mundane!.
fyi ---- for all of us, please take the time to write a sentence or two about yourselves, and encourage new ones to do the same.
Hello pearljan:
The doctors say that my sister's liver function is too far gone for a partial transplant to be effective, so they are very much hoping for a whole liver soon. Fortunately, she has never had anything to do with JWs, so she is being kept alive in part due to regular transfusions. Her husband is extremely supportive and always does his best to help take care of her and is very patient. I have hope for her but I am also realistic that the chances aren't too good because of there being relatively few persons willing to sign up for postmortem donation.
It has been hard for my mother as in the last two years she lost her father, her brother, and her husband.
So, everyone should try to enjoy their family while they have one, and then trust in God when he sees fit to call them home.
