Many, if not most, of the the churches who are helping with the disaster relief meet up and are assigned areas and/or specific homes. They don't seem to be picking and choosing only their own to help. I know this is the way it is for my Church, helping whomever they are asked to help. Just helping your own in times of need is not the Christian way.
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unreasonable to expect the JW's to fix everyones houses!
by PaNiCAtTaCk inive been twice to hurricane rebuilds.
i helped with hurricane andrew and maryland.
yes, its true that 98 percent of the people we helped were mostly the jw's.
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Anti-Witnessesing: Passive Agressive Style Effective for Quotes
by Quotes inwell, they came magazine selling door-knocking ingathering and judgeing witnessing today.
but first, a quick background.... my wife and i have a investment property 90 minutes away from our home (a mistake btw; always invest closer to your home!
) and we've been there (here) full time for the past several days doing some renovations.
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Second try:
Quotes, please post a link to your site. Your quotes would be of great value in my own attempts to deal with JW family.
Thanks,
Susan
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Anti-Witnessesing: Passive Agressive Style Effective for Quotes
by Quotes inwell, they came magazine selling door-knocking ingathering and judgeing witnessing today.
but first, a quick background.... my wife and i have a investment property 90 minutes away from our home (a mistake btw; always invest closer to your home!
) and we've been there (here) full time for the past several days doing some renovations.
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Quotes:
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Upside,
Well, we could just dig up the bodies of the dead and dunk them, but, well, it'd get awfully messy awfully fast.
j/k
Actually, there's a wonderful verse in the NT "Else what do they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all" that to us supports the teaching Biblically. We believe they are not sleeping in death, but are fully aware and able to decide for themselves if they want to accept or reject anything done for them by those yet alive. Free agency never ends.
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Hi, Louieb,
About the 3-hour long meetings, yes and no. It's not really ONE 3-hour long meeting. It's divided into three parts. One part is Sacrament Meeting, with the entire family together, and speakers and hymns. The second part is where the Brothers go to Priesthood Meeting, broken up by ages, basically. And the Sisters go to Relief Society. The third is Sunday School, where the adult Brothers and Sisters are together, but the youth are divided by ages.
Also, the children, 18 months to 12 years have two hours of Primary, which is their own fun-time, song time, scripture stories, and classes divided by age. That would be during the second and third hours described above.
Sounds complicated, but it's not. It's also not a lot of sitting around being bored. And in every class or meeting except Sacrament Meeting, people are encouraged to ask questions and to share comments and personal experiences (not scripted from any book or magazine).
Hope this clarifies it a bit for you.
Susan
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Hi!
Current now and forever LDS here. Favorite sister is JW, also (she says) forever. I'm hoping not, in her case. Anyway, are you LDS or ex? It wasn't clear to me.
Yes, we have the lingo, and that's a hoot. The big difference is the gentleness and humor of the LDS, vs. the ultra-seriousness of the JW. We have the added blessing of knowing that we are SUPPOSED to have joy in this life, not just in the eternities. Maybe that's why our LDS meetings and interactions tend to be more relaxed and low-key, and even the meetings are enjoyable.
As for answering questions, they/we usually will take whatever time you need for your questions, unless they discern that the intent is hostile or Bible-bashing or contentious. Then they are to walk away. Same as in the LDS chats. We'll answer question after question (funny how it's always the same 10 questions, and usually the same 3) forever UNTIL the person reveals himself to be merely contentious or bashing at which time they are ignored and begin whining, "You guys say you'll answer questions but you never do!"
Every case is different, though. Some LDS just don't want to bother with questioners. Though every member is a missionary, it's purely an individual decision how to apply that.
Nice to meet you,
Susan
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The New Pope
by Kenneson inhe's german.
hasn't been a pope from germany since the 11th century.
he was a very close friend of pope john paul ii and is expected to carry on along where the other pope left off.
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According to an ancient prophecy by St. Malachi back in about 1100 BC, this Pope was clearly described, as have over a hundred others. But more so this one, as he even gives this one's name. It's chilling to read, especially since I copied this BEFORE the new Pope was announced or his name chosen.
It's worth reading.
St. Malachy's Prophecies, Irish prist
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Is 2012 A Marked Year?
by Oroborus21 ini wrote this march 2004 as part of my ongoing (occassional) email series for my friends & family:.
march 13, 2004...?life in la?.
it is close to midnight and i have a million things to do, a thousand worries and a dozen hopes and a lot has happened since the last installment of lila but there is time for that.
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He didn't say what day. He said what year.
Besides, it was only stating what others have said, for speculation purposes. The mistake is to put off living because the "end" is near, as JWs are prone to do, from past examples given.
Interesting post. Thank you.
Susan
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Is 2012 A Marked Year?
by Oroborus21 ini wrote this march 2004 as part of my ongoing (occassional) email series for my friends & family:.
march 13, 2004...?life in la?.
it is close to midnight and i have a million things to do, a thousand worries and a dozen hopes and a lot has happened since the last installment of lila but there is time for that.
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He didn't say what day. He said what year.
Besides, it was only stating what others have said, for speculation purposes. The mistake is to put off living because the "end" is near, as JWs are prone to do, from past examples given.
Interesting post. Thank you.
Susan
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Is 2012 A Marked Year?
by Oroborus21 ini wrote this march 2004 as part of my ongoing (occassional) email series for my friends & family:.
march 13, 2004...?life in la?.
it is close to midnight and i have a million things to do, a thousand worries and a dozen hopes and a lot has happened since the last installment of lila but there is time for that.
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someone please delete this one. thanks.
Susan