so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!
first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.
he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.
Here's the link
6 points:
1.god will accept me as i am
2. it's unnatural to remain morally chaste
3. Revenge is sweet
4. right or wrong is determined by what you feel is right or wrong
5.You have to look out for yourself
6. save a lot of money
I would love you help you get the audio from that. If you want to PM I will do whatever I can. We all want this :)
goatshapeddemons mention of chess being banned by jw's at one time was a new one to me.
it got me thinking.
they never corrected that did they?
Yup. Around here everyone is reallllllllly into college and pro football.
goatshapeddemons mention of chess being banned by jw's at one time was a new one to me.
it got me thinking.
they never corrected that did they?
Oh man back when we studied the Keep Yourself In God's Love book, there's a section where it basically says don't watch violent sports. The conductor, a huge college football fan, asks after reading the lines, "What sport does this sound like?" Someone said football. He quickly replied, "What about hockey?"
This was hilarious because it was clearly talking about football. It's amazing how elders (and anyone really) can give themselves a free pass while judging what others like or do.
in the worldwide service reports show:.
2010 pubs were 1/259 population.
so there it shows pubs "not" keeping up with population!
The only growth for JWs at all is in the third world. For first world countries, the only growth is in foreign language groups and communities.
1) they're going to stop producing the wt publications index "because its hard to maintain and translate".
so they're going to create a digital-only research tool on jw.org .
it's like, how convenient and smart.
They actually are going to continute making the index but they'll have an online one too.
As for the food thing, this is nothing new. When they negotiate deals for convention facilities, WT gets a lower rate by not using the concession stands and workers. In many facilities the food is operated by a separate company. For example in many sports facilities Aramark is the one commonly used. By not having to use them, the facility costs less. However, the facility owners don't want people (for any event) to get food from anywhere else like an outside restaurant so they have to buy there. To appease the owners, WT promises that the JWs won't go out for food but bring their own lunches. When JWs go out for lunch they're breaking the agreement.
Is it dumb? Yes. I'm just posting the reasoning. Personally, I wouldn't mind having a fresh hot pretzel or some nachos from the concession stand on my lunch break :)
so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!
first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.
he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.
This is weird. There's a thread here for audio of the convention talks. I just listened to the recording of this talk and the six points are different. Was this talk not a manuscript talk? Most of them are now.
so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!
first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.
he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.
We need audio of this talk ASAP. That's a huge bold statement to make and we need to hear it.
is anyone able to post this years dc badge for printing?.
i'm a man with a plan .
mawahhhhhhh!.
Is your time really worth that little? You're actually going to a convention just to record a talk? You do realize that the police or whatever authorities aren't going to do anything about it aside from thinking that perhaps you're a little loony.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/showbiz/james-gandolfini-obituary/index.html.
Don't Stop Believin'
I wonder if his life just cut to black?
frequently asked question that is featured at moment on jw.org.
thought it was pretty funny.. .
do you ban certain movies, books, or songs?no.
This reminds me of one of my favorite Bethel stories.
In case you don't know, Bethelites aren't allowed to watch R-rated movies. In fact, it's an automatic kick to the curb. I personally knew a few brothers were immediately kicked out because they were caught watching one of the Matrix sequels.
Anyway, while I was there, the movie Saving Private Ryan premiered on NBC. It was aired commercial free and 100% unedited. If you haven't seen the movie, it's super violent. The morning after it aired, several people at my Morning Worship table talked about how they watched it! This included a Bethel Elder and his wife along with a couple others. It was pretty hard not to bite my tongue and raise a stink about it.
Hypocrites.
