I am sure there must be some sort of subtle difference between "determine" and "distinguish". After all ONE generation can now be great-grandpa, grandga, father, son, and the son's brand new baby. We imperfect humans will just have to patiently wait on "mother" to tell us what that difference is.
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Yesterday's WT "Study"
by piztjw injust a few observations about the material in yesterday's wt "study".. the wt informed people this week that as long as there is no clearly stated law from god we still cannot observe standards that are common in our area or that we were raised with, if we are christians.
the reason they gave?
as imperfect humans we don't have the ability to determine what is right or wrong.
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More WT Propaganda: 10 Year Old Children Should Get Baptized!
by Oubliette ini just caught this in an upcoming study article which will be "studied" in the congregations the week of 11/18-24/13:.
he and his wife were elated when their eldest daughter, age ten, told them that she loved her parents, loved the brothers and sisters, and loved jehovah very much.
she said that she wanted to dedicate her life to jehovah and get baptized.
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piztjw
Hm...let's see...Jesus, the perfect son of God himself waited until he was thirty years old to make a dedication and get baptized. Does that mean the typical jw sheeple's brat is better than Jesus?
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Yesterday's WT "Study"
by piztjw injust a few observations about the material in yesterday's wt "study".. the wt informed people this week that as long as there is no clearly stated law from god we still cannot observe standards that are common in our area or that we were raised with, if we are christians.
the reason they gave?
as imperfect humans we don't have the ability to determine what is right or wrong.
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piztjw
Just a few observations about the material in yesterday's WT "study".
The WT informed people this week that as long as there is no clearly stated law from God we still cannot observe standards that are common in our area or that we were raised with, IF we are Christians. The reason they gave? As IMPERFECT humans we don't have the ability to determine what is right or wrong. Now I wonder how it could be possible then for the IMPERFECT HUMANS that make up the governing body to determine for us what is right or wrong? Are they implying they are now perfect? Are they implying that they have some kind of supernatural abilities not given to mere humans that enable them to somehow know how to guide us mere mortals?
Later they mentioned those who have a "disapproved mental state", including the term deceit. I wonder who might fit that description? Is there a group of people who have used false dates to deceive people into believing something that is not true? Is there a group who have tried to deceive others into believing that they as the same group have never misinformed their members?
And of course the article had to once again trot out the old worn out condamnation of entertainment, the internet, and getting a higher education. I wonder how many of those "volunteers" who are required to have engineering degrees in order to give away their time on the Warwick compound construction got those degrees without a higher education? I wonder how easy it is for bored, simple minded people to get the propaganda off jw.org without using that evil, satanic tool...the internet?
Finally towards the end the article said, "...we need to spend time thinking about what we are learning." At the same time any thinking is condemned if it doesn't match exactly what imperfect humans tell us to think!
Just a few thought and observations.
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12 years of marriage gone to prostitute addiction
by His Excellency inhttp://www.recover-from-grief.com/12-years-of-marriage-gone-to-prostitute-addiction.html.
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piztjw
Just gave the story a quick read. I would have to throw out the B.S. flag on this persons story. It just doesn't have the "ring of truth" to it.
This woman sounds way to much like a simpering, whining, sniveling, demanding, needy drama queen. IMO. Likely thought up this story to try to salve her conscience for being a lousy wife, and get revenge on her long-suffering husband when he finally had enough of her and told her to GTFO. I knew an "elder" who's wife fit the sound of this woman to a tee. While I had little use for him as a professed JW I did feel a measure of sympathy for what he had to put up with.
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what we studied at the the congregation "bible" study this week.
by nowwhat? inat the congregation bible study this week, we as jehovahs witnesses studied a brochure on how we study the bible at the congregation bible study.
no wonder half of us are screwed up..
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piztjw
Next there will be a lesson on how to navigate through the new Bible. :)
Followed mostly by those using laptops and notebooks?
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what we studied at the the congregation "bible" study this week.
by nowwhat? inat the congregation bible study this week, we as jehovahs witnesses studied a brochure on how we study the bible at the congregation bible study.
no wonder half of us are screwed up..
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piztjw
Yep, studying a brochure (ask questions and give canned answers) bragging about studying the Bible, and only cracking it open a couple times.
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If you had a JC and spilled your "Personal Beans" did you really think it stayed confidential?
by LoisLane looking for Superman inwe all "know" jc's are suppose to be private....so that the uniniated, innocent, can speak freely.
i say, uninitiated, because once you spill your guts and the elders use your embarassing, heart wrenching story as a lead off at their next get together/party, for a laugh, you have been initiated into your local brothers hall of fame.. so, are those jc's, really private?.
can you really talk privately, about your love of violent video games, masterbation, oral sex, shop lifting, doing drugs, or "doing" anything or anybody, and expect total confidentiality in the watch tower society elder world?.
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piztjw
Not only no...but HELL NO!
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"They're only human!" (the most common defence of the Governing Body)
by Watchtower-Free inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkjk3eyd7ee.
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piztjw
Seeming mistakes? Something is either a mistake, or it isn't. A "seeming" mistake would be like a woman being a little bit pregnant. It isn't possible.
And what about apostate propaganda? Would that be teaching something that is completely opposite what is taught as "truth"? Like say teaching that only a handful of humans are the FDS while ignoring any who a bare short year ago would have been DF'd for teaching that very thing?
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Announcement: Schools for Couples and Single Brothers replaced by School for 'everyone'
by dropoffyourkeylee ini know this was noted earlier:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/266186/3/the-big-announcement-this-week#.uoaoe_yo5dg.
but it was officially announced today that the school for couples and the school for single brothers were being combined with the new twist that single sisters would be allowed also.
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piztjw
But single sisters (over 25 yrs old) outnumber, single brothers. what? 8 to 1, I would guess?
That's likely because any jw female over the age of majority, at least in my observation, who is single, is single for a damned good reason.
They're either physical cripples, mental cripples, have major family issues (who in their right mind wants to marry three generations of users?). And even IF one should marry there is a very good chance you will never know the person until it is too late. Then what? Marriage is not really promoted by the jw religion IMO.
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Announcement: Schools for Couples and Single Brothers replaced by School for 'everyone'
by dropoffyourkeylee ini know this was noted earlier:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/266186/3/the-big-announcement-this-week#.uoaoe_yo5dg.
but it was officially announced today that the school for couples and the school for single brothers were being combined with the new twist that single sisters would be allowed also.
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piztjw
As long as they allow the single sisters and single brothers to attend the same class sessions.
I'm betting that will never happen. Why even in the past the field serve us car gropes, er groups , had to be segregated. Even husbands and wives were expected to split up so that there would be no "pairing up".