stillin: does anybody here have a clue what he was talking about?
Of course not, and neither does that elder.
He tried to use a nonsensical teaching to explain a discordant fact that flatly contradicts decades of JW "Old Light."
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Growing number of memorial partakers explained(?) by local elder
by stillin ini brought this up in a conversation after today's meeting.
the elder knowingly acknowledged the growing number and pointed out that of course, now we understand why this is so.
i gave my best blank stare and said "we do?
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Brother so and so doesn't accept counsel
by hoser ini am not sure if anyone else here heard this phrase.
i did from a circuit overseer when i was a servant many moons ago.
with my newly enlightened mind i finally understand what this means.
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Brother so and so won't do what I/we tell him to do!
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Elder Using Innuendos at Every Single Opportunity
by Tempest in a Teacup inthere's this elder in my hall.
in his comments and talks, he loves to include the kind of details that would leave listeners wondering who his comment/talk is about.
he seems to see himself as a jw behaviour expert and drops titbits whenever he's behind the mic.
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He learned it from the GB members, probably fancies himself a kindred spirit. I mean, who wouldn't want to be like Ol' Rubberface, Stephen Lett!
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Examining the Watchtower daily
by kairos in...i mean scriptures.. .
wow, how did i miss this.. open up you examining the scriptures daily ( "daily text" ).
the booklet is about 80% watchtower comments.
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Kairos: I'm convinced that witnesses do not understand the definition of evidence.
Sure they do.
It's when someone on the GB introduces a new doctrine with the word: evidently.
"He [Jesus] evidently meant that the lives of the anointed who were on hand when the sign began to become evident in 1914 would overlap with the lives of other anointed ones who would see the start of the great tribulation." Watchtower 2010 April 15 p.10
"John Barr ... twice read the comment: "Jesus evidently meant that the lives of the anointed ones who were on hand when the sign began to be evident in 1914 would overlap with the lives of the other anointed ones who would see the start of the great tribulation." We do not know the exact length of "this generation," but it includes these two groups whose lives overlap. Even though the anointed vary in age, those in the two groups constituting the generation are contemporaries during the part of the last days. How comforting it is to know that the younger anointed contemporaries of those older anointed ones who discerned the sign when it became evident beginning in 1914 will not die off before the great tribulation starts!" Watchtower 2010 June 15 p.5
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Creative writing query..
by DATA-DOG ini am working on a writing project.
just give me your opinion on this subject.
if you worked for your respective government and you were tasked with doomsday preparations, what would you decide to save for future generations?
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The Edit
by compound complex inoriginal:.
mary had a little lamb.
whose fleece was white as snow,.
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Magnum, here's a NY Times review:
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The Edit
by compound complex inoriginal:.
mary had a little lamb.
whose fleece was white as snow,.
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Magnum: I can't believe I didn't know about the new book.
It was only released last fall!
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The Edit
by compound complex inoriginal:.
mary had a little lamb.
whose fleece was white as snow,.
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Nancy: where is Edgar Allan Poe?
When Poe was alive he composed many short stories and poems. Since he died he's been very busy .... decomposing!
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Examining the Watchtower daily
by kairos in...i mean scriptures.. .
wow, how did i miss this.. open up you examining the scriptures daily ( "daily text" ).
the booklet is about 80% watchtower comments.
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The Bible is just a prop.
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The Edit
by compound complex inoriginal:.
mary had a little lamb.
whose fleece was white as snow,.
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Magnum: I'm fascinated with language - the mechanics of it, the psychology of it, etc.
I've been reading Steven Pinker's latest work: The Sense of Style. He sheds a lot of very clear light on how language works as well as how it doesn't through common mistakes in construction of sentences, paragraphs and longer forms.
He also bashes a lot of grammar myths concerning what is "right" and what is "wrong."
As it turns out, a lot of well-entrenched grammar rules are just wrong. If it makes sense it's good. A lot of what is left is simply a matter of style, particularly formal versus informal.
For those that don't know, Steven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on language and cognition
