this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
.
.
JV: How could they scripturally sell this line of reasoning?
The same way they "sell" any line of "reasoning" in JW-land: They cite a scripture, say "evidently" and then tell everyone what it means and what to believe.
The Bible is just a prop for JWs. I thought you knew.
i have not yet read this book, but it should be interesting:.
"the better angels of our nature: why violence has declined", steven pinker.. the publicity blurb states:.
"believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence.
BOTR, I cannot agree with this author's conclusion.
It appears from your post that you don't know what his conclusions are!
i was talking to an uber dub friend last night who lives in the san diego area.
he knew nothing of the $13.5 million dollar law suit.
when i tried to tell him that this is a systemic problem, and that this could perhaps be the tip of the ice burgh.
This is the reply I got. " he had better and more productive thing to worry about".
i've noticed a lot of topics being bumped recently with "bttt" (back to the top) comments or "marked" as the reply.. i'd appreciate if people think twice before doing this.
simply forcing topics back to the top even though there is nothing to say on them is not helpful and negates the usefulness of having an active topics view.
if everyone did this with every topic they want to push then things would quickly deteriorate so i don't believe some should be allowed to do it for whatever reason.. by all means post new and relevent comments to a topic but short esp single-word non-comments that are simply used to push certain topics back to the top are likely to be interpreted as spam and removed or blocked if necessary.. .
AnnOMaly: As for 'BTTT' or 'Bump,' perhaps a brief comment could be added as to why a thread is being bumped - especially long dead and buried ones?
That makes sense. Often there is a good reason to bump an old thread. But I think that's Simon's point: if who ever bumps it explains WHY they think the tread should be resurrected, then others can read that and respond.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.
(published thursday, oct 30, 2014).
thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.
Paralipomenon, thanks for sharing what you could about your friend. Please keep us posted to developments.
oh yep...here we go..... this weeks service meeting has a part designed to show how children should be indoctrinated and manipulated into going "out in service".
the part first asks for the disturbingly corny cartoon clip to be played on the big screen at the halls: "lets go out in service!".
(if you haven't watched it yet, please go to jw.org and watch it....you simply won't beleive it until you see it!).
WMF, you're supposed to put the tag-line in bold and italics:
Let's review: It's a cult!
See, isn't that better.
well as i have stated before, both our boys do mma fighting and training as do i. this past weekend we had a good practice.
went to get a bite to eat and our way home our younger son said...hey, lets go look at the trick or treaters.
both me and my wife said ok. .
I'm confused. If your sons do MMA why can't they do Halloween?
That makes no sense to me.
i have not yet read this book, but it should be interesting:.
"the better angels of our nature: why violence has declined", steven pinker.. the publicity blurb states:.
"believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence.
I'm about 1/2 way through it. It's a fun and entertaining read, but massive in scope. Some of the middle chapters have a lot of data to wade through, but most of it is pretty accessible.
Pinker has a very straightforward way of writing that I really enjoy.
His plain talk bashing of the religion in general and the Bible in particular is refreshing for it's candor. He really destroys the myth that Jehovah is a God of love.
hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.
i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.
however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..
TheOldHippie, good point. I'd forgotten about that.
Interestingly, once a person no longer filters everything in the Bible through the filter of "it's inspired" it becomes easy to see it for what it really is.
That being said, the biblical Jesus was one messed up person.
just simple quesiton.
in one video i saw, anthony morris iii makes the comment "i come from a wealthy family, you all know that".
does anyone know who this family is?
When I was an elder, we were constantly admonished to avoid drawing attention to ourselves in our public talks or other meeting parts.
It would seem that Tony the Turd does not believe that this counsel applies to himself.
There is a word for this. It starts with the letter "H" and rhymes with "hypocrite."
Let's review: It's a cult!
