Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Do you use a dictionary?

by compound complex in

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in my work, i rely upon google for quick answers on definition (denotation), pronunciation (audio), etymology, shades of meaning (connotation), etc.. what i really mean is, do you use an actual unabridged websters, the one you get a hernia lifting?

i ask because, last night, i was tired of fighting with my two ailing computers and decided to pull the big book off the shelf.

it was great, hearkening back to olden times -- childhood -- when i read real books and periodicals and wrote unknown words into a notepad (the paper sort) and pored over old noah's offerings.. your thoughts?.

GrreatTeacher

I like the old phonetic spellings; I can't parse the new stuff.

Yeah, I technically learned it in college, but if you have to use a reference to use a reference...

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If this system goes on.

by karter in

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i heard my hard out jw sister say that for the 1st time in many years and i'm hearing more and more jw's saying that.

years ago when i was in they talked about the new system coming any minute..

GrreatTeacher

I just ignore, as well. I think they partly do it as a show of righteousness, so I don't give them an audience.

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The Jewish perspective of the OT according to poster David_Jay

by deegee in

i note your comments in the following threads regarding the jewish perspective on certain old testament (ot) events:.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5700922233585664/when-you-stop-think-about-why-would-gods-chosen-people-old-testament-need-army?page=1&size=10 ,.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6065451475927040/why-didnt-god-also-reveal-himself-canaanites-just-he-did-moses-burning-bush.

GrreatTeacher

David_Jay, impressive pedagogy.

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The Jewish perspective of the OT according to poster David_Jay

by deegee in

i note your comments in the following threads regarding the jewish perspective on certain old testament (ot) events:.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5700922233585664/when-you-stop-think-about-why-would-gods-chosen-people-old-testament-need-army?page=1&size=10 ,.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6065451475927040/why-didnt-god-also-reveal-himself-canaanites-just-he-did-moses-burning-bush.

GrreatTeacher

I thought it was 587 BC ?

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Washington Post is carrying the story: Australian Jehovah’s Witnesses protected over a thousand members accused of child abuse, report says

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/28/australian-jehovahs-witnesses-protected-over-a-thousand-members-accused-of-child-abuse-report-says/.

over the course of about six decades, more than 1,000 members of the jehovah’s witnesses were accused of sexually abusing australian children, according to a new report.

victims were ordered to keep quiet.

GrreatTeacher

I just want to add that the Washington Post is not a tabloid. It's the major newspaper for Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. Very well respected. Large readership.

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Do you get the Post?

"If you don't get it, you don't get it!"

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Awkward exchange with my JW sister in law regarding the circle of life

by TTWSYF in

so we were at another family members home for a random celebration when the nature channel showed a killer whale eating a seal and my sister in law was horrified.

we made a joke about the circle of life and i said something along the lines of 'everything that lives must die, the bible says every king must die, so even jesus wasn't immune'.

after that comment there was an awkward silence with our jw family whispering to each other about my comment of dying.. once upon a time i asked my uber elder jw brother if he thought that he would not die and he asked me if i knew when god would start armageddon.

GrreatTeacher

The two sure things in life: death and taxes.

Watchtower doesn't believe in the first, and does its damnedest to avoid the second.

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My JW daughter e-mail my 14 year old granddaughter grades.

by James Mixon in

i called my daughter and told her, please don't encourage my granddaughter to get married until she is 30 or 40. please let her go further in her education.

art 1,algebra 11, english, tools for success, spanish 1, and health science all "a".

i have known so many jw youths that were very bright and end up working in a job well below their skill level..she is in the 9th grade but algebra 2 her class is all 11th graders.. school "technical academy hs".

GrreatTeacher

Some JWs are more receptive to higher education if there is a clear career path rather than just letting a child go off to university so they can "find" themselves.

Maybe ask her about a specific certification she might want to get. A CPA that could get her a job as an accountant? A BSN in nusing? A teacher's certificate so she can be a teacher?

This might help Mom get onboard.

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