I think we should look at the literature. It may just be that the term was used by one of the more prolific writers in the writing department and so it entered the JW culture in that way. I don't think there's anything ulterior behind its use. I think it's just a word that has become part of JW culture.
Island Man
JoinedPosts by Island Man
-
31
"Ones"
by Joe Grundy in(i never was a dub).. this is something which has intrigued me for a while.
i don't know whether it's dub-speak, or us-speak.. it's the use of the word 'ones' as in 'interested ones', 'worldly ones', 'disfellowshipped ones' and so on and so on.. in the 'normal world' we would probably use the word 'people'.. thoughts?.
-
-
-
31
Do you know what Rahab looked like?
by ttdtt inhello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.
could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.
2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".
-
-
Island Man
Here's a fun fact: Rahab means "sit still". I guess she just sat still and let her clients do all the work. -
7
15 Year Old Mormon Girl Tortured For Being Gay
by cofty inalex cooper, a former mormon, offers a terrifying account of being held hostage for eight months in an unlicensed “residential treatment program” modeled on the many “therapeutic” boot camps scattered across utah.. at the mormon run “treatment center” alex was physically and verbally abused.
many days she was forced to stand facing a wall wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks.
she developed sores on her shoulders and cramps in her back.
-
-
Island Man
The OT recommended pelting gays to death with stones. This gay girl was only made to wear a backpack full of stones. That's a step up from the OT prescription, wouldn't you say?
The idiocy and atrocities of religion knows no bounds because once you can get people to accept extreme, outlandish ideas you can also get them to behave in extreme, outlandish ways.
-
-
-
-
29
Gross! Grooming of young brothers in the KH to do more for Jehobadahhh and his organ-nigh-say-shun! I saw it myself.
by macys inso there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.
most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.
almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.
-
-
Island Man
It's pronunciated Je-Ho-Ber !!
Yeah, Macys! And for your information it's not "organ-nigh-say-shun". It's "organized-to-shun"!
-
23
Wt encouraging people to completely forgive but they dont
by poopie inbut they don't forgive because they still shun people.
who they feel are not worthy of forgivenes.
-
-
Island Man
Also, they don't forget. The bible says God throws sinners sins behind his back when they repent. Not so, Watchtower. Watchtower holds the sinners past sins on record and use it against him to determine whether or not he qualifies for certain "privileges". -
23
todays wt
by bobld inq10..they forgot one question.. would you let a 30 year old man in diapers inspect your ward robe?.
see opening picture..
-
-
Island Man
Please disregard my post above. It is entirely unwarranted!
I just realized that there is a little indicator next to each post that tells you how long ago it was made. And when you mouse over it a little pop-up tells you the exact date and time of the post. So readers can use that info. to determine or calculate what "today" and other relative time references mean.
-
2
Simon: Last month when I wrote about today, was I really talking about today? ... wait, was that really last month?
by Island Man ini have noticed that there are posts that use relative time terms like "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow", "last month", "next week", etc but give no dates.
these relative time terms are only useful for identifying the referenced time, if the post is being read on the day it's posted.
but posts remain indefinitely and months or years down the road these terms would only be useful to professional forensic investigators.. it would be good if posters remember to provide a date when referencing information that is specific to a particular day.
-
-
Island Man
Simon, sorry for wasting your time. I just noticed that when I point my mouse over the little indicator that tells you how long ago a post was made, it give you the actual date of the post. Sorry, my bad for asking you to reinvent a wheel that already exists. -
2
Simon: Last month when I wrote about today, was I really talking about today? ... wait, was that really last month?
by Island Man ini have noticed that there are posts that use relative time terms like "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow", "last month", "next week", etc but give no dates.
these relative time terms are only useful for identifying the referenced time, if the post is being read on the day it's posted.
but posts remain indefinitely and months or years down the road these terms would only be useful to professional forensic investigators.. it would be good if posters remember to provide a date when referencing information that is specific to a particular day.
-
-
Island Man
I have noticed that there are posts that use relative time terms like "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow", "last month", "next week", etc but give no dates. These relative time terms are only useful for identifying the referenced time, if the post is being read on the day it's posted. But posts remain indefinitely and months or years down the road these terms would only be useful to professional forensic investigators.
It would be good if posters remember to provide a date when referencing information that is specific to a particular day. In some cases the particular day being referenced isn't really important. But in other cases it is. For example, imagine there is a post referencing "today's watchtower study" and which does not mention the date of the session nor the date of the magazine. How is a future reader, 5 years down the road, intent on finding that particular study article, going to find it?
I was wondering if it's possible to create a special script that would read an OP, scanning it for relative time references like "today", "next month", "yesterday", etc and variations thereof ("todays", "today's",...), and automatically append the appropriate date or insert a caption-thingy so when you point at the reference the appropriate date, month or year is displayed based on the specific time reference given and the date of the post. So for example an OP is uploaded today (March 14, 2016) that reads:
"Next week's CLAM meeting is going to be full on cult mode!"
During processing the script searches the text for relative time references and sees "Next week's" (which is listed in its "database" of relative time terms). It then looks to see how that term is to be treated and sees that the date of the week after the upload has to be inserted. So it then inserts an html tag on the term "Next week's" such that when a user points at it a yellow tool tip or caption pops up displaying the date of the week being referenced "March 21-27, 2016"
-
23
todays wt
by bobld inq10..they forgot one question.. would you let a 30 year old man in diapers inspect your ward robe?.
see opening picture..
-
-
Island Man
I just want to make a quick suggestion about posting time-sensitive information. Please don't take it harshly because I know it's just an oversight. And I see it often on other posts.
The post talks about today's Watchtower. Yesterday (March 13, 2016) the use of the word "today" enabled one to know exactly which day was being referenced. But a reader reading this post 6 months in the future, would not know exactly what day is being referenced because no date is mentioned.
Since posts remain on the site indefinitely, we all have to try to remember to post a date whenever we refer to events that relate to a particular day. That way future readers can, for example, read this post and go look for the specific Watchtower article that was being referenced, based on the date provided.
It's easy to forget to do this because we live in the now and we generally don't think about the fact that posted information isn't just being read now, but also being read in the future.
What would be good is if there was some special automated script that would automatically tag on the date a post was made, at the end of the first occurrence of the word "today" in a post. So for example a poster writes:
"The congregation bible study today was crazy!".
But when the post is being processed the script runs and adds in the date and final post that's uploaded reads:
"The congregation bible study today [March 14, 2016] was crazy!"
Or maybe the script can insert a tool tip on time words like yesterday, today, this month, etc so that when you point at them with your mouse a little pop up or tool tip displays the date.
Knowing the exact date being referenced can be helpful for future readers.