on bank holiday monday just gone, a dear kind older couple in the cong decided to take me and my good lady out for a slap up meal, to try to cheer us up after the recent upheaval in our life.
somehow i ended up with the bill.. anyway, this was the local italian trattoria were we often go, and are on first names terms with the staff and quite a few of the other regulars.
big mistake!!.
At your next outing, make sure you invite a Hindu and a Muslim (very nice people - I have neighbours) . JW's automatically assume that everyone at the table is of Christian faith, or psuedo-Christian. They are a minority religion.
Next time, ask them to stand outside the resturant on the street corner and prayer even louder - they won't, but will inside. Funny that.
owyergoin?
today's been a blowy day on the east coast of oz.
here's tonight's news report from associated press:.
G'Day Ozzie and thanks for the welcome - I feel at home now.
Thanks for the explaination. If I read this right (?) it looks as though the publishers are the ones that fund the organization and are the main consumers of the magazines (ie. paying for them) whilst the door-to-door sales pitch seems a moot point? Who then is the sales person? I suppose they don't even need to go door to door to fund their organization, what with all the books lying around peoples homes and some of the stories I've heard about fire kindling.
Cheers,
UpAndAtom.
owyergoin?
today's been a blowy day on the east coast of oz.
here's tonight's news report from associated press:.
Having never been a Dub (but family is), I find it amazing hearing these stories! What in the hell do you mean you bought magazine to place? Did you get refunds for the magazine you didn't place? I don't understand... How did they make you buy them, but then solicit for donations? How do they justify that odd discrepancy?
hiya everyone!!!
as we told you in our short intro, we decided that we had enough proof?
evidence?
You let your children see an R-rated movie?
Bad parents - bad parents - go to your room!
hiya everyone!!!
as we told you in our short intro, we decided that we had enough proof?
evidence?
I remember an incident when I was only 3 years old. I won't bore you with the details, suffice to say I distinctly remember looking up at my Dad and thinking to myself, "He's lying to me" (a very innocent lie, but one none the less), "I will play along and pretend", I thought to myself. I can only remember that 15 second period in the whole of my my young life under 4 (I can remember everything from 5 and up).
It wasn't so much the events of that day, but the manner in which I had them. I was actually humouring my Dad at age 3. The way my voice sounded inside my head, the manner of actually thinking about consequences as a 3 yo. It was the first time I actually remember thinking!
My point is, you don't really know your children. Not on a deep level. Not in the subconscience realm. I applaud your actions!
comments you will not hear at the 8-24-03 wt study
wt article quotes are in
yes in their day 1914, 1925, 1975 were also "now so near" and it is 28 years after 1975.. wait with "holy acts of conduct".
Scully,
RE: Should the parents make the children go hungry while these rude guests keep delaying? Is that reasonable?
Excellent point. Take the illustration to it's logical conclusion - I'm going to practice doing this with their other illustrations and see where I end up. Hey - could make a good website. A list of dub illustrations on the left, with arguments on the right based on their own illustrations but taken further. ha ha.
in thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/21475/1.ashx.
we were informed that the tower had changed the earthquake "sign of the times" - "they're not increasing; they're just there - and that's proof enough" is apparently the new way of looking at things.
Stephanus, thanks for posting the picture.
I remember when I was a child, how I used to love looking at pictures in books - particulary those space ones where men would live on distance futuristic planets, or space stations. It would fire up my young imagination and make me look forward to the future.
Sharp constrast for Dub children hey?
this is hilarious!
i am so surprised that the society has counsel on learning the klingon language.
*** g95 12/8 p. 8 a look at todays science fiction ***.
The real reason they don't like Klingon - is that it sounds too similar to "Klingdom" Neither makes sence!
does anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Dear CaptK,
I feel for ya and am sorry to hear things have not always been easy. Sounds like you may now fully understand Matthew 6:6.
Here's a similar story by William R. Whiten that illustrates the need to be careful about who's opinion (or respect) you care about:
A particular bear was quite proud of his ability to dance. One day he was working on a new step and decided to try it out for his friend the monkey. "How do you like it?" the bear asked eagerly after he’d finished. “It’s very bad. You look awful”, said the monkey, who himself was quite nimble and agile. The bear was indignant. “You’re not very polite,” he said “Didn’t you like that jump I made at the end?” The pig, who had been listening to this exchange, suddenly chimed in, “Hurray for you Bear! You are a magnificent dancer – I have never seen better!” The bear thought for a moment about the two responses to his dance. He finally said to himself, “I think I’d better practice my steps a little more before performing again. I was indignant when the monkey criticized me, but my dancing must really be bad if the pig liked it so much!”
does anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
