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Anyone seen these?
by bagpuss in.
saw this driving through a village in sussex.
anyone else seen them and what reaction do you think it would get from jws.
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What would you say?
by bagpuss ini spent time in a cong where the school overseer had a real thing for pronouncing words just like on the wt cds.
this meant that we were always been counselled for incorrect pronunciation, especially when it came to the word philistine.he insisted that the 'ine' at the end should be pronounced as 'een' and that the emphasis should be on the second syllable ' lis' .
i would cringe listening to students using the ' correct pronunciation' when privately they all thought it was wrong to have his view imposed on us.. what about you.
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Can anyone explain?
by bagpuss inthird: apart from its context, the partial predicate cannot function as an independent construction, so what they are doing is ungrammatical as well.. .
read this post refering to acts 15:20 and would love someone to explain what a partial predicate is and how it works in this verse.
any takers?.
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What's the word?
by bagpuss inif you could sum up your time in the borg with just one word, what would it be and why?.
for me it would be guilt.
guilt about not doing enough ministry, not enough study,doing too much secular work, the list seems endless.on the odd occasions i felt i'd done quite well you can bet we'd have a talk saying more,more more!.
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Did they ever make you giggle?
by bagpuss inmy son who is 20 was remembering a few of the more amusing visits to the kingdom hall.
his favourite was when a brother announced.
"the new magazines are in brothers and sisters.
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I've got a bun in the oven!!
by bagpuss inwell a cake actually - a christmas cake!.
this is the second year i've made one since leaving the borg and it's one of the main things i missed during the dark years when i pretended that christmas was humbug and i never really liked it anyway!.
what if anything did you miss most about christmas?
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Anyone for mischief?
by bagpuss ini grew up in east yorkshire and november 4th was mischief night.
we would do all kinds of crazy things like removing peoples gates and hiding them, knocking on doors and running away - you know the kind of thing!
the great thing was we never got into trouble, after all everyone knew it was mischief night and expected to get up next day and find their garden gnomes missing!!!.
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How would you answer?
by bagpuss ini have just started reading 'reasoning from the scriptures with jehovahs witnesses' by ron rhodes.. one of the suggested questions to ask a jw is,.
if jehovahs witnesses are the only true witnesses for god,and if the witnesses as an organization came into being late in the 19th century,does this mean that god was without a witness forover 18 centuries of church history?.
can anyone remember the 'official' line on this and if you had been asked this as a jw how would you have responded?
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What have you gained?
by bagpuss inits two years since i last attended a meeting or thought of myself as a jw.
despite the prophesys of doom and gloom for those who leave the org i have gained lots and lost nothing.. i have much more time to spend with my husband which has led to our relationship improving fantastically.. i have a better relationship with my children who stopped going to meetings when they were teenagers.. i have become much closer to my family (i've just returned from yorkshire from my great nephews 1st birthday party.
my confidence has grown dramatically as i no longer view myself as worthless.. the guilt of not doing enough has gone.. i now have real friends.. the list goes on, but i really would like to hear what you've gained or hope to gain by leaving the borg.
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Can anyone help?
by bagpuss inafter nearly 2 years away from meetings it seems that the local jws have decided that i need 'spiritual help' and my house has become a jw magnet, all offering to be the ones to give me that help.. while they left me alone i was happy to leave them to their beliefs, but now i feel its time to make my feelings known.. i thought i'd start with the un scandal, but as many here have found they will almost certainly use the library card excuse.
i remember being told from the platform that we should never become involved with a political org' even if it was just for non-political reasons eg using facilities, clubs and bars.. while i clearly remember hearing this it would be useful to have something in black and white to support it.
thankg