Posts by the_classicist

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Does God make you better off financially for putting him first?

by truthseeker in

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a friend of mine told me that an elder said to him, "i've noticed that all the elders in the congregation are doing well financially, because they put jehovah first.

they have nice cars and big homes.if you put jehovah first, he will take care of you financially.".

i don't believe god does this kind of thing - otherwise, why are there so many poor elders in developing countries who can't even afford a bicycle to get around?

the_classicist

In Gr. 12, I used to go to Catholic Catechism classes on Thurs. nights instead of studying for the bimonthy Friday math test. I ended up with a 95% class average in Math, and 99% on my provincial examination. Before Gr. 12, I never got an A in math (OK once in Gr. 8, and a few times in Gr. 11 b/c I moved into a statistics class - though I went into the hard math in gr. 12).

My family would've never have been able to pay for university, and I was not elgible for student loans. I asked God for help and we inhereted a tonne of money (haven't yet, but we can just ask the lawyer for money for things like school or, because my dad's on disability, some top up of monthly income).

This may just be coincidence, but I see the possibility of God's help being involved. Like it was said in Futurama:

God: "Bender, being God isn't easy. If you do too much, people get dependent on you. And if you do nothing, they lose hope. You have to use a light touch, like a safecracker or a pickpocket."
Bender: "Or a guy who burns down a bar for the insurance money!"
God: "Yes, if you make it look like an electrical thing. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

24

Anyone sick?

by heatherg in

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the_classicist

I've had a bit of a cough for about a few months (can't seem to cough up that phlegm).

The next thing to worry about is hayfever.

33

demon attack in Kingdom Hall

by Noumenon in

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i once heard about a sister that was having a lot of trouble with demons, and apparently she had a bad demon attack in the kingdom hall.. anyone else heard of such a thing?

so much for the house of jehovah being some sort of refuge.. i have also heard of a witness who still experienced a demon attack despite calling out jehovah's name aloud.

the_classicist

It's all for you Dameon!

The Omen. Bah bah baaaahhhh!

My parents made sure no one told demon stories... they didn't want us kids being afraid all the time. Of course all the other JW kids had demon experiences, like this elder's kid who saw a blue eye looking at him through his door after he watched a TV show he shouldn't have.

27

Charles & Camilla

by Englishman in

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my sister in law jackie and her hubby came to visit this weekend.. .

last month, so they told us, they went to the opera, in sheffield.

just before the opera started a couple of security guys arrived and asked them if they would please stand so that 2 people could pass them to some vacant seats further along the row.. .

the_classicist

The only reason why the republic that formed from the English Civil War failed was because it was run by Puritans and it was more of a dictatorship anyways (thanks to the Lord Protector). Funny thing, I learned more about English and European history than Canadian.

But I must say that I am a bit of a republican, why can't we replace the Queen with a President in each commonwealth country and elect him/her every 10 years. Kind of like the Irish model.

36

A vengeful phallus

by IP_SEC in

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friends

so i?m thinking of going out to a lonely place once a month or so to smoke a tobacco product in rebellion against the wts.

(hey gimme a break here, i cant go out on a fornicatin spree).

cigarettes aren?t really my style, so i?m thinking a cigar.

the_classicist

Go to Canada and pick up a Cuban.

16

Tithing

by AshtonCA in

okay, i have looked all over this board and i can't find anything on tithing.

actually, i tried to search for it, but i can never get the search thing to work.. anyway.

jw's are against tithing, but when i look it up, other religions have scriptures that say we are supposed to.

the_classicist

It's a disciplinary thing, not a matter of divine law. To claim that is scriptural base on the old law wouldn't make any sense since the old law is no longer valid.

I remember when I was about to learning about Catholicism, my JW mother was lying about how this women she worked for had her husband died and the priest made her give him a tithe for doing the funeral. Well, that's not allowed in the Catholic Church; at most, the priest can ask a stipend of $10 for a mass that they say, and the people that can't afford them definitely don't need to. Priests in religious orders take a vow of poverty, and they are given a small allowance by their respective order, but a dioceasan Priest is given a salary, not based on collections of stipends.

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Charles & Camilla

by Englishman in

jw
friends

my sister in law jackie and her hubby came to visit this weekend.. .

last month, so they told us, they went to the opera, in sheffield.

just before the opera started a couple of security guys arrived and asked them if they would please stand so that 2 people could pass them to some vacant seats further along the row.. .

the_classicist

You know there's a saying that "If Our Lord falls into Our Lady's lap, England will have great mishap."

And guess what the Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day, March 25) conincides with Good Friday. I think stuff has actually happened when this happened... some king abdication and another one died.

Y'know 54% of Australians would rather get rid of a monarchy than have Charles in charge.

I would only support the monarchy, if the Monarch was no long the governor of the Church of England; and they should get rid of those pesky anti-succession laws too.

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When is the real date for the memorial

by Ticker in

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ive heard it is not actually march 23 but is the night of march 22. i am asking becuase im just going to celebrate it on my own but i would like to try and do it on the correct date.

if anyone knows the correct date it would be much appreciated as i know the witness date for the memorial is out to lunch.. ticker

the_classicist

Actually, they just use the calendar all the other Christians use. Since the resurrection was on a Sunday, Good Friday was on....... a Friday, and the Maundy Thursday keeps the Last Supper.

Remeber, Jesus didn't say, "this ye do in memory of me on Nissan 14." No, he just simply said "this ye do in memory in me." It was common among early Christians to have the Eucharist every Sunday (cf. St. Justin Martyr).

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Who else is not going to the memorial for the first time this year?

by Pole in

well, it's going to be the first memorial i'll miss out on.

no big deal, but i guess it has to be considered one of the final stages of "apostasy" :-).

i remember i used to see some df-ed people at memorials.

the_classicist

I haven't been for 2-3 years.And I'm glad :).

I remember going once one year and a neighbour of mine brought a person who I later met at my new church. He went b/c he was curious about JW beliefs and I remember him saying, "I notice nobody takes the symbols." Coincidentally it was a snooze-fest in a multi-purpose room in a theatre (they didn't have enough people that year to book the whole theatre).

21

Child thrown off overpass onto Canada's busiest highway by father.

by kwintestal in

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/articlenews/story/ctvnews/1110164164377_7?hub=topstories toronto man throws daughter onto busy highway

ctv.ca news staff.

a toronto child is in guarded condition after she was thrown off a bridge onto the country's busiest highway by her father who then jumped to his death.. it happened around 6 p.m. et sunday at the don mills road bridge over the 401 highway, which has six express lanes.. the child is five years old.

the_classicist

I wouldn't say it was a miraculous survival. Scientifically speaking, children usually have more flexible bones due to a lot of cartilage, and they are still growing and hardened (esp. in the skull area, where the skull cap takes a while to form).

But, yes, there is justice, although not enough.