Steve Jobs last words, "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow."
Posts by carla
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63Famous Last Words
by Blueblades insooner or later it happens to all of us.the time comes for us to draw our last breath and pass from this life into the next.over the years history has recorded some fascinating "famous last words"...here are a few.. "i've never felt better".douglas fairbanks,sr.,actor.. "iam about to----or i am going to-----die;either expression is correct".dominique bouhours,french grammarian.. "don't let it end like this.tell them i said something.
"pancho villa,mexican revolutionary.. "all my possessions for a moment of time!
"elizabeth 1,queen of england.. "everybody has got to die,but i have always believed an exception would be made in my case.now what?
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"Jehovah" and the less emphasized "Jesus." WHY?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthere has always been less emphasis on jesus, and more on the name jehovah.
if jesus played for the wtbts baseball team, he would play right field.
he would be good enough to start but by playing right field, he wouldn't see too many baseballs hit his way.
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carla
I never understood their apparent dislike for Jesus. Sure, they give lip service now and again but if you talk to jw's or hear some of the comments they have to say about 'Jesus Lovers' you would think they don't much care for the guy. Sometimes I think that they think they are on par with Jesus, meaning their organization is on par.
The real reason they don't mention Jesus much is because they are not Christians.
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Do jw's have any concept of numbers re: population?
by carla ini was just thinking about how jw's like to brag about having 8 million members world wide and thought i might look up just what those numbers really mean in the big scheme of things.
back in the day when me & my jw were still discussing anything jw he thought that 8 million people couldn't be wrong.
i tried to tell him what a minuscule amount that really is to no avail.
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carla
I was just thinking about how jw's like to brag about having 8 million members world wide and thought I might look up just what those numbers really mean in the big scheme of things. Back in the day when me & my jw were still discussing anything jw he thought that 8 million people couldn't be wrong. I tried to tell him what a minuscule amount that really is to no avail.
If the big A happened and all 8 million jw's made it into the 'new system' they would all fit in the state of Virginia, in 2016 the population was 8.412 million.
How about big cities? what are some of the populations there? (2015 numbers)
New York City, USA -20.6 million people
Beijing, China- 21 million people
Seoul-Incheon, South Korea -23.48 million people
Delhi, India - 24.9 million people
Those are just a few of the mega cities. How do jw's plan to meet up with their brethren from all over the world? I am assuming power lines and such will be down? who will produce the salt box houses they like to picture with the panda bears and tigers on the freshly mowed lawns?
In the past he said that first the jw's have to help God clean everything up after the birds help clean up eyeballs and flesh from our bones then the hard work will come and then the nice parts shown on the covers of wt's & asleeps can happen. When asked practical questions of who will produce goods, cars, plane travel? etc.... my jw seemed to have some fuzzy idea that God would somehow magically make things wonderful again. Like a magic wand?
I'm not saying God couldn't do miracles but if He was going to then he surely wouldn't need jw's to clean up bones would He? don't jw's think of this? or is it best for them not to speculate with each other for fear of being considered weak? What do the elders have to say when asked?
I suppose they say nobody really knows we just have to trust blah, blah, blah?
I digress, I think I am forgetting all previous jw's who ever lived. However the jw's who lived in 1918, 1920,30's, 40's, etc.. would have apostate thinking by today's standards. How do they get up to speed? what if they refuse? How do all gb members who ever lived get along? Will Knorr or Rutherford like the idea of a group of gb members instead of themselves ruling?
Do jw's ever ponder such silly questions themselves?
I now feel stupider even thinking and posting this. Is it 5:00 somewhere?
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Interesting statistics about those who die from refusing blood transfusions.
by UnshackleTheChains injust watched this video on the blood issue.
the guy presenting the video gives some interesting statistics that quite frankly should alarm anyone involved with the watchtower.
as someone who has always had deep misgivings about this policy, it frightens me to think my relatives could one day find themselves in a situation where blood may be required to save their lives.. watch from about 13 minutes in.
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carla
I watched the whole video. Outstanding! thanks for posting this.
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Satan is "bullying" you through family
by neat blue dog injust thought i'd share this ridiculous picture from a recent watchtower.
in recent years, the word bullying has been thrown around a lot, and often misused by instigators and subtle bullies themselves.
in this picture we learn that your loving family who wants to continue sharing a family tradition with you, who hands you a beautifully wrapped present with a smile on their face, is in fact bullying you.
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carla
I have some vague memory of some wt in the past that said that if a relative or friend gave you a gift you should accept it graciously but let the person know why you don't do Christmas, etc....that was the gist of it. I remember this because of some incident with my jw and I reminded him of said article which promptly shut him up and act like a normal person for the occasion. Wish I could remember!
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Satan is "bullying" you through family
by neat blue dog injust thought i'd share this ridiculous picture from a recent watchtower.
in recent years, the word bullying has been thrown around a lot, and often misused by instigators and subtle bullies themselves.
in this picture we learn that your loving family who wants to continue sharing a family tradition with you, who hands you a beautifully wrapped present with a smile on their face, is in fact bullying you.
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carla
Sounds like something my jw has said in the past.
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Damon Wayans
by label licker inthis just breaks my heart.
one of my favorite actors.
i wonder why he went back.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgxx7knkwzc.
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carla
He said, "thank you Jesus"? doesn't sound very dubby to me.
Recent picture shows him with a beard and mustache
In my neck of the woods beards and mustaches are still frowned upon by jw's.
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Solicitors Visit Update
by pale.emperor inin case you're not aware of my last two threads:.
the situation that arose in that my mother has been having secret access to my daughter and refusing to tell me how she is: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here.
the build up to my solicitors visit: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6284953638666240/solicitors-appontment-tomorrow-advice-appreciated.
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carla
Good for you! Glad it went as well as it did.
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Solicitors Appontment Tomorrow - Advice Appreciated
by pale.emperor infollowing up on this thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here?page=3#!#5179106934128640.
im seeing my solicitor tomorrow to see about getting an order in place making sure any contact my daughter has with my jw family goes through me and not my ex-wife.. explained the situation briefly to the lawyer, she was asking more and more about why should i be concerned if a jw had access to my child.. i mentioned the blood issue, the shunning, the inappropriate pictures of armageddon in books/mags etc.
do you think i should bring in watchtower literature to show them what i mean?
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carla
here is a link to the jw custody packet
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Update on Detroit-Area Murder Suicide - Front Page Article
by lepermessiah inhttps://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/02/19/keego-harbor-jehovahs-witness-mom-triple-murder-suicide/351559002/.
this was on the front page of freep.com this morning - sadly there are some factual errors in this article that people will jump on (not allowed to go to college was in original article for instance - hopefully the reporter will correct it).
interesting reading the comments below the article - all kinds of opinions.
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carla
just saw this trending on yahoo news, sad.