penitants from all over the world will reenact the crucifixion scene with some literally being nailed to a cross.
others will walk on their knees bleeding, holding candles, saying prayers.
in thousands of churches around the world the mel gibsonish scene of a pulverized jesus will pull at the emotions of christians.. as jws we always saw this rather bloodless sanitary nordic looking jesus to deal with but within the catholic and protestant churches this is their week to go full on corporal.. what do you suppose the fascination is with the crucifixion..
For the English speaking Christians out there, I think the name of the day would make a little more sense if it was changed to "Holy Friday" as it is in Romance Languages or "Sorrowful or Suffering Friday" as it is in German.
http://catholicism.about.com/od/Good-Friday/f/Why-Is-Good-Friday-Good.htm
Just my $.02.
om
http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.
if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.
it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.
*marking*
Thanks so much Cedars.
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kathleen conti just commented on a facebook xjw group that "watchtower gets no more extensions".
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10151371194950835/?notif_t=group_comment.
I have no legal expertise at all, but this made me smile:
"Watchtower Bible & Tract Society's AOB in excess of word count limit."
(Insert OUTLAW's snickering pooch Mutley here.)
om
miss you, bro.
just in case you still lurk, i wanted to let you know.
i'm doing much better now, and no longer have the 'brother' issues.
Dear Gumb:
Hope your nut sack is still in good shape.
om
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3k8dqth1m.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyyeuz5fw8.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avpnjx4yi2s.
"Champagne for my real friends.
Real pain for my sham friends."
Tom Waits
the new wt 2013 june tells kids that they might get to study with a pirate someday!
perhaps johnny depp will be resurrected for just that purpose?.
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"Apparently", The Watchtower has left the "peg leg" question unanswered for now. If Blackbeard had one on his left leg, the Art Dept. cleverly inserted a pillar in front of it. Aaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhh!
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the other thread on the judge rutherfords death lead me to google beth sarim at 4440 braeburn rd., in san diego ca.
nice digs on google earth.
the home next door is over $800,000 on zillow and trulia.
Right near the front door there's a big, dark, metal oval-shaped placque that says "Beth-Sarim, Home of the Princes". It's a registered Historic Landmark in San Diego County.
I'm pretty sure you can see the placque on Google street view.
When my son and I visited a couple years ago and took a few disrespectful photos, there were people home and they didn't have the JW "vibe" at all. But you never know.
om
it was only low 20s (c) here in southern australia.
after weeks of long hot days, it looks like the cold is on the way.
in an unrelated matter - it's only 11 days till game of thrones season 3 begins.
Started using the car's air conditioning last week here in Northern California. Dining on the patio and time to get the big umbrella up for the season.
the age newspaper | fairfax media | saturday, march 16, 2013. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/slamming-the-door-on-jehovah-20130315-2g6fo.html.
slamming the door on jehovah's witnesses.
she is an apostate, which sounds like a strange disease, and in many ways it is.
marked
"that which can be asserted without evidence, can.
be dismissed without evidence.
" - christopher hitchens.
Excellent post Surely.
"And this is the way the current generation stays, eventually dying of old age, and a new generation gets suckered in: cognitive dissonance and a brain that has been in suspended animation due to an official ban on critical thinking."
So very sad yet true.
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