Posts by journey-on

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The WT anti-education message: are the youth paying attention?

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

it's been about a year since the wt condemned all forms of higher education.. in my hall, two elder's have allowed their sons to go to college.. others are continuing their studies, despite what brooklyn says.. .

how have the youth in your hall responded?.

journey-on

Good for you for rising above the congregational "politics".

It's a different world and a different generation. The older folks could make a decent living without college, but it's much too difficult in today's culture without a college degree. They don't understand this yet.

The Society's fear that one will develop independent thinking in college is clouding their counsel. That's all they see and they are probably right, but today's youth are smart and savvy and won't be duped like the previous generations were IMO.

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The WT anti-education message: are the youth paying attention?

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

it's been about a year since the wt condemned all forms of higher education.. in my hall, two elder's have allowed their sons to go to college.. others are continuing their studies, despite what brooklyn says.. .

how have the youth in your hall responded?.

journey-on

Daniel-p

You may have touched on something here. In lower class or lower income areas, if you go to college, the congregation looks at you as if you're trying to come UP in the world. But in upper income areas, it's the norm to go and it's not looked at as trying to climb up the worldly ladder, so to speak. It IS a cultural component, as you put it.

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What is the NEW BUZZ in the Org?

by Save My Soul in

there is a new wt arrangement, the 1935 change, the 30 minute public talk among other things.

some have even said they would stop talking doom and gloom, can someone please confirm this?.

what is the perception of these things among those active in the org?

journey-on

That NEW BUZZ is all the flies swarming around a dying carcass.

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IF THE BIBLE STORY IS TRUE ...WHO THE HELL WROTE THIS?

by fedorE in

math 26 says jesus finds his apostles asleep as he was praying.

his boys were all asleep.

no one heard his words uttered in solitude.. so who the hell wrote em down?........is it just a story?

journey-on

Okay, Inquisitor....I'm adding you to my list of Comedy Relief posters. This was HILARIOUS!

Between you and DeaconblueZ we could have an ex-JW Comedy Club nite.

I'm gonna be sending you a manuscript of my last words either by (1) dove, by (2) Pentecostal heebie jeebie revelation in Mary's house or (3) e-mail. You've gotta put that...
11 Apostles: What's e-..?

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The WT anti-education message: are the youth paying attention?

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

it's been about a year since the wt condemned all forms of higher education.. in my hall, two elder's have allowed their sons to go to college.. others are continuing their studies, despite what brooklyn says.. .

how have the youth in your hall responded?.

journey-on

I don't go anymore, but my sis, who is a fanatical JW elder's wife, is. Her daughter is planning on going back to college soon. I sincerely think many long-time confident JWs are letting that admonition about education go in one ear and out the other. They just don't make a big issue about it and overly discuss it amongst themselves. It will be kind of like, "Oh, when did Jessica get a degree? I didn't even know she was going to college?"

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Longtime JWD posters/professional lurkers with low post counts

by Black Man in

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friends

hey all,.

just checkin' in.

been here since '01, but don't even have 500 posts.

journey-on

Along the same lines, why are there so many that respond to posts but never post their own topic? What's up with that?

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Conversation with street witnessor (?) becomes elder infused

by AuldSoul in

yesterday, thursday, july 26, 2007, a conversation with a street witnessor (isn't that what you would call someone involved in street witnessing?

) got joined by a walk-up elder turned into a great opportunity to witness to several bystanders (who even joined in the conversation).. i began by declining to accept the offer from the elderly woman who held up a "what does god require of us?

i said, "but, verne, you aren't going to the bible.

journey-on

Changeling

Sometimes the Cosmos moves to put just such things in place. Don't you agree?

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Does this mean anything to you??

by student1 in

one day you finally knew.

what you had to do, and began,.

though the voices around you.

journey-on

Keep writing, dear. That was beautiful. I love poetry. A college professor told me one time that "poetry is seeing the air in front of your face." I never forgot that.

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Conversation with street witnessor (?) becomes elder infused

by AuldSoul in

yesterday, thursday, july 26, 2007, a conversation with a street witnessor (isn't that what you would call someone involved in street witnessing?

) got joined by a walk-up elder turned into a great opportunity to witness to several bystanders (who even joined in the conversation).. i began by declining to accept the offer from the elderly woman who held up a "what does god require of us?

i said, "but, verne, you aren't going to the bible.

journey-on

OMG, Auld Soul. What an awsome experience! This is what we all would like to happen to us. Keep your calm, be well-informed (as you were), stay focused, and BLOW THEM OUT OF THE TUB!

Seeds planted.

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Why, exactly, are you here?

by animal in

jw
friends

why, exactly, are you here on jwd?.

are you out of the jw's and still needing association with like people?.

do you lack the skills to have real friends in real life?.

journey-on

These people laugh at the same things I do and cry at the same things I do...simple as that. They "get it."