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is 100 years a long time?
by nugget injws concept of time is definitley bizarre.
on a website recently some brothers argued that if the end didn't come for another 100 years then that was not really a long time.
jws always look at time in relation to god's supposed standard of a 1000 years being just one day but perhaps they should revise their estimates to human timescales.. human life expectancy is on average 70 to 80 years.
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I have been asked to submit work for next year's open studio exhibit
by nugget inmy husband showed some of my work to artists exhibiting in this years open studio event and i have been asked to submit work for next year.
as soon as the children go back to school i will be busy with the isograph pens.
as a witness i gave up my art studies and my dream of fine art because it was not appropriate for a witness.
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Is Blind Obedience to group of men supported by Scripture?
by nugget ini have been pondering over the demands made by the governing body for absolute loyalty and unquestioning obedience to their interpretation of scripture.
is this a reasonable request and is it in line with scripture?
alternatively is there in fact a scriptural defence for taking personal responsibility for beliefs and having a questioning attitude when being told what is to be believed.. there are ample scriptural warnings about trusting in men psalm 146 v 3 warns us not to put our trust in nobles or earthly men and galatians 1 v 8 goes even further stating that even if an angel were to preach to us something contrary to the teachings of christ it should be ignored.
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Aung San Suu Kyi on Desert Island Discs
by nugget ini particularly enjoyed the programme this friday and would recommend it.
for those unfamiliar with this bbc radio 4 show famous people are asked to choose records they would take with them if they are stranded on a desert island.
they are allowed to take one book (they are given the bible and the complete works of shakespeare) and one luxury.
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Heavy Metal Masturbation
by nugget ini apologise if this has been posted before, but it made me laugh.
http://youtu.be/txomtuugb4y.
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My JW mum is in hospital
by nugget inmy poor mum fell over on sunday and broke her hip.
she was taken to hospital and yesterday had an operation to place a pin in the joint.
this was obviously a worrying time for all concerned and my dad let us all know what was going on.
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Huffington post comments still going strong on JW Case
by nugget inhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/16/calif-jury-awards-28m-in-_n_1602997.html.
getting all the usual apologist nonsense and people who have little understanding of the case or the way the society works.
it is good that the comments are still going though and there is sanity occasionally.
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In terms of religion is less really more?
by nugget inwhen i was growing up as a witness i remember hearing news about the ever expanding preaching work.
the only number that went down was the number of annointed but over time the organisation seems to say they are growing whilst in fact they are shrinking.. district conventions were 4 days (fewer than the 7 days early on but still a challenge.
) these have been reduced to 3 days.