Topics Started by laverite

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JWs and Field Service Attire
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
this morning the jws are working my neighborhood.

i have a birds eye view from my upstairs office.

on my side of the street is three men with a baby in a stroller.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite, B.S. Engineering: Thank you!
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
this post is dedicated to billy the ex and to all engineers out there.

thank you for being the special breed you are.. have you thanked an engineer today?.

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/engineer-be-human.
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Pat Robertson argues against shunning
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
it is so sad that the jws continue to shun.

i just don't see that ever changing, it's so heavily entrenched in the organization.

even if the org were to lighten up, so many hardliners would continue hard core shunning.. pat robertson isn't known for being the most liberal christian in the media, but in this video he argues that there's nothing to gain from shunning.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py7_qjmm4r8.
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Demons in a coffee shop? How would you react?
by laverite in
1. social
2. humour
i just saw this very short two minute video -- brilliant.

it's gone "viral" on the interwebs/nets.

i couldn't help but imagine that if a jw had been in this coffee shop, s/he would have been screaming "jehovah!
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Kindness and Jehovah's People
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
i came across the following quote the other day and it has stuck a chord with me.

jehovah's people tm spend their lives "pondering the human predicament" (how bad it is, how the world is about to end).

how meaningless all of their efforts and "ponderings" are.
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Adam: OMG, WTF Eve?!!
by laverite in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the new [revised] nwt (n-nwt) apparently has simplified, contemporary language that can be understood by the people of today (with 13% less clutter, and fewer references to kidneys) who are now contemporaries of the 1914 generation.

i can only imagine some of the newly revised passages (starting with a conversation between adam and eve after the big oopsie).i know the pdf version will be online soon.

i do wonder about the full searchable version on jw.org and when that will go live.
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Is anyone live Tweeting from the AGM?
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
hello, .

will anyone be posting live updates via twitter or on jwn during the agm?

cheers, .
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OTWO, Careers and Life Changes
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
otwo, .

i keep thinking that after you retire from your current field (it's fire fighting, i think?

), you will still be very young and able to have a full second career.
Billy the Ex are you
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
...going into your last academic year for your bachelor's in engineering?

or is it 1.5 years still?

anyway, it's that time of year (or quickly will be).
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My daughter asks about the Bible
by laverite in
1. jw
2. friends
my 9 year old asked me yesterday about the bible.

some of her friends in school last year spent a lot of time talking about hell and it really scared her.

i dealt with it with her, so she is reassured and comforted and realizes she doesn't need to worry about going to hell.