if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
If you think prayer is an effective treatment for depression, you might be a JW.
If a Winnebago is the last thing you think of when someone says "RV," you might be a JW.
If you owned more than 5 briefcases before the age of 18, you might be a JW.
If stocking up on brochures was part of your "back-to-school" routine, you might be a JW.
been away from the site for a few days...because i have been busy getting these!!!!!!
(pixel, thank you!
) they did not make it easy, plus technical difficulties.. for the main attraction:.
steve2 initiated a discussion on how our former loving brothers and sisters are behaving, while engaging in the 'trolley work.
' (link: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/93590001/within-one-minute-jw-trolley-directs-me-jw-org ).
my own observations are the same as the posters report on steve2's thread.
My mother started a study about 2 months ago with someone she met while wheeling one of these trolleys around.
She's still studying with her.
But that's the only good experience I've ever heard beyond, "We placed so many magazines today!"
simon,.
it seems the quote function isn't working properly for me on my end.. i am going to highlight this sentence and push the quote button.. nope, didn't work.. just a head's up.. .
ps: i am running the latest chrome on mac osx 10.9.5..
Thanks!
this is the fourth kingdumb song released since the annual meeting.
three were released back in october.
this one was released this week.. here's the link to the recording: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/sing-to-jehovah-new-songs/prayer-stand-firm-139/.
Every and ev'ry are sung pretty much the same ... do they really need to do that?
Some folks down here say "Ev-uh-ree" when pronouncing "every." It annoys the heck out of me.
simon,.
it seems the quote function isn't working properly for me on my end.. i am going to highlight this sentence and push the quote button.. nope, didn't work.. just a head's up.. .
ps: i am running the latest chrome on mac osx 10.9.5..
Simon,
It seems the quote function isn't working properly for me on my end.
I am going to highlight this sentence and push the quote button.
Nope, didn't work.
Just a head's up.
PS: I am running the latest Chrome on Mac OSX 10.9.5.
i've been out of the religion for a little while now but my family is still "strong in the truth".
i got a call today asking if i could stop by to have a discussion.
they just had their circuit assembly and this is typically when they decide to talk to me, while they're spiritually energized hah.
any hints of how I shall endure it?
Get an e-reader and read Sci-Fi novels or Richard Dawkins all day?
this is a real conversation i had with a jw friend last night.
several times previously he claimed to be a certified genius, having supposedly passed the mensa test.... .
me: so what do you think about jws condoning the idea that dinosaurs could have lived with humans?.
Let me guess, Bloody Hotdogs!, he was born a JW?
Genius has nothing to do with knowledge, it has to do with intelligence.
I know plenty of intelligent individuals that have weird, irrational beliefs because of a fear of exploring beyond their comfort zone.
I had to have a psych evaluation about 15 years ago and scored over 145 on an actual, non-online, Stanford Binet IQ test given by a psychologist. That's adequate for Mensa, I believe. (Or someone told me)
But, I still believed the JW bull crap because I never went to college and never wanted to or learned to use my critical thinking skills on my own beliefs.
a couple years back my hall had around 12 elders, and the body was literally divided into little factions of elders(gotta love jehovah's holy spirit !).
the branch sent 2 more elders to help resolve the issues between them, and that didn't help at all.. so when the circuit overseer visited, a meeting was held after the sunday meeting.
i waited in the hall by myself since the rest of my family was out of town for a certain family event.
I was like the OP. I was the guy waiting on my Dad to get out of his elder's meetings.
For as long as I can remember, my dad was the PO/C.O.B.E. of every congregation we were involved with. He was a real stickler for time. So even if the issue wasn't resolved, he stuck to the 2-hour "rule" and would adjourn the meeting once two hours went by.
the awake!
january 1 1989 contains the quote on page 12 "he was laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.
" this was later changed in the bound volume and on the cd library to "in our day.".
I know it's not the subject of this thread, but I also actually have access to the 1969 bound volume that contains the article on not growing old in this system of things. It belongs to my dad. Read that passage myself a few weekends ago.
