i pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
"One of the biggest illusions of JWland is that their is a ladder when there is no ladder only the illusion of one"
like the district overseers found out, when the high rung they were standing on, was suddenly missing. ouch, ha ha. better have a parachute, or prepared cushy bed to fall down on. like a super cleaning company.
Saumur and Crepeault had something in common.
hi its been on the bbc website that in the uk they got 25% of the power that the whole country needed for friday just from solar power alone.
last year's flight of a solar powered plane around the world. stopover in beautiful Hawaii
hi its been on the bbc website that in the uk they got 25% of the power that the whole country needed for friday just from solar power alone.
everything else, except nuclear and tidal, is solar power too, Hydro / dams, wind, wave, coal, oil, --- all stored solar energy.
to all you young and old alike what would you have as a farewell party from this earth , would you party with friends months before or would you go out quietly and rather have input into the wake.
i have heard of these duck hunters who put their ashes in shotgun shells.
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No wt propaganda at my funeral, not having a glory seeking elder shine and, stealing the show. have seen celebrations of life in the neighborhood, live music, passing photos, viewing videos, having food, a drink. earth burial in an already ready casket. or?
in view of the terrorist attacks going on in the world right now, as well as the high degree of animosity towards jehovah's witnesses as a result of their shuning practices, etc., i think it would be wise for the wts to discontinue meeting for large conventions and use live streaming and broadcasts instead.
even with the increased security measures being put in place this year, it would not be surprising if some incidents take place.
has anyone heard any talk in this regard?.
wt/jw are quite safe from extremist attacks. how close is "theocratic order" actually to sharia law? may be they are searching for bull horns ? banners?
a thought occurred to me that simply because something is old does not make it valuable or worthy of sacred reverence.. the bible is held up as sacred just because it is "old" and apparently preserved.. but, that does not make sense.
if in thousands of years someone finds a notebook of my scribbles or sketches that i threw away, that doesn't elevate them to "valuable status" simply because they survived.
they were thrown away because they were worthless.. or if an archaeologist finds an ancient broken bit of pottery that was used for garbage disposal, it doesn't change its status from what it once was - a garbage bin.. i guess what i am trying to ask is, why is it that we as humans give value to writings just because they are old?.
Majestic language: " In the beginning God created heaven and Earth", preferably read with Bach organ playing in the background...... and wrong.
conditions are i want to see it in print..
at an assembly they said about the 1975 timeline: "we regret to have published that" . not an apology really, but someone, at another assembly said" what should we apologize for? the millions of extra hours, new brothers we have because of it?
If wt has real regrets, they will be still to come.
i think i would say " you can not change others you can only change your self" .
if you cant think of anything what is the next number in this sequence?.
what do these sums have in common?.
I tried my best, you carry on.
so a week or so ago we received an invitation for a jw friend's wedding anniversary party in the mail.it was addressed to 'the andersen family' (and not just mrs. andersen & baby andersen) which was pleasant of course, but not a huge surprise given the type of person who said friend is.. however, i already prepared myself to be uninvited after all.
some time ago, there was a congregation farewell party/get-together.to my surprise, i was invited too!
an elder specifically came over to my house to tell me.then some weeks later, he visited again, being terribly sorry but the invitation was revoked as the congregation got concerned over my possible presence.. with that debacle in mind, i wasn't surprised to receive a message from my friend 'hey are you at home?
they are not worthy of you.
Does he realize the wailing wall now holds the platform for the Mosque "Dome of the Rock"? attended by people that he tried to prevent from entering the US by his first travel ban, the failed Visa Wall?
