Women in the....? Fill in the blank:
demand to live in a nice big home, and drive a newish four door vehicle, period. They will be content with nothing less, even though the undereducated JW hubby is breaking his back-side as a sweaty blue-collar albeit high-paying craft with little chance of getting a desk job during his fast approaching late middle-age. Is that what you were after?
it's been a few years since the organization ended the book study arrangement in private homes.. gone was the last opportunity to have tea and biscuits and a natter with the friends afterwards.. do you think people regret losing the book study?
for some, it may have been the only time they were able to get some "associaton".
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The end of the book study meant the end of "goodie night".
under "2014 convention reminders":.
seat saving: when the doors to the facility are opened each morning, please to not rush to the seating area of your preference as if competing with fellow attenders.
a self-sacrificing spirit that moves us to seek the good of others identifies us as true christians and moves onlookers to praise god.. ................................................................ i personally don't recall them previously making reference to the jw-version of the "running of the bulls" that takes place every morning when the doors open at 8:00 a.m. have seen it myself many times, it's always good for a laugh.
Why use WTs to save seats? Because no one in their right mind would take it. Duh!
under "2014 convention reminders":.
seat saving: when the doors to the facility are opened each morning, please to not rush to the seating area of your preference as if competing with fellow attenders.
a self-sacrificing spirit that moves us to seek the good of others identifies us as true christians and moves onlookers to praise god.. ................................................................ i personally don't recall them previously making reference to the jw-version of the "running of the bulls" that takes place every morning when the doors open at 8:00 a.m. have seen it myself many times, it's always good for a laugh.
Yep, the attendants so lovingly take the choice seats for themselves, their in-laws, late-comers (because they're studying), best buds who contact them on social media so they can leisurely pick up a McD breakfast. Of course I should mention the enterprising young pioneer brother who will camp out at the front door of the venue (a la Black Friday at Best Buy) with his track shoes so he can be the first to throw Watchtowers down on the good seats.
the hope of a better world is what attracted me (and likely many of you other loiterers (grin) on this site) into the mental mindtrap of christian thought.
i guess its understandable, re-reading the words that the author of the matthew gospel that we know as the sermon on the mount, its easy to think, that if jesus ruled the world, everything would be ok.. i'm still interested in a better world.
so have many other thinkers (and revolutionaries).
humbled, we have the moral obligation to help our fellow man I agree. The uninformed Awake reader of recent years would conclude that WT is in support of the many UN human rights/humanitarian aid efforts.
where in the christian greek scriptures do disciples of christ record how many hours a month they preached.. " " " " 10 hours for women and children and slack husbands with no ambition.
" " " " do they record how many back calls / return visits they made in a month.. " " " " have they set down how many bible studys they had in a month.. " " " " do they have pioneers ,special pioneers , aux.pioneers , with goals to reach each month.. " " " " do they have d.o.
, c.o., zone servants , etc.etc.. " " " " where in the christian greek scriptures is the word " organisation" applied to christianity.
Had an elder comment on WT study (recently) that Jesus carried scrolls when he preached to people-roll eyes!
in a private conversation with a c.o.
friend from north carolina, he told me yesterday that they just got a letter that all traveling overseers (do's & co's) age 70 & up are going to be laid off on 09/01/2014.
they will be asssigned to local congregations and further details are pending.. .
That will be a bitter pill to swallow for these older ones and their wives. There will no doubt be some collateral damage in the form of awakened legacy members.
i only heard about these atms last year on this forum.
the poster seemed to be saying they are for donating only, is that correct?
absolutely gobsmacked over this, don't the brothers see any correlation between this and the likes of jimmy swaggart?
Brainfloss, RE: maximum ATM contribution.
These type of transactions are typically limited to $500 per transaction depending on your financial nstitution. They work just like any other debit card transaction.
the best public talk i ever heard was one i heard in a jw kingdom hall.
unfortunately, the hurriedly formed jc disfellowshipped him within a couple of weeks for not worshipping the octo(headed) gb.
this happened two years back when i was his fellow-elder.
That would have been too profound for the JWs in our hall. I dream that someone would say, "the GB is the man of lawlessness" (three times for emphasis) from the platform.
the recent letter being us to come to detroit shows that jws are beginning not to take the gb seriously anymore.
the buzz following the meeting was that the letter was unprecedented in its tone.
this coming from long time jws of 30 years plus.
Magnun: how butter is made in the Alps...funny. That reminds me of that upbuilding Awake article some years back, "Ever tried Cassava leaves?"
