Posts by bemused

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JW.Orgy......let's come up with slogans

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

here are a couple suggestions for slogans:.

missionary positions available".. 2.

where jesus isn't the only one coming for a second time".. .. add yours to the list.

bemused

We promise to be faithful and discreet.

We do it with the (new) light on.

Enjoy the Rapture

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Remember this picture?

by Zoos in

i went to a small non-denominational church yesterday - first time in a church since i left the borg 4 years ago - and this is how i observed several of the members singing.. .

boy... do those people love to sing.. .

i try not to judge the sincerity of others but i was a little put off by the experience because it looked fake, showy display-ish.

bemused

Although, to be fair, the quality of the hymns is dire to start with.

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Remember this picture?

by Zoos in

i went to a small non-denominational church yesterday - first time in a church since i left the borg 4 years ago - and this is how i observed several of the members singing.. .

boy... do those people love to sing.. .

i try not to judge the sincerity of others but i was a little put off by the experience because it looked fake, showy display-ish.

bemused

In my (admittedly limited) experience, the quality of singing in KHs is very poor - much worse than in most christian churches.

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July 2014 WT cracks down on apostate debates and 'dance parties'

by EndofMysteries in

in the july 2014 study wt article titled "jehovah's people "renouce unrighteousness".

par 9 and 10 .

9. how did foolish and ignorant debates affect the early christian congregation?.

bemused

Hmm, could be some sparsely populated dance floors at JW weddings in future. Perhaps guests will have to limit themselves to say two dances?

BTW - what is a 'dance party'?

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The Year 4014

by snowbird in

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i will turn 61 years old this coming november.. i will turn 2,061 years old in november of 4014.. http://www.worldtimeserver.com/calendar.aspx?y=4014.

according to ecclesiastes 3:11, the concept of eternity is part of our makeup.. it's mind-boggling to think about it.. sylvia.

bemused

Hmmm. I see my birthday falls on a weekend in 4014. Perhaps I should organize a BBQ?

Snowbird - it is mind-boggling. And what about 44,014 or 44,444,014? Multiply that last number by a trillion trillion and thats still not eternity. I suspect we'll be bored by then.

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i feel like i wasn't allowed to read a lot of books when i was younger, a lot of which i'm discovering are positivly phenomenal.. i was allowed to read edgar allan poe, who remains my all time favorite writer.

but, i've discovered the joys of stephen king, anne rice, joyce carrol oats, neil gaiman, george r. martin, david sedaris... and so so so many more.. i'm currently getting through "the shining" so i can move on to "doctor sleep".

i'm interested to see if anyone else that discovered the many joys of "worldly" literature, jumped immediately into what they weren't allowed to read... and what was your favorite?.

bemused

Some of my favourite books:

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Have fun!

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Last Friday I brought home 6 Peepers

by Still Totally ADD in

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they are so cute in their cage with the red heat lamp warming them.

there are eggs in our future.

coop is built all i need to do now is put the fence in.

bemused

Good luck with the new venture. If you have a fox problem, I'm sure Dazed but not Confused could help out.

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

bemused

I'm getting a bit confused (or even bemused) by this thread. Please bear with me (I'm a never-in), but here's a summary of my understanding. I'd be grateful if you could highlight anything I've got wrong.

Currently - Anonymous (presumably cash) donations are made at the KH. These could go to one of several funds but most will pass to an account managed by the local elders, less any loan repayments to head office, eg repayment of loans provided for building their hall. (I'm not sure what the BoE then do with these remaining funds other than some local maintenance.)

New Arrangements - The local assets will no longer exist, other than perhaps a small fund for basic maintenance and any excess existing funds are to be transferred to head office. All new donations are to be passed to head office. The BoE will carry out an anonymous survey to ascertain what the congregation can afford and then, based on this survey, make a commitment to head office that it will do all it can to meet that contribution level. Individual contributions will still be anonymous.

Speculation - There will be pressure for individuals to make payment by, for example, direct debit so contributions would no longer be anonymous. Elders will review the level of individual contribution and speak to heads of households if the contributions are considered to be inadequate. This could include a review of finances and examination of tax returns.

Is this right?

Bemused

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Took my son (5 yrs) shooting for his first time.

by dazed but not confused in

i went with my neighbor to an outdoor shooting range in the pawnee national grasslands in colorado.

its about 2 hours northeast of denver.

it was awesome.

bemused

I think the US puts a much higher value on personal freedoms than other developed countries do and this is particularly the case in gun ownership. Western European countries typically have accepted restrictions on weapons to benefit society as a whole. US society has accepted much higher death rates from firearms* as a trade off for the right to bear arms. It seems strange viewed from Europe but Americans are not just Brits with a different accent.

* Number of Homicides by Firearm 2007 (UN statistics, as reported in the UK's Guardian newspaper)

England and Wales 41

France 35

Denmark 15

US 9,146

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Took my son (5 yrs) shooting for his first time.

by dazed but not confused in

i went with my neighbor to an outdoor shooting range in the pawnee national grasslands in colorado.

its about 2 hours northeast of denver.

it was awesome.

bemused

Yadda Yadda 2 - I think for many in the US it's exactly that, a hobby. The attitude to guns is probably the single biggest cultural difference between the US and the rest of the westernised world.