James Thomas Rook Jr.

I always have nails handy .... sometimes when I am watching TV I eat a half- bowl of nails .... they have plenty of iron, and I like the way sparks come off of my teeth in the darkened room. Sometimes I break rocks  with my fingers and sprinkle the sand on the nails, like putting cheese on a Pizza.
Ever wonder why there are no Dinosaurs anywhere on Earth?
... that was me..

Before I left my mother's home, growing up in Virginia, I had heard about the Indian Fakirs sleeping on a bed of sharp nails, and as I wanted to be a tough guy, I made one for me with a 4'x8" sheet of plywood, and about two thousand nails. 
There were problems during the "adjustment period", however, as the anxiety made me wet the bed, and the nails were getting rusty, it was SO hard to get fitted sheets, and the screaming kept my mother awake at night.

All of this is HUMOR, Queen Ester ... but don't feel bad... half the people in the United States do not understand.
I am 71 years old, and I tell myself these stories, 'cause I like hearing them!

I always have nails handy .... sometimes when I am watching TV I eat a half- bowl of nails .... they have plenty of iron, and I like the way sparks come off of my teeth in the darkened room. Sometimes I break rocks  with my fingers and sprinkle the sand on the nails, like putting cheese on a Pizza.
Ever wonder why there are no Dinosaurs anywhere on Earth?
... that was me..

When my dog Cubby died several years ago, I put her obituary here on the Archive, but when they switched formats or providers (?) her picture was lost.  She died of eye cancer spread to her intestines. She was  a wonderful dog, and I taught her to play the card game "Poker". 
She was very loving and affectionate, but not very smart ... when playing Poker, every time she got good cards, she would wag her tail.

Before I left my mother's home, growing up in Virginia, I had heard about the Indian Fakirs sleeping on a bed of sharp nails, and as I wanted to be a tough guy, I made one for me with a 4'x8" sheet of plywood, and about two thousand nails. 
There were problems during the "adjustment period", however, as the anxiety made me wet the bed, and the nails were getting rusty, it was SO hard to get fitted sheets, and the screaming kept my mother awake at night.

All those watching this dialog appreciate that effort ....

Greetings.
I was going to say when looking for any Russian news related to Jehovah's Witnesses, was going to say lookup the name in Russian.Свидетели Иеговы/SI (Svideteli Iyegovy). You found one of the channels I kept an eye on for a year now.
That being said, the world of religion is changing fast, it is advise that everyone is to be careful and vigilant, this goes for everyone.

For complete and unrestricted freedom of speech, I will bend myself into a pretzel!
I LIKE a "free association", "who knows where the conversation will lead"  semantics and subject brawl.
It's called "Thinking Out Of The Box" .... and I am all for it.
THAT way ... when you discover "New Light" ... next year you just add to it, because it was correct to start with!
 "Old Light" is just darkness, mis-labeled.
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Yes, I have no doubt that you really highly suspect that.

I like ALL dogs .. they are very special "people".   Thanks for the pictures !

(?)  can you post a link?

When did the Apostle Paul find time to be a tent maker, I mean ... him being an Apostle and all, and also a full time minister who was severely nearsighted, yet penned about a third or so of the New Testament ... and had hip problems?

I was kidding about the SPF 5 Million sun tan lotion .... only.
It was a joke about the loving, kind retribution I expect to get locally.
As a matter of dealing with the WTB&TS and the GB ...  and secular authorities over many, many years, I suspect the Russian Embassy will not cash the check but will send me an English Transcript of the Supreme Court decisions.
It will probably take about two months.
I suspect the Society will NOT send a transcript in ANY language, but will cash the check.
From the Society, I suspect I  will get a form letter thanking me for my contribution, and not mention me asking for the transcripts,  in about three months, but the check will clear in about three weeks.
All of this is based on historical experiences ...
What will really happen I don't know ... of course.
 

For complete and unrestricted freedom of speech, I will bend myself into a pretzel!
I LIKE a "free association", "who knows where the conversation will lead"  semantics and subject brawl.
It's called "Thinking Out Of The Box" .... and I am all for it.
THAT way ... when you discover "New Light" ... next year you just add to it, because it was correct to start with!
 "Old Light" is just darkness, mis-labeled.
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He repetedly lies about disassociation being  an action an individual takes or that it is their choice to go through this process.  But this is a very interesting encounter and I think it gets at the crux of the issue. 

Another Joke I made up, because I tried to learn Klingon, and was equally bad at it, was:
"Yeah, I like to speak Klingon ... because I get to yell and spit at the same time!'
 

Queen Ester:
I was referring to the German language ... ( it was a joke..). I took about two months of German in High school, and had no talent whatsoever for learning a foreign language ... my Mother was one of identical twins and was almost telepathic, and I did not learn to talk until I started 1st grade in school.
There is an often used joke line in the USA when someone speaks or types in a foreign language, that when they do not understand ANY of it ... to make an astonished face, roll your eyes and say "Easy for YOU to say!", which in your case ... IS easy for you to say .... you speaking the German Language.
Another joke goes like  ....
ME: "Well .. it's a good thing I was not born in Germany!"
SOMEBODY ELSE: " Oh! ... and WHY is it a good thing you were not born in Germany?"
ME: " Because I CAN'T SPEAK GERMAN!"
bADDA-BING !
 Both jokes are better after Pizza and a pitcher of beer!
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Apologize if i am little boring in responding to your comments, but as you know already - "When words are many, transgression is not lacking"
I would like to point to one problem that arise in JW Organizational perception and perception from JW member. If JW member want to be true Jesus follower than he need, must to reject "worldly perspective" in purpose to be more close to Jesus personality and imitating his faith and to show "fruits of spirit", and to dress on "new personality". Purpose is in that true Jesus disciple can be different (in positive way) from people who do not want or wish or are not familiar with "godly personality". That is possible as you already wrote with JHVH spirit. 
So, you are confusing yourself and us who reading your thoughts with opposite standpoint, again, - "your worldly perspective" how it is need to deal with people who are lazy or have other kind of problems in JW church AND with your suggestion, request that all true JW member, including yourself, have to show "JHVH spirit".  But is it good, possible to mix "worldly perspective with JHVH spirit" and in the finals be satisfied in own eye, and in eye of other christians how our position before god is very well?   
If you think about JW people expectation, here is good to say how all people have some rational and irrational "expectation" about congregation and people inside  and WT organization at all, and on Bible interpretations about present and future promises that was made by GB. :))))
Here i would like to say, how is not Natural that some people supporting other people who are health and able to work with own hands and earn money for daily bread. So this WT organizational arrangement (Bethel, missionary, pioneers, some traveling elders) where some people are in position to live on other people's expense is not normal. It is like in Catholic church against which WT talking a lot, but shows similar illness in this matter.
Have a good evening  

Since Trump got elected, the LIBERAL Snowflakes have gotten louder and louder!

SS:
I am afraid you are correct about that ... so I have decided to write the Russian Embassy in Washington DC ... and the Governing Body in Warwick, New York, asking BOTH for English Language Transcripts, with a link to this thread for context, and see who, if anybody responds.  I am also going to enclose a check for twenty dollars, each ... and ALSO see who does and does not cash the checks.
It will probably be Monday next when I get to it.
I will post the results, if any, here.
As a precaution, I will also try to find some SPF 5 Million sun tan lotion.
 

This reminds me of a passage in 'Up the Down Staircase' in which a student was given a failing grade for wrongly interpreting a poem. He protested. The grade stood. It stood even when the student brought the poet himself to school and the poet said 'yes'- that's exactly what he meant. 
The only satisfaction he received was to see school policy changed. From that point on, only dead poets were used in connection with assignments. 

Details are important.
My wife and I just watched the movie "The Butterfly Effect" last night .... WHoAAA !!!

I would have no problem wearing a Tetragrammaton pin as an Identifier.
About 40 years ago,  I had the letters YHWH on both the rear bumpers of my pickup truck and travel trailer ... I had just arrived in Pennsylvania for a new job, and  Brothers witnessing door-to-door noticed it, and knocked on my trailer door, and that was the Congregation I attended while I was there.
It was on their recommendation, even though I had a FULL BEARD,  that I got to help build the Bethel Branch Office in Lima, Peru, almost 40 years ago, and it changed my entire life ... met a Peruvian Sister there, later married her, and we had three kids who turned out well.
... all because of the YHWH, on the back of my travel trailer bumper.
However, a CORPORATE LOGO is NOT the same thing.