I'm no Biblical scholar - at ALL - but whenever I've quoted passages from Leviticus, I was told that it was voided when Jesus came, so nothing it said applied. ???
somebodylovesme
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Slavery in the BIble
by Ariell inleviticus 25:44-46 "your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
you may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
you can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow israelites ruthlessly.
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Do you have a "claim to fame"? Know a celebrity? Appear on TV? spill it...
by somebodylovesme ina bunch of people at work were talking and it was amazing who some of them knew (or had a connection to...).
so, do you have a claim to fame?
mooch off an association?
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A bunch of people at work were talking and it was amazing who some of them knew (or had a connection to...). So, do you have a claim to fame? Mooch off an association? Been on TV or in a movie or something?
My claim to fame: I know Meg White of the White Stripes. (ooo aahhh) I don't even care about their music that much... but it's just cool to be able to say "I knew her when!". Her mom and my mom grew up together and have been best friends forever. It's funny.
So - brag away! Attention wh*res of the world unite...
SLM
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JWs are "wise" and everyone else is "dumb" - no wonder they're arrogant...
by somebodylovesme ini'm bored, so i thought i'd post.
i just remembered a part of a talk from a meeting i went to a couple months ago (to appease the family).
i can't remember what verse, but it was talking about how christians were the "wise" ones.
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I'm bored, so I thought I'd post.
I just remembered a part of a talk from a meeting I went to a couple months ago (to appease the family). I can't remember what verse, but it was talking about how Christians were the "wise" ones. The speaker went to great lengths to explain how Witnesses are smarter and more sophisticated than "dumb" (yes, used that word) wordly people. The logic? If you couldn't see the glaring glory of the truth, you are obviously stupid. "Da bible sez so." It was worded slightly more eloquently, but that was the charge.
And then it dawned on me why a certain one of my in-laws loves this religion. He is not a smart guy -- nice, sweet person, but dumber than a rock, and he knows it. I feel bad for him a lot of the time, because he struggles through the magazines (his wife reads them to him mostly, I think) and doesn't "get" a lot of things the rest of the family talks about. I know he's always felt insecure around me and my hubby, because we are both very good students - me undergad, hubby in grad school, both get straight A's. He must LOVE that in HIS worldview, we are stupid and he is wise. In some twisted way, I think that's why he doesn't hate us by now (it is hard to have a conversation with him on any topic of any seriousness because he just doesn't get it, and he knows it). When they talked about that at the meeting, he was all but gloating.
Just an observation. Must be nice (sarcasm) to be in a group that puts everyone else down and you are thus propelled to some self-created state of "wisdom".
SLM
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Nine Year Old Appreciates 1924 JW Book
by Latte infrom our readers
awake august 22, 2003
faith under trail
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somebodylovesme
lol that is kinda strange...
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Can you keep a secret?
by doodle-v inare you a good keeper of secrets are are you a blabbermouth?.
has someone ever told you "you have to promise not to tell a soul!!
did you promise?
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somebodylovesme
I never MEAN to tell. I've never told a big secret - although some smaller ones (more surprises, I guess) slipped out because I just babble and things pop out! My husband always knows what gift I've got him before he opens it because I accidentally say something about it. We're a family who likes to plan little surprises (unannounced trips, etc) and I always spoil it!
... but I've never slipped on a big secret. I do tell my husband everything, and anyone who tells me a secret knows that.
SLM
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Are things REALLY getting worse? JWs are so pessimistic...
by somebodylovesme inone of the things that always puzzled me about the witnesses' doctrine was this idea that we are living in the worst time the world has ever seen - that the twentieth century has surpassed all others in death and destruction.
am i only the only crazy fool who thinks we have it pretty good?.
a hundred years ago, people died from diseases that are easily treated today.
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El blanco -
"God is mocked." Isn't it great that we have the freedom to think and express what we believe today? You didn't used to have a choice - and still don't in some parts of the world. Forgive me for sounding sappy, but I think that freedom is precious and unique.
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Are things REALLY getting worse? JWs are so pessimistic...
by somebodylovesme inone of the things that always puzzled me about the witnesses' doctrine was this idea that we are living in the worst time the world has ever seen - that the twentieth century has surpassed all others in death and destruction.
am i only the only crazy fool who thinks we have it pretty good?.
a hundred years ago, people died from diseases that are easily treated today.
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Thanks for posting that, robhic! That's exactly what I was wondering - how they dealt with the facts! Very interesting. I think the only things I had read from the WTS were older... so, good to see.
And I agree - I would not want to live in any other time than this.
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Are things REALLY getting worse? JWs are so pessimistic...
by somebodylovesme inone of the things that always puzzled me about the witnesses' doctrine was this idea that we are living in the worst time the world has ever seen - that the twentieth century has surpassed all others in death and destruction.
am i only the only crazy fool who thinks we have it pretty good?.
a hundred years ago, people died from diseases that are easily treated today.
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One of the things that always puzzled me about the Witnesses' doctrine was this idea that we are living in the worst time the world has ever seen - that the twentieth century has surpassed all others in death and destruction. Am I only the only crazy fool who thinks we have it pretty good?
A hundred years ago, people died from diseases that are easily treated today. We have vaccinations that are unique to the 20th century. We have technologies that improve our quality of life when we are ill and injured - surgeries that can remobilize the paralyzed - and drugs that can put even the deadliest viruses at bay.
Earthquakes... I'm not an expert, but I know Witnesses tout that earthquakes have gotten worse in the past hundred years. Is that totally accurate? Not by my research. The deadliest earthquake was in 1556 in China - 850,000 perished. Other big ones... Syria in the 1100s and two in Iran in the 800s... these killed more than the deadliest of the 20th century. What is the foundation of this earthquake terror?
Crime is bad - but it's getting better. Crime rates continue to go down in the US (even though the TV news would have you believe we are all dying in the streets... overdramatization at its best).
I'm not saying the world is perfect - believe me. I have family in Africa right now working with children orphaned by AIDS. I know. But to say that the trouble of the 20th century (and now, 21st) is so unique and so unprecedented.... that sounds absurd to me. There has always been war, disease, hunger, and hatred. Why is it so special now?
So my question is - how do Witnesses ignore history? How can they say it's all unique and so much worse?
SLM
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Feed a Cold?
by CountryGuy inboth me and my sweetie have come down with a cold.
so, making dinner tonight was very interesting.
what sounded good to him, totally grossed me out, and vice-versa.
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Good old fashioned chicken noodle soup. Campbell's. And then I just breathe in the beautiful chicken-y vapors for a minute until I salivate... mmmm.... now I'm hungry.
I've been grossly sick for many days now. Starting to get better, though - yay!
SLM
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I Think the Gods are Smiling on us
by Been there insorry, it got alittle long winded...... .
my daughter was finally served custody papers tonight to appear in court tomorrow at 11:30. it's been a long few days for me.
daughter finding a lawyer and all to defend herself against a total weasal.
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somebodylovesme
I'm so sorry!! I will send positive thoughts toward you and your daughter. Hopefully the courts will see through that BS. Will be thinking of you. Take care.