i have always wanted to do that at a kingdom hall.
over the past few years i celebrated pesach (passover) with some jewish friends and it was so cool to be able to munch the food.
besides the jewish tradition was much more fun and was more like a party.
I have always wanted to do that at a kingdom hall. Over the past few years I celebrated pesach (passover) with some jewish friends and it was so cool to be able to munch the food. Besides the jewish tradition was much more fun and was more like a party. My jewish friends tell me - "They don't call it the High holidays for nothing."
So... Did you ever drink the wine or munch the matzos at the KH?
ever wonder what gw bush would look like as a girl?
http://www.funsnap.com/1/bushgirl.swf
note: this thing takes a while to load, be patient, it's worth the wait, unless you're an uptight republican
Oh the humanity!!
I have to burn my monitor now and wash off my eyeballs!
joseph was 30 when pharo gave him egypt,why because he prefigured jesus, david was 30 when god made him king,why because he prefigured jesus.why was jesus 30 when god gave him his ministry,because thats the age adam was when god gave him eve.. why would god put all of these scriptures in the bible if adam was only 25 or 26 when god made eve.
gen 41:46 num 4:3 num 4:23 2sam 5:4 1chron 23:3 luke 3:23 adam was the first king.
an age god decided a man was of age.because if jesus was 30 and adam was only 25 then the devil has a legal case that god is cheating, that jesus had longer to develop than adam.
LOL @ Wintson & shamus,
Ah man. That guy was hysterical, did we have to de-activate his account.
maybe he was a zealot stuck in the house with a broken leg or more likely a brain tumor.
it struck me this morning that the recent news that, in general, church-goers vote republican and non-church goers (regularly that is) vote democratic.. if the majority of republicans support president bush and the invasion of iraq and the majority of democrats do not, then it would follow that the majority of church-goers are in favor of the invasion.
and the non-churchers aren't.. what struck me is odd is the watchtower teaching that christians, in general, are inclined to be warlike (a polite term).
then it struck me about the morality of the whole invasion.
I am bit confused by this.
Conservatives tend to believe that we all have free will and can make choices in our lives which affect the quality of our lives.
On the other hand, Liberals tend to believe that people are born into certain scenarios that preclude some from ever having any choices in life.
these definitions of free will (Conservativism) versus pre-destination (Liberalism)
I am not liberal or conservative, I admit I lean to the liberal side on social issues and to conservative side on fiscal and govermental issues, although on fiscal and governmetnal issues the conservatives have lately gone for big government. Anyway, I fall somewhere in the middle, however I have known many Liberals and conservative and I think these definitions might be backwords. As time has gone on the stands of democrats and republicans have often reversed. It seems the current definitions don't quite fit with what you wrote above.
If conservatives are for free will, then why are they against -
As far as liberals being for pre-destination, I really don't understand that or where that could have come from. If anything, it would again be the opposite. Most liberals embrace the concept of personal freedom and self-expression. Pre-destination is a religious conecpt and as pointed out before, conservatives tend to be more religious.
I think the more generally excepted definitions are conservative - "supporting the status quo or opposed to change in tradition" and liberal - "progressive or not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms." Conservative want us to keep things the way they are and Liberals want us to continue evolving. Both paths could be dangerous, and both have their time and place in history. If a society or organism evolves at too fast a rate it could be detrimental and kill it. Also, if a society or organism becomes unable to evolve, it has already numbered its' days.
I think it similiar to the teachings of evolution and creation.
The tradition of creation says - God created everything. It is fact and therefore we offer no proof.
The theory of evolution says - Life evolved over time. This is how we think it happened and here is the proof.
The creationist and the evolutionist, both with different theories, niether really 100% provable, but one is tradition based on ancient texts and the other theory based on the progressing knowledge of humanity.
I think(hope) most people fall somewhere in between the liberal and the conservative, neither extreme makes much sense to me.
it's sunday morning, shouldn't y'all be at the kh?
i can't believe that you all would rather be doing something else besides sitting at the kh enjoying the latest spiritual nourishment served up from the loving gb.......you must be a bunch of heathens!
heh, i am getting ready to go to work and then i am having my latest beau over for sunday dinner.
Robyn,
I have a sirius question for you: Would you rather make it into the new order with a little rash on your ass or be DESTROYED (echo: destroyed , destroyed, destroyed ) at Armageddon, smart guy? You might want to try a little blue star anointing cream on that heathen ass of yours. Valis has plenty if you want to borrow some.
Umm.. Can I have a third option? I don't want to use anything that has been near a monkeys ass.
and can you turn that echo down, I still hear it.
previous: my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. .
how many times have people said ?if i knew then what i know now??
what a difference that would have made to my life.
Thanks Simon, great story.
The WTS had believed that they knew where God lived, in the Plaides.
That is one I never heard about, what book do they say this in?
several of the members on this forum have asked me about my name and my avatar.
i thought that i'd offer some answers.
gaia was the name which the ancient greek people used to refer to the conscious planet on which they lived.
Your avatar is my favorite from fantasia 2000, so beautiful.
"the truth will set you free".
i think people would rather live in fantazy than accept truth.. why?
because truth is terrible.. truth is not black or white or grey or something in-between.. .
For me,
The Truth means being able to admit and say "I don't know all the answers and some of the questions are un-answerable."
it struck me this morning that the recent news that, in general, church-goers vote republican and non-church goers (regularly that is) vote democratic.. if the majority of republicans support president bush and the invasion of iraq and the majority of democrats do not, then it would follow that the majority of church-goers are in favor of the invasion.
and the non-churchers aren't.. what struck me is odd is the watchtower teaching that christians, in general, are inclined to be warlike (a polite term).
then it struck me about the morality of the whole invasion.
Sorry Pat,
I can't really give you another viewpoint, as I agree with you. I think this is the classic example of sheep perhaps. The sheep are willingly lead, mostly without question, thought or arguement by those percieved to be in a position of power be it clergy or government.
I have been wondering what politcal stance and how much politcal influence the WTBS will exert now that voting among the witnesses has be de-regulated to a "matter of conscience." It is a bit scary when fundamentalist religions convinced of a bloody and destructive judgement day start voting for politicians who they believe will bring about that prophecy. I have heard more than a few witnesses rejoice anytime they hear of war because it means that the big day could be just around the corner. Who in their right mind prays for destruction?
it's sunday morning, shouldn't y'all be at the kh?
i can't believe that you all would rather be doing something else besides sitting at the kh enjoying the latest spiritual nourishment served up from the loving gb.......you must be a bunch of heathens!
heh, i am getting ready to go to work and then i am having my latest beau over for sunday dinner.
I am allergic to polyester.
