china is selling hunks of cardboard off the street, seasoned with msg, as a snack!
this might be over in beijing but isn't anyone worried about what the heck is still getting into this country or if any of the 'snacks' we've aready eaten have been nothing but some fibre scraped off the sidewalk, slipped into plastic bags and sold as 'tasty treats'???
sammieswife.
They recently executed their equivalent of the FDA chairman, didn't they?
Most Chinese, I would imagine, are desperate to make a living anyway they can. In a nation with 1.2 billion residents with a middle class of 200 million, it still leaves 1 billion people living in grinding poverty. The Chinese have huge problems and a government that is incapable of dealing with them.
on page 103 of the revised flock book (1991 edition) where it discusses disfellowshipped ones (and social gatherings), it states that "loyal worshippers of jehovah will want to adhere to the inspired counsel at 1 corinthians 5:11.
" the "counsel" given there involves "not even eating" with a disfellowshipped one.
if the rank and file aren't allowed to have a literal meal with the df'd person, how come they're allowed to have a "spiritual meal" with that same person?
JW rules are basically arbitrary, which is why they are open to being pierced by reason and logic. It's a dictatorship. Things do not have to make sense, they just have to be in writing from the "slave." These guys are eveil.
for 28 years i believed in paradise earth.
it was my life.
i da'ed myself 3 years ago and with that i my life as i knew it ended.
It took me a while to "let go"; I have not taken the steps you have (of DA'ing) etc.... I live my life today. I plan prudently for tomorrow but am not anxious. I have made peace with the fact that I will grow old and die. After that, who knows?
Good luck to you, friend. Do the things you want to do NOW. Today. Do not wait. Learna new language. Make a new friend. Smile more. Hold the door open for a stranger. Buy a lottery ticket. Go scuba diving. Jump from a plane. Ride a horse. LIVE! Don't let the lies defeat you. You're free!
this is one question that seems to bother trinitarians because according to their definition of the trinity doctrine god the father is not god the holy spirit and god the holy spirit is not god the father.
they are seperate entities existing in one godhead.
but the problem with this is that in the bible the angel told mary that she would become pregnant by the holy spirit not the father.
If someone who beleives in the Trinity ends up loving his neighbors, living a quiet and peaceful life, loving his wife and children, what difference does it make? If you end up doing GOOD and fulfilling God's will in the process, why get hung up on something that no one can proove or disproove?
religion has taught that without a belief in god and in absolute standards there is no genuine moral conduct.
but for many alive today who do not hold a belief in god, is a moral and good life possible?.
not to be confused with sin, which is essentially a religous idea defined as disobedience to god, morality concerns itself with observed consequences, so a wrong act can be determined by the effect or harm it causes to others.. for example religion teaches that in the eyes of god homosexuality is wrong.
If those without law do by nature the very things in the law, they are themselves a law and are being either accused or excused in their own nature----- Paul, apostle to the nations.
Most people are moral and by nature do right by others. The ones that don't do right are sociopaths. Religion doesn't define or serve morality--- it perverts it.
according to the insight book, there are christs like there are gods, many!
the term "christ" is a title like judge or attorney.
if the conventions are really about jesus, like they're advertised in the media, the conventions should be called follow "a" christ instead of "the" christ, according to witness produced literature.
It may as well be named "Pin the Tail on the Donkey." It alll comes out of the rear end of such an animal.
i have a jw friend that is letting an illegal immigrant live with him.
the brothers in his hall know his status (i wouldn't be surprised if half of them were illegal as well) but mention nothing about "obeying caesar's laws.
anybody else ever notice this?
For the record, being an "irregular" alien, one who has not been "inspected" at a port of entry(commonly termed illegal alien) is a violation of federal civil law, not criminal law. And the WTS allows them no official positions in the congregation.
revelation climax pg 158, paragraph 16. .
revelation 12:7 .
who is michael?
The more I read the literature, the more I feel I deserve a swift kick in the ass for beleiving it for so long.
i'm not talking about internet friends, but friends close by in your town.. so, do you have as many friends as you would like to have?.
when i was young and going to school, i had a few friends, but now i don't have any friends, but on the other hand, i'm a loner and i don't really care.
i'm not really searching for friends.
A man dies rich if he has one true friend after lifetime. They are rare.
this find is courtesy of our very own poster, gretchen956.. here is the link: http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_071207_news_mormon_church_finances_.6a24f7fd.html .
here is the article: .
ore. court rules against mormon church's effort to keep finances secret .
First Amendment grounds for non disclosure of financial information for an entity that receives tax-exemption has always seemed a flimsy argument. Why should any entity that is subsidized by all tax payers receive a privilege such as this? I wish the tax law would change: if you want exemption then full disclosure is in order.
