Jayhawk....me too!! Who needs a table, anyway?
ashi
at which table are you feeding?.
you cannot be partaking of the table of jehovah and the table of demons.1 corinthians 10:21.. these inspired words of the apostle paul show that two figurative tables are set before mankind.
each table is identified by the kind of symbolic food placed upon it, and all of us are eating at one or the other.
Jayhawk....me too!! Who needs a table, anyway?
ashi
hey guys,.
the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.
those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!
THIS MOVIE WAS HORRIBLE TRIPE. GALADRIEL'S TRANSFORMATION WAS A JOKE, AND THE SCREENPLAY WAS SO BAD IT INCORPORATED CHAPTER TITLES INTO THE CHARACTER'S DIALOUGE. SEAN BEAN WAS A BRIGHT SPOT-YET FOR SOME REASON, A BLOATED SHREK FOUGHT THEM IN BALIN'S TOMB. THE CG WAS RIDICULOUS AT POINTS, ALTHOUGH THE SCENERY WAS NICE. RIVENDELL WAS DESIGNED WELL, BUT LOTHLORIEN LOOKED LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN THE GUNGAN CITY IN STAR WARS, AND THE EWOK VILLIAGE.
ACTING? LET'S NOT EVEN GO THERE.
AS FOR DIRECTION, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO BAD IF PETER JACKSON WASN'T SHOVING THE CAMERA UP THE NOSTIRLS OF THE ACTORS EVERY THIRTY SECONDS. THE JOKE WERE HALF-HEARTED AT BEST-THERE WAS EVEN A DWARF TOSSING JOKE.
THE BALROG WAS OK, BUT BOROMIR'S DEATH WAS, AGAIN, OVERPLAYED.
I HAVE READ THE BOOKS MANY TIMES, AND THERE'S NO REASON THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE FAITHFUL, CONSIDERING THE 3HR. 15MIN. LENGTH IT WAS ANYWAY.
FINALLY, THE WORST WAS BILBO'S "LARGE MARGE" EYES FROM PEE-WEE HERMAN'S BIG ADVENTURE, WHEN HE IS TEMPTED BY THE RING AGAIN IN RIVENDELL.
WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT.
ASHI
it seems my mom was snooping around my sisters room and happened to come across her diary.
my sister is 14 years old and unbaptized.
my mom decided to read this diary.
"My main issue with DIMs post is the fact the parents went to the elders with the problem instead of handling it themselves.
I think an act like that is far worse than looking into your childs diary."
How true.
ashi
it seems my mom was snooping around my sisters room and happened to come across her diary.
my sister is 14 years old and unbaptized.
my mom decided to read this diary.
"BUT the important thing is how you handle the information. It means there is some new topics for open discusion and a lot of listening needed on both sides. berating them won't solve anything.
There is no doubt that good kids can get in over their heads and have trouble asking for help.
concerned mama"
concerned mama is a wise momma....right. Snooping to get info may be ok, but make sure you TELL them, because I used to know when ANYTHING was moved in my room. I have a meticulous memory, and I'm sure a lot of other kids do too. Be careful, and it can be beneficial. But snooping for any "concern" can quickly become privacy abuse.
ashi
check out this news story: http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/12/21/foreign/fw030707-1221-xa036-terror.htm.
many question jehovah on what will happen with the children during armageddon.
i don't know that answer entirely so i'll wait and see what happens.
YOYO,
Is nice to see that's the way you think. I wish all witnesses thought the way you do about that. It's just a certain callousness they have towards the topic that I cannot abide. Thanks for the post.
ashi
it seems my mom was snooping around my sisters room and happened to come across her diary.
my sister is 14 years old and unbaptized.
my mom decided to read this diary.
So, if nothing is wrong with your child, then it's okay to demonstrate your distrust of them again and again? Is that YOUR right? "Duty bound" is a clever way to put it, but elders are also "duty bound" to throw out apostates.
Also, what is a "good reason"?
This is not a "liberal" idea, just one of those Golden Rule things.
ashi
check out this news story: http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/12/21/foreign/fw030707-1221-xa036-terror.htm.
many question jehovah on what will happen with the children during armageddon.
i don't know that answer entirely so i'll wait and see what happens.
YOYO,
While I admit to having no answers to the eternity of those poor, slain children, I cannot, in any way, condone the death of many many millions of 'worldly' children. Children, like adults, are both bad and good. Some children are worse then other, some are better.
Then why would a God of Justice and Love murder children who are good, who have good inclinations and possibly beautiful things to bring to the world?
I am not an unreasonable man, and my father and I had a discussion about something similar to this this morning. But, there is no justification to kill one billion bad people, and five billion good people.
Do you remember the account of Sodom and Gomorrah? Well, God said that he would spare the cities if there was even one man among them who was good. IS this the same God who would murder billions today? I just can't meld the two Gods into one.
ashi
what can we learn from david when he encountered saul?.
1 samuel 24:2-7 says.
and saul proceeded to take three thousand chosen men out of all israel and to go looking for david and his men upon the bare rocks of the mountain goats.
Metatron......Jesus, man, you're right on the money. You're a helluva poster.
ashi
check out this news story: http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/12/21/foreign/fw030707-1221-xa036-terror.htm.
many question jehovah on what will happen with the children during armageddon.
i don't know that answer entirely so i'll wait and see what happens.
I agree that this is horrific, but, you're saying that, ok, they MIGHT die in a horrible way if Jehovah doesn't step in, so let's not feel bad if HE gets rid of them ALL right now.
YOYO, some of your posts are OK, but I don't get this one.
ashi
it seems my mom was snooping around my sisters room and happened to come across her diary.
my sister is 14 years old and unbaptized.
my mom decided to read this diary.
Stay out of the diaries and talk to the kids, try and try and try.
BTW, privacy is essential to kids being able to TRUST you, and if they don't TRUST you, then they won't LISTEN to you. Any body LISTENING?
It's different if you stumble upon something....but searching for items? Unacceptable.
DIM's sister's looking for an escape because her ass-parents approve of emotionally berrating her and beating her to death with the word "Jehovah".
And the elders? Stay the f___ out of the girl's way.
I'll tell you, I truly despise this religion.
ashi
p.s.-DIM...BE there for her. She's going to need someone to go to, and someone who won't approve of her experimenting with drugs (14 is quite young), but one who won't break her confidence.