Armaggedon will come as soon as the jaydubeeyas numbers stop increasing.
Jehovah doesn't desire any to be destroyed, ya know what I sayin.
i can't remember if i read this here, but i was reminded from another thread..
universal sovereignty is pretty much the whole explanation for why god permits suffering, correct?.
why would a god of love make it last so long?
Armaggedon will come as soon as the jaydubeeyas numbers stop increasing.
Jehovah doesn't desire any to be destroyed, ya know what I sayin.
i invited an ex-missionary couple who served in hong kong to dinner to "hear their experiences.
" i opened a few bottles of wine.
{partly my fault} brother missionary starts slurring as i top up another glass.
Jaydubyas, could and dew party wid da best of dem.
Maybe next time a JW comes to my door I will break out the Jim Beam and see what happens.
I think it would work! Matter of fact, maybe I'll throw on a suit, grab some mags and be over.
hello, i just wanted to introduce myself to everyone here - as i will be posting here.. i grew up a jw and pioneered, was a ministerial servant, ect, i was in the organization for 17 years.
i left and naturally my family did as they were told and cut off all communication with me.
this left a horrible taste in my mouth for not just jw's, but any religion for that matter.
Wecome to the forum
Don't want to be negative and untrusting but, being raised a JW I do have issues. anyway ............
How is it you're a priest at 21 years of age?
Training
Men exclusively are ordained as priests. Women may serve in church positions that do not require priestly ordination. Preparation for the priesthood generally requires 8 years of study beyond high school, usually including a college degree followed by 4 or more years of theology study at a seminary.
i don't have much time to post as i'm headed back to the hospital, but my father collapsed this morning and had to be rushed to the hospital.
in a nutshell: he needs a blood transfusion as his hemoglobin is dropping (bleeding internally), but thanks to this fucking cult, that's not an option...........he'll accept the fractions but those bastards from the blood liaison committee have already shown up to ensure he doesn't cave............... for those of you who still believe, i'm asking you to say a prayer for my dad........and if anyone from crooklyn is reading this: you better hope my father doesn't die due to your fucked up rules, .
Life is hard enough.
Why do the dub's need to make it harder?
Praying eveything goes well.
it has always puzzled me why abel, a herder of sheep, would want to kill his own animals to offer them up to god.. prior to the flood, it would be fair to say that no one ate meat.
maybe they did, maybe they didn't, but assuming that meat.
was not eaten, why would abel's offering be better than cain's offering?.
Imagine that you have two children. One of them says, "Mom, I have a gift for you. It's a flower from the garden."The other one slits the dog's throat and puts it on the barbie.
Which one is the good one?
What if the mom hated the dog and wanted him to die?
What if the flower was her prize rose that she was nurturing?
What if ???????????
good evening everyone,.
another topic here made me think of the mormons who are counseled to have a years worth of food on hand in the event of an emergency.
food, water, money and gas are all things suggested to save.
Just a little stored.
You might want to add some guns and ammo to the list,
After about 4 months when everyone else is starving, you might have to defend your stash. lol
these two opportunists (there is no other word) have set race relations in the us back 100 years.
if only they had teamed up to encourage and facilitate education and job opportunities for their constituents as vigorously as they have advocated on behalf of casual and career criminals - we'd have a better outcome for all concerned.
I think the authorities are handling the case very well.
Funny thing: If some blacks hung up nooses and 6 whites beat up a black ,
Sharpton and Jackson would still be there.
the jw use of this word gets my knickers in a right twist!
when someone is impaled, it means he is run through with something.
the thing he is run through with is the thing he is impaled on or by.
1: to join (coats of arms) on a heraldic shield divided vertically by a pale2 a: to pierce with or as if with something pointed; especially: to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stakeb: to fix in an inescapable or helpless position
This seems to only support impale to mean pierced. To torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake b: to fix in an inescapable or helpless position
It's just cult loaded language to be different.
it has always puzzled me why abel, a herder of sheep, would want to kill his own animals to offer them up to god.. prior to the flood, it would be fair to say that no one ate meat.
maybe they did, maybe they didn't, but assuming that meat.
was not eaten, why would abel's offering be better than cain's offering?.
where did they get the idea of a burnt offering?
Adam's family was killing animals all along, and using everything and anything from them to survive.
Killing animals wouldn't have been anything new to them, God showed them how to kill animals for clothing.
My thinking : Cain and Abel know God is up in the sky, mom and dad pissed him off, how to please him?
We will show God that we are not like mom and dad.
We will use this new thing we discovered called fire it gives off stuff that reaches right up to
the sky where God lives.We will burn our most valuable possesions
and send the smoke to him then he will know we are willing to sacrifice our best to him.
why would Abel's offering be better than Cain's offering?
No one gets upset when a cornfield is harvested,
but let a dog fall into a hole and the fire company comes.
I think God had issues with cain before these sacrifices took place.
God knew Cain and Abel well He read their hearts and had been observing them for some time.
This was just an opportune time to bring those issues up.
these two opportunists (there is no other word) have set race relations in the us back 100 years.
if only they had teamed up to encourage and facilitate education and job opportunities for their constituents as vigorously as they have advocated on behalf of casual and career criminals - we'd have a better outcome for all concerned.
bizzy bee I 100% aggree with you.
encourage and facilitate education and job opportunities
No money or noteriety in doing the above vs. what they do now.
I like to think of what would be happening right now if the roles were reversed in Jena. ha