are there any other people here who are into bicycling or handcycling?.
last year, my husband got a handcycle (he can't use a bicycle due to handicap) and i got a new bicycle and we have been enjoying cycling.
last september, we went on our first cycling tour and did the 20 mile.
I'm big into mountain biking. Even going to different gatherings and hosting one. I recently converted an old mountain bike into a road bike and I'm now starting to do some 50 mile rides to help with my endurance. I'm even a member of a mountain biking forum. www.mtbr.com I also have my own webpage about mountain biking. http://singletrack.wirefire.com/
You just can't beat being out in nature away from everyday life. No matter if your riding, hiking, or whatever mean you decide on.
i voted for the first time in today's british columbia provincial election.
what an honour and what a priviledge to elect one's own representitive in the legislative assembly.
here's how i voted: raj chouhan, new democratic party.
I remember my first time voting. I felt very proud to be electing my representitives. I alway thought it was stupid not to vote and then complain about the goverment. I alway tell my witness family if your not going to vote then you have no right to complain. Because when you vote and your choice doesn't win you can at least complain about it.
i'm having a conversation with a couple of people in my office as i type this.
i'm asking the question "why did god allow satan to kill job's family?
" i told them that to say he did it to prove job's faithfullness and that he got even more in return for his faithfulness is not a good enough answer.
Well, at the end of the day my workmates still couldn't answer my question. Then one of them made a statement that blew my mind. He actually said that I think too much. That I need to go and read my bible some more. I did read my bible, how do you think I know about the story of Job. He said that we are not supposed to ask silly question about the bible like this one and to just accept it for what it is.
Man if I didn't know this guy was a baptist I'd swear I was talking to a JW.
i'm looking through the new awake magazine (great article on shoplifiting by the way) and this older sister comes and sits beside me.
she started talking to me about this great little piece in the magazine about fish or something that should be on my dinner plate, something that i don't really care about, then she turns to me and said and i quote " where else but jehovah's organization can we learn such things?
i sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face thinking " are you kidding me?
You're all grown up and you're still in school? " Are you fuc**ng kidding me???? ARRRGHHH. Ok i'm in my early twenties technically i should be done
Don't worry JV. My wife will be 29 this year and she is still in college getting her Masters Degree in Nursing. Her family (not witnesses) always ask when she will graduate and become a nurse. She's been a nurse for 6 years now. When people make stupid comments like this it just proves that they are not really interested in you or they would have listened the first 10 times you told them about you schooling.
Good luck on your engineering degree. I'm an engineering technician, so hopefully you won't become my boss someday.
"long time lurker, first time poster".
thought everybody would enjoy this snippet of an e-mail, from a friend of a friend who is in the current gilead class:.
"...brother liverance gave a fascinating talk on bible chronology.
(she likely sinned shortly after her creation)
Really, where's the proof for this statement? I guess they are saying that since she's a woman that she could have remained faithfull very long. They just get more strange everyday.
We don't know the date of her creation but guess who does? The angels and the demons - especially Satan since he was likely in the garden when she was created. The last 1000 years of the rest period begins with the end of Armageddon and the start of the millenial reign. So, in effect Satan probably knows the time when Armageddon will end and the millenial reign will start he just doesn't know exactly when Armageddon will begin. "Nobody knows the day or the hour only the father." Therefore when Revelation says that when Satan was thrown down to the earth he KNEW his time was short - he likely knew from chronology when the final curtain would be. He just doesn't know when Armagedon will begin or how long it will last.
Huh?? If he knows when Armagedon will end then he has a pretty good idea when it will start. Unless they are now saying that Armagedon will last for years. I was under the impression that it would only last a few days. I mean how long would it take an all powerfull God to exterminate a few billion people?
i'm having a conversation with a couple of people in my office as i type this.
i'm asking the question "why did god allow satan to kill job's family?
" i told them that to say he did it to prove job's faithfullness and that he got even more in return for his faithfulness is not a good enough answer.
Are your office mates arguing that killing Job's family was justified? Saying, in effect, that the means justify the ends.
At first yes, but then when I gave the example of me killing someone family and then replacing them with a better family is that OK. Why is it OK for God to do something but wrong for me to do it. We're suppose to imitate God right? They didn't know what to say to that. It actually made them think.
I'm not sure where this conversation is heading and I'm not even trying to make a point or change anyone's belief. I just brought the question up and I'll let them think about it.
i'm having a conversation with a couple of people in my office as i type this.
i'm asking the question "why did god allow satan to kill job's family?
" i told them that to say he did it to prove job's faithfullness and that he got even more in return for his faithfulness is not a good enough answer.
There in lies the problem. They actually believe it really happened. I say it didn't and that someone wrote it to make a point. They can't seem to explain away God condoning the slaughter of Job's children if it really happened. They are reading up on it now and we'll probably discuss it more after lunch.
I love making people think. So many people are stuck in their little box of beliefs and when someone raises a valid point you can see them start to actually think.
I also ask them why the human race was created. They say it's to worship God. If it's just to worship God then that would make God an egomanic. I'm mean why would you create something just to worship you. It doesn't make sense.
i'm having a conversation with a couple of people in my office as i type this.
i'm asking the question "why did god allow satan to kill job's family?
" i told them that to say he did it to prove job's faithfullness and that he got even more in return for his faithfulness is not a good enough answer.
I'm having a conversation with a couple of people in my office as I type this. I'm asking the question "Why did God allow Satan to kill Job's family?" I told them that to say he did it to prove Job's faithfullness and that he got even more in return for his faithfulness is not a good enough answer. In my opinion, the ends don't justify the means. Allowing the slaughter of an entire family just to prove your right is pretty sad in my eye. God is supposed to be all powerfull and all knowing. So why would he do such a horrible thing. If I was to kill an entire family to prove a point I would be considered a monster, but it's OK for God to do? What do you think?
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to slam God or anything like that. We were just discussing different subjects and I brought this up. I like doing that to people. Try to get them to think outside the box or bible in this case.
i remember them trying to get a bunch of sisters to go prison witnessing.
i felt very uncomfortable about the whole thing.
i voiced my concerns to an elder and was told we were only witnessing to the women and we were safe.
I went a couple of times when I was a teenager. Went with a brother that held a bible study with some of the inmates. It was a minimum security prison, so their weren't any harden criminal there. Mostly Martha Stewart types. I actually found it pretty interesting. Not the studying, but the whole prison environment. Maybe I'm a criminal at heart!!.
cold feet were no problem as country music superstar weds renee zellweger.
he was barefoot and she wore a carolina herera design.
david chesney, kenny's father, reportedly attended the nuptials in st. johns, u.s. virgin islands as a preacher performed the 15-minute ceremony in front of a small group of friends and family members.
Wow, I've got something in common with Kenny Chesney. Neither of our mom's came to our wedding becasuse they are controlled by the Watchtower Society.
On a cool note, I got to go backstage and meet Kenney at a concert he did in our town. I took a picture of my wife and her sister with him. He seems like a really cool guy.
