dead at the age of 43. a sad day indeed.
i had the pleasure of working with reggie and his wife sara on several community projects when they lived in green bay and he was an awesome human being.
huntersville, n.c. dec 26, 2004 ?
11,800 died in the Indonesian eathquake. Let's not forget that just because a ball player died on the same news day. And I mean no disrespect to Mr. White, but his reasons for notoriety are insignificant compared to the equivalent of 4.5 September 11's.
I know, I know. Guess who's not a footbal fan.
was just out at church and came home picked up my bible and read some thing.
it really jumped out at me so i thought i would share it ... it never made sense to me before it was always very confusing.
if it confuses you wait for the explination because i feel it may let you see what i saw in it.
King James Version: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Revised Standard Edition: 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
Darby: 5 For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus; 6 who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God; 7 but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in [the] likeness of men;
New World Translation: Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. 7 No, but he emptied himself and took a slave's form and came to be in the likeness of men.
Interesting how different these bibles are in their christology!
do you ever have feelings you wish you didn't have?
people always say you shouldn't bottle up your emotions, that it's not healthy.. but if you think it's wrong to feel a certain way...(ex.
jealous, anxious), isn't it better to swallow it into your stomach so no one gets hurt?
I must agree with Logan's Run. Such behavior is unlikely to keep anyone interested from joining the Witnesses, and only serves to intimidate the R&F who are essentially innocent, decent people trying to do the right thing.
A more rational approach might be to accept the fact that the WTS is no more or less misguided than many, many organizations throughout the world, and that the only reason they seem worse to you is because you are the one they misguided. Instead of being angry, be happy that you are out and that many others have come to the same realization as you. I'm sure nobody's picketing help you to leave, right? Would it have helped?
so, my jw mother passed on word to the local cong.
that i was df-ed, had just moved into the area and could use that yearly 'shepherding' phone call to see if anything has changed.
i was not home at the time, my husband took the call.
NO!
somebodys getting fired for this!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4115251.stm
titan probe gets early alarm call the huygens space probe will be woken up from its slumber four hours before its january descent into the smoggy atmosphere of saturn's moon titan.
I hope I live to see a probe similar to this launched to Europa. Who knows what we'll find in an extra-terrestrial ocean beneath a mile of ice?
christmas celebrations.
wearing of the cross and crown.
birthday celebrations.
Don't forget picketing churches and wearing placards with incindiary phrases.
By the way, what will a good JW say about all this outdated, obviously incorrect non-sense? "It served its purpose." When a baby takes a dump in its pants, does that "serve a purpose," or is it just plain wrong?
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anything that you think effectively gets a jw to re-think their position on things or their beliefs, in general?
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It was said that the average Roman worried more for the pebble in his shoe than for the well being of the Empire. It's not uncommon to hear rank and file Witnesses say things critical of their elder body. That's one opening to get them thiniking about the SUPREME elder body in Brooklyn. But in the end, it has to be an internal realization.
today i have seen the movie ?pleasantville?.
two young people get absorbed into a 50?s tv-soap.
all is black and white.
"Blade Runner" raises some religious issues as well, i.e. a creator's responsibility to his creatures. Few or no JWs would understand that the God of Genesis works against mankind, though.
i am lazy and never read too much about speculative topics such as metaphysics but,
somewhere in this board you make reference about a guy who, imo (not that i know much about him), made a lot of speculations
as carl sagan once remarked, it's remarkable that a religion so transparently dishonest has any adherents at all, but that's a measure of the gullibility of the ultra-religious mind.. .
A little known bit of trivia is that his son was a staff writer on Star Trek Voyager.
find one really bad, depressing issue in the world.
take this negative news item and blow it out of proportion.
make it seem like there's no hope (true in some instances).
You forgot one step... gloss over the fact that God's Kingdom will solve this problem by wiping out 99.999% of the earth's population... No Apologies
"Without apologies" is more like it.
