i've recently started listening to old time radio shows from the 1930's through the 1950's.
shows like fibber mcgee and molly, the great gildersleeve, jack benny, lux theatre, the shadow, inner sanctum and tons more.
the best part is that a lot of these shows are available for download off the internet in mp3 format.
A few years ago I bought some old George Burns and Gracie Allen videos and radio tapes. They are so funny!! Another great thing is that they are clean humor. They showed you can be funny without using vulger language.
George to Gracie: "Say good night Gracie"
Gracie: "Good night Gracie"
i'm spongebob squarepants.
everyone has a personality of a cartoon character.
3) what type of movies do you prefer?
I'm sponge bob.
My son love's Arnold. But he does not like to watch it when I'm around. When the voice at the beginnig of the show says " HEY ARNOLD!", I always answer with, "Why are you wearing a dress?"
My son gets mad and tells me its not a dress, Arnold has his sweater tied around his waist.
i read the post where some kid let go of a helium balloon at a convention, and everyone was watching it.
when i used to attend the conventions, i loved distractions.
i always heard multiple "pssst" sounds from people opening cans of cott cola.
Did you ever look around and wonder if anyone else was thinking the same thing you were, like, "this is all such bullshit!"
Like the convention I was at a few years ago. They interviewed a young married couple. The husband worked full time and the wife pioneered. They said she got up every morning and fixed her husbands breakfast and they read the daily text together before he headed off to work.
I've got three kids, a job, my wife works. We run out of the door every morning late for work, half the time we eat a breakfast bar in the car on the way to work.
But here's this perfect couple, waking early to spend the morning having a nice breakfast together and reading the daily text. Then he's off to work while she makes herself ready for field service.
All I can think is Bullshit!!!
they are taking the reports off aljezzera but say they need more evidence.. it appears the uk hostage has no chance and will be the 3rd, his family have just been on the tv condemning the prime minister for the iraq war and asking for his resignation.
but what can a prime minister do?
surrender to the sicko's commands?
I can't express my feelings any better than what Neal Boortz wrote on his web site this morning:
ISLAMIC TERRORISTS MURDER AMERICANThe bloodthirsty Islamic jihadists have struck again. Oh! You didn't know they were Muslims? Well, I can't blame you, since most of the media just refers to them as "insurgents." Along with their willing accomplices at the anti-American, pro-terrorist Al-Jazeera network, Islamic Al-Qaeda terrorists have sawed off the head of another American and shown it to the world. This time the victim was civil engineer Eugene Armstrong. The video of him being slaughtered was posted on an Islamic website yesterday. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the killing and said another hostage would be next. They're holding an American and a Briton.
Armstrong was murdered the same way Nick Berg was. His head was sawed off while he was still alive as he gasped for air and blood poured from his neck. He knew exactly what was happening to him, and he knew exactly what these vicious Muslim terrorists were about to do to him. Can you imagine the horror he must've felt?
It's very sad, but as usual the media's love affair with the "insurgents" continues. Nowhere in the AP story describing the carnage do they call the killers terrorists. Even as they describe the murder, they're called "militants." Why don't they call them what they are? They're Islamic terrorists. The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Now these terrorists have killed yet another hostage. How can the world not know we have to deal with these people now.
on september 8th, the cbs show 60 minutes ii ran a story bringing to light which purported to show that when president bush was in the national guard he failed to obey orders.
the memos were supposed to have been written in the early 1970s by a lieutenant colonel jerry b. killian.
(who is, as it happens, died in 1984.
HL,
Caps on the media? Not likely:
Quoted from the Bill of Rights:
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The press makes sure this protection is maintained.
If our 2nd Amendment (right to bear arms) were interpruted like our first Amendment, US citizens would be required to own guns!!
ok, this is my first post.
i'm 30 years old.
raised in "the truth" my whole life.
2evil,
Welcome to the board. Hopefully you will find what you are looking for here.
I'm not a former elder or even a MS. But I also have a wife that has been a JW for many years. She also believes most of what they teach, although she sees some problems. She would never look at this board either.
I agree with you that the UN thing is not that big an issue. I think the WT joined to make expanding their preaching into other areas of the world easier. Being affiliated with the UN gave them some credibility.
I don't think the witnesses are all bad. I think some individual witnesses are sincere and are guided by Jehovah's Holy Sprit. I also think many other religions have individuals guided by Jehovah's Holy Spriit. I don't think Jehovah works exclusively through any one organization. It seems to me that an individuals relationship to Jehovah, or at least as importantly, an individuals relationship with Jesus is the most important thing.
I understand what you mean when you talk about experiences with the Holy Sprit. I know I've felt that power before. But to be honest, I've never felt the Holy Sprit at a meeting at the Kindom Hall. I've never felt that power during a public talk or a Watchtower study. I've felt that power more when approching Jehovah in prayer and asking for his help, in a small group or just as an individual praying for God's Sprit.
I hope you understand what I'm talking about. To someone that has no faith, I might sound crazy. But for those of us with faith, we understand the power of God's Holy Sprit.
One thing that does bother me is that it seems to me that a lot of times, when people come to realize the WT society is not the "truth", they not only lose faith in the WT but also in God. It is so hard for former witnesses to seperate God or Jehovah from the WTBTS.
I'll pass along some advice. Don't concentrate on just the negative issues you can find about the WT. Read material from other sources that have nothing to do with former witnesses. I have found I enjoy reading positive books by all sorts of Christian writers. One of my favorites lately is John Maxwell. He writes books on leadership. He approches things from a Christian perspective, but his books are not just for Christians. One of his quotes that I like is: "If you read my books, and The Bible, you could get into heaven." Kinda funny!!
Good luck in you journey.
BF
everyone in my family - sister, aunts, uncle's step-mom - called or emailed about hurricane ivan -- except my mom.
of course it hurts my feelings - but i don't know why i would expect or hope for a caring gesture like that from her.
she has never, in the last 20+ years, given me any reason to think that she cares about anyone or anything other than her jw cult practices.
Jesus talked about knowing true believers by the love they show. This is one of the things that makes me confident that the WTBTS is in no way the one and only true religion. I can think of several churches of many different faiths that show way more love for their fellow human beings than the JW's.
How can a loving people turn their backs on their own sons, daughters, parents because they disagree with them about something.
My mother is a Presbyterian elder and I don't go to her church. She still calls and does everything she can for me. The only problem is she gets mad if I don't call or see her enough. I know she cares though.
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what does the watchtower teach about a child that is forced into a blood tranfusion by a court.. if the child dies, what does the wt teach is the fate of the child?
does the wt teach that the parents have hope of the child being resurrected?
What does the Watchtower teach about a child that is forced into a blood tranfusion by a court.
If the child dies, what does the WT teach is the fate of the child? Does the WT teach that the parents have hope of the child being resurrected?
ok, i know we have experts here.. i've been looking at pda's mostly for the address book function / contact list function.
i keep my contacts on outlook on my laptop but its a pain to power up when i need to make a phone call on the road.
i also would like to get one of the map programs available for pda's.
Yellow legal pads? That is about like the system I use now.
I try to keep up with business cards but as my contact list grows to over 250 it is getting very disorganized.
By entering all my business card information to Outlook I can search my contact list by company name, area codes, even the cities they are located in. This is of great benefit to me because when I travel into a town I can search my contact list by town and make sure I see everyone I need to see.
I'm very disorganized by nature and really have to work to stay organized.
i just talked to joy and she said to tell everyone they are fine.
they lost electricity so can't get on computers.. tornadoes came through awhile ago and killed two people, but they are doing fine, and have 5 strong young fellows, with them, to help when things get too bad later tonight.
the water is now in their yard, on the yard side of the picket fence, for those who have been there.
I'm really happy to hear the good news from Steve and Joy.
This storm has really been a rough one. I live in Georgia and tonight we are getting a few wind gusts up to 30 mph 300 miles from the coast. One of my customers in Pensacola has major damage to thier building. One customer in Panama City is not sure what his building looks like because, as of this afternoon, they have not allowed him back to check on it.
Most of the damage seems to be from tornados that were part of the outer bands. There just isn't much you can do if you take a direct hit from a tornado.
Joy and Steve, please let us know more when you can. We are all thinking of you.
