i'm new on this board and currently an inactive jw.
although lurking for several months i only just registered.
i was wondering if any of you took the trouble of going through old books of the wtbts and if it made you come to any conclusions.
Welcome to the board Digglina
There are lots of discussions about old literature on the forum and the nonsense the WTS have come out with.
If Russell came back into the org today he'd be DF'd in a shot for the stuff he believed in, Rutherford too probably.
i'm 16 years old and have been raised as a jehovahs witness.
i'm currently considered a very spiritual brother, and have an assignment comming up for the memorial.
but i realized it was all a bunch of crap last year at some time.
Welcome to the board LtCmd.Lore
It's good to see you've realised the truth about the org at 16 and have the sense to leave at a opportune moment. I wish I'd have had the guts at your age when I had doubts. I had the same feelings that their idea of paradise wasn't mine at all. To destroy 5000 years of science, art, literature, technology to regress to living like paleolithic man in little wooden houses gathering nuts and berries in the woods seems ridiculous.
pop superstar prince will reportedly appear on american idol to both coach contestants and perform on the hit tv series - in a bid to maintain high album sales.
the notoriously shy star has just released his latest lp, 3121, which debuted at the top of the us billboard chart.
according to pagesix.com, executives from prince's record company convinced him to appear on the show to keep the album at the top of the charts, after noting a huge spike in album sales when barry manilow appeared on the program earlier this year.
When Barry Manilow was on they did 50's hits and when Stevie Wonder was on they did his songs.
Maybe when Prince is on they'll have to do Kingdom Songs. 'Keep your eyes on the prize' or 'A victory song' would be good ones. Although I'd like to see Chris Daughtry rock out to 'Lazarus lies sleeping'
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i found out about the so called masons back in 93 or 94, which was quite alarming t me!
I'm a Mekon, does that count. We have a special handshake and a secret way of doffing our giant hats and making the veins in our foreheads throb to the theme tune of Cheers.... damn I've given away too much.
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http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1102/carnagequiz.html
i had 2 good answers
8 out of 10 for me.
Also isn't there a scripture where Yahveh says he is gonna smear dung on the faces of his enemies. He's such a practical joker
my boyfriend pointed something out to me a while ago.
when i would be relaying a story to him or something like that i would commonly use the word 'evidently'.
for example and evidently mr johns said this.
It's funny seeing all those buzz words together. A lot of those used to really get on my nerves, especially We might reasonable assume. . . & Isn't it reasonable to conclude...
Usually all those buzzwords were encapsulated in some sort of demagogy and fallacious logic.
That kinda disproves my theory that Jesus had polystyrene legs.
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lol, ok this is a fluf post i guess, but anyways, i found this site and thought it was funny, check it out, and post your results, if you don't it means you like having sex with animals.. http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/g/gayometer/gayometer.html.
i scored 50% i am a perfectly adjusted hetro male!
43% gayness for me. I'm kinda disappointed with that, I always figured I was gayer than that; a metrosexual at least.
That gayometer at the end of the test scared me a bit cos it shot round to 100%. I thought it was my score but it was just my results loading
i read in your profile where you state that evolution is the reason for your leaving the organization.
that's interesting.
care to elaborate and does this mean you no longer (if you ever did) subscribe to a belief in creationism?.
LOL @ Elsewhere
That really made me laugh cos I thought you were serious at first. I've never seen that site before, I'm gonna have a look around.
It's always good to keep an open mind like Sickoflies said, it's what challenges the accepted and moves science forward after all. It's keeping an open mind that has led us to the opinions we have, right Sickoflies . The creationists and IDers are closed minded as they have a belief already in place and just search and accept viewpoints that back up the theological ideas they cling to.
I tend to think the IDers have conceded so much ground already as regards molecular biology, evolution, astronomy etc that the only fall back is a 'God of the gaps' scenario where the small gaps in scientific knowledge must prove a God exists. Trouble is years ago when people beleived thunder was God's anger and natural disasters were Gods displeasure there were massive gaps in knowledge. As scientific knowledge has grown those gaps have grown smaller year on year to the point now where they are miniscule in comparison.
by 2008, the usa is supposed to have an id card program for people entering gov.
builings, airports, depots and bus terminals.
anyone have details or opinions?
Yeah looks like the UK ID card policy got the go ahead from parliament last week. It's a ridiclulous waste of time and money.
All the info that's going to be on the card is already held by various govnm't departments anyway! Passport agency, DVLA, HMRC, DSS etc etc
Having all that info centralised with you carrying a plastic card with all your identity details on it presents a massive security risk. The passport agency and DVLA are intoducing biometrics anyway so I'm not sure what these ID cards are for.
I'm still unsure why you would need a plastic card with info of your iris and fingerprints - I tend to carry my eyes and fingers around with me anyway.
Some people have said if you have nothing to hide what's your problem with it. It's not that people have anything to hide it's just that it's not a very good idea and doesn't solve the problems the govnm't says it will.
I've worked as an IT consultant with the civil service including NHS Excecutive, NHS Direct, Housing & Regeneration Dept, DWP, Regional Development Agencies and most big IT projects are mismanaged, over budget and over time.
