when i was 'in', that of course was a big thing, and i well knew all the scriptures and resonings behind it.. not long ago i saw a u tube video that took me into deepest space from the hymalian mountains and back in again.
what struck me was the shear immensity of just our own universe, let alone the rest of the known one.
i realized how tiny tiny nothing this little planet is.
Or...
(God) I've got more power than you, so there!!
(Satan) No way! I got the whole team to join me, so double there!!
(God) Mwwwaaahh! I'm taking my bat and ball and NOONE can play!!! You'll see Satan, the rest of the team will want to play with me, you just wait...
Six thousand years later....
Religion tends to be about socialising with a group that has set beliefs about behaviour and worship, so most exjws tend to have a "once bitten twice shy" attitude to this practice.
Spirituality is a broad church, so to speak but generally is based on the search for meaning, or at least an inner journey of self discovery. Personally, I have ultimately found that the spiritual search leads to repetitious behaviours, as we humans gain great comfort from habit and socialising with like minded people. This could be called religious practice.
Enjoy the ride!!
why's it so hard to find them?
it seems like everyone i see around me smokes: my apartments, every job i've ever had, people on the streets.
finding a quality guy that smells good and has a functioning brain not strung out on drugs or alcohol every week is hard to find..
What about us nonsmoker (ex) moderate drinkers who try to find women that don't smoke, take drugs, or get pissed regularly? Maybe it's where I live but they are few on the ground.
i was thinking of a few celebrities i have met over the years -.
neil diamond, matt damon, terry bradshaw, robert downey jr to name a few..
Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin
Maurice Gibb from the Bee Gees
Nearly ran into Madonna LOL(!) when she was power walking on my local beach. Does that count?
just as jesus predicted, his presence as heavenly king has been marked by dramatic world developmentswar, famine, earthquakes, pestilences.
(matthew 24:3-8; luke 21:11) such developments bear powerful testimony to the fact that 1914 indeed marked the birth of gods heavenly kingdom and the beginning of the last days of this present wicked system of things.2 timothy 3:1-5. this is lifted from the jw website article on 1914. it is not funny how they fooled so many of us.
i read this and went:.
I don't believe the bible is literal but in this case, Jesus was talking to a people that were under the iron boot of the Romans. Surely it would make sense that he was referring to the last days of Jerusalem and the temple which signified (their) god's presence, not some vague time thousands of years in the future.
Just a bit of watchtower cherry picking.
are you single and looking for a soul mate?
or do you consider yourself to be available?
please, declare on this thread..
Currently seeing a couple of women (yes they know about each other) but not in love in the classic sense, with either.
Yep looking but not too hard, as I love my freedom and current lifestyle.....
the jw's, including myself when in, seemed proud to make the point that collection plates are not passed around at the hall.. instead there are boxes at the back of the kingdom hall and in various locations at assembly halls for contributions.. plus the service meeting items detailing how else to contribute.. as far as i'm aware the catholic church passes a plate along the aisles.
but do other churches?.
are the witnesses correct to use this as a unique selling point?.
I visited a temple in Bali and rather than give money, the people gave......flowers.
where do we go when we die?.
there are many very confusing concepts about this subject.
about where we go when we die, and no one i've found to date has really set forth a satisying answer to this question; so i thought i might just employ some of the knowledge i've gained from my own thirty year study of the bible.. where actually would be the most sensible place to begin when dealing with this subject?
It's funny but I would have swallowed all that guff 15 yrs ago and now I see it for what it truly is... The arrogance of christians.
Possible San basically says it, there'a a big world out there, full of differing beliefs. Humility seems to be written out of modern fundy christian belief.
what's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
Travellers and Magicians.
A stunning movie from the Buddhist country called Bhutan. The directer is a Buddhist monk and the story flows on two levels. This movie gave me a greater understanding of the depth in Buddhist thought.
Sounds boring, I know but do yourself a favour and rent it. 5 STAR!!! (Oh, yeah, the cinematography is awesome)
the sun provides clear benefits:.
photosynthesisweatherwater cyclewarmthin short - without the sun our planet would be a totally desolate, lifeless globe.
in fact, without the sun to orbit about, the planet would not be situated where it is in the universe at all.
At least the sun is reliable, not like the other moody, changeable god.
