do you use it anymore?
do you care?
do you cringe when you hear it?
Well, according to my research I believe Yahweh is A SON OF GOD (El Elyon), as are the other Gods of the Bible (Baal, Dagon, etc.), who have done a piss poor job of managing the earth. Appearently Deut 32 indicates that El Elyon (Almighty God) found this to be the case as well and condemned his sons to the earth as mortals.
I loath the name Yahweh. To me he is nothing but he god of the jewish nation. I would rather have a personal relationship with El Elyon than anyone else.
not sure if this has been discussed but it just dawned on me that jw's do tith.
not with money but with time.. bookstudy - 1hr.
theocratic ministry school - 1hr.
Not sure if this has been discussed but it just dawned on me that JW's DO tith. Not with money but with TIME.
Bookstudy - 1hr
Theocratic Ministry School - 1hr
Service Meeting - 1hr
Public Talk - 1hr
Watchtower - 1hr
Field Service - 2hr (on average per week)
Sub-Total: 7hrs
Now (being conservative), most colleges teach you that you have to study for a minimum of the credit hours per class per week. So lets add another 7hrs.
~Total = 14 hrs per week.
There are 168 hours within a 7 day period. Ten percent of this is 16.8 hrs. (VERY CLOSE, coincidence?)
i, [name], do take you, [name], to be my lawfully wedded [husband/wife], to love, honor [bride: and deeply respect], for as long as we both shall live together on earth under god's marital arrangement.. ummm... what?
so romantic, so meaningful.
is it just me, or is that marriage vow right out of the frickin' twilight zone?
i know a lot of this has already been hashed out before, but for my own personal mental health i feel compelled to post this stuff.
who knows maybe someone out there can use it towards their freedom.
so here is the last letter my wife and i submitted to the elders: .
Damn, that was a good letter. Good luck! I too was raised as a dub and had to forego schooling. It has only been recently, while married and working full time that, I have gone back (actually it has been a while and I should be graduating within a year or so). I feel for you as it gets very hard as you get older, especially with little or no "wordly" skills to make ends meet in this world. The WTS doesn't care about the ramifications to others, as long as they are supported by donations, which feeds and clothes them, while other suffer for a cause that never will reach fruition.
well, last night i asked my "believing" wife that question (if you could ask only one question and get a truthfull response, what would it be?).
now mind you, i have been working on my wife for awhile since she still goes to meetings.
yet, she still insists that it is the "truth".
Well, last night I asked my "believing" wife that question (if you could ask only one question and get a truthfull response, what would it be?). Now mind you, I have been working on my wife for awhile since she still goes to meetings. Yet, she still insists that it is the "truth". Well, she says, " I would ask who has the TRUE religion". Completely blew me away. I asked her that I thought the JW's had the truth and she didn't say to much. She almost seemed to doubt that they do. She asked what I would ask and I said I would like to know if this life is all there is or is there something else. I may still get her yet
are you for it or against it?
Your papers PLEASE! ... Roadblocks smack of totalitarian tactics. Socialists, and most liberals love them. A man who would give up liberty for safety deserves neither. - 'Ole Ben must be spinning in his grave.
Please tell that to my cousin and his wife, her mother, and there two young children who were all killed by a drunk driver blowing through a light.
i can count on one hand the number of times i have spoken to larc's sister since his death last fall... she will briefly chat if i make the effort to phone her - but doesn't call me.
yesterday, i did phone her - to tell of her of some family news that i felt she should know.
she told me they had spent the labor day removing wallpaper, that was already in the home when they moved in.
I'd once stumbled across a link that a former historic Masonic temple had been bought and renovated by the Jehovah's Witness. There was a large Masonic mosaic symbol inlaid in the front lobby. If I remember right, the Witnesses put down a rug. But do you think I can find the link? Wish I'd kept it.The JW's have a fascinating side-hobby of renovating old theatres. In some cases, they keep the original decoration.
They may have no choice, especially if it is deemed a historical site.
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if you could know the answer to any question...what would your question be?
Yea, my question is why to the Mexican bathroom (in Mexico) attendants only hand out 3 thats right 3!!!!! small squares of toilet paper, in the ineffable words of Patrick Star "Sponge Bob, I'm a big man, a VERY big man". HAHAHAHA, It must be because gringo asses are much larger
i can count on one hand the number of times i have spoken to larc's sister since his death last fall... she will briefly chat if i make the effort to phone her - but doesn't call me.
yesterday, i did phone her - to tell of her of some family news that i felt she should know.
she told me they had spent the labor day removing wallpaper, that was already in the home when they moved in.
I know Blondie Just pisses me off how they can strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel.
i can count on one hand the number of times i have spoken to larc's sister since his death last fall... she will briefly chat if i make the effort to phone her - but doesn't call me.
yesterday, i did phone her - to tell of her of some family news that i felt she should know.
she told me they had spent the labor day removing wallpaper, that was already in the home when they moved in.
Gee, maybe they should find out about the origin of the tie http://www.shop-usa.info/TIE_HISTORY/tie_history.html and since it stumbles me I don't think they should wear it anymore.
