i was feeling a bit guilty about celebrating as this is my 1st year out and i know the history of all the holidays and birthdays are pagan or bloody or idolatrous.. .
but i was thinking that it's not what someone made them in the past but what they are right now.. to us, at this moment.
am i going to sit down on thanksgiving.. and say, "i hate those indians, think i'll go kill some"..????
My son and I will be shopping for decorations, tree, etc. this weekend. This will be the first Xmas at home for us (we spent the last couple with my sister and her family) since his mom and I separated, and the first time he is old enough to help pick out the decorations.
We're so excited! Our very first tree just for us...
www.http://allrecipes.com/recipe/turkey-brine/detail.aspx .
also read some of the reviews, they offer excellent alternatives & additions.
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Sorry tan. Bad link there.
that's technological singularity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/technological_singularity .
we are looking at the heaven scenario, by ray kurzweil.
ni'o(new topic) i just want to clear some things up.
That's quite fascinating to me LOKadin. I understand your points, but I have nothing to add. You are quite beyond me, technically, as well.
Lojban... thanks for the resources.
i was feeling a bit guilty about celebrating as this is my 1st year out and i know the history of all the holidays and birthdays are pagan or bloody or idolatrous.. .
but i was thinking that it's not what someone made them in the past but what they are right now.. to us, at this moment.
am i going to sit down on thanksgiving.. and say, "i hate those indians, think i'll go kill some"..????
First, no, not guilty at all. Then again, I've been celebrating them for 15 years and even as a JW, we nominally celebrated Thanksgiving anyway.
Second...
Thanksgiving has a bloody history..
Your "analysis" is quite faulty. Thanksgiving has no bloody history. Thanksgiving is pretty much exactly what it's made out to be.
But I was thinking that it's not what someone made them in the past but what they are right now.. to us, at this moment.
That's the rationalization people use to appease their consciouses. The whole reason for celebrating holidays is for the tradition involved. Its meaning, its symbolism, reaching back into the mists of the past are precisely what makes them so important. The pagan origins of some of these holidays are very important. And they should be.
Rather than be afraid of their origins, you should embrace them for what they are. Your rationalization here is a key indicator of your lack of a free mind.
"this meal is a meal in dedication to the slaughter of the Indians."
You apparently have no idea what Thanksgiving is. Having some significant deal of a Cherokee legacy, I'm actually rather offended by this.
Wish I was a SAHD.
click on the link below and when the next page appears scroll down to the bottom and look to your [ left ] for [ seconds ] to be counting down to zero.
when the numbers reach zero a large [ yellow and orange button ] will appear with the word (download).
click on that button to open or save the file.
I couldn't read yet when this book was released... I can now.
that's technological singularity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/technological_singularity .
we are looking at the heaven scenario, by ray kurzweil.
ni'o(new topic) i just want to clear some things up.
What happens to the Witnesses should such an event occur will be negligible in relation to everything else. Why should I care? Either they are part of the singularity, rapidly becoming cyborgs of some sort, or they are superceded by it, just like everyone else.
I rather like how it was depicted in the film A.I.
what would a jw do if a householder insisted on seeing some form of identification?
anyone else who came to my door (pre all my signs!
) always offered id, even the boyscouts would introduce themself and identify their troop number..
If any publishers use a personal name card in connection with their field service activities, they should not print thereon that they are representatives of the Watchtower Society.
Wow... just wow... you can't officially be doing the door-to-door work as a representative of the Watchtower Society?
and...
Our voluntary participation in the field service is motivated by love of God and neighbor. It is not carried on at the insistence of any man or organization
Really... then how can they make service hours mandatory to be able to hold positions within the congregation? If they are, then this is rather a blatant lie, is it not?
You aren't required to go door-to-door by the organization, but if you don't, you won't get anywhere in the organization and will be considered "weak" or "inactive". And if you do, you can't claim to represent the organization.
And this subterfuge doesn't just smack of corrupt worldly corporate shenanigans? But I guess any sly, misleading policies are worth promoting Jehovah's chosen organization, right? And no wonder its people learn how to scheme and misrepresent truth. Poor saps.
a friend of mine is starting to be serious about his music.
if you like chris isaak, morissey etc, check it out, its frikkin beatiful now!
http://www.myspace.com/sigurdenge.
Not bad at all. I like the fact that he lets you download his songs. But why doesn't he let you add them to your page?
Umm, don't you mean intarweb?
