i was going to add this to a comment to a post of mine in rune's topic "why?
" (if anybody was paying attention to it) but i figured i would start my own thread on it.. i have always liked quotes, especially very profound life lessons revealed in a short quip.. one of my favorites is by michel de montaigne: .
"man is surely stark mad.
When I left the troof ...this one helped a lot:
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
I also like this one:
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad." ( Aldous Huxley )
I also saw a bumper sticker once that said:
"Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole!" Gotta get that one for my car!
how did you know that you were completly faded?
i finally realized the other day that i was completly out, i think for the first time i really had evidence that i was out.
i was at a witness get together (wife still in so i'm allowed to tag along...) and a witness i didn't know from kentucky or tennessee or somewhere was talking to me and using the "terminalogy" and something i said must have cued him because he said "are you a jehovah's witness?
Over 4 years now ... so far so good. I think I knew I was completely faded when I was listening to a conversation of my JW mom, sisters, etc. and I realized I had no clue who they talking about. The congregation has changed that much just I have been gone.
They sent a lot of people from the congregation to a new one that there were trying to form across town, so I guess their meeting attendance has dropped to 60 to 80 (at their best) on a SUNDAY!!! ... even with new ones moving in! From what I can tell, it is just other generational dubs changing congregations ... no new meat.
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can someone help me with this topic??
recently i have been interested in investigating on how historical and mythical information has shaped religion today, particularly christianity.
one important piece of information that i keep coming across is the sacred feminine.
And my book recommendation would be ...
The Woman with the Alabaster Jar by Margaret Starbird.
It's a classic.
it's now 1:30am at bethel in australia and all is quiet but awaiting the new day when the forecast temperature for this late spring day is: .
updated metropolitan forecast.
australian government bureau of meteorology.
Boy, does this bring back bad memories!
Anyone pioneered in Texas???????? Pioneering in the summer was miserable! We had two seperate deodorants. One for under arms and one for more "intimate" parts that sweat.
Yes ... that's right ... we had a butt stick!!! Am I the only one?
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sorry if this has already been posted.
it just infuriates me that voting is a desfellowshipping offense.. http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1099142701308870.xml.
Sorry if this has already been posted. It just infuriates me that voting is a desfellowshipping offense.
http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1099142701308870.xml
my son is in a school for smart kids.
they call it "challenge".
he is in 2nd grade, just turned 8 last month.
On the homeschooling issue ...
I was homeschooled for grades 4-6 and then my entire high school. My parents jumped on the home school wagon when it first became so popular for witnesses (and legal).
I will grovel on my knees if you promise not to homeschool the kid! (I know you already said you will not, but in case you change your mind ... my knees are ready!) I missed out on soooo much! The only good thing that came out of it was that I finished when I was 16 and was able to start college. (Long story as to how I was able to do that!) I was so isolated from people who were different from me (non JW), but even if you are not JW, I think it is isolating.
Public schools also have activities and programs that kids can get involved in, especially at the Junior High and High School level that home schooled kids will never get a chance to experience. Homeschooling is also a strain on the family, and it takes a lot of discipline to follow through. My older sister was homeschooled along with me and she never did finish, and I know more than a handful of witnesses who also never finished.
I know this was all experienced while being a witness, but so much of it is still true no matter what. Unless the public school is unfit or dangerous, please don't homeschool your kids!
my son is in a school for smart kids.
they call it "challenge".
he is in 2nd grade, just turned 8 last month.
I am a teacher, and I have to side with the kid's teacher. I do the exact same thing. I have told them what my expectations are, though. I also mark off for capitalization and forming the letters wrong (they have to write them in cursive.) It may seem nit-picky, but some kids have a hard time remembering that some words should be capitalized all the time, and some words are never capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence (or in titles). Maybe you should make sure that the teacher is letting the kids know what the expectations are for the spelling tests. If not, then THAT is not fair.
as a small boy, i pictured jehovah as resembling finlay currie, the kindly old boy who played roles in solomon & sheba and the 10 commandments.. .
later on, probably thanks to paul hogans influence, i started to picture jehovah as resembling charlton heston.. .
i still picture him as a bearded gentleman, wearing a dressing gown and sandals, surrounded by billowing clouds.. then again if i think of the creator, or lord, he doesn't seem to be the same entity as jehovah.. strange, isn't it?.
