i was telling my sister (who is also no longer a jw) how they have a jw broadcast channel now and stream their propaganda all the time.
so i decided to check it out again, and right now anthony morris is on there bashing higher education.
my mother has recently told me that the jws have lightened up about that issue and it is okay to pursue higher ed now.
It's not all higher education that they are bashing, mainly University education that requires four or more years. For instance, you can study to be a nurse but not a Doctor.
Yes, that is true. Which is ridiculous. I remember when they loosened up about vocational type programs. It was 1993, and I took full advantage of it and enrolled in the closest community college. And their stance hasn't changed since then. Its so sad.
i was telling my sister (who is also no longer a jw) how they have a jw broadcast channel now and stream their propaganda all the time.
so i decided to check it out again, and right now anthony morris is on there bashing higher education.
my mother has recently told me that the jws have lightened up about that issue and it is okay to pursue higher ed now.
matthew 17:20 - he said to them, because of your little faith.
for truly, i say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.. i get the 'message' - if you believe enough (in fact, even a tiny amount - a mustard seed being tiny) then nothing is impossible but really, what a ridiculous statement and idea for several reasons.. there are lots of people who believe things completely and sincerely even to the point of death.
so far i've not noticed any sudden movements of any mountain ranges.
My bigger problem with that scripture is what happened a few verses before where Jesus thought a demon was causing a boy's epilepsy!
The idea that having faith in something and using it as a motivator is nothing to scoff at, though. Having faith in the right thing, and directing your time and energy appropriately can figuratively move mountains.
The problem with this scripture is that it purports that if you have enough faith in God, you can cast a demon out of a little boy and cure his epilepsy. There is so much wrong with that, I don't where to begin. Having faith in something that doesn't exist (God) will accomplish nothing for you. Believing that demons exist and they cause illnesses and medical defects is another story!
I'm going to stick to putting faith in myself and those around me that deserve my devotion.
despite 2005 being a very popular year for vacuums vacuuming is now very unpopular with 0 mentions- an all time low.. awake magazine:.
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why is the jw.org channel listed under the "popluar tab" on my roku?
it's nestled right next to the facebook channel and fox news!
i downloaded it for a few and it is mostly old creepy men giving talks or reenactments with bad acting.
I wonder how long it has been there. And I wonder how long it will take to disappear off the popular list. I bet a lot of people have downloaded it on accident and thought WTF?
On a side note ... is Roku used in other countries besides the US? I am wondering if these large numbers downloading the channel are just the US or worldwide.
They have snippets from their "Annual Meeting" from the past 3 years on there. I'm sure they edited it to include only what they want the public to hear. I couldn't make myself watch it to find out.
why is the jw.org channel listed under the "popluar tab" on my roku?
it's nestled right next to the facebook channel and fox news!
i downloaded it for a few and it is mostly old creepy men giving talks or reenactments with bad acting.
Why is the JW.ORG channel listed under the "Popluar Tab" on my Roku? It's nestled right next to the Facebook Channel and Fox News!
I downloaded it for a few and it is mostly old creepy men giving talks or reenactments with bad acting. When did this happen??? I'm still dry heaving!
taken from codinghorror blog, funny but insightful as well:.
if you've participated in usenet, mailing lists, or web forum discussions for any length of time, you're probably familiar with godwin's law:.
as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving nazis or hitler approaches 1.. .
I'm a lurker most of the time. But when I'm not, I guess I'd have to be the cat. Because I like cats. I guess.
14,121 partakers??? What? I remember years ago seeing totals drop down into the 8,000s and I remember thinking, "Hurry up and die, people!" because you know, back then, that would mean the end was EVEN closer!
What a jump! I have a theory that the amount of increase of partakers has a positive correlation to the amount of increase in mentally ill Jehovah's Witnesses. If only there were a way to test this theory ...
how many of us would get up and "start your time" by 6:00am or earlier?.
i sure did my fair share and convinced many others to join me semi-regularly.. we'd stand out in front of "somewhere/something", you remember?.
donut shop, 7-11, liquor store ( genius ), driving to laundry rooms or coin-op's, etc... anyway, this past sunday i was pumping fuel for the long trip home early in the morning out of l.a. to norcal, when i spotted a young, energetic version of myself 20 years ago.
Yeah, I remember us going to the laundry mat at 8:45 to "start our time" before going to the Kingdom Hall to meet for service. The unwritten rule was that you couldn't start counting time until 9:15 or 9:30 or whenever it was you left the Kingdom Hall to start service, but if you "started" your time early, the clock could keep going until we met back at the Kingdom Hall at noon. You could eek out another 30 minutes to an hour by doing the laundry mat trick.
That is a true sign that we hated what we did. We did everything we could to eek out extra time instead of doing actual witnessing! I'm so glad I'm out!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/tim-burton-big-eyes-new-movie-margaret-walter-keane-amy-adams-christoph-waltz_n_3013705.html.
tim burton 'big eyes' movie tells the story of art couple margaret and walter keane.
tim burton, a filmmaker known for his own brand of ghoulish cartoon characters, is taking on the world of wide-eyed artist, margaret keane, in a new movie aptly titled "big eyes.".
