>i wonder what would happen if we treated our bible like we treat our cell.
>phones?.
>what if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?.
Well...then I would have been on the fourth or fifth incarnation of the bible, if that was the case.
First one, run over by the car...second one, dropped in french onion soup...third one...it just fritzed out! Fourth one...it was old-fashioned so i upgraded to the fifth one....
what was the question again? ;)
we spend about $500 per month.
that's with a family of three, two adults and one small child.
included in that is dog and cat food, and other household items many people buy at the grocery store, such as shampoo, detergent, paper products etc.
wow...orgies...for $600 a month! What a steal! ;)
Now groceries on the other hand...probably about $250 a month in Virginia. That's for two people...but we also eat out some so that price goes into a different pile than groceries. :)
shopworker in line for 120,000 after suffering homophobic bullying05.03.07 add your view.
marlene bielak: suffered months of bullying at the hands of a colleague who disapproved of her homosexual lifestyle.
a lesbian shop assistant is in line for more than 120,000 after leaving her job because of a colleague's taunts about her sexuality.
How's that for christian love eh?
I hope she takes that witness hypocrite to the cleaners.
just finished jury duty today, what a pain in the behind.. now i can't sleep, keep thinking about everything.. judicial system seems like a big bueracratic waste of money.. i found the oaths here in pa interesting though :.
the oath is part of centuries-old language still in use in most courtrooms.
pennsylvania's oath is derived from colonial laws of the commonwealth, enacted in 1772, and reads: "you [and each of you] do swear by almighty god, the searcher of all hearts, that the evidence you shall give this court [and jury] in this issue now being tried shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and as you shall answer to god on the last great day.".
I'm serving on jury duty now...I was actually the foreman (or foreperson, curse those pesky PC wordgamesters!) on a trial last week. Malicious wounding...we deliberated for four hours. It wasn't an easy thing for me to find the person guilty, but there wasn't enough reasonable doubt to prove him innocent in our points of view.
I have another week to go...I don't mind it overmuch. I bring a book and take it all in stride...it's SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than sitting in a district convention for eight hours that's for sure. :)
the door to door work is a sham.. the central activity of the watchtower bible and tract society is not spreading their so-called "messege" about the kingdom of jehovah established in the heavens in 1914. that's a load of propaganda.. the door to door activity is feckless in producing converts.
in fact, it is an immense failure of mammoth proportions!.
but, it is a diversion.
well God-Bless Scientology then!
Wait a minute...this isn't scientology's tactics? It's Jehovah's Witnesses?
Well hrm...that's...interesting.
;)
if a creator god is real and he is the source of life well then i would certainly acknowledge that and give him thanks for my existence and for the universe i live in.
but obedience?.
my mum and dad gave me life, ensured my education, looked after my health and wellbeing, loved me, taught me the value of kindness and friendships and so much more.
what a great question. :)
I used to think this...god created us in his image right? And look what we've done...war, murder, etc. We've done some interesting things too...but ultimately we breed and destroy. In 'his' image, right? So obidience is earned at least in this case, out of fear. Fear of destruction.
I don't obey something because it's there. I obey things because they make sense, socially, morally, psychologically. As a matter of fact, to disobey god is to be godlike, because we were 'created' in his image, no? You think god can stand a bit of irony?
Forsharry of the "And if he wrote the script, then why the trouble-maker?" Class
just saying hi, and i am soooooo glad to find this site.
i have been out of the org.
for about 7 years now, and am just now feeling fully free.
welcome aboard the flying basket! :)
so glad you could join us!
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i must still be programmed to think like a jw, cause i like to read articles about how bad things are going in the world.
the worse the world conditions become, the more i love to read.
I'll read just about anything. I love learning new things...right now I'm reading
"Animals in Translation" - about what animals are saying from an autistic woman who has an uncanny ability to read animals...it's a good book and nicely written.
"Trespass Against Us - Dow and the Toxic Century." - not exactly light reading, but it's a good book showing how "Better Living Through Chemistry" is probably killing us. :)
oh and of course trashy romance novel...for some seasoning. ;)
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ok, i'll start with myself.
i'm a nut job, hey i bet you never knew that !!!
I'm a black belt in karate.
I take Irish Step Dancing.
I'm an artist by trade.
I got a new tattoo a couple of months ago...it covers my right thigh and is leaping cats with wings. :)
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I would concur, Crumpet...must be genetic memory of the thousands of years of having to put up the front of being submissive and meek. ::gags::
This just disgusts me. I hate to be cliche, but can't we all just get along? I don't hate anyone...some people highly annoy me, but I don't plan on destroying an airplane half way across the world to prove some obscure point. It takes so much energy to hate...they must be utterly exhausted. Ah the things we do for 'god.'
