i try ... i really try to watch football (soccer) ... it's world cup time ... i really do try.. i just don't get it ... i really don't.. yes, it's a world-wide sport.
in most countries it is the number 1 or number 2 sport ... no doubt about it.
it's maybe number 5 in the usa for professional sports.. from an american's perspective (i think i speak for many), we just wonder if these guys actually have testicles.
I just can't watch soccer. I tried. I'll take up knitting instead.
I have more respect for "froo froo" wearing male figure skaters than soccer players, if that's telling you something. At least figure skaters take hard falls and finish their routine with a smile. They don't throw a bad acting, melodramitic hissy fit over nothing to try to convince the ref that the player was right and his opponent wrong.
most people here have never met you.
we converse, discuss, argue, laugh, agree, question, share our lives..... quite often, you kind of get to know what a person is like.
some people, we tend to gravitate to and others, we shy away from.. how do you think you come across to other people?
I scratch my arse alot, here and in real life.
I almost always read AndDontCallMeShirley's posts!
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the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys get baptised too young.
Don't let them drive four doors, wear suits, and peddle the Truth. . .
the mormon leaders in virginia are deciding whether to excommunicate kate kelly for pushing for equal rights for mormon women in the church.
she wants to remain a mormon whatever the outcome of the hearing.. 800-1000 mormons held a vigil in support of kate.. the group ordain women, mormons who want change in their church structure, are active in 17 countries pushing the male dominated leaders to make this important change.. kate kelly is herself an international human rights lawyer.. church leaders site jesus only choosing men in leadership positions as their foundational support.. those interviewed at the vigil said they want an atmosphere where they can at least have conversations openly about changes they would like to see made in the church..
It is my understanding from International Cultic Studies (support group for ex-cult members), that ex-JWs and ex-Mormons make up a large percentage of the people seeking help. Very similar religions, but Mormons allow/tout big families & education/wealth. They also offer a professional mentor program within the church.
the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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GB is desparate! Yearbook numbers. It's all about yearbook numbers that have been in decline.
today my husband and i sold plastic ducks for the annual duck racing fund raising event opposite a jw cart.
in the 2hour period we sold over a 100 ducks putting our jw training to good use proactively approaching people, overcoming objections and generally wishing people success.
cantleave went round the local businesses selling to the shops and generally was received positively.
The terrible job that Witnesses do at the booths has been reported here alot. Surely, the elders realize that their followers are not being productive. Shouldn't the elders be out there spying on the witness carts, and then giving the followers a critique for their actual service? Or, shouldn't the WTS come out with an article on this? Really fire the JWs up to perform their duties!
the mormon leaders in virginia are deciding whether to excommunicate kate kelly for pushing for equal rights for mormon women in the church.
she wants to remain a mormon whatever the outcome of the hearing.. 800-1000 mormons held a vigil in support of kate.. the group ordain women, mormons who want change in their church structure, are active in 17 countries pushing the male dominated leaders to make this important change.. kate kelly is herself an international human rights lawyer.. church leaders site jesus only choosing men in leadership positions as their foundational support.. those interviewed at the vigil said they want an atmosphere where they can at least have conversations openly about changes they would like to see made in the church..
I can't help but wondering if the Mormons at the vigil are wearing Mormon underwear?
The Mormons better get their people under control! Time for the Mormon elders to squash this dissodence by excommunicating ALL who attended that vigil.
is it based on gullibility, naivete, the ability to suspend all logic and reason in order to hold onto fantasized "realities" of a paradise earth where all humanity will be perfect, where all wars and violence will cease?
is it a personal preponderance to the extreme-- whether it be in judgmentalism, cruelty, rigidity, negativity, and/ or righteousness that lends itself to extreme closemindedness and shortsightedness?.
how do you define it for yourself?
My God is alot better than YOUR God.
the society has improved their game.
i just got home from the regional assembly.
it was a well-choreographed, technically excellent affair.
Ipads at church? Here's a cool church in Atlanta, Georgia that uses technology and drama like no other. North Pointe's iband! This church is sooo cool, that other churches of all different types come to visit it (in church buses too) to spend the week there learning the technology that is used. Great messages and sermons too. If I were to be a "Christian", this would be the one!
So, is the use of ipads at the KH as cool as North Pointe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4
How to open a church service?
.. do you want to be on tv?.
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The world is dealing with religious extremists. Both the JWs and Islam share alot of similarities. They both follow the BITE model of a high control religion. While we may think that Islamic terrorists are extreme, we would really welcome a show about an Islamic terrorist who reformed. Most worldly people have a view of JWs as being strange folks, but most seem intersted to talk with me about my experience within the JWs and leaving. When I've spoken publicly, I get held afterwords for about an hour to field people's questions. So, don't look at the media as being all bad. Present yourself rationally, and demand to see the final cut before you give them authorization to use your part. Practice before you talk, and stick to about 3 talking points.
