to the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you have peace!.
very recently, another dear one asked me whether i attended church and when i responded that i do not attend, but i am the church... as are all of us who are "living stones" in the temple of god... the one responded and asked as to our lord's address to the seven congregations in his revelation to john, as well as the admonition stated at hebrews 10:25. unfortunately, neither of these support church attendance, as i shared with the one asking of me.. when our lord addressed the seven "congregations/churches" in his revelation to john, he was not addressing a literal congregation in, for example, laodecia.
if that were the case, (1) then no other congregations/churches were addressed but those seven and thus, the information is for none but those seven, which is unreasonable; (2) the congregations met in houses and thus there was more than one congregation/church in, say, ephesus.
Uh oh, Shelby is highlighting in Satan's red. The Lord must really be pissed at NVL now!
Coggie slowly takes a few steps away from NVL and OTWO. (I'm with ya in spirit bros, but just standing a safe distance, if ya know what I'm sayin').
ps: My attention whore photo is better OTWO
ummm... just wanted to start a thread about this.. i would so want to get started....
Actually, Brother Dan, if bottleofwater throws a party, and you leave to catch the last train/bus home but the last one has already left for the night and then you walk back to bottledofwater's place and everyone else has left, she/gayhe/ is allowed to let you sleep on the couch.
So there you have it, the extenuating circumstances loophole!
the other day i was on the phone with my mother.
she lives about 20 minutes from the rest of the family.
she'll be 73 in november.
You might remind her that it is YOU who visit her every day and take her for breakfast. Ask her how often the brothers do. Ask her if any of them have offered their homes to her "when the time comes".
Then just wait and let her eat her words. You can always say a silent "I told you so" to yourself or out loud if you want. If the time does come for her to move in with you, you might want to find out if Moshe is correct and she has signed over her estate to the WTBTS. You might want to insist she changes that before you take her in, as it is only fair that you should have power of attorney and some compensation for the expense and effort of looking after her.
I know you see it as an act of family love and aren't looking for compensation, but family love should flow both ways. If it is loving for you to take care of her, then it is loving for her to take care of you with an inheritance, no matter how small. It is the principle of reciprocity.
so today was my first sunday meeting that i didn't go with my wife.
as an update she has decided not to move out right now...because she doesn't have anywhere to go.
but she is giving me the silent treatment.
I would NOT leave the house. She can claim to the courts and to the elders that you abandoned her without support. You stay put. Let her move or sleep in the spare room. You have done nothing that you should need to move out of your home or your room. She won't move, because she has no means of support. You have a job and YOU have to have a stable home to sleep in to continue to support your family.
The only way she will move is if she has JW friends or family egging her on and willing to take her in. Or, if she has another man in the wings that she is hiding. If she is serious about a divorce and not just manipulating you, she will go to legal aid, she will file for custody of the kids and spousal and child support. You will have to do nothing except show up and say your piece. She has absolutely no need to move out of state because she has no job there or family. It is just a move to get the kids away from you and threaten you for not being a JW.
I would still consult a lawyer and get an injunction against her moving the kids out of your visiting range, based upon her threats to do so.
the church of england has published a new book called "the faith of generation y".
300 young people, born after 1982 were interviewed.
one of the authors is christopher cocksworth, the bishop of coventry.
There's nothing sad about it, imo.
Historically, dissenters have often been the target of religionists.
The article was pointing out that young people are not AGAINST religion. No one is targeting it for destruction. It is dying a slow death from irrelevance in most people's lives. When something is no longer useful, you discard it. As a child learns to grow up and face reality, they discard their childish fairy tales in favor of facts.
last friday i posted something supportive of gays on facebook - it was as follows: put this on your status if you know or love someone who is gay.
my wish is that people will understand that being gay is not a disease nor a choice- people who are gay are not looking for a cure but acceptance and equal rights... 93% won't copy and paste this.
will you make it your ...status for at least one hour?
I like the way WontLeave compares gay people to brain-damaged people. Actually they do have special events and parades for brain-damaged people, with prizes and everything. Ever hear of the special olympics?
what is your idea of romance?
what are some romantic things that have happened to you?
how about things you've done.
Every one of these ideas sounds romantic to me. Well, maybe not Outlaw's, but his does sound fun and sexy (Not exactly sure what the pliers are for, gripping the chicken I hope?).
I think romance is taking the time to be really present in mind and body and doing little things that show you were thinking of pleasing your partner. It doesn't have to be big, expensive or dramatic. It just has to say, "you are on my mind".
hi all.. my story.
it's been a while coming.. i have been lurking around here for 10 months or so.. reading just about everyday.
thank steve jobs for the iphone.. i haven't worked out how to post from the iphone.
Welcome FadeToGrey
Just think you can now start enjoying yourselves and I predict the more you do so, the less the depression will have a hold on you.
My son and I were on antidepressants for 5 and 10 years respectively during our last years in the org. We've been out for 5 years or so and neither of us have had antidepressants for years now. We still have our ups and downs and sad moments, but that's part of life for everyone. We no longer define ourselves as part of that religion and we no longer define ourselves as depressed.
the church of england has published a new book called "the faith of generation y".
300 young people, born after 1982 were interviewed.
one of the authors is christopher cocksworth, the bishop of coventry.
If you think about how we spend the hours of our daily lives, you can see how religion has become irrelevant for all but those raised on it.
We sleep 8 hours, we work 8 hours, religion has little place in a secular work environment that stresses inclusivity for all and focusing on the task at hand.
What do we human animals mainly want to do with our other hours of free time. Well, we must shop for food, clothes and supplies, we must cook and feed ourselves and our families, clean and groom our bodies and homes. We have a few hours left over after that, perhaps 4 hours a day or so. We want to spend them enjoying ourselves. We want to spend them, reading, watching plays, either live, or in the cinema, or on TV. We want to listen to music or practice and appreciate our own arts, crafts and hobbies, and sports. We've worked hard all day and we think we've earned it.
That is our down time, our time for pleasure (oops, almost forgot sex!). We want to socialize with our friends and if we are young people in late teens and twenties, our prime animal motivation is to find a partner and mate. That is all as it should be.
We don't want what little free time we have to be spent in a stuffy hall, being made to feel guilty, ashamed and bad about ourselves, being serious all the time and being told what to do by others who we know are often less ignorant and less educated than we are.
Young people often don't have all the superstitions our parents were raised with. They have already been debunked and disproved. They don't go to bed fearing demons and needing talismen to protect them. They don't have a lot of big unanswered questions. If they have a question, they can get an online encyclopedia and have it answered instantly to the greatest degree of scientific knowledge that exists at that moment. If the answer is not yet known, then it is not known and they can accept that, and don't feel the need to go to a church to have a story made up about it.
Sometimes, older people, whose kids are grown, whose careers have peaked, who are starting to age and deteriorate, begin to get more reflective and muse on spirituality and the greater meaning of it all, if there is any.
Even most of these older ones, focus more on spirituality than religion. They see the failures of religious organizations over the centuries. People are still interested in ethics which is the practice of social mores, but they are interested in morality that is relevant for the lives we lead today and the problems we face today in our social groups, not the problems faced thousands of years ago by our ancestors.
This is not a bad thing. This is a natural evolution of society that comes with the information age.
the title pretty much says it all.. it's true that there are many classics that simply can't be topped but it doesn't stop people from trying anyway.
and what do ya know; occasionally someone does succeed.
here i will post at least one notable example.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9gf_sofbm&p=301f39587863d18d&playnext=1&index=3.
