the wild-card angels wrapped up the al division series with a 9-5 victory .
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St. Louis would only meet the Angels in the World Series if they both win their next series.
St. Louis has a great chance to win it all. A great team all around. It would be heartfelt win because they lost a pitcher this year, Daryl Kile 33, to a heart defect of some kind. The players all have his number 57 on their ball caps and his jersey is still in his locker.
It is great the Yankees are out, I don't care who wins everything, as long as the Yankees didn't win it.
i enjoyed the greatest bands link.
how about the 5 greatest guitarist of all time.
here are mine:.
There is a need for some metal guitarists.
Dave Mustaine-Megadeth
Played faster, louder, did some amazing things with guitar.
Kirk Hammett-Metallica
Idol is Jimi Hendrix, some may say he is better than Jimi
Joe Satriani
Like TR said, probably is the best
Jimi Hendrix
Angus Young-ACDC
Hey, where would Sid Vicious fit in?
i was thinking about this today after silentlambs post about the 5 gb men now for bill bowen to make this public, i believe that there must be some damning evidence, so damning that it will force the governing body to do something.
what will happen i do not know, but i have a theory, idea or maybe just a crazy thought.
a few years ago, there were pictures in the publications that the society had gotten flak over.
I was thinking about this today after silentlambs post about the 5 GB men Now for Bill Bowen to make this public, I believe that there must be some damning evidence, so damning that it will force the governing body to do something. What will happen I do not know, but I have a theory, idea or maybe just a crazy thought.
A few years ago, there were pictures in the publications that the society had gotten flak over. What they did was say that the people who put these pictures in the publications were subsequently disfellowshipped. Thus shifting the blame to these disfellowshipped ones. So they admitted that these images were true but it was not their fault because Satan and no good people were actually behind it( whether people were actually disfellowshipped or not, I'm not too sure)
If the society was forced into the corner over the issue of these 5 men and the whole child molestation issue, and they had no place to hide,could they not put all the blame on these 5 men? Something to the effect of" These men were in charge of the molestation issues. What we did not know was that they were somehow involved and tried to protect themselves. This led to many people being hurt. But through god's spirit directed organization, these actions by these men were pointed out and we are know thankful for this and proper course has been taken."
Because of the pressure of lawsuits and people speaking of change I believe the society will have to accept the blame one day for the molestation issues and their wronged policies, but I think they could put the blame on some scapegoats like these 5 men, maybe not all of them, maybe just a couple. If this were to happen, it would be bittersweet because of two things. One, the society would have to change their policy on child abuse, and this would be awesome. The second, if confronted about the child abuse from the past the society would just have to say "we are sorry it happened, but it was because of Satan and evil men. Jehovah and his spirit-directed organization would never want this to happen to anybody." Then the rank and file would swallow it up because they will accept anything from the Borg no matter how bad. Us apostates and opposers would not be able to debate over this issue with the rank and file because the society corrected these mistakes when God showed them the truth. That's what the R and F would say.
I guess if this happened, it would be open season on the WTS with lawsuits from hell.
Oh well, I thought it could be a idea, but it became just a crazy thought.
(it's late and I'm tired)
nfg
i was just wondering what means or methods might be used to inhibit or prohibit family members from attending meetings, or if those who wished to should be allowed to attend unfettered, so to speak.. after i was disfellowshipped, my ex-wife quite naturally continued to attend meetings.
i enjoyed these all too brief respites from her company and was delighted that jehovahs witnesses demanded that she be out of the home on a frequent basis.. however, had i actually enjoyed her company i can see now that this would have been an irritant and am wondering if any here have attempted preventative measures to keep this from happening.
bb
Use duct tape when things are loose and use WD-40 when things are tight, just don't use these items on your women if she happens to be too tight or loose.
the simpsons has got to be my favourite animated series of all time.
obviously, all of the main characters are pretty good (my favourite main character is homer, dohhh!
so for the simpsons fans here, who is your favourite secondary character?.
Nelson has to rank up there with his infamous "Ha Ha"
There is a episode where Lisa has a crush on Nelson and writes a note "somebody likes you". She gives the note to Millhouse to pass to Nelson in class. As Nelson reads the note he looks at Millhouse and Millhouse smiles. The next scene is an ambulance coming to pick up Millhouse meaning Nelson beats the crap out of him thinking the note is from Millhouse. I'm laughing as I'm typing this, a all time favorite.
i was listening today to the jimmy young show on radio 2. apart from the fact that jimmy young wasn't present, the show followed it's usual pattern of righteous indignation against teenagers, asylum seekers, unmarried young mothers and the unemployed.. todays topic was sex education.. how old should children be before they know about sex?
or should i say, be told all about sex?.
i could't believe what i was hearing.
I think that sex should be talked about with children by parents and schools at about the age of 10. If this is something left alone then there will be an increase in pregnancies and STD's. I remember in high school, every year we would get a speaker that was invovled with a drinking and driving accident. But there were still teenagers that would drink and drive and there were accidnets but nobody was seriously hurt in my age group, but not everybody is as lucky. The same goes for sex at a young age, everybody knew of the dangers but kids still did it. Teenagers have the attitude that they can be invincible and "it can't happen to me". Unwanted Pregnancies and STD's and other emotional trauma will always happen to some teenagers when they are sexually active and that will never change. But with education at an early age, the percentage of this happening would be less.
I notice how many of the people here can be like an angry mob when someone like Bomatt6 says something that gets under everybodies skin. Ever watch the Simpsons when an angry mob gathers together for the stupidest thing. Maybe it is the ol witness mentality in that we are stubborn and need to prove we are right or that these people are idiots. I'm just saying that people's views may change from being a JW to a XJW but sometimes their attitude doesn't. And I don't find anything wrong with that either. I just think that people can be a bit too serious sometimes and I think we could have a little fun just how JT said. Just my 2 cents for assclowns like Bomatt6.
just had 2 elders at my door coming to check up on me.
they asked how i was doing and usual chit chat.
i asked them about if they had seen dateline and about the child abuse problem.
I did mention about the 2 witnesss rule and how it should not be for child abuse because there is never 2 witnesses to this type of crime. One elder mentioned that it is a tough thing to sort out, that is when I said this should be brought to the police because they are qualified. Trying to get abit of topic he mentioned there are cases when children have alleged abuse when in fact it did not happen and the person's reputation was tarnished. I mentioned that when children say abuse happened over 95% of the time something did indeed happen, because children do not make up stories about being abused unless they have been abused.
just had 2 elders at my door coming to check up on me.
they asked how i was doing and usual chit chat.
i asked them about if they had seen dateline and about the child abuse problem.
Just had 2 elders at my door coming to check up on me. They asked how I was doing and usual chit chat. I asked them about if they had seen dateline and about the child abuse problem. They said they heard about the program but did not watch it. I said it was pretty sad to see the poor girl (Erica) being disfellowshipped for speaking out while the abuser was convicted in a court of law and had the support of the congregation. They agreed with me that this was wrong. The one elder tried to swing the conversation away and said the media always tries to show the bad cases of the religion and never of the good causes. I went back to saying if the media has been slanderous of the society then the society could sue but they havn't so this could mean that there is a problem and not at just local levels but higher up. They did not mention too much more about this and either did I. I did not feel like debating today because they said they will be back again. Any advice to what I should do when they return? I could have some fun.
i have not been on here for awhile, so much has happened.
some may remember my story in which i did a lot of research on the society and never joined.
i knew when i was dealing with the elders i had stumped them many times.
She said she is willing to look up things, but if she starts asking questions the elders will probably tell her to lose contact with me. For a relationship between us to occur, I guess this will happen sooner or later. Whatever decision is made, this girl's heart will be broken, something I don't want to happen, but it will. I have made up my mind I am going after her, just have not decided how I am going to. Some of you have said to run and go after other fish, the funny thing is that I have had the chance to date at least 10 great girls in the last year, but I have decided to fall for a girl with many strings attached. I just can't help how I feel.
Has anyone else been accused of joining a cult or lies spread about them when you question the society?
