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while the jehovah's witnesses avoid giving to charity - after all why bother?, they are going to die at armageddon soon anyway, the rest of the world do their best to help those in dire need.. every year the bbc 'children in need' appeal raises millions to help disadvantaged children everywhere.. uk posters will know what i'm talkng about.. send some money to pudsey!.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/.
That's also good news SimpleSally. Foster kids get a raw deal in life - they need to know that people still care (and they do).
I am often overwhelmed at the general goodness of people, from all walks of life, and their example is an indictment to the JWs who simply care for their own.
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while the jehovah's witnesses avoid giving to charity - after all why bother?, they are going to die at armageddon soon anyway, the rest of the world do their best to help those in dire need.. every year the bbc 'children in need' appeal raises millions to help disadvantaged children everywhere.. uk posters will know what i'm talkng about.. send some money to pudsey!.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/.
I know Matty, if it happened a lot I'd be bored, but once a year is OK.
I'm watching it now and it's a hoot!
And over 6 million quid raised already tonight for children's charities.
Now that's GOOD NEWS!
http://www.sky.com/skynews/home
myra hindley, who helped in the torture and killing of five children in the 1960's, died today.. good riddance.. there had been attempts to have her released, because she was no longer a threat to the public!.
what about punishment?
http://www.sky.com/skynews/home
Myra Hindley, who helped in the torture and killing of five children in the 1960's, died today.
Good riddance.
There had been attempts to have her released, because she was no longer a threat to the public!
What about punishment? What about deterence?
An 'icon of evil' has passed away.
Good, that means we won't have to pay for her upkeep anymore.
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while the jehovah's witnesses avoid giving to charity - after all why bother?, they are going to die at armageddon soon anyway, the rest of the world do their best to help those in dire need.. every year the bbc 'children in need' appeal raises millions to help disadvantaged children everywhere.. uk posters will know what i'm talkng about.. send some money to pudsey!.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/.
While the Jehovah's Witnesses avoid giving to charity - after all why bother?, they are going to die at armageddon soon anyway, the rest of the world do their best to help those in dire need.
Every year the BBC 'children in need' appeal raises millions to help disadvantaged children everywhere.
UK posters will know what I'm talkng about.
Send some money to Pudsey!
are we all ready for christmas?!!
so, who here buys 'real' trees and who has the fake?
this will be our 4th christmas.
We still don't have Christmas, because we live in a 'divided household'; but during our Autumn break this year we went into a really nice gift shop. In the middle of a small room at the back of the shop was a Christmas tree decked out with all the lights, it had baskets around it full of the most fantastic baubles and tree decorations. Christmas jingles were playing and the ambient light
level was low, with a fake log fire flickering seductively at the back. My son and I spent ages in there while the rest of my family explored more of the shop. It was so cosy, we both agreed that it was something we really missed, the decorations and anticipation...the whole feeling of Christmas, especially the tree thing, even though we've never really experienced it before.
Even though I'm out now I still don't like the gift buying tradition - it seems so forced and it's such a pain.
Like many JWs in our area we have something called 'family day' when we buy presents for the kids. We have ours on the first Saturday in December.
studying with the witnesses 15 years ago, i was told that all the signs that jesus gave (earthquakes, wars, pestilence, and so on) would all occur in one generations time.
that was the composite sign, that all happens in 1 generation.
they said there were earthquakes thousands of years ago, wars thousands of years ago, famines thousands of years ago, but that wasnt the sign of jesus.
The composite sign is horse-puckey anyway. All of the elements of the sign happen together at all points in history, and at any point in time a person looking for a fulfilment of the sign will see ample evidence that it is being fulfilled. The whole 'sign' thing is complete bollocks - actually, many of the facets of the 'sign' have decreased since 1914; the society just lie. Yes, they tell bare faced lies and the JWs just swallow them without checking it out. Also, it is human nature to believe that things are worse than they used to be, we have such a myopic viewpoint, and religions like the JWs take advantage of this.
But I think you haven't quite got the idea with the 1995 change in the understanding of the term 'generation'. While it is no longer measurement of the average lifespan of a human from 1914 it is still linked to a human timescale. The society are fond of saying things like 'in Grandfather's day' as meaning not just a day but a whole time period spanning over one hundred years, so the word 'generation' can mean a time period longer than the lifespan of a human, but not much longer.
So, according to the 'new light' all of the people born in 1914 can now die but it won't be much longer; you see, the 'generation' now means all those that observe the 'signs' occuring since 1914. Technically, this can go on ad infinitum because the generation is constantly being renewed. However, there is another scripture that is thrown into the pot - Matthew 24:22 where it says that 'those days' (the tribulation) must be cut short on account of the chosen ones. So, the tribulation must occur while at least some of the very old anointed are still alive (according to 'present truth'). But that understanding will be 'adjusted' sometime soon I think.
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this was on the front page of my local paper today, nov 7th, leicester uk.. http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=42655&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=42318&contentpk=2990435
This was on the front page of my local paper today, Nov 7th, Leicester UK.
the following is what really irritates me:.
i'm just about to tuck into a $100 meal when some ignorant b*****d lights up.
when nobody lets me out of the side road onto the freeway.
People who watch you do a spectacular arse over tit fall on a patch of ice and then ask 'are you all right?'
(and the ones that laugh are even worse)
People who walk straight at me in the street when I'm carrying an open umbrella and who look surprised when it hits them in the face - why do I have to move all the way across and tilt the umbrella 90 degrees? Can't they move aside a bit as they pass?
People at the checkout who pick the only can of beans in the shop without a price on, so we have to wait while they find the price.
Those people who ask supermarket checkout operators mysterious questions that require a supervisor to come and answer. Why can't they just pay and go? I never ask questions or cause problems, I just pack my stuff, pay, and bugger off.
Packaging that requires a breadknife to open.
Any soap opera.
it was not hidden because god didn't want man know it.
it was hidden because it was too awesome a concept for man to comprehend and appreciate until now this is a significant time in human history as man is about to reach his adult stage as the earthly child of god.
god has provided by way of special inspiration all the object lessons neede for man to being to appreciate this important truth about his life.
Faith is not wishful thinking or fantasy
True. I had faith once, and it was very real. Then I lost it and no matter what I try I can't get it back.
I wish I had faith in God, that would be great. I try and try to believe in a God that cares but it just doesn't work.
Unfortunately we have no control over what we believe and therefore no choice over whether we have faith or not.
So there's no point trying to promote it.
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from nov km - report for july 2002:.
and because i'm very much a visual learner i've incorporated this into my graph showing uk publisher figures for the past few years, there does seem still to be a downward trend:.
I'm not sure blondie, but as you can see a huge peak is normal for August in the UK too.
We'll see if it happens again when the next KM comes out.
