just thought i'd share what i found in my fortune cookie.
(i know, fortune cookies are inviting demons, just like lucky charms cereal đ) well actually it's more of a proverb, like most of them are nowadays:.
"as one grows to understand life less and less, one learns to live it more and more.".
Thanks, neat blue dog:
I agree. Your quotation brought this one from Bertrand Russell to mind:
"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."
witness: yes.
attorney: and what were you doing at that time?
witness: yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
UNBELIEVABLE!
Thank you for starting my day with a laff.
fantastic!
but why being shown in 4k for only 1 day?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnda1azf2c.
Have a VHS of it from the old days when you could copy a tape off the televised version.
I recall from my research that the bombs were actually cylindrical, not spherical.
there is no road in the desert, yet you chance upon my friendless camp.. was it stars that led you to me or two yearning hearts become conjoined?.
i envision a most lovely you, but you're just a dream of what i once knew.. remote i remain in my desert abode while stars and your spirit sail on by..
Thank you, humbled!
Yes, I'm feeling a little thirsty, even in my metaphoric desert.
Wishing you and yours a happy day.
there is no road in the desert, yet you chance upon my friendless camp.. was it stars that led you to me or two yearning hearts become conjoined?.
i envision a most lovely you, but you're just a dream of what i once knew.. remote i remain in my desert abode while stars and your spirit sail on by..
Awaiting your return, I grow restless.
Do you remember the times we shared -- the laughter, the tears, the memories?
As if it never happened, so long ago has it been.
Will you come back and reminisce about the life we once knew?
Wondering as I do if ever I'll know love and its sweet perils again . . .
i have to say that the talk was very good.
instead of just repeating a jw manual , the speaker actually spoke about my brother!
there were a few scriptures with the jw hope but 80 % of the talk was actually about the life of my brother.
Good to hear, minimus! Glad it went well for you.
I've been to a few memorials where the deceased was remembered, above and beyond the script.
i had never thought about this until just now when i saw that nathan natas posted some early tract from rutherford, and it made me think back to what little i could remember of the history i was taught.
i now know that in most cases the dubs will spin stories in their favor.
so i'm now assuming i was told some fictitious story about what happened when the leaders were thrown in prison and things looked bleak for the cult way back when.
Knorr and Franz were happy that he was no longer at New York but far away in some nice house on the opposite coast where the weather is good practically all year. -- Brokeback Watchtower
Thanks, BW:
That's exactly what I read, come to think of it, in The Four Presidents, by Edmund Gruss.
i had never thought about this until just now when i saw that nathan natas posted some early tract from rutherford, and it made me think back to what little i could remember of the history i was taught.
i now know that in most cases the dubs will spin stories in their favor.
so i'm now assuming i was told some fictitious story about what happened when the leaders were thrown in prison and things looked bleak for the cult way back when.
I recall a Society publication (Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose [?]) stating that our "dear Brother Rutherford" suffered a bout of pneumonia while in prison and, upon release from prison, was urged by the brothers to spend time in the healthful climate of southern California.
Terry would know . . .
the attached picture is historical.
the man on left is ari hakkarainen, representative of jw in finland.
the woman in middle is reporter susanna päivärinta and the lady at right is josefina pakomaa who was abused by family friend - a jw - when she was 11. a vicious apostate today.
You say the attached picture is historical. -- steve2
Historic -- significant, important, noteworthy, . . .
I believe that is what Festus meant.
Thank you, Festus.
stuff you never expected you would do or enjoy doing as a non-witness.... researching - always thought i hated study and reading turns out it was just wt literature i hated studying and reading.
having political opinions and just having opinons and beliefs that are not set in stone and that i am free to assess, review and adjust as i become more aware of imformation .
droping the f-bomb every now and again to make a point feels surprisingly good but that may just be post-religious rebellion that wears off... eventually.
Hey, sparrow . . .
Speaking of expletives, it's also a grammar term (words in bold):
Expletive Words and Phrases Definition Expletives are words or phrases that do not add any structural or grammatical meaning to the sentence. These words and phrases are often referred to as empty words, meaningless phrases, or redundant pairs because they do not add any information to the sentence.
On point, I did a thread a while back about giving up The Fifth Dimension's "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" because it made me feel pagan as I reveled in blatant idolatry. Now, I write poetry about Goddess Moon.
Weren't original religions goddess- and earth- and cosmic-based?
