it is easy to get too curious and fall in.
you might wander around down there for years, have a family, make friends.
then you will find it is hard to get out.
I spent about 30 years of my life with little short, snappy Bible quotes being used to jerk me around. I'm over thatreally....? sounds like you're still working through it.
I believe in live and let live and if you're religious, well then I hope you are happy.Sounds good to me.
But many Christians feel that I can be the best person possible - but if I don't accept Jesus (or Buddha, Mohammed, Tom Cruise, etc), then my life was not as meaningful as theirs.Then they're the jerks.
i want to thank each and everyone of you.. i have enjoyed all of your posts, and thanks also for tolerating mine, and my long winded repsonses.. you have made my days easier, and eased my depression.
i have spent many an evening feeling sad, but reading .
your stories way into the wee hours allowed me to move on.. thanks again, (amy) ....restrangled.
Good Luck in whatever you decide to do!
i'm watching cnn presents on cnn.
ther are talking about the north korean dissident movement and how they are using the internet and technology to expose kim jong ils regime.
sounds so familiar.
North Korean dissident movement
hmmm, I didn't know they had one....I'll have to turn it on. interesting....thanks.
it is easy to get too curious and fall in.
you might wander around down there for years, have a family, make friends.
then you will find it is hard to get out.
hmmm, a little GENERALIZING don't you think?
pure genius!
where else could you find so many morons, ready to be brainwashed?
check out the witness reference at the end.
Where else could you find so many morons, ready to be brainwashed?
Hollywood.
first excuse my spelling throughout this piece.this issue has a lot of back history that is needed to understand it, so please bear with the long summary.. i am currently still a jehovah witness, on paper; i have not attended a meeting for over 6 months.
i was reproved about 7 months ago.
because i questioned their actions, and i had influence over others.
They believe that Jehovah will act when the time is right. WHen that will be, I have no idea.
I believe He already has acted - He's opened a "door" for you, now the ball's in your court.
so today i am going back to school for my us history class.
last week my professor told me to study anything and everything that interested me.
i am sitting here bouncing from book to book that i purchased at 12 price books.
I study history myself.... You have a good mixture of books..... wish I had the time to look at a couple of those you listed.
I enjoyed the Peter Jennings book, and of course the Life photos.
a few years ago, rush limbaugh read this speech that his father gave every independence day.
regardless of your view of rush or his politics, i find myself going back to re-read this speech everytime independence day comes around.
it is a reminder of the price that was paid in order for us to bask in the liberty we have now, 230 years after the declaration of independence was signed.. .
I like history and that was a very interesting piece of it, one can understand why the oppressed had to rebel and make such great sacrifices to earn their rights.
Nice to hear that coming from a Brit (which, when you think of it, we were Brits too before the "misunderstanding"). There's another thread on this board where an Englishman can't understand Americans love of guns.....calling us stereotypes. What he should be able to understand is TRADITION. This young nation was able to defend itself against an oppressive monarch because of it's tradition of owning firearms for self defense. Almost every citizen owned firearms....that tradition has been handed down and is held almost sacred for those who have kept the tradition going. In the 1960's a reunion was held in Hawaii between Japanese and Americans who fought against each other in World War II. One of the Japanese speakers noted that there were plans, right after Pearl Harbor when the U.S. was most vulnerable, to invade the West Coast, just to make a statement that it could be done. The West Coast populations were small back then compared to the East Coast. One of the reasons given for not carrying out the plan is that the Japanese knew that almost every other household in the U.S. had a firearm and that there was no chance, numerically for success against those numbers.
i thought i would open up a thread on firearms and shooting.
personally i was raised around firearms as my dad was not a jw.
some of my earliest memories are of my dad teaching me how to put a round in a fleas ass at 200 meters.
But we certainly could not have Brits protecting themselves now could we. After all, in England the law for all intents and purposes reads...."defend yourself and go to jail."
Ain't THAT the truth! (for the Brits: Isn't THAT the truth!) Posting from another thread titled "AMERICANS WHO RISKED EVERYTHING"
I like history and that was a very interesting piece of it, one can understand why the oppressed had to rebel and make such great sacrifices to earn their rights.
Nice to hear that coming from a Brit (which, when you think of it, we were Brits too before the "misunderstanding"). There's another thread on this board where an Englishman can't understand Americans love of guns.....calling us stereotypes. What he should be able to understand is TRADITION. This young nation was able to defend itself against an oppressive monarch because of it's tradition of owning firearms for self defense. Almost every citizen owned firearms....that tradition has been handed down and is held almost sacred for those who have kept the tradition going. In the 1960's a reunion was held in Hawaii between Japanese and Americans who fought against each other in World War II. One of the Japanese speakers noted that there were plans, right after Pearl Harbor when the U.S. was most vulnerable, to invade the West Coast, just to make a statement that it could be done. The West Coast populations were small back then compared to the East Coast. One of the reasons given for not carrying out the plan is that the Japanese knew that almost every other household in the U.S. had a firearm and that there was no chance, numerically for success against those numbers.
happy independance day!!!!
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i just made my reservations at the emergency room, so i won't be stuck in the lobby for hours listening to all that crying and whining.
What kind of illegal fireworks? What is your address? You need to turn these in to your local police station today. Plus I think this board doesn't allow people to speak about illegal activity or endorsing property damage like that.Of course, it seems that most people here seem a bit childish and overzealous towards iniquity anyway. I have heard nothing but insults from one chap who cannot mull over the situation ironically. But where is the tact in this statement followed by "the best country in the world"? You mock the very essence of the place by breaking the laws of the place you claim to love so much.
Insanity. Pure insanity.
OK....fess up.... you're not REALLY an AMERICAN....where are you from "chap".... certainly not UTAH as you claim.... that's one of the most patriotic 4th of July states in the Country.... you are sooooooo BUSTED !!!! Your posts reek of not being from the States.
