not to diss anyones beliefs, i thought this was humorous.. .
absurdity in the bible .
if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.--1 cor.14:38 .
Thanks for the succinct summary of some of the most ridiculous stuff foisted on humans.
I will acknowledge that I don't want to diss anyone's beliefs either. But, I gotta tell ya' that when you take a giant, logical, mental step back and look at the cold hard empirical facts....
well...lets just say that I am getting out my waders......
and movin' on....
Thanks,
Alex
do you realize that when we were witnesses, we believed these "apostate" sites were nothing less than "spiritual pornography"?
Makes you wanna say...Hmmmmmm........Little did we know that the Borg has the real spiritual pornography.
much trouble... or, things to do at the mtg that will raise eyebrows but won't get you into to much trouble.. i've been thinking about this since i still go.
i'm surprised at how much a person can get away with if they are in a hall that they have no family in that particular kingdom hall.... at the memorial i put on so much dark eye make-up i was shocked my husband didn't say anything walking out the door.
instead, i got compliments, lol, not exactly what i planned on.... one of my friends who faded went to the memorial and she had a pretty low cut shirt on.
I don't know if a bumper sticker qualifies as "wearing" something to the KH.
But, I kinda' like the one I put on my car after bailing on the Borg.
It says, "GOD, protect me from your followers!!!" That oughta' get um goin'.....
Whadayathink?
Alex
my great nephew who was killed last week: killer arrested.claudia koerner and brent whiting.
the arizona republic.
mar.
My condolences.
May your family find some comfort from their deep loss.
Unfortuantely, this kind of tragedy is all too common. I am in my last year of law school and have been working as a prosecutor intern in the Juvenile Division of one of the local county's Prosecutor's Office. The stuff that we see is shocking. It is bad enough what adults do to kids... but in my office we see how kids treat one another. Often times it is an older kid or gang of kids who will take advantage of a younger or developmentally challenged kid. It is really heartbreaking. The really distressing part of the job is that these kinds of things are not isolated...there is just a steady stream of horrible cases coming through the judicial system. The county where I work is relatively non-urban and the population density is not all that high, so I can only imagine how much worse it is in major metropolitan areas.
Often times, these crimes are committed by repeat offenders and are foreseeable. The problem is that economic resources everywhere are stretched to the breaking point and many communities don't have the resources to get the offenders counseling or adequate restraint to keep them from re-offending.
I wish I knew what the remedy is to child abuse and domestic violence, but unfortunately I don't and neither do the people get paid to think about this stuff.
You do not grieve alone, but everyone who cares for the little ones grieves with you.
May you and your family find peace,
Alex
homo antessor fossil found in atapeuro is over a million years old
Hmmmmmm.....were those early ancestors of ours living in the last days of this wicked system of things??? I have a feeling they were keeping on the watch.
All joking aside, the saga of the human species is absolutely fascinating.
Cheers to all,
Alex
i know we have some very imaginative people, so let's pretend we are "god".
we see how much of an economic crisis we are in, how politics is making people fight from all sides, so many religions and they are all fighting against each other, in fact, every difference can be a breaking point for division.
create a world that is functional, realistic and economically sound.. it can be as short or long as you want, but i think it would be a good place to come up with some ideas and possibly create a reality that even in our own lives, can make a difference..
Layla,
That's pretty cool that you have some experience with animal behavior -- and also that you can relate to my comments. Some peoples' eyes just glaze over when I bring up geology.
I don't know for sure, but if I remember correctly, I believe John Lennon was an atheist. And, speaking of that have you ever looked into CFI (Center For Inquiry) or any of the other secular humanist organizations? The secular humanists talk about this kind of stuff all the time. I belong to the local chaper of CFI.
Cheers,
Alex
i know we have some very imaginative people, so let's pretend we are "god".
we see how much of an economic crisis we are in, how politics is making people fight from all sides, so many religions and they are all fighting against each other, in fact, every difference can be a breaking point for division.
create a world that is functional, realistic and economically sound.. it can be as short or long as you want, but i think it would be a good place to come up with some ideas and possibly create a reality that even in our own lives, can make a difference..
Layla,
Thanks for posting the lyrics to "Imagine."
I don't know if you have read any of my other posts musing about humans as a species. In case you haven't, I'll share a little. I am just finishing up a masters degree and geology -- studying geology for the past 6 years has really been interesting because there is whole philosophical twist that geology imposes on you. You cannot study the changes in the earth and the species that have appeared and disappeared over 100s of millions and billions of years without thinking about the role and destiny of our own species and ourselves as individuals.
In paleontology there is the concept of "juvenile" and "mature" species. Juvenile species are those which appear in the geologic record but never reach their full evolutionary potential before they disappear from the record. On the other hand, mature species adapt, radiate into many different ecologial niches, and persist in the geologic record long enough to become a very diverse "family" of organisms. The reason I mention this is that from an evolutionary standpoint humans are truly a juvenile species.
The metaphor is inescapable. We are like gawky teenagers with the ability and power to do all kinds of stuff, but as a species, we lack the experience and wisdom to harness the power. We are a species that is out of control on the planet. I wax and wane between optimism and utter dispair about what is to become of the human race. One thing is certain, if we don't get our act together, mother nature is going to deal with us and won't be pretty.
I think the hope lies in the fact that we are able to "Imagine" -- perhaps we can "will" our species to develop a moral compass that will exalt our "human" qualities above the animal qualities that seem to predominate.
Sorry, if I took a bit of a negative turn on cheery post. It is important to keep the hope alive that we can do better. Thanks for starting this thread.
Cheers,
Alex
i know we have some very imaginative people, so let's pretend we are "god".
we see how much of an economic crisis we are in, how politics is making people fight from all sides, so many religions and they are all fighting against each other, in fact, every difference can be a breaking point for division.
create a world that is functional, realistic and economically sound.. it can be as short or long as you want, but i think it would be a good place to come up with some ideas and possibly create a reality that even in our own lives, can make a difference..
I think John Lennon said it pretty well with "Imagine"
check out this amazing admission from their website.
see the highligted text toward the bottom..... jehovah's witnesses official web site.
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Check out this amazing admission from their website. See the highligted text toward the bottom....
Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
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What Will the Future Bring? | ||
Where Is This World Heading? | ||
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Related topics: | WHAT will the next 10, 20, or 30 years bring? It can be frightening to contemplate the future in this age of terrorism. Technology is booming. Globalization has made many nations interdependent. Will world leaders unite and pave the way for a brighter tomorrow? Some people say yes, hoping that by the year 2015, leaders will be able to stem the tide of poverty and hunger, reverse the spread of AIDS, and halve the proportion of those without access to safe drinking water and sanitation.—See the box “Optimism Versus Reality.” |
James 4:13, 14 , Today’s English Version | |
However, man’s vision of the future has often proved to be illusory. For example, decades ago one expert said that by 1984, farmers would plow the ocean floor with underwater tractors; another said that by 1995, cars would be equipped with computerized hardware that would prevent collisions; and another predicted that by 2000, there would be some 50,000 people living and working in space. Of course, those who made such predictions likely now wish they had remained silent. One journalist wrote: “There’s nothing like the passage of time to make the world’s smartest people look like complete idiots.” | |
young or old, it matters not, but from reading the threads of newbies it seems that many are active jws and are doubting!!!.
over the last two years it has "become evident" (tm) that there is a global awakening in the consciousness of many.
active jehovah's witnesses that something is....missing from their lives.
We can only hope so!!!
