Happy XMAS to you Phaedra and everyone else who responds to your post
smiddy
love the music.color, season's greetings, etc.
even have a desktop tree.. neighbors on the block are all lit up (since thanksgiving = awesome!).
the colors are gorgeous!.
Happy XMAS to you Phaedra and everyone else who responds to your post
smiddy
wonderful photos to see of the present exterior and interior of one of the old wt factories.
please go to the site to see the photos and read the rest of the article that i did not paste here.. barbara .
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/23/new-wework-facility-turns-old-jehovahs-witnesses-buildings-small-biz-mecca.
Thank you Barbara for this info.
smiddy
if you were a jw and are now an atheist or agnostic, what was the tipping point that made you turn to it?.
the reason i ask is i have noticed that many who leave the jw's seem to turn to atheism, versus still having some form of a faith.
have many of you given up on god first or have you had atheistic views first and then found atheism to be true.
When I came to realize the Witnesses were not the truth , then I started to question the Bible that they based their beliefs on with a critical eye and found that also to be untrue .
The input of ever so many on this board leading me to so much more information on the subject of God and faith did it for me , believers & non believers alike .
Thank you everyone , an Atheist who stands in awe of the Universe and the diversity of life on this planet who firmly believes one day it will be discovered elsewhere .The odds are in my favour .
smiddy
inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .
frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.
i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.
Jerry Lewis talking to his image in a mirror .
They have guns ,you can get a gun
they have muscles , you can get a gun
smiddy
inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .
frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.
i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.
Knock on any door and yo will find a Nick Romano .
Humphrey Bogart
inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .
frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.
i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.
Look Mom , I`m on top of the world .
James Cagney
The big heat ? White Heat ?
smiddy
inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .
frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.
i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.
It`s better to be looked over ,
than over looked
Mae West
The movie, I can`t remember
smiddy
this is a great video.
i think it's his best work so far.
everything you ever wanted to know about 607 in 30 minutes.
The average JW~s of today , do not care what was taught more than 5 years ago , it is all old light , they are only interested in what is currently taught today , if that .
There are no Biblical scholars among them anywhere in the world today
They simply discard there errors as if they never made them ,
There is not an honest bone in any of the Governing Body Members , shame on them.
smiddy
i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.
jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.
they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.
Well off Jw`s in our hall praised Jah for selling there house when they wanted to move into a bigger mansion
smiddy
i could not find mention of this before.
i was reading genesis 8:22 in the niv and was surprised i had never noticed that this verse gives the impression that the earth will not remain forever.
genesis 8:22 stated by god after the flood, when promising to never again destroy all living creatures.. as long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.
So Jehovah has an each way bet on whether the earth stands forever or it will pass away .
On the one hand his written word indicates that the world will pass away , not endure for ever , then on the other hand he indicates that it will
last forever , that it will not pass away.
2 bob each way please
smiddy