not sure - uk25% usa 11%.
yes it is a sin - uk 5% usa 33%.
yes it is a sin - uk 13% usa 40% .
OK- so you Brits kick all of the Puritans and other extreme religious nuts out of your country and send them here and then have the nerve to point out that we are more 'religious, closed minded, and ignorant'
Well of course we are- but you guys caused it.
We'll send all of our religious nuts back if you like.
Starting with our President!!!!
...and so to the end of a great evening with new friends and a familiar lover.. my feet are up and the sounds of socal stillness punctuated by occasional dreams departing from lax.. is there more to life than friends, lovers, brandy and hand rolled cuban companions?.
BTS-
I don't agree with your politics usually, but I'd gladly enjoy a hand rolled and a scotch with you and try to solve the problems of the world.....
Lrkr
god's guidance = only the guidance of the wts/fds/gb.
when, though, do we need that guidance?
god's guidance = wts/fds/gb guidance.
Q 8. What were the implications of Eve's eating the forbidden fruit? 8. Remember, though, that we have to be willing to follow Jehovah's guidance. God will not force us to do so if we do not want to. The first human to choose not to follow Jehovah's guidance was Eve, and her example shows how serious such a bad decision can be. Think, too, of the implications. Eve ate of the forbidden fruit because she wanted "to be like God, knowing good and bad." (Gen. 3:5) In doing so, she put herself in God's place, making her own decisions as to good and evil rather than following Jehovah's guidelines. Thus, she turned her back on Jehovah's sovereignty. She wanted to be her own master. Her husband, Adam, pursued the same rebellious course.-Rom. 5:12.
Does it strike anyone else as funny, and somewhat embarrassing, that we used to accept the story of a woman and a talking snake as a legitimate source of guidance in our lives. Literally!!!! Most of us believed that story literally!!!!
EMBARRASSING!!!
graven images are so thoroughly criticized in the bible....totally forbidden.
yet any idols made where powerless...just a piece of wood you can also cook on.
yet god sent out zillions of vipers (thanks dude) to bite everybody....and actually has a scary viper impage made an put on a pole....with some serious power attached.
Sorry you missed the sarcasm.
I must have forgotten the "".
No you put it- I just missed it- too much coffee this morning.
milledgeville, georgia.
reports from the milledgeville police department and baldwin county sheriff's office for the day.. crime digest, may 30, 2008. .
daniel mcdonald and scott teague.
Not much news in Georgia, eh????
graven images are so thoroughly criticized in the bible....totally forbidden.
yet any idols made where powerless...just a piece of wood you can also cook on.
yet god sent out zillions of vipers (thanks dude) to bite everybody....and actually has a scary viper impage made an put on a pole....with some serious power attached.
That sounds a little blasphemous, Awakened.
What- so now we cant be blasphemous on this board??? What is that anyway? Is the all powerful creator of heaven and earth really extremely sensitive about people questioning him??? The most forgiving deity in the universe gets really pissed at name calling??? Sounds petty. Sounds human.
still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?.
still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?
still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?
BTTT
graven images are so thoroughly criticized in the bible....totally forbidden.
yet any idols made where powerless...just a piece of wood you can also cook on.
yet god sent out zillions of vipers (thanks dude) to bite everybody....and actually has a scary viper impage made an put on a pole....with some serious power attached.
Its great how they take about 6 lines in the bible about some ancient snake curse and draw a picture of it and have us teach it to our kids (nice bedtime story) so that they know that if you disobey God he will send snakes to kill you.
(Why don't we make a story about St. Patrick in Ireland chasing off the snakes too. Has about as much credibility.)
with this new light, i am starting to try and figure out what to do with my life and my time... now that the world is opened up for me to finally explore.. i have been wondering if i will return to celebrating the holidays with my 'worldly' relatives.
my parents, brother, and in-laws are all witnesses.
i have pretty much rejected the holidays say for 25 years.
Yes, and I find that I have to be careful, because sometimes I go a little overboard. I'm living vicariously through my kid. His birthday parties are great and we don't dare miss his friends parties!!!
graduating from college right next to bethel........and a gilead grad......too much.........and did you guys know he is the valedictorian.....like top score there.........awesome!.............inspirational!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but you may want to slow down a bit dammit.............oompa.
you are now a serious pain in the ass for wt.........college and bailing on your gilead skills......hope that does not need two l's bthw.
