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for friday night when the article will be posted in its entirety.. comments you will not hear at the 7-8-07 wt study (may 15, 2007, pages 26-29)(resurrection real to you?).
review comments will be in red.
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1) In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." That comment, penned in 1789 by American statesman Benjamin Franklin, has struck some as clever. However, many dishonest people cheat on their taxes. Death seems far more certain.
Huh? The fact that some people cheat on their taxes doesn't make taxes less certain. Did they miss the point entirely????
i have only been here for six months and i can see why so many people have to leave or at least take breaks from this forum.. what are you doing to cope?
i want to stay, please help.
pm me if needed.. philip.
(because a truth seeker is, almost, always uncomfortable),
Wow, I like that and soooo true!!! Thanks, Vernon!
only encouraging comments please.
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slim.
When I first heard that phrase, I liked it. Over a period of time, however,I came to the realization that the WTBTS was playing with people's emotions. Before I realized that, I would admire people who were soooo seemingly "spirit-filled" about the "truth." Although I vacation, temporary, auxilliary pioneered from time to time, and even regular pioneered for a year, I never seemed to have that spark or whatever it was, or it never really excited me to be talking about spiritual WTBTS things, although in my private thoughts, I always had that picture of the "new world" with me there. In fact, I remember at an assembly years ago, the speaker said "if you can't picture yourself there, chances are you won't be there." This carrot had been with me since I had memories (3 yrs. old).
I toyed with the idea of becoming a missionary for a while but didn't like the idea of having to fill out an application. I didn't like filling out the application to be a regular pioneer as well. So, after having my mind numbed for quite a will, with scriptures that painted the the society's vision of "Jehovah's" will, I started coming out of the fog, and realizing that a lot of the literature, esp. the Revelation book, stopped making sense as well as all the other stuff they were saying, as if they had privileged knowledge from Jehovah. OK, I could believe some of it, but if it was all from Jehovah, then I had to ask myself, why is he so anal about filling out reporting time, and all the other reports by POs, COs, DOs, etc., etc.??? and stuff like that.
So I guess I never totally made the "truth" my own or else I would have been so immersed in it, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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dear all,.
this is my first vacation free of the borg, and i would like to share some of my feelings:.
university (the evil place where you learn critical thinking) has just stopped, and after a semester of hard and succesful study it feels like sliding into a warm bath.
I'm with you there bro!
I walk through the city park. I watch mothers with little children feeding the ducks.
They will not be destroyed by some vengeful God.
I have always felt there is a special place in heaven for those who feed and take care of the animals in this world.
The sun, shrouded in clouds, shines bleak upon one of a billion worlds, and I live on that little world. There is no greater purpose than to be happy and smile at other human beings.
Beautiful!
longevityhealthfamily/community valueshealthcarepoliitcal stabilitywealtheducationafter much thinking i have decided bhutan is the best place in the world to be born.
it is the only country in the world with a policy for the populations happiness.. in the uk depending on your city your average life expectancy can differ by eight years.
scary!.
Happiness in Bhutan:
longevityhealthfamily/community valueshealthcarepoliitcal stabilitywealtheducationafter much thinking i have decided bhutan is the best place in the world to be born.
it is the only country in the world with a policy for the populations happiness.. in the uk depending on your city your average life expectancy can differ by eight years.
scary!.
mtsgrad, I'm with you! In the same month, I saw two reports about Bhutan--one when Matt Lauer from the TODAY show visited there, and then another program on Discovery or one of those channels.
I love that their policy is to be happy.
just wanting to find out some of you all's hobbies.. my favorite is video gaming.
i love it and i love visiting video gaming stores.
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I'm with Loosie--I like to knit. Also painting with oils, reading and watching really good movies and TV programs, a lot on cable.
when you were in the religion, how important was it to you that you fit in with the crowd?
i've had an issue with a freind, and this is apparently the cause of the problem.
i also have a good idea of psychology.
I didn't like the cliques among the PO's wives, the CO's wives and even others who we were with in a few MLM businesses, and wanted nothing to do with them.
i never was baptize as a jw.
i use to study with them for years, i even went as for as becoming a unbaptize publisher.
i gave up being a publisher because i did not feel genuine in my efforts to preach.
We either have spirituality within ourselves, or don't. I like eclipse's comments, but if I want to hear something of a Christian spiritual nature, I listen to Shepherd's Chapel on TV. Granted, some of their beliefs are a little strange, but I do like their idea of who the anti-Christ is and when he will appear.
I also like that they consider the Bible, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse. I have heard some verses I never heard before.
