ever want to speak to them , i was only a study but i thought it very odd and judgemental to not even look at them and i used to think what are they so scared of if they have the truth , i did not buy the satan stuff about them at all , cult , was what sprung to mind and started my doubts
book ccould increase it's real estate holdingsompany . Finally everyone here is catching on to what this is really about. Free labour-no wonder the faithful are called slaves. And they just don't realize it yet!!!!
Anyone here who has offered their free services in building something should go and immediately put a lein on said property. Now THAT would be an eye opener!
i am spending the week at my sons house in seattle to help him while recovering from knee surgery.
i answered the doorbell and it was a young woman by herself.
she read a scripture from james (can't remember) and offered me the a&w.
I would have given her a "got Jesus?" bumper sticker in exchange for the birdcage liner, if I actually had any! (stickers that is)
do you sneeze when you are on the computer?i do.. my eyes are watering right now and i just finished sneezing 4 times...i usually sneeze more that that when i come on.
i tried cleaning it..blowing it..dusting it...turning it upside down...it's not dirty..what is it?
any special cleaners i can use?
get the vacuum out.
the fevered efforts to save the financial system, typified by today's panicked three-quarter-point interest rate cut by the federal reserve and the bush/paulson stimulus plan not only will not work, but will backfire spectacularly, and soon, economist lyndon larouche warned today.
the financial system is dead, and any attempt to save the fictitious values of the trillions of dollars of worthless financial paper will not only fail, but will destroy any nation foolish enough to attempt to do so, larouche said.the global financial system, emphatically including the united states, is entering a period comparable to that of weimar germany in the autumn of 1923, but on a far larger scale.
whereas the damage from the runaway hyperinflation in weimar germany was largely restricted to germany itself, the current crisis is global in scale.
No a thousand time NOOOO. The implication would be devastating around the world.
Stop the bs in Iraq, pay the debt. How hard can it be? Ask Mr. Gates for a low interest loan.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/14/6367/.
for all you reagan supporters and those that believe in ron paul's dogma or anyone that calls themself a libertarian.... this article's for you.
not only were we shackled with debt by all the republican administrations after nixon, but deregulation will be the core of this current crisis we are about to expierence.
Big oil should be deregulated. Imagine decades ago when they removed lead from gas, and all those lead producers lost their jobs. And forcing cars to be more fuel effecient. Poor gas stations not selling enough gas. I feel for you BO.
there is a sister in my congregation that owns a day care center for children.
i was looking a her web site earlier.
she transformed her home into a day-care.. what i find strange is that jw's know that even young children will be destroyed at armageddon.
I wonder often what Witnesses think when they sign long term agreements with banking institutes. Maybe just keep it as short as possible, and then find out that it would have been better in the long term. What do they think when they get out of bed every morning and "STILL DAYLIGHT"! Crap! Another year, oh well. Another century, hmmmmm.
hi jwd mac users, .
any tips for me?
i am using safari on the mac and i have trouble editing posts, i have managed it once or twice within the 30 minutes time limit but normally it gives me trouble.
I use windows here, but if I find the need to edit, I have to press edit sometimes 2 or 3 times. Or more. Bill.
rev 1:8 i am the al pha and the ome ga, says jehovah god, the one who is and who was and who is coming, the almighty.
rev 21:5 and the one seated on the throne said: look!
i am the al pha and the ome ga, the beginning and the end.
I have found that the more you study the bible, the more you find contradiction. What does that say? I would suggest that over analysis just takes the fun out of it. So I look for the good stuff and keep my faith.
i had some major questions regarding 607 bce which directly affect the doctrine of 1914. my teacher, admitting being weak on history, could not answer my questions.
i started researching and found that the appropriate dates for the "seventy years" were appearing to be 609 bce to 539 bce, the ruling period of babylon.
this meant that everything i was being taught based on 1914 was in effect, a lie.
I believe the term "bad ass-ociate" applies here.
I want to ask all who do a study to study a question I have asked my witness associate as well as people in other faiths this
According to the Witnesses and others that 1) all life came from Adam and Eve , and 2) there is no such thing as evolution.
Now ask the study just how Black Africans came to be in Africa, and how did the Aids virus show up in the 70's?
Either the bible is grossly incorrect in the first question, and God must be a twisted hateful person to create a virus to randomly kill people.
So far no one has given me a satisfactory answer. One simply stated that dna can mutate. But that is evolution and that cannot happen.
so, first he calls me at work, we've been getting along fine, and asks me the % of how much i want to be in the truth.
i told him 50/50.
i like the spiritual aspect of it, the people, etc.
Primitive is right about finely crafting articles around their other dogma. Let me give you some random thoughts, please.
If you decide to have kids, I can guarantee you that he will demand they become baptized as a Witness. That is what he is programmed to do.
Now last night I watched the Daily Show and Jon had a guest that talked about how to tell the character of an individual and how in the old days it was just what religion you were. In the 21st century people are turning away from that. People are now looking at the "Moral Compass" of an individual. Personally I think that is a much better choice.
So it seems that there is this theocratic warfare going on in many religions. I was exposed to it recently. I was asked to lie to some institution. I turned it down and realized that in this faith (guess which one) it was not ok to lie, but it is ok to ask someone else to lie on your behalf. That in itself I think is worse than doing your own dirty deed.
Now combine what I have learned last week to what I have discovered here in the last 6 months, I see a slipery slope here.
The baptized witness have only one purpose in life-to recruit. More witnesses, more drones to work the streets for free. And for what purpose? Money. Jehovah is a real estate corp. It has nothing to do with salvation. The bible tells you this, and yet the witnesses ignore that part. What worries me the most is that they put the corporation ahead of their spouses and their kids (also known as df and shunning). If you have children and your relationship is all about Jehovah and you are not interested in the cult, you are doomed to be just a slave. If that is ok, then there is nothing to worry about.
But if you cherish your freedom and independance, you might have a problem. I was never one so my perspective is somewhat slanted, but I believe you have to accept him as he is and you will be assimilated to their lifestyle. You will no longer be able to think for yourself.
In a marraige, you must be like minded-that is be of the same ideology. If you are at opposite ends, then I would never bring kids into this quagmire. Some here seem to be ok, but most here are living a nightmare.
Not sure if any of my rambling helps, but I do wish you all the best. My kids are 17 and 12. The 12 year old is driving me nuts! Keeps me on my toes. Good luck to you in your decision.
