Is this the story you are talking about?
LINDA
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topnews&storyid=2007-10-04t095213z_01_seo157840_rtrukoc_0_us-korea-summit-peace.xml&src=nl_usmorningdigest.
i mean the damned war ended 54 years ago.
my dad served in that war.
Is this the story you are talking about?
LINDA
LINDA
no, i'm not here to defend them.
but you know how they love to get off on technicalities.
i'm sure all here would agree that the wt is extremely evasive, misleading, and intellectually dishonest (i.e.
numerous times no doubt, but only one lie really stands out in my mind that I will/could never forget. Back in ca. 1970 there was a caption in the Awake that told how to get rid of a tattoo. My brother having a small one on his arm, tried their recommendation, it didn't work. It said something about rubbing the area with salt. Well, my brother having a high tolerance to pain, did that, to the point where the skin looked terribly raw. It did not work at all.
LINDA
or just from everyday people like you and me and christians just held on to it because it gave them something to hope for and put faith in?.
if it really is from god, why are things still so mysterious, i.e.
why are we still in the dark about the future?
Thanks for the link BabaYaga...I'll listen to it on the weekend when I have more time. COOL!
LINDA
didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.
when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!
don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !
Aquarius...what else.
i believe in a higher power and life after death...but has anyone ever thought about this stunning *thought*.
we have billions upon billions and billions of planets.
what are the purpose of all those planets u naturally think?
I like your thinking. I don't doubt it one bit. I too think we have lived multiple lives and will continue to do so.
LINDA
hello folks.
i've seen variants of this before on this site , but i've been starting such serious topics lately such as death and non belief in the org.
felt i needed to get some humor out and exhale a bit !
One more experience and I am sure I am not alone in this. How many of you have been to a house in which the WHOLE yard (front in my case and back) was totally saturated in just about every square inch with dog crap? *yuck* Then we get to the door, and the whole enclosed porch that we had to walk through to knock on the main door looked just as bad, with garbage among the crap as well. *barf* We have tolerated a lot haven't we?
LINDA
hello folks.
i've seen variants of this before on this site , but i've been starting such serious topics lately such as death and non belief in the org.
felt i needed to get some humor out and exhale a bit !
I once went alone to a door of a mobile home (others waited in the car). It had a very tacky self-made porch to the main door, just a small thing, but sufficient in size. I knocked at the door a couple of times, no answer. So I decided to head back to the car. As soon as I got in the car, slammed the door shut, out from underneath that porch came a mad and mean looking pitbull. OMG...was God's angels protecting me? He was right underneath me just a min earlier. Believe me, he was MEAN looking. *yikes* To this day, obviously I haven't forgotten that.
LINDA
someone wrote about christmas and i could not find your post to reply!
so here is my reply why i think christmas is not pagan!.
i just read a thread where one of the posters was saying christmas is not pagan.
If Christmas was linked to satan, why would satan allow this:
Oak Lawn, Illinois bans Christmas from schools
Here is a Christmas Plan They Can't Ban!
It is time to take a stand. Sponsor your church in
Project Merry Christmas.
Dear LINDA,
It's hard to believe this kind of religious intolerance can happen in America in 2007.
The city of Oak Lawn, Illinois has banned any recognition of Christmas in their schools. The ban came after a Muslim woman complained.
I don't know what you think about that, but I am more than a little annoyed by those who want to replace Christmas with a secular holiday.
It's time Christians take a stand and proclaim to our communities that Christmas is not just a winter holiday focused on materialism, but a "holy day" when we celebrate the birth of our Savior.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Chairman
American Family Association
LINDA
has anyone experienced something really outrageous among the jw's that you want to share?.
we once had a couple of jw's follow us (policeing us) as we were on our way to my (then, he's now my ex) husband's boss's home.
his boss wanted us over for an end of the year party and didn't consider it a christmas party because he knew we didn't celebrate christmas.
I bet they didn't even announce over the loudspeaker a need for a competant Paramedic, MD or Nurse. yeah...they should have stopped the session early, but noooooooooooooooo...getting their stupid death messages across to us always meant more than a life itself.
*ugh*
LINDA