how do you put a broken egg back together?.
does anyone get my drift?.
celt
Celtic,
When our egg is broken sometimes only time will heal it. Sometimes only time helps us to understand and sometimes only time saves us from going mad.
I speak from experience. Do something that makes you feel whole, go somewhere that makes you feel whole, keep faith in whatever you have left. There was a time when I comtemplated suicide, not because I wanted to die but because my loneliness was so great. So, I know what it feels like that broken egg feeling.
Keep going!
Sabrina
e-watchman has sent over 5000 letters to congregations in the u.s informing them of the ngo debacle and a similar one to 101 branches around the world.
and according to his guestbook post he has signed his real name to the letters!
great work and great news!
Stichione,
I am skeptical that e-watchman signed his own name. He may have much criticism for how the leadership of the WTS has developed some of its doctrines and certain blunders it has made in recent times, but I doubt he would ever risk being df'd from the Org. Proof of this is that he refuses to identify himself on his own website, and I read on another post at this Forum that he concealed his true identity and address when he registered his domain. He doesn't like the spotlight and would rather remain in the darkness of anonimity.
I think maybe it's better to give the man the benefit of the doubt since as we all know it is a very hard thing to challenge the Watchtower publicly when we are still in. How many of us put our real name out there while we were still active and had family in the Watchtower?
I think we should take him at his word unless proven otherwise.
Sabrina
in earlier posts, i have described how heroes, kings, and other legendary characters from canaanite lore were incorporated in the ot either through direct allusion or exaptation as literary characters in new distinctively israelite stories.
the legend of danel, the father of aqhat, is directly mentioned in ezekiel 14:12-20, 28:1-3 and was likely reused as source material in the cycles of legends about the righteous judge job, the young warrior david, and the prophet elisha (cf.
the legends surrounding the rephaim kings revered in bashan and who the canaanite leaders regarded as their ancestors contributed to the biblical stories about the mighty nephilim and rephaim warriors and the giant og, king of bashan (cf.
I have a question.
What is the meaning of the word "Shaddai" in Hebrew?
Thank you,
Sabrina
nasa has announced that they will hold a press conference to announce another significant discovery.
the last time they did this they announced that they confirmed the past existence of large amounts of water.
i can't wait to see what the new announcement is about!.
I watched the program, it was an excellent presentation. The Q&A session was also very good.
Ironically, now the pressure is even greater on the scientific community to find some evidence of life itself on Mars. They must prove that life existed on Mars otherwise the creationists will have a hay day if water existed on Mars but no proof of life is found. Of course both evolutionists and creationists would find a way to explain things and still keep their beliefs intact. They spoke of others missions and seemed to be especially looking forward to the one launching in I believe 2009, landing in 2010, which they hope may take them further down that road to discovering evidence of life.
Whether there was life or not, the truth is what counts and I hope they find that truth.
Sabrina
nasa has announced that they will hold a press conference to announce another significant discovery.
the last time they did this they announced that they confirmed the past existence of large amounts of water.
i can't wait to see what the new announcement is about!.
Maybe they'll find that intelligent life once existed on Mars but they ruined their atmosphere and died off.
Sabrina
i am very new to the political process and this year will be the first time i enter a voting booth, but something has been on my mind of late and i hope you all can help me sort it out.. if george bush had been a democrat and from day one of his presidency had done everything exactly as he has done would most of the republicans be supporting the war in iraq?
would most of the democrats still be against the war?.
or would each party fall in line with most republicans against the war and most democrats for the war?.
I am by no means saying that GWB or his admin are perfect...who is? But Vietnam and Iraq are VERY different wars.
I cannot agree. Vietnam was a political war motivated by political interests. So is the Iraq war.
The Vietnam war is remembered in part for the duplicit actions by the political leaders of the time. So will the Iraq war.
The Vietnam war is remembered as a negative, so will the Iraq war.
The difference is that my generation, the baby boomers, will not allow the soldiers in the Iraq war to be treated like scum as our Vietnam soldiers were.
Politics is politics and the grandchildren of this generation may also die in needless wars promulgated by misguided politicians for misguided political reasons.
Sabrina
israel has long been able to arrest or kill the leader of hamas, why now?
especially with the u.s. being at this time more politically cripled and hated in the middle east than ever?
the u.s. has little good will in the middle east to help broker a peace or to politically come to the defense of israel.
Could this eventually result in the sanctioning of the wall Israel is building?
Sabrina
israel has long been able to arrest or kill the leader of hamas, why now?
especially with the u.s. being at this time more politically cripled and hated in the middle east than ever?
the u.s. has little good will in the middle east to help broker a peace or to politically come to the defense of israel.
SS,
If the us is at war, it can't tell israel not to war.
Sadly true.
Sabrina
israel has long been able to arrest or kill the leader of hamas, why now?
especially with the u.s. being at this time more politically cripled and hated in the middle east than ever?
the u.s. has little good will in the middle east to help broker a peace or to politically come to the defense of israel.
Israel has long been able to arrest or kill the leader of Hamas, why now? Especially with the U.S. being at this time more politically cripled and hated in the Middle East than ever?
The U.S. has little good will in the Middle East to help broker a peace or to politically come to the defense of Israel. Why did they choose to light the flames now? As I am learning with politicians, there is nothing they do without a political reason so what was the reason?
Sabrina
are you ready for a really dumb mistake?
im not talking about willful deception.
im not talking about stubborn adherence to a dogmatic idea.
Scholar,
proplog2
You are the dumb one because you have failed to understand what our dear brothers are teaching us. The fact of the matter is that Moses asked Jehovah two questions. The first is asked in verse 11 followed by a second question in verse 13 and it is the last question that is referred to in paragraph 2. Further, the Society's comments are well supported by commentary on verse 13 as discussed in pp.37-38 in EXODUS- Word Biblical Commentary, Vol.3, by John I Durham, 1987, Word Books, Waco, Texas.
scholar
BA MA Studies in Religion
Sorry no, you are the dumb one because you fail to see that your dear brothers have hurt many of Jehovah's people to the point of causing some to in effect vomit up blood because of the pain they have endured from many of your dear brothers who neither follow Christ's example of love nor even Paul's.
I don't mean to be insulting as I am sure you did not mean your words to Proplog2 to be insulting. Have a nice day.
Sabrina
