history shows people were hung on stakes and crosses, why do the jw's make a big deal about the cross?
isn't jesus dying for the sins of man the issue?
the cross was a part of the jw's early on.
haha tis funny
how is a cross more phallic than a stake, I think a straight stake looks far more phallic?
it's so obvious it couldn't have been a stake as supposedly Jesus and then someone else (one man) carried it for a mile, it would have been at least 14-15 foot long, it would have taken 6 people to carry wood that heavy for that distance. The whole carrying story only works with a cross beam used in a........ cross!
so russia get the 2018 soccer world cup, and qatar get the 2022 world cup.
it's a real shame that they gave it to such crap venues.
who's gonna want to go to russia?
What a bloody farce. It's going to be phenominally crap. Shame on FIFA.
This :(
i have closely followed the premier league for the last 13 matchdays, and i am getting ready to pick a team that i will not only follow this year but for the foreseeable future.
i am not interested in chelsea, manchester u., manchester city or arsenal.
all four remind me of teams i loathe in american sports (cowboys, yankees, celtics).
spurs are an exciting team to watch at the moment
read a lot about us football but....uk football(the real stuff) .
your team?.
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Leicester City
there's no way anyone from bethel is bothered/cares enough to monitor this site.
why does the wt ask jw's to wear their badges on their chest?
in the case of brothers it is not a problem but is it not embarassing for the sisters?
also if an attendant for some reason has to check out a sisters badge, it might appear that he is staring at.... escpecially considering that this is a religion regarded by many as quite prudish.. .
was always a good excuse
besides noone ever looked at them, i used to write Michael Jackson or David Hasselhoff etc. on mine for years, noone ever noticed.
the bible says that there will come a time when people everywhere around the globe will be forced to get the mark of the beast to be able to buy or sell.
so those not accepting the mark will get it difficult to even buy food.. and it puts under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead,17and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.18here is where wisdom comes in: let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a mans number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
-revelation 13:16-18. as beasts symbolises political powers in the bible, so this beast here will be a new political power having power over all the globe.
Lol, what a load of bs
last week i did some work for the army.
while there i was impressed by how nice all the guys were.
how respectfull, helpfull and decent they all were.
They are killing enemy soldiers as part of their job, it isn't the same as being a murderer
when i was a jw i always hide my jw status to people of the world because i was taught that we were hated by satan and his world.
and indeed in school i experienced being ostracized by my religious beliefs and everytime i had to take a stand not saluting the flag i was the object of ridicule.. then when i left the jw now i am shunned by my family by taking a firm posture on my beliefs or disbeliefs.
now i am ostracized by my own jw family because i dont go along their set of doctrines.. now that i have abandoned any religious belief altogether feel how most people who dont believe in a god are ostracized from the majority of the populations.
Are you in the USA dude? Most of the UK/Europe is atheist, give the USA another couple of hundred years to evolve and it might catch other parts of the world up, until then maybe consider moving?
just got this from a friend.
weird stuff, if you ask me.
.................a little too familiar to what we were hearing before 1975.. bro.b***** had a part on service meeting.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GASOLINE WILL BE LIKE IN JANUARY. COULD BE $10 A GALLON!
it's been $10/gallon for ages in the UK!
