Ach, so, vielen Dank. Ich hoffe CoC gefaellt Ihnen, das Buch hat mir gut gefallen. Ich hoffe auch, dass Sie mein Deutsch verstehen kann! Ich lerne seit etwa 15 Monate, aber ist Deutsch sehr schwierig fuer diesen Englander.....
ig.
germanjw please can you send me an e-mail ?
i sent you one, no answer yet.. or anyone else from germany, or italy, or poland, or russia, or portugal.... thanks.
celia
Ach, so, vielen Dank. Ich hoffe CoC gefaellt Ihnen, das Buch hat mir gut gefallen. Ich hoffe auch, dass Sie mein Deutsch verstehen kann! Ich lerne seit etwa 15 Monate, aber ist Deutsch sehr schwierig fuer diesen Englander.....
ig.
i thought it might be interesting to see how much of the worldly wisdom we have aquired .there are alot of quaint sayings that go way back in time here are some of my favorites to give an example - an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure , a bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush ,what's good for the goose is good for the gander .feel free to add your favs .
Think globally, act locally.
Don't eat yellow snow.
ig.
ludicrous as it may seem, the watchtower society may be right?...
yeah?
as so much of their doctrines are based on interpretation.. the watchtower society may have interpreted the bible... correctly!
If we're wrong and they're right, we get cast into the fiery gehenna at armageddon, we die and know no more about it, and over time we get forgotten about by the survivors. So when you think about it, it's really not that bad, there's no eternal torture in hell after all according to them. It would be just like never having been born at all.
ig
germanjw please can you send me an e-mail ?
i sent you one, no answer yet.. or anyone else from germany, or italy, or poland, or russia, or portugal.... thanks.
celia
Ich bin jetzt sehr neugierig! Was war die Frage? Was war die Antwort?
Mit freundlichen Grue b en,
ig.
Edited to add.... how do you do umlauts?
Edited by - iggy_the_fish on 4 January 2003 14:22:4
im giving up the dreaded weed today the old cigarettes any helpful practical suggestions and sucess strories would be much appreciated
I found the gum helpful, of course I then had to give up the gum! I don't smoke any more, but I still LOVE the smell of cigarettes, damn them! (Had to quit 'cause of the asthma. Well done to all you quitters, don't give up giving up.
ig.
please forgive the poor quality of the shot.
this pic tickled my funnybone.
in case you can not see it clearly, every brother and sister around this table, bethelites all, has a toothy grin as they gleefully study the day's bible text.. i need a better caption than the one supplied.
Read-throughs of the Bethel Christmas variety show continued to go well,
"I say I say I say, what do you call a man who goes from door to door selling bread?"
"I don't know, what do you call a man who goes from door to door selling bread?"
"A Je-hovis Witness!" BOOM BOOM
ig.
(btw, Hovis is a brand of sliced brown bread here in the UK, in case you don't have it in your particular corner of the world, and I'd hate you to miss out on the joke!)
funny test!
i love it!
have a great new year everyone!http://people.cornell.edu/pages/anb2/quiz.
Hey Spanner
....isn't it great to get "pulled" all the time?
I'll have you know I'm a happily married man!
I do try hard to please, in the sorts of ways which end up being less helpful than if I'd not tried to help at all - exactly like a tape dispenser!! How can this computer read my mind
ig. (I fear the deminz)
(btw, is the pic visible?)
i have an 84 year old customer that comes in every week with just a ton of "groaner" type jokes for me.
i am never prepared with any jokes in return, so i'm hoping y'all can assist.
i would like to start this thread with hopes you can post your really bad jokes...clean preferably.
A husband and wife are waiting in a queue to see a film, when the man standing in front of them lets go an enormous and foul smelling fart. The husband indignantly taps the man on the shoulder and says "excuse me sir, but how dare you fart in front of my wife"
"I'm sorry," says the man, "but I had no idea it was her turn...."
ig.
funny test!
i love it!
have a great new year everyone!http://people.cornell.edu/pages/anb2/quiz.
I'm a bloody tape dispenser!!!!
ig (not at all happy with that!)
which watchtower teachings lack logic?.
i know you're all tempted to say all of them, but some beliefs if the facts were true, would be logical.. which ones that are supposed to be a logical consequence of a true fact are in fact not logical whether the fact is true or not?.
for an example of logical belief based on untrue or unprovable fact , if god created adam and all humans came from him,(supposed fact) he could pass on defects in his genes to all humans and we could all be "imperfect".this we could call logical.. a watchtower belief that lacks logic is for example jw's who go through armageddon or die and are ressurected to earth are not perfect but still have another test to go through, yet those who die and that go to heaven are perfect straight away and require no further testing.. so which teachings are based on beliefs that are not true and which ones are just not logical?
The universal sovereignty issue lacks logic IMHO - that the terrible times we live in (according to the WTBS) are proof that mankind cannot manage its own affairs without the direction of God - that after Adam's "fall", God allowed Adam (and thereafter his offspring) to live and die in pain and agony to proove that God's way is the only way mankind can live without destroying itself. BUT isn't Satan supposed to be in charge of this system of things (sorry to use that phrase folks!) So when has mankind been given the chance to see if we can work things out for ourselves, without Satan getting in the way and buggering up our best laid plans?
The issue of universal sovereignty is not being properly tested according to their own logic. To do the thing properly we first need a period of time when Satan is in control, then a period of time when mankind gets the control, and then if both of those don't work then God can step in restore paradise etc etc....
Hope you have a good 2003 Sleepy, good luck with that inner peace thing. I enjoy your posts.
ig.