I just signed my annual Ca. State Parks Pass.
Have Tent will Travel.......
arnie is still apparently looking to go ahead with state park closures..unless this changes, here is some of the database of the parks mentioned for closure or cutbacks..70 million to be saved ...sammieswife.. .
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l. bliss spsierra districtdonner memorial spsierra districted z'berg sugar pine point spsierra districtemerald bay spsierra districtempire mine shpsierra districtgrover hot springs spsierra districtkings beach srasierra districtlake valley srasierra districtmalakoff diggins shpsierra districtmono lake tufa snrsierra districtplumas-eureka spsierra districtsouth yuba river spsierra districttahoe srasierra districtward creeksierra districtwashoe meadows sptehachapi districtantelope valley ca poppy reserve (snr)tehachapi districtantelope valley indian museumtehachapi districtarthur b. ripley desert woodland sptehachapi districtcolonel allensworth shptehachapi districtfort tejon shptehachapi districtprovidence mountains sratehachapi districtred rock canyon sptehachapi districtsaddleback butte sptehachapi districttomo-kahni shptehachapi districttule elk snr .
I just signed my annual Ca. State Parks Pass.
Have Tent will Travel.......
i looked over the aug. 1 public watchtower and noticed the same changes i observed previously.. plainly put, it appears that they have simply run out of things to say and so are just filling up printing space!.
they devote 4 full pages to a bible reading schedule that could have been easily condensed into a couple sentences.
they have the same large graphics and typeset that eats up printing area.
Compare the Society's journal with something like The New Creation published by the CM Fellowship, which is encouraging and uplifiting.
when were the jw`s at there peak.
i remember when i became a witness in 1986 there seemed to be almost an electricity in the air in my part of the world nottingham england (for all those outside the uk where robinhood legend comes from).. when we went on the ministry there would sometimes be as many as 60 people mainly in there early twenties, we couldnt fit in one room and had to stand outside sometimes, now when i see the jw`s out and about there maybe 4 or 5 in number mainly old people.. i remember those days, coming to the end of the cold war, berlin wall coming down, band aid (feet of clay prophecy) peace and sercurity etc etc, it seemed arrmageddon was just round the corner, of course the jw`s still had there sell by date then (1914 gen).
was that when the witnesses were at there strongest.
1969 Peace on Earth Assemblies. That was our Woodstock. It was all Disco after that..
so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.
everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.
my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.
Oceanside! Sweet, Surfs up. Huge swell came in yesterday. The 'Wedge' at Newport Beach was breaking over the Jetty, check out a youtube video of it.
There are great associations that do a lot of good in the communities they serve, its a good place to start rebuilding friendships.
the wt society pointed to 1975 as the date for the end of the world.
when the date came and went they changed their publications to remove themselves from the fiasco.
need proof?
The period from 1968 to 1975 was a strange and heightened time in our Witness lives. Dual chronoloical tales spelled out in the Aid Bk.. Sermons and articles hyping The End.
I was at the LA talk by Fred Franz in 74 when he was struggleing to distance himself and the leadership from the trajectory they had set us all on.
from what i've studied of jw's, john 1:1 is interpreted as "and the logos was (a) god".
therefore, because there is no definite article in john 1:1 for example, one supposedly cannot confirm that jesus is referred to as "the god".
so my question for the jw is "what if jesus were reffered to with a definite article in the nt"?
All of this parsing of Scripture, take time to do good for others and this earth. Let the practical side of your Faith show itself.
Feed a hungry Family today.
here in southern california, the witnesses still do streetwork.
i did it since i was a kid.
i used to spend two hours every saturday morning from 7 to 9 am walking down the street near my house with my brother or sister.
Usually got screamed at by crazy Evangelicals.
There are people nuttier than JWs.
all things jw and xjw and even xxjw are beginning to bore me.
tonight, in an effort to stimulate my interest, i cruised back thru threads of the past month or so.
while i found a couple topics of mild interest, and a couple more in which i found it worth effort to make personal comment, i was mostly bored.. i have come to grips with my past religious history.
Its all growth. All the best on your journey.
this guy had a serious accident and had limbs amputed but when interviewed claims very logically that while waiting for help jesus appeared and told him..."jim, everything will be okay, it's not your time...i need you to be a missionary for me..." this guy talks about it like it's nothing!
are these people for real or just lying.....i agree with marx who said "religion is the opium of the people.
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People have phenomenology occur related to their belief system.
from what i've studied of jw's, john 1:1 is interpreted as "and the logos was (a) god".
therefore, because there is no definite article in john 1:1 for example, one supposedly cannot confirm that jesus is referred to as "the god".
so my question for the jw is "what if jesus were reffered to with a definite article in the nt"?
Very Hindu sounding.