not a wts song.
the rock band the cult.
youtube it.
One of my all-time favorite bands!
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are AWESOME!
I saw them at a small venue a couple of years ago and they kicked major butt.
1) Spiritwalker (live at the marquee version is especially awesome)
2) Wildflower (alltime great riff)
3) Brother Wolf / Sister Moon (classic from the Love album)
4) Rise
5) She Sells Sanctuary (check out the butch vig remix if you can)
(Sorry, I cant get to youtube from work or Id post links!)
watched hours of the masters this weekend.
great golf, beautiful course.
tiger woods played damned good.
I loved his third-person temper tantrum on that par-3:
"Tiger Woods - You Idiot.....God D@%MMIT" LOL
I replayed that about 5 times....what an ass!
The thing that makes me so irritated is that Tiger was built by this massive marketing machine, much in the way Michael Jordan was in the 1980's and 1990's by Nike. Everything is so calulated that it all comes off as fake.
Their personal lives are very comparable as well - Jordan was a well-known wandering eye, gambler, and was basically a DB to the fans most of the time, unless the cameras were rolling. I saw him in person many times, and he wouldnt give us kids the time of day. Woods is much the same.
Great, great, great talent as a golfer - but never likable to me.
many of us have drifted.
we know it isn't the truth but we might not have officially resigned as jws.
many catholics are nominal catholics and they are not shunned or avoided because of their not going to church or confession.. would you remain a jw if the organization didn't punish you for your inactivity?.
Hell. No.
I am ashamed to even have my name remotely associated with the BORG.
Minimus, you bring up a thought to me - hasnt it been discussed more recently among the higher-ups that if you are inactive, you are no longer a JW anyway?
Was that just a rumor going around, or did someone post that in writing? I can take this to another thread if need be......thanks.
i used to work in advertising, and more specifically, with automotive dealers.
a lot of them are notorious (even though it's illegal) for the 'bait-n-switch' sales tactic: they advertise one loaded model car, customer calls in and is interested in that particular advertised model, the dealer claims to have it and so the customer stops in to drive it, and then bam!
dealers suddenly doesn't have the advertised model but offers the customer another low-end model for apprx the same price.. for some reason that reminds me of how people come into the jw religion.
Good analogy!
Its so disingenuious and fake too.
"Spiritual Paradise", "Worldwide Brotherhood" , etc........
Look at the "Year Text" for 2010 - "Love Never Fails"
For the WT to apply it to themselves makes me want to barf.
yes!
i cant wait to hear "the camera eye" and "vital signs" live!.
details are on rush.com.
answer - why yes of course they did!.
discipline may come from someone else.
it may come as a look, a frown, a word, a gesture, a verbal reproof.
LOL - that is a great find, Besty!
It brings up that age-old question - Who writes this crap?
I added my personal feelings - this is how this should really read!!
Discipline may come from someone else. It may come as a dirty look, an evil frown, a swear word, a gesture such as the middle finger, a verbal reproof, such as someone telling you to go f--- yourself. Jesus gave Peter a look that reminded him of the prediction of his grave sin, and he went out and wept bitterly. Then he probably gave Jesus the finger behind his back. Then, Jesus would know Peter gave him the finger, and then would rebuke him again later! WT 10-1-87, p. 18
on social networking and facebook was specifically mentioned, as well as how 'dangerous' it is..
LOL @ Bobby Boucher, Wing Commander!!
The WT is like "Back to the Future" - its like the 80's all over for me, just replace the names.
They seem to be a very jealous slave-master, God forbid you do something that takes away from your service to "Jah"
I know so many elders, pioneers, etc.....who are on Facebook. Good luck getting all of them to delete their accounts!
Geez, next thing you know, they will be giving local needs on visiting apostate sites!
i was speaking to a friend who has also disassociated themselves as a jehovah's witness.
the curious thing to me is that this person, although having some doubts, still has the feeling that the witnesses have the truth.
they get extremely uncomfortable when the subject of religion comes up, and have a hard time coinciding what they are doing now, and their thoughts on the jw religion.. it feels like the times i have talked about the witnesses (feeling we share the same sentiments), that wall that most witnesses put up, goes up for them as well.. i dont understand...why would they still feel this way?
Along with the Cult Control techniques, I really believe more and more that another strong reason people think its the "TRUTH" is because of the family and friends relationships.
They convince themselves of it since they are so afraid to lose those things.
I dont see how after stepping back and (hopefully) taking an objective look at things you could still believe JW's have the truth.
i was speaking to a friend who has also disassociated themselves as a jehovah's witness.
the curious thing to me is that this person, although having some doubts, still has the feeling that the witnesses have the truth.
they get extremely uncomfortable when the subject of religion comes up, and have a hard time coinciding what they are doing now, and their thoughts on the jw religion.. it feels like the times i have talked about the witnesses (feeling we share the same sentiments), that wall that most witnesses put up, goes up for them as well.. i dont understand...why would they still feel this way?
Along with the Cult Control techniques, I really believe more and more that another strong reason people think its the "TRUTH" is because of the family and friends relationships.
They convince themselves of it since they are so afraid to lose those things.
I dont see how after stepping back and (hopefully) taking an objective look at things you could still believe JW's have the truth.
what's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
This may sound stupid to mention such a highly acclaimed film, but I would say Citizen Kane.
Most of my friends dismiss it because its "old" and give it no consideration.....but it is beyond brilliant IMO............
Its a must-see!!!
