it's hard to even read this without bursting into laughter.
and just think, we all used to agree with this.. damn, it feels good to be on the outside looking in.. .
and remember, we were actually ready to DIE for this stuff
Do you remember the song that ended in "if needed, we will die for you"? Not sure of the exact words in english... I felt so awkward every time at the end of that song. I guess you could say I was "spiritually weak". And on topic, the best way of life is to face death for that way of life? Hm... sort of like the blood ban, because you respect the sanctity of life the blood represents, you're ready to die for it.
roger ebert.
why i hate 3-d (and you should too)3-d is a waste of a perfectly good dimension.
hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal.
He's the same guy who made a big controversy saying video games can't be art, right? Does he have something agains modern technology in general or something?
I say it's good to have it as an option. Black and white pictures, or even movies (see Schindler's list) are still produced, and some critics were against color pictures too back then. As long as they're used correctly, any new technology can expand the creativity.
where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?
i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .
read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.
oh I just remembered, I bungee-jumped once that must be high up in the no-no of extreme sports list.
where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?
i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .
read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.
I read any books I wanted, although not apostate ones, only novels.
I skipped meetings when travelled somewhere on a holiday.
I played World of Warcraft That game had everything the WT ever said about bad video games: it was online, it had magic, fighting, violence, foul language (from other players), it was an RPG. And it was rated 12+
i am so curious about that topic.. i would love a committee to drag someone in the back room to disfellowship them for giving blood, and then hope that the person simply says "well, i wanted my blood to be used to donate fractions for my brothers and sisters!".
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Hm... I am still not DFd and I plan on giving blood as soon as I have a bit of free time from work. I was planning on doing this privately, but there's something about your plan that's appealing..
This is obviously fake... you're wearing glasses.
epo injections have been on the acceptable list for quite some time - the preparation contains a small amount of albumin.. .
a friend of mine tells me a letter was read in his congregation last week after the service meeting stating that these injections don't contain any blood fractions and are no longer a conscience matter.. .
anyone know more details?.
Huh? This sounds weird... I never heard of anything being said as "it's ok now, it's not conscience matter". I tought everything was either a law, or a conscience matter. I don't see even JWs to technically force you to take EPO if you still view it as objectionable.
im currently studying from keep yourself in gods love.
having read a couple of wt books and magazines i expect it to be full of logical fallacies, scholary dishonesty, irrelevant illustrations, mind-control and scripture taken out of context.. but the writer want to give even more so he apparently saw it fit to randomly insert really, really stupid statement.
to clarify - they dont serve any purpose, there does not seem to be a point with them, they are just so incredibly retarded you dont know if you should laugh or cry.. an example is the first two lines of the section "those who god love" on page 26. the writer want to convince us that we cant choose our friends ourselves, and he write: [my translation].
Yeah, it was something similar when I read in CoC quoting from the book "Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God" talking about the coming of 1975:
How appropriate it would be for Jehovah God to make of this coming seventh period of a thousand years a sabbath period of rest and release
The writer actually told God what would be appropriate for him to do. And God ignored that, and did something inapproriate! Oh the humanity! I guess He's disfellowshipped now for disregarding the "slave"s advice.
want to study with me last winter.
he came into my house and while walking around looking at things he noticed my shelved collection of video games, some going back 15 years, but most old playstation rpg and racing games, a few ps2 rpg'd mixed in.
the usual stuff, final fantasy and such.
Games that explicitly had shooting, or killing were not really acceptable.
Add into that spiritism, and basically all you're left with is sports games (and even they could be bad! Anyone remembers Carmageddon?) Spiritism is really widely defined as anything that can't be done in real life - and almost every video game has such component. Some form of magic is almost always present. Video games are made on purpose to be different from our life, and that purpose is not to have us practicing spiritism.
Outlander, your experience is perfectly in line with JW reactions. I was counseled against playing video games in general, and the elders talk about them as filth. They quoted incessantly that "Jehovah hates those who love violence". You are perfectly right, they can't wrap their head around the idea, that someone can play for example a shooter, but in real life he wouldn't kill a fly.
The elders told me: "Do you think if you fall into water, you could really come out of it dry? In the same way, do you think that you can act out violence in games and don't have them affect you?" They also loved to quote cases where some kid with psychological problems killed someone and said he learned it from video games.
Edit: I just re-read the tripe from the YPA article. It says:
What moral lessons is this game teaching me?
Well... here's the thing. The vast majority of the games focus on good winning over bad, to not give up no matter howbad things get, just keep walking the right road, even if the whole world is against you. I don't feel that any game has the message, that killing is ok, it's just a game mechanic.
Come on guys, this is funny! How can you answer "no, I'm not as smart as I think I am?"
My answer is: I'm not smart enough to realize I'm very smart. Or in other words: I'm so dumb I think I'm smart.
