who's the next famous person that will soon be no more?.
i think charlie sheen is right up there..
I'm thinking Kirk Douglas is gonna bit it next. Zsa Zsa is a good bet too since she just got her leg amputated. You could say, "she's on her last leg." HAHAHA, I know, I know.
Bro.Dan, we are due for a rapper to get shot lately. 50's got too much security to catch a hot one.
randy newman might say, in this moment, .
moving on, had to get that out of my head, um...so.
i feel like this is the worst time to be writing anything, as i'm in a rather foul mood today.
I'm just a man, and as too many here are aware, not much of one.
I swear you're too hard on yourself at times. From one man to another, I envy you some days. I'd like to do the wife and kids thing, but I just don't know if I'm planning on hanging around this religion and it wouldn't be fair to a woman for me to commit knowing what I know about this religion. You've been man enough to share your story with us, and your story is part of what's making me decline getting involved with a JW woman at this time. JWs use the word "appreciate" too much, but I truly do appreciate you sharing your life with us. The fact that you're hanging in there for your family makes you more of man than many so called men who walk out on their families every day for invalid excuses. You recognize life in this world is bigger than you, and I respect that. You're a man for all the good and bad that comes with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flom6idv94c.
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palin explain recent world history..
hit the submit button by accident while reading so I guess I should say something. She reminds me of a women I used to work with who sometimes during lunch was seen under her desk speaking in tongues
What? LOL, you serious?
was there any specific 'new' direction given regarding faders...or long time inactive ones?.
also, how long is the school, i thought it was just a weekend.
but it seems that an elder friend of mine just recently took the whole week off from his job to attend.
The one I attended was a day and a half. The first day started at 1pm and ended at roughly 6pm. The following day was from 8am to 6pm. The latter was a rough day. A couple older, cantankerous elders actually left about an hour before it ended which I found humorous. With the exception of the COBOE's schools, I hadn't heard of any week long schools. That had to have been a grueling experience.
As far as faders and inactive ones, there was nothing new mentioned. Same ol, same ol.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flom6idv94c.
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palin explain recent world history..
Personally, I believe she's playing a role and cashing in on it. In the same fashion that Glenn Beck disingenuously manufactures tears for his audience, Palin is entertaining all those quasi conservatives gullible enough to take her seriously. Politics anymore reminds me of WWE wrestling. It's just a bunch of colorful characters playing a role for our entertainment. The scary part about it is just like wrestling, there's some people who still haven't figured it out that its all for show. Oppurtunists such as Palin and Beck are all more than willing to take advantage of those people. They're similar to hustlers, pimps, and drug dealers. I find it dispicable is that they're willing to sacrifice progress and realistic debate in this country so they can cash in on their books, and their speeches, and TV interviews. The same way pimps and drug dealers promote and sell poison in their communities, hindering progress and ruining lives, these showboat politicians sell and promote poison hindering real dialogue in this country. The blame can go towards both political parties, but conservatives seem to have the bulk of quasi members. To be fair, maybe quasi conservatives just scream the loudest via Fox News, or as mentioned earlier like Palin they say whatever just to stir controversy and keep their names in the news.
a couple of photos to give you a laugh - me with a perm and on our wedding day.. .
One thing that I like that has recently made a comeback from the 80's are girls in legwarmers, something about that is sexy. I can't quite put my finger on why its appealing, but they look good. I like that. Elbow length gothic glove from the 80's are hot too. There's a gothic looking woman in the Awake magazine on the Occult with the lace gloves on, she looks good. If I took a tour up Bethel and seen her in person I probably wouldn't look twice.
we've discussed a few potential reasons why the wt is promoting april 2011 as a month of special activity.
reasons include manipulating statistics, and trying to provide some kind of spark to increasingly apathetic and discouraged congregations.
i'm sure there are others i'm missing too, feel free to include those.
So in a way, it's a good thing that there is a position to which the sisters can aspire, too. Otherwise, sisters who want to get more involved in the congregation could only have the goal of marrying a man with the position above.
Tha fact that theese positions (pioneer, elder, ministerial servant etc.) exist in the congrgation is not a problem. The big problem is that some don't understand that it is not ok to use these positions and titles to satisfy their ego and it's not ok to do this to impress others. The purpose is to serve others, to do it for God, but few do it for this. They transform something that should be spiritual in something material and something that has more to do with social ambition than devotion to God.
I think I'm in love...........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41282726/ns/world_news-americas/.
naco, ariz. drug smugglers used a catapult to fire contraband over the border between mexico and arizona, authorities said wednesday.. national guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system on friday evening saw several people using the device beside a border fence near the town of naco, and border patrol agents contacted mexican authorities, nbc station kvoa of tucson reported, citing u.s. customs and border protection.. "i have not seen anything like that in my time before as a border patrol agent ... although we are trained to handle any kind of a threat that comes over that border," tucson sector border patrol spokesman david jimarez told reuters.. the mexican government declared war against drug smugglers in 2006, and the resulting conflict has left more than 30,000 people dead.. the crackdown has pushed smugglers into ever-more daring and ingenious attempts to move drugs into the united states.
one technique involves the use of specially designed trucks with ramps built in the back and front.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41282726/ns/world_news-americas/
NACO, Ariz. — Drug smugglers used a catapult to fire contraband over the border between Mexico and Arizona, authorities said Wednesday.
National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system on Friday evening saw several people using the device beside a border fence near the town of Naco, and Border Patrol agents contacted Mexican authorities, NBC station KVOA of Tucson reported, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
"I have not seen anything like that in my time before as a Border Patrol agent ... although we are trained to handle any kind of a threat that comes over that border," Tucson sector Border Patrol spokesman David Jimarez told Reuters.
The Mexican government declared war against drug smugglers in 2006, and the resulting conflict has left more than 30,000 people dead.
The crackdown has pushed smugglers into ever-more daring and ingenious attempts to move drugs into the United States.
One technique involves the use of specially designed trucks with ramps built in the back and front. These trucks pull up next to the barbed-wire border fence and lower one of the ramps over to the U.S. side, while the other ramp slides down the back of the vehicle. Smugglers in SUVs loaded with drugs then drive across these mobile truck-bridges into Arizona without ever touching the fence.
This is too funny to me.
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Good read. One thing I found humorous, is it mandatory that upon waking up, as men we have to grow goatees or beards?
a lot of talk has centered around information dispensed at the recent km schools.
many brothers feel there is a "tightening up" taking place.
i had a recent experience that you may find interesting.. after the meeting i was working with our cobe on some congregation tasks when out of nowhere he said, "have you looked up any extra information about higher education since the km school?
miseryloveselders.
If in 1969 you were baptised as a Witness what did you accept? If you accepted the belief then you should have acted in a way that showed that. Now if you are and a JW and still accept it then education takes a back seat to the christian responsiblies as put forth by the GB. Unless you can be a full time pioneer and do further education you should either leave the JW or not go for further education.
Ok, a couple things for you then. Where in the bible does it say that a Christian is obligated to become a "full time pioneer?" Where in the bible is the word pioneer? How many hours did the Apostle Paul, or Peter average a month? How many hours did Jesus Christ average a month? While we're at it, do you think every now and then a directive came from the older men in Jerusalem stating that the 1st Century Christians could have the month of April to only do 30 hours a month? And when Paul or Barnabus visited the various congregations, the 30 hour pioneers could sit in on the pioneer meeting? Is any of that in the bible?
Another thing, I picked 1969 as the year to consider for a reason. As I wouldn't have believed it until someone showed it to me, but that was the year the GB printed articles stating that young people in school would never get old. If a man was twenty years of age in 1969, he'd be in his early 60's by now. He'd be able to apply for Medicare benefits. If he still decided to go to school back then, and sticked with this religion, do you think Jehovah views him as unworthy because he didn't follow the GB's directives on education? Did his actions of going to college, show he had little faith the system of things was coming to a close soon? Or did he demonstrate shrewdness in taking care of his responsibilities which don't only include spiritual matters, but physical and material "needs" too?