evolution versus creation has been beat to death lately, this isn't another debate thread.
i wanted to showcase a hugely funny site i found when researching creationists' views.
note that i don't believe this site in any way depicts the beliefs of most creationists.
This guy is deadly serious. Hilarious, but serious.
On the other hand (or is it half a hand) guys like this might disprove evolution. Only a god with a weird sense of humor would come up with someone like that. Evolution should have taken him out of the gene pool long ago! :)
i was interviewed on ctv national news and it was aired tuesday night and wednesday morning.. there are a few video clips .
lawrence the web ctv.ca .
home.
I know this sounds convoluted, but wouldn't it tick you off today if you refused blood and died years ago as a JW?
The point is most of us would have refused blood as Witnesses because we blindly allowed the Tower to control our lives, and as a result, our death. Refusing blood is a death sentence in many cases. I knew a young mother that hemorrhaged while giving birth, and she die. She left a spouse, and 3 children without a mother. She could have been on this forum today, taking part in this thread if she had given birth without complications. But all is lost for her because she did what most of us would have done--die for a lying publishing firm.
If she could know what we know today, and being on this forum today, knowing she died years ago, how angry would she be before going back into the void?
Gary--I'm so sorry for your loss.
as i was reading the thread about not at homes i wondered if anyone else a slacker pioneer?.
there was a bunch of us in our hall that went out on a wednesday.
we usually managed about 45mins before needing a coffee which somehow extended through lunchtime, maybe interupted by a return visit that hopefully wasn't home.
I rebuilt a car engine, and counted the time doing it. Hey, I had to keep the old service car running, didn't I? :)
you thought fingers in chilli at wendy's was bad !.
omg that poor kid.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4512995.stm.
You thought fingers in Chilli at Wendy's was bad !
It's just like you folks in England trying to show us up in the United States. (It usually doesn't take much.) I think I'll head down to the local Wendy's to see if I can reclaim our standing. :)
I wonder if someone put the snake into the box or if it bored into the box itself?
this was passed on to me:__________i found this on finnish forum, notice: this may be true or notjune 2005 km (finnish edition), page 7: "when searching information about jehovah's witnesses from internet, we recommend going straight to organization's official sites with address www.watchtower.org, www.jw-media.org or www.jehovantodistajat.fi instead of using different search programs, which gives results consisting mainly sites administred by apostates.
" (my translation from finnish)________ lol if true we have really hurt them.
next they will sell or give away their own browsers with all apostate links blocked out!randy
NOTICE: this may be true or not
True or not, the Internet has hurt the Watchtower in ways never before possible. The Tower can continue to lie and say whatever they want from their printing presses, but the Internet reaches far beyond their billion dollar organization to deceive.
The blind wishing to remain in the dark won't be "stumbled" by fact, but anyone with honest questions and the Internet will find out "the Truth" about the Tower of lies.
kansas is holding a debate to decide.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/education/05/02/life.evolution.reut/index.html.
topeka, kansas (reuters) -- evolution is going on trial in kansas.. eighty years after a famed courtroom battle in tennessee pitted religious beliefs about the origins of life against the theories of british scientist charles darwin, kansas is holding its own hearings on what school children should be taught about how life on earth began.. the kansas board of education has scheduled six days of courtroom-style hearings to begin thursday in topeka.
What's behind "Intelligent Design" but to suggest there is a Christian god. It's a dishonest back door attempt to paint god as true science. I'm not suggesting there isn't a god or gods, but there isn't a single scientific fact to prove that there is a god. Until that happens, Intelligent Design is bad science at best. God is for the realm of theology; it's not scientific fact.
Should it be taught in schools--yes, Sunday Schools.
that was the title of a fabulous u2 cd, but i borrow it here to ask you all, old friends, a question.. first, apologies for being absent for so long.
"real life" projects have cut into my online time, been so busy i haven't had time to turn around twice.
but you are in my thoughts, daily.. my question for pondering...how do you know what to keep and what to throw away?.
At the wise old age of 18, I jumped on the JW-bandwagon and discarded most of the items collected during grade and high school. There was only a few years left in this old system of things, so why hang on to the past? BIG MISTAKE!
I've dumped a lot of JW stuff I wish I still had, and when it's gone, it's gone. You may feel one way today and have different feelings tomorrow. If you're not sure what to do, keep it until you are sure one way or the other.
the below analogy made me think about how in coc whenever a new article comes out in the wt the dubs loyally obey without questioning whether or not it has any bible basis or whether or nor it is morally right (i.e.
disassociated ones to be shunned just as disfellowshipped ones, ones who personally disagree with any of the established beliefs (even if they are not outwardly promoting such disagreement) are to be considered apostates and should be disfellowshipped, etc.).
it's amazing how the org can say it's black even if it's white and blind faith causes the dubs not to question it.
It's amazing how the Org can say it's black even if it's white and blind faith causes the dubs not to question it.
Not only do they not question, but will brag about not questioning the Tower!
There was a JW in the congregation who had been in the Tower for many years, and witnessed a lot of crap. He told me, "If the Watchtower say that black is white, then I believe it." He proved the saying that, "There is done so blind that will not see."
i dont understand how it works.
all i know is, my dad got approved for a $20,000 loan.
he will have to pay $800 a month.
There are many ways to borrow money for college. As already suggested, doing a Google search is a good start. After doing that, go any accredited college and set up a meeting with someone in their financial aid department. They deal with this all day long, and can answer your questions. It's important to deal with an accredited college. Do a Google search about that, too.
My best to you!
we host a discussion group in our home called the dayton salon.
our dogma is: food, wine, fellowship, and discussion.
we meet once a month and folks arrive with food to share, they fellowship in and out of the kitchen before settling down to discuss a topic (picked a month ago) in the den (we call the salon).
Lisa -- Our group started from a cluster of parents whose kids attended the same school. We got to know each other from various school activities the kids were involved in. When they graduated from high school, we decided to stay in touch, and that's how the group started.
The group picks the discussion topic for the following month. For example, last Saturday the topic was "choices." We talked about choices made, and their outcomes, and also choices we plan to make. Last month the topic was "Taoism." There is no set pattern to the topics, and it's fun and interesting seeing the various topics we've discussed over the past 3-plus years.
We meet at our home because there is a room set aside with couches, chairs, pillows, and fireplace. Everything is very informal, and people come and go to the kitchen at anytime for snacks, wine, etc. It's not unusual hearing people in the kitchen continuing the discussion there. When everyone is there (which is usually the case) 9 attend.
The group is very diverse, which adds greatly to the discussion and fun. Some are people of faith, and some are not. All in all, it's the best bookstudy (usually without books) I've attend and had in our home.
