in times past, who was regarded as the king of the north and south?
was it really the soviet union?
now that it is basically non- existent who are those kings supposed to be now?.
Terrorism and the Middle East is the King of the North... That's weak! Clearly Watchtower isn't going to point to any particular nation right now for fear of being wrong... AGAIN.
Leolaia, No doubt Rutherford was cheering for Germany and Italy, after all the King of the South made it harder for him to get drunk. You don't suppose that might be one of the reasons, Watchtower picked the United States to be the King of the South?
http://www.geocities.com/wtgreed/article.htm just a reminder and for newbies
Wow, I never knew how this topic could divide people. I'm reminded of what Gary Buss says about the Jehovah's Witness people. "Watchtower hates the Jehovah's Witnesses." In other words, it is just fine and dandy that Watchtower can join the UN as a NGO and own Tobacco and Military stock, but the average JW had better never join the YMCA or work for a company that builds military equipment.
Clearly though, the Watchtower has never said a JW can't work for a company who happens to make military items. That would be a matter for the "Bible Trained Conscience" and a few over zealous Elders who make up their own stupid rules.
the usa rating has slipped to at least 50th place - down from about 17th just a few years ago.
one way that all dictatorships gain and keep control of their people, is to supress information and control media.
this gradually paves the way for a totalitarian government in which you are fed a constant supply of government approved news - which in turn creates much more isolationisim and brainwashing.
I travel all the time to foreign countries. Lest to say that I moved to and am currently living in a country outside the U.S.
The feedback from the people I meet in the world scene is obvious. The U.S.A. has lost its dignity and respect.
Gator Wisdom, I'm not surprised.
a few years before 1975, bruce bainbridge, a jw who was our camping with some of the friends, relates this little story:.
"on the way to the outhouses that same evening, while walking with one of the congregation's ministerial servants, a tall, impressive individual who hadn't seen me for at least eight years said, " you know bruce," putting his arm around my shoulder and squeezing tightly, "if this old world doesn't come to an end in 1975, i'm going back to my old evil ways.
" then he purposely lifted his leg and passed wind.
No, the "pain" isn't from the anti-Russell sentiments, the "pain" is from all those who have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. I've rejected Christ, God and anything to do with Scripture, and have decided instead to live a life of of sin. That's what bothers me.
(Quoting RR)
How is accepting Jesus as just another prophet and realizing the Bible is a manmade book causing me to live a life of sin? I've never done anything to you or anybody else who follows the christian faith.
it's a long shot to prove such a thing... i'm curious how this will pan out.. .
http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2007/02/jesus_tales_from_the_crypt.html.
february 23, 2007 6:55 jesus: tales from the cryptbrace yourself.
How did they determine if one of these bodies was that of the Christ?
The diaper wearing Astronaut, Lisa Nowak, took a rocket ship up to Jehovah's Throne and jammed a needle in Jehovah's ass to collect the DNA. It will be determined on the Maury Povich Show if Jehovah is the real father.
Hey, it could happen...
skadi .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ska%c3%b0i.
isis.
Jehovah's wife Asherah is my favorite pagan god.
a very nice lady and very pretty who has been coming in for a few weeks now, is starting to become a fatal attraction.. she comes in for the most idiotic requests and has asked me out numerous times.
i keep giving her some excuse for not going out.. i can't tell her i am gay as that can destroy everything at work here.. any ideas?
i don't want to hurt her feelings or stop her from spending her money here as well as sending her friends and neighbors.
oh and
It is true...twice as many hits.Buy a wedding band, and just wear it at work...LtCmdore- i hope this works better for men than women. When I started wearing a wedding ring I got hit in twice as much as before!
Sparkplug, hopefully this does not mean, hit on once without a wedding band and only hit on twice since wearing one.
Hambeak, I hope this isn't some fatal attraction type of thing.
i think it's an atempt to catch faders or atleast make active dubs feel special.
it also could be a cost cutting measure to though.
getting rid of the km's and even up awakes and watchtowers would save some trees.
2 weeks ago, at the Kingdom Hall, after the meeting, a regular visitor to the hall (not a publisher)
goes up to the counter and asks for quite a few pieces of literature.
The literature servant has his silent alarms go off that this is a waste of literature.
He is probably thinking that she has a few screws loose (she does, but didn't we all for going to
the Kingdom Hall regularly?) and doesn't need all that literature.Well, she wants it, he doesn't want to give it to her. I am nearby. As much as the elder body
knows how much trouble a doubting former elder is, they haven't yet muddied my name to the
rest of the congregation, so the MS behind the counter still respects what I have to say-
"The literature is free of charge, correct?"
"Yes, but she wants alot."
"But you have the things she wants, none of it is special order, correct?"
"Yes."
"What's the difference if she gets some of it now, some of it next week?
If it's free of charge, then she should get what she requests."
"They told us to be leary of people accepting tons of literature and not needing it."
"That could be for the door-to-door work, or for a visitor that you don't often see here, even then-
free-of-charge IS free-of-charge, but this woman is here every week. Give her what she needs."
"Okay." (I felt like a bully, but he won't even remember it happened.)
(Quoting On the way out's post) If I was the literature attendent, I would have counted all the stuff she wanted as "placements" on my monthly slip.
and here's why.... http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/comedy/monologue/video/20070219.shtml.
i like this guy.
he's a very funny guy, and he seems to be having more fun than letterman does.. .
I wish to retract my statement about Britney Spears becoming a less creepy Michael Jackson. In order for her to do that, she would have to become a black man just like Michael turned himself into a white woman.
after the 'discovery' of jesus' family tomb in jerusalem, does anyone believe that jesus was married to mary and had a son called judah?.
Unlikely on so many levels
