my thread title is somewhat tongue in cheek, because we all know that galilee is where jesus family lived and where he started his ministry.. but, the little village of nazareth, where father joseph started his carpentery business and his sons continued the business, was only about 6km from sepphoris.
its conjectured by some that the family business was not very prosperous, being dependent on rural work when, joseph started it.
nazareth was a typical rural village, houses constructed from mud and brick, with maybe a few constructed from stone.
Wonderful post, doggy grandad.
It occurs to me more & more that Christianity is Hellenic Judaism. Conservative fundy christians like the JW make the greeks the bogey men of the Biblical middle east but without the Hellenic influence on Judaism via gnosticism Christianity would not exist imho.
the more i think about it, the more i feel an extreme dislike for the apostle paul.
he was on par with hitler in his treatment of the jews before he "saw the light".
he replaced jesus teachings of love and mercy with a more legalistic, pharisaical concept of devotion to god.. any evil person can come to believe in god and worship him if the scales were literally and miraculously removed from his eyes.
the more i think about it, the more i feel an extreme dislike for the apostle paul.
he was on par with hitler in his treatment of the jews before he "saw the light".
he replaced jesus teachings of love and mercy with a more legalistic, pharisaical concept of devotion to god.. any evil person can come to believe in god and worship him if the scales were literally and miraculously removed from his eyes.
Which bible character do I hate the most as of 13/11/2015 ~ why Ishmael of course!!!
....grumble...Arabs...Islam....damn haggar...sasafrasin...
i was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.
we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.
eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.
Just out of interest most of the youngsters I know are sexually active for the first time between 14 and 17. Quite a few of my friends daughters went on the pill at 14 or 15, with parental consent sensibly BEFORE first contact.
They are all, to a women, childless unmarried in their mid twenties ex university graduates in professional jobs very very balanced with good relationships with their parents and either happily single or in good relationships. We messed up repressed religious older generation had kids too young, messed up going to college because of it, have lots of issues including drink bad relationships etc and very poor or non existent relationships with our parents. No contest who are the most balanced and happy generation.
i was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.
we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.
eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.
Simon Excellent post, absolutely spot on and think this sounds very much like the situation you describe and pretty typical behaviour for socially inept young JW kids
Vivian, orphan crow etc AGE BOY 20 GIRL 16 for gods sake this pretty open, honest, vulnerable guy is reading your crap, perhaps just perhaps is it POSSIBle you are over reacting just a teensy bit???
He is now happily married to an OLDER women, does that clue you up a bit?
apparently, it's good news, everybody - mohammed emwazi (aka jihadi john) has been targeted by a us drone strike.
the location was in raqqa, syria, a few yards from isis hq, near a clock tower where crucifixions are carried out.
there are conflicting reports, some say he died instantly at 11:40pm yesterday, others say that he was badly injured and taken to a nearby hospital.. from what i've previously read about emwazi, he was apparently terrified of being targeted by drones - yesterday it seems his nightmare was made reality.
Hmmm...the guy was an indoctrinated psycopath from West London....but is it good that our governments are crowing that they have executed one of their own citizens without trial?? Just putting it out there...
The end of the troubles in Northern Ireland was essentially because the majority of people got tired of living in an urban war zone. Their ideals were trumped by their desire to have a normal life and the moderate voices started to outweigh the extremists.
Ermm....try the fact the IRA lost its main finance/support network after 9/11 when the US population had a taste of what terrorism actually means...
That said...basically, in the case of Ireland, terroism worked
1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).
2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.
this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.
If I was your fairy godmother I would wish you to do a course in western Philosophy- I can see you have a philosophical turn of mind and I think you would LOVE it. It would help you to clarify your ideas and enable you to sharpen your critical thinking skills.
Cannot recommend it enough!😊
1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).
2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.
this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.
See how correctly Albert Einstein identified the problem: “We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.” Bible too says: "Widen out."
Love that quote ISW 1961 thank you for sharing😀
Please please don't be offended by some posts here believe me they only fear for your physical & emotional safety💕❤❤❤
Lee Elder is/was a respected elder who, with other hospital Liason Commitee Jehovahs Witnesses started 'Associated Jehovahs witnesses for Reform On Blood' to lobby for change & to educate regarding the Watchtower confused dangerous doctrine on blood.
I urge you tocheck out their site. That witnesses may now use fractions is largely down to their ceaseless canvasing. Please take care & do not refuse blood transfusions for you or your family should it be nesessary! The command is to abstain from eating blood - transfusions are not nutrients, they are not food. White & red blood cells are exchanged between mother &baby via placenta too which is the reasoning behind why they accept some fractions - so why not red cells too?!
All the best & keep researching !
i was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.
we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.
eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.
Agreed Dogone
Message to father of teenage girls - way to go to get them to hook up sneekily with someone unsuitable
Your daughters have a sex drive, get used to it
16 & 20? He spoke to her and gave her a gift (I will also say if a typical JW boy pretty naive i'm guessing) Peadophile, Really?
Good greif
I also note a lot of JW's marry folk younger than them is that because
1 limited supply of partners
2 age/looks unimportant/superficial
3 men like their jw women subservant & someone young is easier to mold
you tell me
http://theukdatabase.com/2015/11/12/ian-ross-billinghamsouthend/.
leading churchman caught with perverted images of girls as young as three.
a leading churchman has been ordered to go on a sex offenders programme after he was caught with child abuse images of the most serious level on his home computer.. highly respected jehovah witness ian ross, 65, had perverted images of girls as young as three engaged in sexual acts with adults.. he pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children between may 2013 and may last year..
Making indecent images
Catagory A most dangerous, severe images
