the general feeling on this website is that all religions have gods people in them.so why does it matter to you all.that you believe you were lied too?you show me a religion that is with out fault?show me a religion that has the total truth from the bible?
with out doubt despite what people say the jehovahs wittnesses.have the closest to the truth
But, like JWs around the world, when you read Hebrews 10:24, 25 you focus on the WORK (meeting together) and Paul focused on the PURPOSE BEHIND IT (inciting to love and fine works). THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS WAS NOT EDUCATION. And you have missed that all these years because you have been misled.
I like your use of logic AuldSoul.
YC (gets ready to shut off PC for the night. Waiting for PMJ to respond will resume tomorrow.)
i got home from work yesterday and my wife tells me there is a letter from my daughter's school - this is it;.
can you imagine how proud and thrilled i was!!
but.... at the mere mention of it my daughter burst into tears.
Let her know that if she passes up this opportunitiy, she won't be challenged by the classes non-gifted students are in, she may actually get rather bored by having to do things she already knows.
Secondly, tell her that her friends in the non-gifted class can still visit her, and arrange for her to continue to communicate with them and get together for birthdays etc. with them.
If all else fails, promise her that if she participates in this program and does her best, when she graduates you'll get her a sporty car. How many geeks drive sporty cars?
YC
i want a place to call home that doesn't have winter almost half of the year.
it would be nice for the seasons to actually stay within their designated three months.
any suggestions?.
Wow, those places sound great. Thanks everyone for your reples stilla, Delilah, anewme (though I didn't catch the place you are refering to exactly.)
Daniel-p: two seasons, interesting. Kaput: New England sounds very nice too. Rebel 8: San Francisco has the trolley cars, sounds like a fun place. SPAZnik, BC will be a definite condieration for a vacation spot.
Thanks for your suggestions. There's a melting of snow right now with the sun shining. I don't know why whenever I start to complain about the weather, that always happens here in the northern mid-west. Maybe the gods are listening and don't want me to go.
YC
i want a place to call home that doesn't have winter almost half of the year.
it would be nice for the seasons to actually stay within their designated three months.
any suggestions?.
I want a place to call home that doesn't have winter almost half of the year. It would be nice for the seasons to actually stay within their designated three months. Any suggestions?
Oh, it needs to be close to a four year University (I'll be transfering) and culturally and artistically rich since I like live theater shows.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, Thanks.
YC
i am trying to build a list of hipocrisy with in the borg.
i dont mean things like the un scandal as people in the hall wont have heard of that, but smaller stuff that goes on all the time with out the rank and file noticing.
infant baptism.
Jehovah's Witnesses and their hypocrisy--
They tell members that "they should let themselves be wronged" and not "bring reproach on Jehovah's name by resolving disputes in a worldly Court of Law." Yet as soon as a Canada based web site Quotes begins to cause thinkers among them to read actual Watchtower Magazine Quotes showing their flip flops in doctrines, they seek out a Judicial court case because this web site is "embarassing" to them among other things. Why couldn't they "just wait on Jehovah?"
They tell people that they should not go to college or be materialistic and at the same time that they should find a way to afford adequate health insurance to cover the possibility of "going out of network" to get treated by one their appoved Hospitals for expensive and potentially ineffective bloodless treatment.
They tell people that Jehovah's Witnesses "obey the laws of the land" and yet they have actively gone against court orders to remove minors from hospitals by sneaky ways and as such have broken the laws established to protect minors from religious zealots who could endanger their life.
The Governing Body announce that in Mexico they cannot pray or sing at meetings (but only because they want to own land). They decide to register as a "cultural organization" not a religion to buy property. At the same time, they preach to the rank and file that they should only strive to acquire treasures in heaven not on earth.
The Governing Body condemns the Catholic Church for having a clergy class and other ranks of service while at they same time they have established a "religious order of full time servants" who take on vows of poverty and work just like lay employees in printing and other manual work but without the benefits of lay employees.
I could go on and on, but am short on time right now. Will come back to this thread later.
YC
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with many thanks for the great amount of help and work by atlantis and lady lee, i am proud to present a new information source that offers direct quotes from jehovahs witness literature by topic.. this site is much like quote's site, only in this case every topic not only contains quotes, there are also actual scans of the original publications that are quoted.. atlantis and lady lee did most of the hard work... all i am doing is hosting what they put together.
to view these new quotes, go to www.davidgladden.com and click on the very first link at the top of the page.
The original documents is a great feature. Especially the quotes showing the contradictions under the topic on "Examining Beliefs."
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work; awesome job.
YC
thinking is the virtue man prizes most.
all other virtues proceed from thinking.
logically, the greatest source of all evils stems from evasion of thinking.
What you attack as "mysticism" is only one component of human life. It's a tool to help people interact with the world about them. Sure it can be misused, but so can a screwdriver!
LT, I appreciate your point of view. Can you provide examples of how mysticism serves as a tool to help people interact with the world? Thanks.
YC
here's a pic with the sign removed... have at it!
let's do this right!
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here's a pic with the sign removed... have at it!
let's do this right!
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The constitution gives people so many rights but these are not automatically given to all people all the time. I recently saw this movie. It was very true to the historical facts but with an added modern twist in its presentation of the movement.
YC
