i just got off the phone with jim whitney and he is still in intensive care, due to be released to home by the weekend.
the poor guy did not have insurance, so he is going to be busy working on that angle as well, since he had a major heart attack, and need probably a quad bypass.
the doctor told him "this is as bad as it gets.
JIM!!!
YOU BETTER GET WELL, MAN. You're a wikid guy and I'll help you out however I can!!!
Jer.
RANDY: If he needs "scratch" I'm willing to donate some. I do have contact info for him, but is he up for receiving email/calls/ etc?? If you can send me something more up-to-date I would be appreciative!
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/02/05/17418642.shtml?element_id=17418642 .
here is her front page article, luv the kh sign in the background!!!.
ven
Nathan Natas,
If Junior Brown has no idea what Barbara told Dateline, how can he say that what she alleges is untrue?That's exactly what I wanted to know.....
SPIN-SPIN-SPIN
Ralph: "...and that's where I saw the leprechaun."
Bart: "The leprechaun, hunh?"
Ralph: "He told me to burn things."
i have recently met a wonderful man.
he is a jw, and has been all 25 years of his life.
i am not, and have not even known any all of my life.
Pad,
You can't win. If he's already putting God ahead of you, it can only get worse. Take a pass on this guy, I've been in your situation before and you should never settle on being #2 in your loved one's life.
The problem with JW's is that they say that their "#1 is God", but you'll soon find that "God" includes the wacky Watchtower rules he follows (ie abstaining from blood, 5 meetings, etc), the perception of the congregation, the perception of his family, and so on. I hate to be this bold, but I can guarantee you that if you DO date him, he will hide you from many of the important people in his life simply because his religion (and its PERCEPTION of him) is more important than you. Do you want that?
I'd love to talk more about this, feel free to email me if you like.
Jer.
Ralph: "...and that's where I saw the leprechaun."
Bart: "The leprechaun, hunh?"
Ralph: "He told me to burn things."
friday, may 1st, 1992, i drove my kids to the motel we stayed at for the circuit assembly in woodburn, oregon.
i told them that i was not going to attend the assembly at all.
on saturday morning, may 2nd, i dropped them off at the front of the assembly hall, making this the very first day where i ceased going to meetings.. driving away from woodburn, i headed to the beach at lincoln city, oregon where i took time to walk a long beach - alone - enjoying the wind breeze through my hair - the sand move between my toes - the sea gulls chanting and squeaking - the steady roll of the waves - the gentle roaring sound as they cascaded onto the shore and an occasional sip of scotch.. it was the first day of the rest of my life ... the beginning of having my life back ... the beginning of personal freedom of the mind and heart.. today, ten years later - i still can feel the fresh breeze and the sand ... and i have no regrets, no doubt, no fear ... i need not look back anymore.
Congratulations on a happy 10 years!
j.
last year when i read the script for episode 1 months before it was released i was like nah..this cant be the real script.
and then i saw the movie and it went exactly as scripted.
so yeah, from what i read this one is very political, very confusing but very cool also.. *****spoilers ahead***************.
Bboy..
Fire one here. Those spoilers seem kinda weird to me. I gotta read this myself.
j.
a lot of you might think this is a question strictly for the pagans out there, but christians have had totem animals as well.
merriam-websters defines a totem as:main entry: totem .
pronunciation: 'to-t&m.
Hygh,
I took that test and it came up WOLF, but I don't see much of a wolf in me. Even so, the list that Teejay posted described the wolf very closely to me. Problem is, I've always felt an empathy to the snake, so I think it may be closer for me. When I meditate on my martial arts (at work, in the car, at practice) I try to mentally condition myself to fight like one of the various snakes; lightning fast where the first strike is the last (in the case of the cobra, rattler, etc) or to slowly creep up and suffocate my enemy (like a constrictor). The "style" I would use depends on the situation, so I want to be conditioned and be able to feel myself as either. I believe Kung Fu (which I don't take) has divided into various animal styles, but that's not the same type of mental approach I'm taking.
Judging by your posts, it seems that I don't have to take "cobra" and be only "cobra", I can take "snake" and be whichever snake I wish to be at that time, which is how I feel.
Interesting topic, I must say. I've never really thought about associating it as a totem, because I don't have much understanding of the "correct view of a totem." This whole thing kinda shows me that there is no real correct view, and that I should just follow my gut.
J.
Ralph: "...and that's where I saw the leprechaun."
Bart: "The leprechaun, hunh?"
Ralph: "He told me to burn things."
a thread started by realist which mentioned the flood and the disappearance of the dinosaurs got me thinking.
since i do not own a bible i had to download one from the internet to check a few things out (my computer is really pissed at me now).
it's been many years since i read the bible but i needed to be accurate in my research to ask my question.
Dave,
Check out "Who Wrote the Bible" by Richard Elliot Friedman.
He is a Harvard-educated hebrew scholar who outlines how the Torah/Pentateuch came to be as it is, and it completely changed my view of the bible as a whole.
In case you're wondering, it guided me to see the bible as a collection of stories written by a patriotic, primitive culture trying to explain its origins and why they were so great and everyone else was so bad.
That may not have been the author's intent, but that's what I drew from it.
An interesting quote at the end of the book:
Simply put, the question all along was not "Who inspired the bible" or "Who revealed the bible?" The question was only which human beings actually composed it. Whether they did so at divine direction, dictation, or inspiration was always a matter of faith.And that pretty much sums it up for me...FAITH. No facts, just people believing what they wanted to believe. It happens everywhere.
JB
Ralph: "...and that's where I saw the leprechaun."
Bart: "The leprechaun, hunh?"
Ralph: "He told me to burn things."
"thichi" asked in my previous post about some of the 'anointed' experiences i alluded to, especially those that i mentioned that were somewhat painful.
here is one such event that i have relayed before in shorter comments:.
i was an elder at the time, visiting in pennsylvania on business.
I want an answer to this one...
Hi Amazing,
Since "discern" can mean "differentiate" I would have to say that the CO wanted to know what differentiates the body. From what? I say the head. Therefore my guess is that:
144,000 = body
Christ = head
Although the "body" was set to rule, Jesus Christ is still the boss and must be recognized as such.
JB
Ralph: "...and that's where I saw the leprechaun."
Bart: "The leprechaun, hunh?"
Ralph: "He told me to burn things."
i like molson canadian,except when i`m out of the country.then i only drink imported beer...molson canadian.
In Canada: MOOSEHEAD. Commitment. Excellence. Heritage. Tradition.
When I'm in the States: BUD.
But I gotta admit that I'll drink any (fresh) beer that's in front of me.
Jer.
some have wondered about where i come from on the topic of faith.
and, as we all ponder our past jw religion, and the events of the day, i need to take some time to address matters of my faith, as i look for some answers.. when adam was created, god did not wait for adam to play a guessing game and start praying.
rather, god reached out to adam.
Hi Amazing,
Your words ring true with me.
After all the research I have done, I have come to know only ONE thing as a fact....
I am no closer to the answers now than I was when I started
Kinda sucks, doesn't it? I've recently got the idea in my head that I'll never get the answers I'm looking for "out there." Lately I've been taking extra time to understand who I am and what I FEEL is my place in the universe.
At any rate, if I find "the truth" out there, I'll be sure to drop you a line and give you the 411....
Just don't hold your breath waiting for me. (smile)
Jer.
