i just have to do some venting on those other moron drivers!
no cotton pickin common sense!
people try to cut you off only to stop right ahead of you!
Here in Alberta, most of our two-lane blacktops have paved shoulders wide enough that one can safely drive on them at highway speeds. So whenever I notice someone coming up behind me and there's oncoming traffic, instead of waiting for the oncoming traffic to pass, out of courtesy I will pull over and let the guy pass me. It really PISSES ME OFF when the dude decides to hang back and not take the opportunity to pass.
Jrig
if the watchtower claims it only does what the bible says.
and does not "go beyond the things that are written", then by.
what authority does it encourage the baptism of teenagers?.
Hi metatron,
It's a real joke - and a sad one at that. Even Jesus - used repeatedly by the Society as an example for all to follow - didn't get baptized until well after he reached adulthood.
For any lurkers who don't know much about JWs, this is how it works:
1. One can't be disfellowshipped (excommunicated) unless he/she is a baptized baptized member.
2. The threat of disfellowshipping is a very powerful tool the Society uses to keep members from straying. Remember, JWs live in a very closed environment - most don't have any friends outside of the organization - so to be shunned by the only people you know is something to be avoided at all costs.
3. So if the Society can get members to become baptized at an early age, they pretty much - in most cases - have them for life. And that translates into MONEY for the organization, since the member is going to buy a copy of everything the Society puts to print - books, magazines, every latest edition of the New World Translation (the Society's version of the Bible) etc. Not to mention the amount of money in the way of donations this member will contribute during the course of his/her life.
It's all about money, money, money....
Jrig
please view the following site and get spell bound.
religious pedophiles want to be protected under the first amendment?
why wasn't child sexual abuse and rape not included in the ten commandments?
Guest 77,
Simple, the same kind of mentality and culture that would allow so-called righteous men to offer their young women for rape, and the place in society that women AND young girls were saddled with, it just shows that some simple-minded men came up with this stuff and the "Ten Commandments" had nothing to do with God...
Jrig
Edited by - Jigrigger on 25 August 2002 5:53:36
did anyone catch the study 2 weeks ago when in one of the later paragraphs dealing with jehovah blessing his earthly organization, they actually admitted that jehovah had punished his earthly org in 1919?
i thought that was very interesting because usually the society would not even bring that up?
but it also brings up the point "what would prevent jehovah from disciplining his "earthly org" now for various wrong views and actions?.
SurferDude,
No doubt most dubs will buy it, but the whole world can see how progressively ludicrous their thinking becomes. If you believe that "Jehovah" is using his "Holy Spirit" to direct his earthly organization, which is what the JWs have been told decade after decade in Society publications, then you can't possibly believe that he is so impotent that he can't stop insane policies from lasting for years needlessly only to be suddenly reversed - and in the case of organ transplant doctrine which produced a DOUBLE flip-flop. Is that what you call "Meat in DUE season? There are lots of examples where changes certainly didn't come about in DUE season; alternative service, blood fractions, organ transplants, vaccinations. Now, if policy regarding pedophiles results in "New LIght", that'll be another example of needed changes that arrived WAY TOO LATE to be of any good to those that have already been victimized. Not very TIMELY for an organization that claims to be spirit directed.
Jrig
i'm on the road this weekend playing in a beer joint, and lo and behold, in my room, on top of the standard issue kjv, there sits a nwt...hummmmmmmmmmm.
must be a dub out there moonlighting.
jrig
Hey UglyDuckling,
"There is an article already?"LOL!!
Yep, the presses were just a-smokin'
And the taskmasters in the plant must've had the boys all worked up too, probably singin' Kingdom songs at the top of their lungs while they're pluggin' away...sort of like Sarg. Joe Friday (Dan Akroyd, I think) during a chase scene singin' Xmas tunes...I don't know what made me think of that...the only thing I can't picture is exactly which song they would be doin' as I've been out for 28 years - I'm sure they've come out with some real classics since
Mustang,
LOL, Bible Wars - Episode 1 The Gideons Strike Back
Jrig
i'm on the road this weekend playing in a beer joint, and lo and behold, in my room, on top of the standard issue kjv, there sits a nwt...hummmmmmmmmmm.
must be a dub out there moonlighting.
jrig
Hi DJ & Outnfree,
I looked inside the front and back covers to see if there was any of the typical scribbling that dubs do in their books/bibles,etc. All I found was "Chord C" written on the inside cover...wonder if that was for some KINGDUMB melody he doodled once during a boring meeting
Jrig
i'm on the road this weekend playing in a beer joint, and lo and behold, in my room, on top of the standard issue kjv, there sits a nwt...hummmmmmmmmmm.
must be a dub out there moonlighting.
jrig
I'm on the road this weekend playing in a beer joint, and lo and behold, in my room, on top of the STANDARD ISSUE KJV, there sits a NWT...hummmmmmmmmmm.
Must be a dub out there moonlighting
Jrig
avon?.
hahahahahaha.
why is it they do not have the lastest magazines?
My first thought was perhaps an old Bethel letcher who secretly cruises this site
Jrig
yesterday was my birthday.
i got greetings from a number of friends from here in atlanta and also from people who had never met me from around the world since my birthday announcement was carried on a couple of the central bear pages on the internet.. there is clearly no prohibition against birthdays in the bible.
the reason the watchtower prohibits birthday celebrations is the same reason they discourage college, extracurricular activities in school, etc.
: "Yes, and as I've already pointed out, the WTS is wise to ban birthday parties because even when children have them, one risks a more-than-normal chance of a beheading at those events which tends to somewhat spoil the festivities."
But Farkel, those heads look so sharp when they put 'em on the shiny platters, don't ya think?
Joel: Happy belated B-Day
Jrig
Edited by - Jigrigger on 20 August 2002 12:16:27
in a recent post by rado, he mentions a report on religious violence in georgia.
".....they filled the baptismal pool with diesel fuel.".
so i figured this probably happened once before, a long time ago, and was the reason for the ban on smoking.
In a recent post by Rado, he mentions a report on religious violence in Georgia
".....They filled the baptismal pool with diesel fuel."
So I figured this probably happened once before, a long time ago, and was the reason for the ban on smoking
Jrig
