yet another friend's marriage has broken down(5th), this one i did not predict at all.
it came as a shock to me.
they got married after 10 years of living together so it's not like they didn't know each other.
i have 2 sets of married friends. one seems very happy and we love being out with them and their very well behaved son. the other doesn't seem to be as happy.
of all the kids i grew up with 1 lost wife to death and is remarried, 1 divorced once and is remarried, 2 are still married and 1 is widowed, divorced twice and is on 4th marriage. can't say how happy they are as they are witnesses, so not in touch.
let me preface this by saying that i in now way mean to insult to the deaf/mute community by comparing them to leaders of a very prevalent cult, the jehovah's witnesses.
you see, in the service meeting last night, there was a talk based on an article in the january 2006 our kingdom ministry entitled "young ones: shining as illuminaters".
the brother who gave this part is my book study overseer, and a member of the "richie taskforce", i.e.
well in 3 months you'll be 18 you know
ok, folks, swallow this.
yesterday at the gas pumps, a litre of gas went for 94.9. this morning it was $109.9 a litre!
since 4.5 litres equal a gallon, how would you react to waking up and having to pay (an increase)in the range of 64 cents a gallon for gas?
oh never mind, i thought it said gay hike off
here's you chance, tell the organization how you really feel about the shunning arrangement.
merry magdalene has inspired me, and a fresh, right-off-the-press group has been formed, .
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/comebackmom/.
get it on Oprah
let me preface this by saying that i in now way mean to insult to the deaf/mute community by comparing them to leaders of a very prevalent cult, the jehovah's witnesses.
you see, in the service meeting last night, there was a talk based on an article in the january 2006 our kingdom ministry entitled "young ones: shining as illuminaters".
the brother who gave this part is my book study overseer, and a member of the "richie taskforce", i.e.
i don't believe this is being written by a 17 year old.
....and i'm not sure how to handle it.
actually, if she were getting too close to a boy, i probably wouldn't know how to handle it either....lol.
but, as a parent, i'm not sure how to talk to her about it, as it's something i'm familar with.
the phase thing, i've not met anyone who had a homosexual phase, but i guess its possible. so far mine has lasted 35 years but hey that Cindy Crawford, wow, i mean maybe......nah, its still Hoss Cartwright for me.
it may be different for girls.
if any of the 14 year old guys i knew when i was 14 were going through a homosexual phase they kept it well hidden
ok' the bible is full of errors and inconsistencies some will say, so does this make the bible nul and void?.
some verses are still very clear, like thy shall not steal, or thy shall not commit adultery or fornication... .
some will think that if you find a few errors or inconsistencies in the bible, then it's not trustworthy anymore, so scrap the whole book.
we have no clue what the bible originally said or if its all there or if its been added to, since the bible was voted on by powerful religious men long after the death of christ.
at best it is a history of the Hebrew nation and its religious and cultural edicts along with prophecies about its future ups and downs.
then it is about a cult that arose around a teacher and philosopher whose teachings and philosophy were basically deconstructed by a supposed convert named Paul.
yeah, it gives some excellent advice on living, most religious and philosophical texts do.
i have been a jw all of my life and i have never heard anyone say anything about not having sex in the ns.
did the wtbs ever actually say that?
or is a bit of wittness folklore?
i heard about the populating other galaxies thing too.
angels can't marry, they are all men, haven't you seen the pictures. no same sex marriage in heaven.
we all started off as happy witnesses, except for those dragged into this religion by force as kids.. in my case, i found that there were way too many meetings.
then seeing the new system being constantly pushed back, and finally when i saw a lack of true love in the congregation.
and when they hinted that probably there wouldn't be any sex and marriage for the resurrected ones.
1. being denied the opportunity to pursue interests in school, purely academic interests that i needed for mental stimulation. this caused resentment and questioning at age of 15.
2. noticing illogical reasoning in doctrine, changing of words in New World translation to fit doctrine, while researching for Bible Studies when i was pioneering at age of 19
3. seeing the bureaucratic mindset at Bethel at age 20.
4. seeing hypocrisy of things being said versus actual behavior of men giving talks at meetings and conventions at age 23
5. coming to an understanding that this life was all there was and desiring to live it as myself, free to think, feel and act according to my own sense of morality and ethics at age 30
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wt-63-4-15-p.-242.
god will implant the exact impressions and memories of all things that happened during the persons previous consciousness, his power of recognizing people and scenes and locations, and all his personality traits, and everything that displays his mental growth or retardation.
people aren't born retarded, they choose to be retarded.
