i am not an expert on this issue.
i have read and re-read information about it, but i guess i am somewhat dense when it comes to this topic.. my question is simple: the watchtower suggests that they believe the bible is the unerring word or god.
that it must be believed above anything else.
Even IF the date of 607 BCE is correct, WHY should anyone connect the Book of Daniel to the Book of Luke?
Ugh..c'mon now LWT, because the Bible is the inerrant word of God, it is all color coordinated by God himself and it couldn't have been written by some regular folk based on a story of a story of a story of a story of a story of a tale that someone told their children to make them behave....
will we all be tweaking our own genetic code?you have to wonder what's going on in the dna of harvard genetics professor george church.. what extra bit of code does he have that the rest of us don't?
if genes tell the story of a person's life, then some altered sequence of 'a's, 'c's, 'g's and 't's must be at play, because his brain works like almost no one else's.. about 30 years ago, prof church was one of a handful of people who dreamed up the idea of sequencing the entire human genome - every letter in the code that separates us from fruit flies as well as our parents.
his lab was the first to come up with a machine to break that code, and he's been working to improve it ever since.. once the first genome was sequenced, he pushed the idea that it wasn't enough to have one sequence, we needed everyone's.
But are we READY for it?
Are we ready for it?!? Go ask this question the parents of a child dying of cancer.....
If it is available, if it was discovered with our (god given) ability to think and research, yes, we are ready!
i always look forward to her insights and comments.
what happened to her?.
She is in the "Syrian Arab Republic", you know . Fighting going on over there, damn Bashar won't give up sweet dictatorship...
I'm sure sister Y-Knot os OK...we all know how life sometimes gets in the way of message board participation.
Sis, we're missin' ya..
it's my birthday today, sept 19. i was born in 1972. .
i find it interesting that so many people i know post a "happy birthday" on my facebook page.
all of those years inside the wts org., and i always thought birthdays were evil, pagan, god dishonoring.
Happy birthday, drewcoul!
Best wishes to you, and hold on to the Thirty-X years old as long as you can.
(btw, mine is tomorrow - the 20th. )
feedback is always welcome.
i have to do something to make some money.
i've included links to some of my recent (business related) writing.. www.soundnumbers.biz.
Jeff, good effort. Two things:
- get rid of the GoDaddy ad at the bottom of the page, even if you have to pony up few bucks a month. Personally, I think it has an unprofessional facet to it.
- The third person description of your skills and achievements in the "About" section feels cold. I would put instead a modified version of a case study where you show how your skills and achievements solved someone's problem.
Other than that, I like the clean design and simple color scheme.
The best of luck and prosperity with the biz
fyi: the following material that im providing comes from a source in australia, an xjw who is now monitoring the case and will provide feedback, comments, and opinions.
barbara.
the governing body of jehovah's witnesses was recently summoned to appear in the magistrates' court of victoria on september 13, 2011 in relation to a number of indictable criminal offences allegedly committed.
I hate to ruin the party, but...it looks like Armageddon is just around the corner - the Government is turning on Religion....
i'll give my story again:.
i was raised a believing witness.
i had a normal life and very loving parents who would do anything for me and my brother(who is 21).
I'm 95% sure my secret is safe with him.
DON'T!!!
The remaining 5% is what is going to cost your head!!!
I don't know you and your brother, but you don't know how deep he is into this. Let me be devil's advocate here and ask you if you want to be a major factor in his "advancement" toward privileges?
EDITED: I realize my post above sounds harsh. You need to sit down and get a good handle on what's going on. You are running on emotion and euphoria right now. Stop! Slow down. Spilling the beans to a close family member without feeling your way through can be devastating. Ask how I know - nearly cost me dearly.
Good luck!
-Yan
the lady i studied with asked if it would be okay if she still brought the magazines by.
i said of course because i do love the awake and watchtower.
well, when she came by last week, she gave me the mags and then as we stood around chit-chatting, i realized we were basically still having the study, only we were standing up instead of sitting in the living room.
If you want to be friendly tell her you can get them off the web (jw.org). So, lady, don't bother wasting gas and time to be stopping by.
What's the counter for that line of reasoning?
she has been out in field service with her family and goes on to tell me of all the spiritual activities they have planned for the fall.
all of her children are homeschooled and pioneering.
she actually said, "well maybe i will send them over, but they have rehearsal for the special assembly day program.
If she sees you happy, the Cognitive Dissonance is probably eating her alive! Keep living a full life, one day you may find her "faith" is way more fragile than she displays.
EDIT: QE above is a faster typer than me.
awake!
nov 2011 - on page 29 'watching the world' section.. they love pointing out the shortcomings of others but never do they look in the mirror!.
an extensive new survey by the pew forum on religion & public life details statistics on religion in america:http://religions.pewforum.org/reports.
I must be really dense..I don't get the picture..
