it's the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the world trade center in new york city.
the media here in the u.s. are repeating taped interviews of survivors.
i have no problem with that; it was a tragedy we shouldn't forget.
the biggest problem with the "war on terror" is, that america attacked the wrong countries, with the exception of afghanistan maybe.
irak and libya would have probably been better off with their previous leaders, hussein and gadhaffi knew how to handle the muslim extremists. same thing with syria i suppose. now with the muslims taking over everywhere, things are bound for the worse.
it's the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the world trade center in new york city.
the media here in the u.s. are repeating taped interviews of survivors.
i have no problem with that; it was a tragedy we shouldn't forget.
i guess most american flags are sold in muslim countries.
i happened to be reading this part of acts yesterday, ananias and sappira getting zapped for lying about keeping a portion of their profits.
it occurred to me, that is, like, oh my gawd, soooo old testament!
is there any other place in the new testament where a person was immediately executed by god for their error?
pietro, il patrone
he had his thugs snuff out both ananias and saphira mafia style. only cement shoes were not invented back then.
i was thinking about this question recently after being at the meeting when new pioneers were announced for the 2013 service year.. we have a dozen or so pioneers in the congregation, and most are in their 20's.
some absolutely love the things they are taught and can't wait to spread the good news.. others in the congregation are going through the motions, tired of hearing the same old same old but have no way to change things now.
then there are a couple like me.
Jesus actually doesn't demand that much - he denounced the pharisees for demanding such.
Mark 10:21 - "Go, sell what things you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come be my follower."
must be a different jesus i guess.
i was thinking about this question recently after being at the meeting when new pioneers were announced for the 2013 service year.. we have a dozen or so pioneers in the congregation, and most are in their 20's.
some absolutely love the things they are taught and can't wait to spread the good news.. others in the congregation are going through the motions, tired of hearing the same old same old but have no way to change things now.
then there are a couple like me.
it's gradual. i think i was a full blown atheist by 26, that's when i stopped doing field service too, been missing more and more meetings before that already. i think i didn't believe it's the truth at 24 or so.
how do you answer about the 144000 that come out of the twelve tribes of israel.
what was the question?
i happened to be reading this part of acts yesterday, ananias and sappira getting zapped for lying about keeping a portion of their profits.
it occurred to me, that is, like, oh my gawd, soooo old testament!
is there any other place in the new testament where a person was immediately executed by god for their error?
and where did you get that from? wait... the bible? or did jesus tell you too?How do you suppose Peter and the other apostles even knew He was the Christ, with no bible to tell them so? They didn't search the scriptures to see if it was Him. They knew. They were called. This was a communication that did not require any bible. This was in spirit.
i happened to be reading this part of acts yesterday, ananias and sappira getting zapped for lying about keeping a portion of their profits.
it occurred to me, that is, like, oh my gawd, soooo old testament!
is there any other place in the new testament where a person was immediately executed by god for their error?
dacheech, if you see god through christ, you read that account as those children actually eating gummy bears, not bears eating children.
i am a new stepmom to an 8 year old boy whose mother is a jw pioneer.
my husband has been disfellowshipped for 2.5 years now.
i was part of the reason he left the organization for good, although he had stopped believing long before being kicked out.
you do what you think is best for your child. don't let anyone interfere with how you want to bring him up. she has all the right to try to indoctrinate him into her religion and you got the same right bringing him up in your religion or non-religion. the problem is, she'll be talking bad about you all the time and you don't want to do the same, it's not healthy. football team would definately be a good thing, as he'll have much contact to normal people there. celebrating birthdays etc. is good too, if he one day refuses to join in because of some guilt trip, ask a lot of whys and don't accept a "it makes jehovah sad" answer.
it's hard to keep the balance, having one parent say the completely opposite of the other isn't really good for a child, but it's her fault really, actually not even hers but the organization's. anyway, even if he'd grew up in a 100% JW household, there's a >60% chance he'd leave that religion. offering him a normal life and not being judgemental while still talking about serious topics, showing the flaws of the watchtower in a subliminal way, will give you good odds. i hope.
ryanair ceo: 'stupid' passengers deserve feespublished: friday, 7 sep 2012 | 4:55 pm et .
do you print your boarding pass at home before arriving at the airport?
if you don't, ryanair ceo michael o'leary thinks you're "stupid.".
ryanair sucks. easyjet is a little better but sucks too. i won't ever put foot into one of those again.
