i was reading a thread on here the other day, and it occured to me.
the very thing i have claimed in the title.. reading you all bickering over a certain subject.
i assumed that some of you are only here to genuinely to create arguments, and i saw that some are genuinely lost and some of you dont believe they are lost but they are.. i saw you judging your fellow posters as if you knew something, but truth be told none of us do.
Hey, TheJigsUp!
Good post, i completely agree with you.
I know i'll never know whether or not i was created by a divine being, or if i'm the result of some pretty impressive evolution... so i'm not going to bother making a big deal out of it. I'm just going to treat people the way i want to be treated and let them have their beliefs.
don't tell my girlfriend.
secretly, i've had feelings for a person she doesn't know about.
we've been seeing each other for the past 3 months, and so far, he's been the best thing that's ever happened to me.
A month-long April fools joke?
You sure are dedicated...
i currently have an elder body who, for the most part, seems utterly complacent and disinterested in actually "shepherding" anything.
i can't tell if they are lazy or just oblivious to their responsiblities of being "teachers".
it seems like they are the last to know anything and always procrastinate on everything.
I know one elder from my (former) congregation that cares.
He really thinks that he's making a difference, he's really good at it too.
Kinda pervy, but a real good guy.
The others... not so much.
iam just sounding aloud hi or hello to you all.
you are all great newbies and oldies.
bests,.
Hi there!
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/18/woman-who-says-she-was-forced-to-wear-santa-hat-gets-55000/?iref=allsearch.
ridiculous.
>.>.
Good for her!
If the hat wasn't written into her contract as part of the work uniform, then she shouldn't have to wear it.
That is a crazy amount of money. But seriously, they got what was coming to them. You don't fire somebody because they refuse to wear a goofy hat, especially when the religion card gets played.
i think the blood issue is an incredible looking glass into what is wrong with the legelize style of relgion.. unfortunately my ex is a "very good" jdub and still have to deal with it because of my two children.
i think i understand that fractions of components are not considered blood but i think that realization brings this next question.. does it simply just not matter that the fractions of components came from blood?.
pbrow.
Are cigarettes okay if they contain only a fraction of the ingredients used normally?
Blood fractions ARE still blood.
This new doctrine is just a half-way meeting point, made up to keep concerned 'worldly' people off of their case.
it was a classic moment of jw-ery.
my son, who happens to be a female to male.
transgender 17 yo boy, was with me at the.
chickpea: First of all, you are a great mother for supporting your son! If only transgender children raised in JW families had parents like you...
I haven't had the nod yet. But there was an experience i had recently that is very similar. I was shopping with my mother when we spotted the JW that i had studied with for 5-ish years. He spoke with my mother but ignored me. He did that staring-at-you-but-trying-to-not-be-obvious thing.
Not a single JW has spoken to me since i stopped studying, it's curious.
this was forwarded to me by a witness....what are some witness conversation stoppers though?.
field ministry conversation stoppers.
***the householder said, "only those who have accepted jesus in their lives will be saved.
This is from a Circuit Overseer: When talking with someone who believes in the Trinity, they seem to focus on John 1:1 for some reason. This Circuit Overseer says to them, "I'll tell you what, You take your best Scripture for the Trinity and throw it out and I'll take my best Scripture against it and throw it out, and then let's talk about the Trinity from the Scriptures." Great idea!
Or you could stop attacking the stranger's beliefs and get off of their property, before you get punched in the face for being a jerk. Just an idea?
Are these actually meant to be funny? Because they fail. HARD.
is there a jw opinion on birthday parties for animals?
i've never read anything about that.
hey, the bible never lists any birthday parties for famous bible animals that involved decapitations!.
Whatever you do, DO NOT feed your dog chocolate cake. It can kill them.
I was always told that birthday celebrations are a personal choice for true christians, however we must think of what Jehovah's thoughts would be about that type of celebration. To me, that basically meant that they have no scriptural basis to condemn birthday parties... but the were going to anyway.
Im sure they'd feel the same about pet birthdays. Perhaps they would feel stronger about it, since you're 'giving glory to an animal'. Kinda like the idolatory of the cow.
you positively will not die.
for god knows that in the very day of your eating from it your eyes are bound to be opened and you are bound to be like god, knowing good and bad.".
did satan actually lie to eve?
"Disregarding the introductory line about the serpent being crafty, then yes, it could mean that."
But God, Satan and Eve never wrote that line about him being crafty.
So the author (who wrote Genesis again? Moses?) has no right to imply that he is skilled in the art of deception. From what i understand he led an uprising against God. He didn't lie to the angels that joined his cause, they agreed with what he stood for.
Where is the evidence that Satan lied before the temptation of Eve? Because without that, the line about him being crafty cannot be valid.
EDIT: I'm passed by posting limit for today, but you're 100% right about how Eve resisting the temptation would also mean that she'd be exercising her free will.
