was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
You're right James Mixon. Any vet who has ever needed medical attention feels a debt to the volunteer nurses who helped them. It was short-sighted of me to fail to mention them.
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I'm not trying to offend. Maybe I'm having a mild cognitive deficit this morning... it's early... and I'm old.
But I don't get it... what is that?
was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
LoveUniHateExams confessed, "...I wouldn't enlist - I don't think I'm brave enough."
Don't make the mistake of thinking that everyone who serves is on the front line being RAMBO.
Although everyone does have to pass basic training and learn the fundamentals of war-fighting, think about all the SUPPORT that those guys on the front line need. SOMEBODY has to be "brave enough" to provide that support.
Are you "brave enough" to run around a track? "Brave enough" to do pushups and pullups? "Brave enough" to learn how to shoot? "Brave enough" to continue your education in a way University can't match? "Brave enough" to cook decent meals for your troops? "Brave enough" to repair a broken Humvee? If you are really sharp, you might be "brave enough" to translate enemy communications, or "brave enough" to be a drone operator sitting somewhere in Kansas.
I think you get my point... And in the unlikely (but possible) chance that your support position is overrun and you find the lives of yourself and your buddies at risk, you will find that you ARE "Brave enough"! Your training will kick in and you will fight for the lives of yourself and your team.
Remember that whether you are brave or not, there is an "expiration date" on your life, just as there is on mine. Be "brave enough" to live your life with pride.
was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
War is a terrible thing, but what viable option do freedom-loving men have against an oppressive government?
Years ago, when I was much younger and subject to the draft that could well have put me in Vietnam, I felt differently, having been thoroughly indoctrinated by the free home Bible Studies of the WTB&TS. I was a conscientious objector and earned a 4-D ministerial deferment.
My father and my uncles served in WWII. My dad was in Patton's Army, one Uncle was wounded on Iwo Jima and another was in the Caribbean. Another went around the world with the Navy and was among the first frogmen prepared for the invasion of Japan. Fat Boy saved his life.
Today I deeply regret not having served.
I think this sums up my feelings well:
IT IS THE SOLDIER
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
©Copyright 1970, 2005 by Charles M. Province
As for women in the military, I can see how in the Air Force they may be able to fly with the best of the guys, but on the ground I think the woman who can really carry her own weight is rare.
Maybe we should see what a female-only division can do.
there was a recent thread on the "quality" of converts to jws in recent years.
it wasn't a pretty picture, based on the thread contents.. well, the lack of depth isn't restricted to new converts.. in our clam this week, one of the principal points for review was this:.
ne 1:1; 2:1—why can we conclude that “the 20thyear” mentioned at nehemiah 1:1 and 2:1 is countedfrom the same starting point?
here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.
here is my list:.
local needs.
To borrow from HBH,
Shame & the Nocturnal Emissions
The Tribes of Onan
The Dry Humpers
Twisted Sister: Elder's Wife
Franz & The Brown Slackers
Freddie & His Delusions
Bible-Based Bullshit
Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah!
Let Me Yah-way You Up
Brother Mature & The Back-Calls
Millions Now Living May Never
Greenlees & The Nut Sacks
Manna For Breakfast
Accidental Israel
Can't Rape The Willing (overheard at the Greenpoint Assembly Hall around 1970, spoken by a very horny teenaged sister)
what is the purpose of preaching if not for converts?.
basically, preaching by the jw's is to make converts.
this in itself implies that jehovah's witnesses believe that they alone have the only acceptable way to god and that everyone else is just not worthy.
Originally C. T. Russell felt his job was NOT to gain converts, but to gather the "Bride of Christ" out of the churches of Christendom.
I think it soon became apparent that with only 144,000 potential members this was a flawed business model that would not generate the cash-flow that CTR needed to support himself and the boys in his club, but it was Judge Rutherford who really got the Borg's business model going and the two-headed Knorr-Franz beast to fully optimize it.
Right now the Borg is in the process of decay as apostate mycelium works it's way through the memes.
i was having dinner at olive garden with my cousin who was disfellowshipped for apostacy.
a holier than thou pioneer couple saw us.
if that was not enough i saw her take a picture of me with my cousin.
Get together with your cousin and pose for a picture with the two of you flippin' the bird. Send it to the pharisee who took your picture.
a jw made the claim "no christian [jw] has ever murdered anyone".. when i showed examples of such, the goalposts moved a bit with "was he a baptized, dedicated witness?".
can anyone provide examples of murders committed by "baptized, dedicated" jws?.
thanks.
Christian (no pun intended) Longo murdered his wife and two kids.
see: http://www.biography.com/people/christian-longo
Jeff Anderson murdered Kim Anderson and her two children.
see: http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/religion/jw/jwmurders.shtml
Robert Bryant murdered his wife and children and then killed himself.
see: http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bryant-robert.htm
Jonathan Holt murdered Whitney Heichel.
Sheddrick Miller murdered Kia Miller and their two young children, then killed himself.
Ron Reynolds murdered Ronda Reynolds.
William Redman, a Jehovah's Witness, believed his daughter, Gloria, would be resurrected three days after he repeatedly plunged a knife into her neck at the family's trailer at Road Runner RV Park.
Drew Thompson murdered Rita Bartschot.
Curtis Thompson murdered Deborah Byars.
Larry Slack Sr. murdered his daughter Laree A. Slack.
yeah, hardly any.
