agree or disagree with the following statement (and say why):.
great churches attract great people.
goofy churches attract goofy people.
@ data dog was about to make same point..
I also disagree .. in that said churches create their followers according to their kind.... belief systems are developed
I realize exceptions, some do seek out new churches.. but for the most part people are born in, or through social peer pressure attend what ever necessary to belong..
agree or disagree with the following statement (and say why):.
great churches attract great people.
goofy churches attract goofy people.
I disagree .. because there are no great churches..
I don't think people that go to church.. give it much thought... I agree with some of what you are saying but it's a small percentage..
if there really is no god, then man really only has himself to blame for all this mess.... .
blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.. man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.. come on people!!!
why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so???
the way the world is ... has been this way, way before any of us got here... and will continue that way long after we leave,
It is evolution...
the present gb/fds claim a kind of apostolic succession going back to the now claimed first appearance of the fds in 1919.. i don't think anywhere is it made clear who made up the fds then, but let us go along with the fiction, (in reality we know only rutherford really ruled the roost) and assume there was a group of guys who were the fds, how did they know they were chosen as such ?.
there obviously is nothing in the wt writings of the time as all this is noo lite, so, if they did not know their heaven appointed role, why would they carry it out, except by accident?
and if so, how could they possibly produce "food at the proper time "?.
when they got let out of JAIL ... the revelation book says.. thats how they knew...
here's the Deal...
They said that a 1000 years a go...
They'll be saying it a 1000 years from now...
WHY NOW?????????????????????????
Oh!! wait for it..... it is right now!! opps.. wait for it, right now!! oh no!!! woops hold on..... it's! right now!!!! hang on ..................right......NOW!
dang it !!
I thought I knew...
just rinse and repeat till your DEAD!!!
"It's not over till I say it's over"... It's a very selfish and self centered mentality....
i got to thinking today & you know what i think the single biggest issue effecting apostates are.
its they cannot unite and this is what gives the watchtower the upper hand.
what needs to happen (and quite honestly i don't think it will)they all have to come under one common body.
US vs THEM= CULT MENTALITY
1.man's nature as homo sapien is to pursue knowledge for survival.
1.man's nature as homo sapien is to pursue knowledge for survival.
1.man's nature as homo sapien is to pursue knowledge for survival.
ya .. i read it when it first appeared and it wasn't like this...
i've seen it mentioned by several people here, this expression "gb 2.0", but somehow i'm not entirely sure what is meant with it.. i tend to read it as governing body version 2, as in "post-milton henschel governing body", that is, when the governing body became separated from the board of directors from the watchtower society, or when the wts no longer had a member of the gb as its president, i.e.
the end of the "president's era" in the wts.. is that your understanding also?.
but in that case, with the death of russel and the takeover from rutherford, wouldn't that be also a watchtower 2.0 of sorts ?.
New FDS teaching?
more powerful
more smartyier
more holyier
more cultier leaderier
WE SHALL LEAD YOU TO SALVATION!!!
FOLLOW US!
just a guess
i usually shop for most things at wal mart but i have learned some things at publix and kroger are cheaper than wal mart.
if you are conscious shopper, tell me what things do you buy at each store to save some money!
i am thinking about being a member of bj, if you know of any good deals at bj, let me know too.
@ moshe.. LOl ... on night stands are ok... LOL
Grocery Outlets .. are a store that carrys over stocked and discontinued Items ..
i usually shop for most things at wal mart but i have learned some things at publix and kroger are cheaper than wal mart.
if you are conscious shopper, tell me what things do you buy at each store to save some money!
i am thinking about being a member of bj, if you know of any good deals at bj, let me know too.
I live two blocks from a Grocery Outlet... I go there all the time.. problem is they don't have everything .. but the prices are way way cheeper..
