when i was a wee lad, there was a carnival atmosphere at assemblies as this old footage will show:.
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http://www.britishpathe.com/video/witnesses-baptised/query/jehovahs+witnesses.
When I was like 5 to 8 years old and the assemblies were at the masonic temple in Cleveland. The assemblies were fun.
The Masonic temple was a neat old place to be.
I would run and hide all over that place.
https://www.google.com/#q=masonic+temple+cleveland
i need a good fat-burner.
i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.
yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?
I agree with Cofty.
I am 62. I eat a lot. I drink 4 beers a day maybe more on the weekend.
But I go to the gym and play soccer. When I play soccer I run the whole field.
I am soaking wet at the end of the game.
I eat breakfast a peanut butter and jelly or scrambled eggs on pupernickle.
I have a cup of cottage cheese for lunch.
And for dinner I have 3 to 4 beers meat and potatoes and tomatoes cucumbers and steamed vegetables.
I am 5'10 weigh 180 and 62 years old.
I either lift weights for an hour a day or play soccer 6 days out of seven
i'm having an exam in mineralogy in 20 days and need to learn 120+ pages of content.
i've learned a part of it so far.
i'm just curious how did you/do you study?
When i had to study for something that had the reward of a job or money.
I would immerse myself in the material, use mnemonics.
And also participate in study groups.
Study groups of 2 maybe up to the whole class.
If you sit around with others trying to master the material, you talk with them about what they know vs what you know
vs what you need to know.
the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.
however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.
justification is a present possession (rom.
You will both be spitting me out pretty soon.
Because I am luke warm to both of you.
I go by the rules until I figure out how to break them.
the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.
however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.
justification is a present possession (rom.
cofty I like and respect your ministry also.
I think the eternal torment in hellfire is the everlasting cutting off that we willingly make from God.
If you are right and there is no God, you don't have to worry about it.
I don't know.
Sientifically you make a good argument, Cofty.
And you can decontruct religion, No argument about that.
I hope there is something more.
Perry seems to belong to a much differnt faith and belief system than the watchtower.
While those who profess to belief in Jesus have done a lot of evil.
Others who believe and put works behind their beliefs have done a lot of good.
It's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. I am just looking for a happy ending.
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forget jesus, the stars died so you could be born.. lawrence m. krauss, a universe from nothing: why there is something rather than nothing.
we can get a god from nothing and have no idea how this entity came into existence, but it is impossible for the believer to accept a universe from nothing.. .
It's a possibility.
I don't know what the probabilities are.
I know where to look them up though,
Either way they are astronomical.
Higher than I can count.
the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.
however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.
justification is a present possession (rom.
Keep up the good work Perry.
Don't let them grind you down.
greetings to all who surf shark-infested internet waters.. after i was hit by ransomware the other day, i did research on so-called safe sites.
it seems more and more sites are being infected deliberately by hackers.
i went to a legit-looking site on a famous artist and -- wham!
Not to offend. You probbalby don't go to porn sites but they will get you.
I use kaspersky anti virus. This runs always.
And malware bytes. Run this every day or at least every week.
If you go off the beaten path, something will try to get you. Then you have to be careful
not to infect yourself.
If you go to MSN.com the main page seems to be safe but when you start clikcing on the pages off the main page it might get dangerous.
Craigs list and ebay seem safe if you stay on the main page.
You tubes safe on the main page
google main page.
wikpedias safe I have gone to web pages listed on wikpedia with no problem.
Amazon. safe
Facebook safe
Legitimate businesses. I go to home pages for soccer clubs, music stores, autoparts stores.
You never know when something will get you.
You kind of have to have an eye for con men.
A trait many Jw's are deficient in.
If something sounds to good to be true and you go to the site advertising it.
You are probably going to get stung.
september 11, 2001. riding the bus to school that tuesday morning we discussed the implications of the monday night football game between the broncos and the dolphins.
by lunchtime our entire world have changed dramatically.
america had passed into a new era that would lead to major changes.
JB- when congregation picknics were banned by the Wt. was like the day the music died.
Designs, I was gone by then. I started fading in 76 and have been out since 83.
september 11, 2001. riding the bus to school that tuesday morning we discussed the implications of the monday night football game between the broncos and the dolphins.
by lunchtime our entire world have changed dramatically.
america had passed into a new era that would lead to major changes.
The Watchtower today, is not the Watchtower I grew up in in 1952.
They believed armedgeddon would come by 1975.
They did not have a governing body, they had a president.
They believed millions who saw 1914 and were of a discernable age in 1914 would not pass away.
The Sunday talks used to be an hour.
Pioneering was 100 hours a month.
You couldnt take organ transplants or bloood transfusions.
The United nations was bad not something that they would belong to.
They had a piano player play the piano before, during and after the meetings.
They had a band/ orchestra at the assemblies.
They cooked good cafeteria food at the assembies.
The congregatations had pick-nicks often and played sports together every week.
