your conduct, attitude, manner of speech, avatar, all of these shows what sort of hearts you people have.
i can't feel the holy spirit operating in you people.
the first time i exposed myself to apostates, i was imagining matured people, more matured than the jw's.
You are absolutely right. Why should I spend any of my time with people who are open and honest and.....horror of horrors....human?!!??? Yes, you are absolutely correct. It would be much better to go back to the Kingdom Hall where the people are exactly the same as the people here, except that they hide their foibles better and pretend that they are oh, so wonderful.
Yes, hypocrisy is the thing.
gay lesbian bisexual jw followers.
now, i will begin this topic by saying i'm new.
i am bisexual, and i found this website by typing in : gay latinos pictures.
Does God love you? Yes, I am certain that He does. There are many facets to normal sexuality, and being heterosexual is NOT the only normal expression of that sexuality. Homosexuals and bisexuals are not, obviously, in the majority, but their sexual preference is just as normal as anyone else's.
Homosexuality occurs everywhere throughout the natural world...humans are NOT unique in this. The only way that humans are unique with regard to homosexuality is their denial of it as an appropriate expression of humanness, and their refusal to accept those who are in the minority.
There is a site that you might find very helpful: http://www.gayxjw.org/ The owner of the site has does some excellent research on the Bible's attitude toward homosexuality, and the people there are very helpful and kind.
Please check it out.
trying to reason with a devout jehovah's witness is like........
trying to sweep up the spilled mercury (quicksilver) from a broken thermometer. Every time you think you have it in a position where one quick sweep will gather it up, it squirms, wiggles, and scoots off to the side, and you can't ever pin it down. Then, too, you find out later that you probably should have called in the biohazard team, since mercury vapors can be poisonous.
i have a year old filly that i would like to give to someone that cant afford and has always wanted to own one of these fine animals.. her name is funnyface and she is halter broken has a fine temperament and is abit bossy.
she is the smallest of the horses we have .
so if you know of a child or anyone that would like to own but also realize the care they require please feel free to pm me.. she is a quarter/arabian cross the picture is funnyface with her winter coat.. rather than take her to the horse sale where the meat buyers will probably buy her i would love to see her go to a good home.. thanks galaxy7.
Okay, I've posted your information on all three horse mailing lists to which I belong. Hopefully, someone there will be contacting you soon.
i have a year old filly that i would like to give to someone that cant afford and has always wanted to own one of these fine animals.. her name is funnyface and she is halter broken has a fine temperament and is abit bossy.
she is the smallest of the horses we have .
so if you know of a child or anyone that would like to own but also realize the care they require please feel free to pm me.. she is a quarter/arabian cross the picture is funnyface with her winter coat.. rather than take her to the horse sale where the meat buyers will probably buy her i would love to see her go to a good home.. thanks galaxy7.
Why don't you try listing her on one of the online sale sites like Dreamhorse.com? Where are you located? I have three horses of my own right now, and can't accommodate any more, but I could post your information on a couple of my horse mailing lists to see if anyone might be interested who lives close to you.
I'll try sending you a PM, and you can contact me either through a PM here, or at my email address at [email protected]
a headline on today's usa today says that obesity is the #1 killer.
if being fat is such a health risk (like cigarettes), why don't the jws disfellowship people for being obese?.
i know in some cases, people gain weight due to medical problems that are hard to control.
Actually, in retrospect, gluttony isn't that hard to prove. I can remember attending a clambake sponsored by my mother's employer one summer. The man who sat across the table from us was hugely obese, and there was no doubt that he was a glutton. While others were taking small portions of the various foods and then going back for more if they were still hungry, this man had his plate loaded to toppling with whatever food he could grab.
He had ears of corn in both hands and was shoving food into his mouth as fast as he could, never stopping to speak to anyone or take one second away from the act of eating. Butter dribbled down his chin and his cheeks were stuffed with food he hadn't yet swallowed. His entire eating performance was absolutely disgusting. I would have no qualms in labelling this man as a glutton. He even stayed at the table eating long after everyone else was finished.
Gluttony was probably a fairly common practice back in Bible times. Remember the historical accounts of Roman feasts and orgies in which the participants would gorge themselves, leave the room to vomit so as to make room, and then return to another gorging session? No wonder the Bible condemned the practice.
a headline on today's usa today says that obesity is the #1 killer.
if being fat is such a health risk (like cigarettes), why don't the jws disfellowship people for being obese?.
i know in some cases, people gain weight due to medical problems that are hard to control.
Even though gluttony and drunkenness might be difficult to prove, they are, in fact, the offenses that are spoken of in the Bible as sins....along with laziness and gossipping (and we all know how many JWs just LOVE to gossip.)
Smoking, on the other hand, is never specifically mentioned, but falls into that gray area of defiling the body. What I find interesting is that the act of smoking has been around for thousands of years, and it was certainly practiced in Biblical times, although probably not tobacco specifically, since tobacco is a new world plant. The Mayans, however, DID smoke tobacco. Cannabis was most likely the plant of choice for smoking during Biblical times.
So, it would appear that the Bible writers did not consider the act of smoking to be sinful, or even defiling the body. Until the 60s, smoking tobacco was also considered to be a very healthful habit, and was even recommended by doctors at times.
Until evidence came out that cigarette smoking could cause health problems, JWs were allowed to smoke without repercussions. I find it interesting that smoking was banned only when the world at large began looking unfavorably on the act of smoking. Makes you wonder if the Society was as much concerned about "defiling the body" as they were in looking good to the world. After all, they have frequently proclaimed their status as the largest non-smoking organization on the face of the earth. What most people don't realize, however, is the price so many JWs have had to pay in loss of family, friends, and spiritual and emotional support in order to bolster that "clean" image.
just came home from seeing...the passion...after the movie there was a question and answer session with two rabbis that viewed it with us...and three priests from my parish...more on that at another time...though both rabbis said in their opinion the movie is not antisemetic, but that it could (would) stir up antisemetic feelings in those who already possessed them.. the movie was an overall good one.
it was interesting trying to figure out some of the symbolism...what did the baby represent???
i think i know, but i'd like to hear mel's take on it.. pretty gory stuff, not quite what i thought it would be, but still quite yucky.
A Catholic on the Beliefnet board said that he was of the opinion that Satan with the baby was supposed to be an evil parody of Mary and the baby Jesus. Sounds fairly logical to me.
what a load of crap!
i copied and pasted this from watchtower.org.
this just goes to show how they will stop at nothing to maintain the mind control over the poor blind people who still believe.... yoga.
I never was possesed by a demon while under hypnosis.
Obviously, you just don't get it, do you? (sigh) Only active JWs can get possessed by demons because they are the only ones considered precious to Jehovah. Therefore, Satan uses anything and everything to enter their little brains (not much else there anyway, so there's plenty of available space) and cause them to froth and twitch, and shred Watchtower magazines while screaming epithets such as "Good luck!!" and "God bless you!!."
Once you have left "God's people," Satan doesn't give a damn about you (since he now owns you outright) and you are, therefore, allowed to undergo hypnosis, practice yoga, and read Stephen King novels without repercussions.
what a load of crap!
i copied and pasted this from watchtower.org.
this just goes to show how they will stop at nothing to maintain the mind control over the poor blind people who still believe.... yoga.
RHW, none of the JWs I've every known realize that Tai Chi has anything to do with martial arts.
Well, I'm glad that they are "allowed" to get the benefits of this practice. It just emphasizes, however, the total control that the WTS has over its adherents. The JWs say that they think for themselves, but this is a case in point that shows that they do nothing of the sort.
If they truly believed that Yoga was a practice that offended Jehovah, then they would take the initiative to check into any other similar practice to determine its "roots." However, all they do is wait for the WTS to come out with something about the subject. If the Society doesn't say anything about a specific practice then it is okay. If, however, the Society were to publish a QFR about Tai Chi tomorrow, almost every JW now attending a Tai Chi class would drop it, and you would see a bunch of Tai Chi instruction books being carted off to the dump...or even being burned because they were "demonistic."
Boggles the mind....it truly does.
