in the late 70's, i began experiencing health problems.
the elders wanted to know if i purchased anything new, thinking i was under demon attack.
the only thing new in our household was a kitten.
Not the same, but similar. Those idiots thought our bonsai kitty was demonized. Fools wouldn't even do the research on the net to find out about bonsai kitty art.
Sad really, that a kitty should suffer just because they won't leave their cold insular world.
i posted this here a long time ago .
didn't get much reply, but then again, there weren't many of us posting at the time.. dedication and baptism.
in the org., the two are inextricably linked.
I posted this here a long time ago . Didn't get much reply, but then again, there weren't many of us posting at the time.
Dedication and Baptism. In the org., the two are inextricably linked. May as well be one word, 'dedicationandbaptism'.
Why?
When I asked this about 8 months ago or so, I was extremely interested in the Biblical aspects of the answer. I still am, but it is mostly just curiousity now. I'd love to know your thoughts on where the "dedication" part of dedicationandbaptism came to us from.
was it for love of the kingdom hall and jehovah?
pressure .. felt like you had to?
for me it was because all my friends my age had gotten baptized.. and it was left up to me to do it too.. to fit in i guess.
bboyneko, did you work in the art dept. on "The Chaos Factor"?
As for why I got baptised? It seemed like the thing to do at the time. Oddly enough, the pressure didn't come from my parents (much like the pressure to even finish high school didn't come from my parents), but rather from my friends/peers. And not even direct pressure from them, that I remember, just that at 18, it seemed like time, the right thing to do, and I wanted to keep my friends as "peers", liq.
I remember being clueless, especially about the dedication part. Feeling as if I should be having sweeping emotions about spirituality, and feeling a bit as if I was a fraud for not having those deeply spiritual feelings. But hey, you push forward, right? If you don't do the right thing, you certainly aren't going to have any spiritual revelations, right? And then again, the Society doesn't really say you have to feel anything right? Just do it, the blessings will come. If they don't, you didn't do it hard enough, or you are an ingrate.
Choose one, but please don't feel good about yourself.
>> capitol hill prayer alert .
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I am solidly in favor of this research. Slippery slope fundy religious argumentations sway me not one whit.
Religion. Always, I mean ALWAYS, against progress, against simple human goodness.
Religion--Bad for what ails ya. Heck, half the time it IS what ails you.
does freedom of thought really obtain in this forum?
are those who have left god's organization and jehovah god himself actually now more open-minded and unbiased?
if those who espouse atheistic thoughts or those who believe every vile utterance spoken against jehovah's people think they are now speaking from some olympian perspective, i beg to differ.
Eusebius Hieronymus:
Of him it is said: "In the heat of controversy he often uses expressions which seem to go to extremes and even to contain heresy. His language is frequently obscure; a maze of terms, definitions, distinctions, and objections through which it is by no means easy to thread one's way."
You mean to say that he was an amoral moron with really good recall too?
since phobia means "afraid of", i think the term homophobia should be clarified.
to most people i would be considered homophobic, howeve, i'm not afraid of homos, i just don't like them.
Many times words take on meanings that fall far from the tree/roots that spawned them. For instance, I think "homophobic" has come to mean something more along the lines of "stupid, close-minded bigot, unwilling to acknowledge the differences in humans and therefore a drain on this earth".
But, I realize that that is new light.
bedtime prayer for the ladies:.
now i lay me down to sleep,.
i pray for a man, who's not a creep.. one who's handsome, smart and strong,.
Dear Lord,
I thank you for your blessings, and may I ask for one more? Thanks. I want a woman. A woman who always lays me down before I sleep. A woman who does so in a manner that indicates that she knows that you created us male and female animals, not missionaries. In shorts, I pray for peace, love, & harmony. Out of shorts too.
Thanks again in advance, Six.
does freedom of thought really obtain in this forum?
are those who have left god's organization and jehovah god himself actually now more open-minded and unbiased?
if those who espouse atheistic thoughts or those who believe every vile utterance spoken against jehovah's people think they are now speaking from some olympian perspective, i beg to differ.
Hegel's dialectical triad????
You are a hoot!
to whom it may concern,.
the witnesses are often condemned for refusing blood transfusions and "permitting" their children to die.
such a religious position is untenable, opponents of jws will argue.
I just love the positive messege it sends to kids everywhere!
Btw, you sure are a good quoter boy. It impresses me; makes me think you must be reeeaal smart like.
Higher telos!!!!! HAh! THAT is funny stuff!
i recently picked up the nasty habit of smoking.
i have been hiding it from my wife for about a month now,(she is still a witness) to make a long story short i only smoke when i drink and go to the casino.
in lake charles well she busted me and was actually nice about it and said it would be our secret as long as i did not bring them in the house are ever smoke around the kids.. sounds like she might be comming around maybe, i only hope.. anyway i had to tell someone.
Why not, out of pure unselfish love for her and your children, give up smoking?
It might go a long way to establishing some deservedly lost credibility.
By saying that, I don't mean that her escalating it to "he must be cheating" is reasonable, but still....it's not exactly what she signed up for, and it is not a sign of being a full grown adult in a relationship, especially since you had to hide it in the first place.
