a friend of mine was telling me about her recent trip to peru.
she said she had trouble with the altitude in certain areas of peru but the locals offered her a tea derived from the coca leaf and that helped tremendously with her symptoms.. i began to think about how i would have handled the situation as a jw given that coca contains an alkaloid that is used to produce cocaine.
in its natural form, the content is very low and the locals use it as a stimulant similar to coffee.. however, as a jw i would have probably refused to drink it viewing it as something similar to a product derived from tobacco leaves.
When you get away from the crotchety old white men in USA, it seems like people have a little more sense about things. Case in point the previous comment about elders using coca for tea in Bolivia.
White men just can't get away from their rules though.
*Disclaimer: as an old white man, I can say these things
it looks like justin trudeau and his comrades caved in to kinder morgans artificial deadline and bought the transmountain pipeline for 4.5 billion taxpayer dollars.
its not a bad deal if they actually finish the expansion.
if not we just bailed out an american company and are on the hook for 4 and a half billion.
Welcome to America!
If its any consolation, Americans have been, for many years, paying trillions for the wonderful decisions their "representatives" make
Gun restrictions for citizens not only tends to reduce gun violence (apparently) but it also tends to reduce liberty.
I say take the guns away from one and all - police, military and citizens. Then, gun deaths will be nearly zero and the original purpose of the 2nd amendment will be fulfilled in that the gov will not have the balance of power in their favor by virtue of their own arms being able to over power a determined citizenry.
But the sudden uptick in blunt force trauma, sharp object and other deaths will leave more questions to be answered. At least those take more effort to accomplish but there's no good way to stop all highly motivated would-be murderers.
anyone else notice this about jw public speakers.
they all seem like clones.
they have the same mannerisms, try to use the same style of speaking, similar jokes, etc.
One sister in USA notes "watch towers' New World grammar had helped me to speak good. Without it, could I not express myself very well? No. Thank you Governing Body Jehovah!"
Are we not overjoyed at the watch towers' exemplary usage of New World grammar?
one of the most vexing matters confronting us as christians has to do with the apparent lack of honesty of so-called "christian" teachers on the many issues they frequently talk about.
this should not be shocking to us since scripture tells us that "everyone has sinned.
" (rom.
so no addressing that last paragraph then? Or the question about Paul?
You realize that I said that I used to be a preterist, right? But then I kept reading the bible.
Although, if I still believed in it,I think I would still stick with version of preterism. Cool thing about preterism is that you are not confined to another person's specific interpretation or dogma. But that's for those who can overlook the discrepancies and inconsistencies of the bible itself.
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Just a suggestion but maybe post things like this in members only since the Google can find it otherwise, which means so can NY/HQ without even logging in.
Maybe we can make it tougher for them to know/see what documents are being leaked...
i need a bit of advice.
i've been pimo for a long time and fading more and more.
i occasionally attend for family but never give any answers or actively participate in any way.
Wow they gave you a get out of jail free card.. Funny... Seems like they intentionally made it easy on you..
Maybe you can do a proper fade, now that the head Gestapo guy is gone?
if anyone has any ideas or pictures of a tattoo that would sum up being an ex jw please share.
How bout the scene of the inside of a car, from the POV of the drivers vision. You would see maybe just top half of the steering wheel and the rear view mirror. Palm trees in front of the car on the side of the road (going to paradise baby!) and in the rear view mirror, a jw,org logo in the distance
Maybe a broken chain hanging off the rear of the car in the side-view mirror
Might need a fair bit of skin real estate to be intelligible
one of the most vexing matters confronting us as christians has to do with the apparent lack of honesty of so-called "christian" teachers on the many issues they frequently talk about.
this should not be shocking to us since scripture tells us that "everyone has sinned.
" (rom.
Perry, I agree with your assessment of 70ce. Even was a preterist for a while but then I kept reading the bible more..
Paul was mentioned by the others but which Paul? We have to admit that we can't say for sure that is the same Paul. Even if he's the only Paul in the bible, the bible is supposed to be taking place in the real world, one that had many Pauls. If it were to be taken as a fairly tale book, then we can limit all references to characters who have been on-stage do to speak, and assume there are no outside characters.
If Paul was indeed an apostle, would that make him #13? Since Judas' slot was reassigned, the 12 was filled. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
Can you address my last paragraph of my last comment (about the gospels) ?
I'm not a hater so no ill will here.
news in general are supposed to be unbiased.
but given how commercial and political interests get their tentacles around them, finding a fully unbiased news website is not so easy.. here in america some would rather trust bbc or reuters than they do cnn or fox news.
any favorites?.
I agree with broke back and its not just for trump. There's alot of fake news and has been for quite a long time. Anyone can search on YouTube for the fake CNN Gulf War segment... Crazy stuff. And that was back then..
They're all the same to me though. Taking 'em at face value will cause you to be misled but there's really no way for you get to the bottom of every single story. Either accept that you are being lied to every day and about major events and move on, or pretend like that's not true and... move on.
Or use your uber-wealth and resources to investigate every story until you have covered all the bases and get to the absolute bottom of things.. If you don't get killed first.
