this thread is inspired by a beloved poster who said he managed to sleep all through yesternight.. how about you, do you sleep through the night?.
each morning, around 2 am, it's as if a hand shakes me awake.. i became accustomed to arising at that time to take care of my semi-invalid mother.. she passed nearly 12 years ago, but my body?
mind?
I feel best when I get 9 hours of sleep. Happens about twice a week. 8 hours is OK but I feel a bit tired. I worked 42 years full time and didn't learn this until I retired and slept without an alarm clock.
I get up at least once at night for the male prostate thing as well.
here is the young man who was murdered with a knife by a racist antifa member last night in austin texas.
rip harrison brown!.
https://imgur.com/a/1qqg7.
"All of us, at least once in our lives, have had the urge to stab the stuffing out of another person and we all believed at the time that we'd be justified in doing so."
Sorry if I took this out of context. i am very sorry you were bullied. I was too. But I'm not sure everyone has had thoughts like that.
uc berkeley orders cancellation of ann coulter speech.
officials at the university of california at berkeley on thursday reversed their decision to cancel a speech by conservative firebrand ann coulter.. the university had announced wednesday that it was canceling coulter’s appearance following several political protests in berkeley that turned violent.. but on thursday, the university said it had found a venue where it could hold the speech on may 2, instead of the original april 27 date.
however, a leader of the college republican group that originally invited coulter said the university was placing strict conditions on the event, and he said his group intended to reject the new terms.. before the reversal was announced, coulter had vowed to go ahead with an appearance anyway.. that probably would have put security officials on high alert and might have sparked another showdown in struggles over campus safety, student views and ideological openness.. “what are they going to do?
http://www.snopes.com/media-not-news-coulter-disabled/
Per Snopes, that is not what she said. She may say provocative, even insulting things.
I don't listen to "Conservative" talk radio. Never heard Coulter. But the piece posted by Outlaw is, per Snopes, not what she said.
Even if she did say it though, should she be denied the ability to speak at a public university?
we were all told when we were in the watchtower that we should be grateful to be part of such a loving family.
we were told that just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in.
obviously, we took that part with a mountain of salt or we wouldn't be here today.
...just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in...
...I still far prefer the cold indifference of the world to the stifling meddlesomeness of the bOrg, I've found the Watchtower's evaluation of worldly life to be largely accurate: Life IS meaningless. Most of the young people I know ARE drug addicts. I don't have a relationship with anyone, but those who do don't seem to derive any lasting happiness from them; it's just a lot of passionate sex in the beginning followed swiftly by fighting, cheating and bitterness. Most people I know, in one way or another, are simply hedonists with no goals, ethics or spirituality...
I hate puritanical religions and their schizophrenic fantasies...
I realize these are not the entirety of your posts, but as someone not a part of the JW religion I see this as painting a very bleak picture. I know perception can be a part of a person's "reality".
I know you are sincere in these views. "The World" is not a perfect place. But please, if you are depressed, get help. I have friends. Certainly not many. But for those who have let me see into their lives, I have found none who are "simply hedonists with no goals, ethics or spirituality..."
Some of these are highly religious, some not at all. My friends are people, a mix of good and bad. I don't mean to come off as a know it all. I have been very depressed at times. And I have no understanding of what Jehovah's Witnesses go through.
But you sound very depressed. Please get help if you are. And I have the same concerns for anyone who sees the world as you do. As far as I can tell there is at least one other poster on this thread who may feel this way.
And for lurkers who also see the world like this, I am concerned for you as well.
Mike
to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.
most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.
I think all media has bias. This is reflected in all media outlets, both on the right and left.
I apologize for not reading all the comments in this thread, hope I'm not covering things already said. Bias can also be subtle - If I'm biased against politician A, I report only negative things about him / her, never anything they said or did that might show them in a positive light.
This is done by both sides, right and left IMHO.
I'll put in a plug - I subscribe to the Economist magazine. They aren't overtly political but my opinion is that they praise and criticize both sides when they see something good or bad. They don't like Trump at all; they endorsed Hillary for the Presidency. They have also criticized her because of some stands she has taken. As for Trump, they have praised some of his nominees, not all of them.
It is a difficult read, usually about 100 pages long in a weekly magazine. Covers the entire world. And best of all, it's not an American publication. You need to have something other than a short attention span to read it. And they actually state what their bias is. They favor Liberal Democracy. Google "Liberal Democracy traits" for the definition. It doesn't mean democrats control everything.
my wife and son were watching the january broadcast and one of the segments was about william tyndale.
william tyndale was a bible translator in the early 16th century.
i always knew that the org held men like tyndale, john hus and john wycliffe in high regard.
Wycliffe Bible, 1385:
John 1:1:
In the beginning was the word,
and the word was at God, and God was
the word. [In the beginning was the word,
that is, God’s Son, and the word was at God,
and God was the word.]
Not exactly "The Word was God", but close. Wonder what a JW would say to that?
hey all, .
this is my first post.
i haven't been out in service or to a meeting in over a month.. i realize now that i've been having serious questions for years and many articles and talks have greatly disturbed me over the years.
Sevan you have a PM.
christians attack in lahore pakistan.... what the hell is wrong with people..
According to the BBC Christians celebrating Easter may have been targeted.
i wanted to write my experience on how my husband helped me see the ttatt (the truth about the truth).
first, let me mention that he wrote his own experience a couple months ago under the name sanchy.
for his story please click here….. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5148261828526080/walking-thin-line-resigning-elder
well it finally happened!
we have been waiting about a year for this, my dfd husbands family asked us for money.
even though his own father hasn't met our 8 month old son.
Please do not help them. How can they possibly shun you and ask you for money? Tell them they need to find more work. If they have work but don't make enough money, tell them to cut back as has been stated before. If they have not done that they don't deserve your help.
If they have done so and there still isn't enough then they should go to school and learn better skills.
Sorry to be harsh but they should be asking those in the Kingdom Hall for help.
