young king arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom.
the monarch could have killed him, but was moved by arthur's youth and ideals.
so the monarch offered him freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question.
Amazing the transformation that can happen when a woman doesn't get her way. It's almost like magic. The air turns to smoke, the eyes start glowing red, this noise, almost unearthly, starts coming from their general direction but you're not sure it's coming from their mouth.....Scary Stuff Indeed!
TimB
the following is a post i made to prisca on another thread.
i am courious about how many agree with what i say here or am i wrong?.
re: rick and his thugs jan 20, 2002 13:15 .
Prisca,
You Go Girl!!! I hope we find out who the perp is. In the meantime I am reminded of an expression my Grandmother used a lot....."The guilty dog barks the loudest"......I sure hear some barking going on here. LOL
TimB
according to webster?.
deism- a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion based on human reason rather than revelation emphasizing morality and in the 18th century denying the interferance of the creator with the laws of the universe.
has anyone studied at this school of thought????.
According to Webster?
Deism- A movement or system of thought advocating natural religion based on human reason rather than revelation emphasizing morality and in the 18th century denying the interferance of the creator with the laws of the universe.
Has anyone studied at this school of thought????
TimB
Tim and I were doing our bible study this afternoon, cough cough...and lo and behold the dictionary was open. It occured to us that being a deist might not be so bad, even if it did emphasize the concept of morality. If in fact we have free will we could exercise it without the big alien in the sky getting in the way. Never hurts to have at least one or two morals anyway....
Sincerely
Valis, District overbeer
brightstar, my sweet bright*: !.
today is your birthday.
happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bobsgirl,
Happppppppity Bitthday toooooya!!!!!!!
there is a book called "god speaks".
it is a compilation of billboards that were put up around the usa.
in 1998 an anonymous donor wanted an ad agency - smith - in fla. $150,00 to create this advertising campaign to reach people who have "drifted".. it's a great coffee table book.. here's a few of my favourites.. (hope its ok to post these).
"Oh shit! I can't believe I've been sleeping for 6 days" God
last night at meeting they told us to just use our blood cards from last year.
in the past they've always told us how important it was to get it signed every year so that people could see our current views as jw's.....doesn't this new arangement negate everything they've ever said in regards to this?
absolutely nuts!.
It's no surprise that this is for the US only. Take a look at the "donation arangement". It was mostly in the US and was a direct result of the lawsuits and impending Supreme court loss of Jimmy Swaggart concerning the taxability (is that a word?) of religious books.
This is an indication of some changes coming in the legal system here in the US. Mark my words.
TimB
do you remember the excitement of a brand new box of crayola crayons?
running your fingers over the perfectly sharp tips, none broken or peeled.
all 96 colors like flesh (now peach), indian red (now chestnut), periwinkle, goldenrod, green blue (now retired),lemon yellow (now retired), and new colors you may not know about such as macaroni and cheese, purple mountain's majesty, granny smith apple, and pig pink.
Looks like a Christmas tree to me! Whatever it is, it is beautiful!
for those who would like a synopses of this issue for what ever reason, i would like to try and put as many of the confusing pieces together as i can.
why they chose to do it at a kingdom hall is understandable.
mark made his post and revealed a few facts in this issue that were suppressed by the gag order.
Dave,
I'm sorry. I don't know you well enough to "trust you". I have grown to respect your posts but when you said that you don't even know what city this was in.........Doesn't sound like you're privy to any kind of information that would lead me to "trust" you to be able to tell if this is a scam. Yes, you used to be a cop and I trust you to identify another cop by the language but you don't know if this is a witness that used to be a cop unless you check it out. I won't quit questioning until I at least hear some kind of reason why.
I'm not upset with you but I really don't see how public knowledge could possibly hurt this situation. If the WTS has gotten the courts to issue a gag order then public knowledge would only help that gag order get lifted and get more media coverage. If media coverage comes weeks or months later then it will loose all it's potency.
You don't have to say a word but don't expect us to be silent.
Respectfully
TimB
i know i haven't been here in awhile, but i just figured i'd drop by and say hello.
:) haven't looked at the new posts much yet.
i'm guessing things haven't changed much, though.
Hey Sunchild,
It's good to see you. Do you remember me?
TimB
this thread will hopefully serve as the platform for a friendly debate about the issue of how much respect the watchtower society deserves from ex-jehovah's witnesses.
do we blast the hell out of the borg and don't let a kind word in edgewise?
do we acknowledge that they have done some things right and (shudder) even good?
Hey Mindchild,
Who do you think won this case?? I hope it wasn't me. LOL I have to admit that defending the WTS, at times, literally made my skin crawl. This was a great idea. I hope we can now get the views of many others with tremendous insite on this debate.
For all of us participating in Flame Wars.......THIS is how to have a debate.
TimB
