well on wednesday i am going to be getting my first tattoo.
i have had this particular piece of art that i have wanted for years but was too afraid to put it to skin as it will require a great amount of detail.
but i finally decided to go for it.
I'm of the generation that does not do tattoos. However, last year I put a fake tattoo of a parrot (shocker!) on my ankle and went to visit my dub mom. She saw it within minutes of my arrival and reacted with horror (but not disbelief, as I'm a degenerate apostate). She wouldn't believe me when I told her it was fake and actually had to wash it off before she was convinced.
May you have as much fun with your tattoo.
the shuar peoples have lived in the forests and mountains of ecuador since before jesus.
the ecuadorian government has sold their lands and mining rights to several international corporations and governments- china, kinross gold among the major players.
open pit copper mines and gold mining are underway.
Is there anything concrete we can do to help the Shuar? Where to lodge protests, write letters, etc.?
we had our special assembly day this weekend.. what the district overseer stated in his talk totally stunned me, and made me feel sick to my stomach.
he said, "christ is directing us through the governing body, and we cannot get holy spirit except through them!".
i do not wish to reveal all my thoughts on his statement, but i pray to god that it acts as a wake-up call to at least some of the audience.. suffice to say that the gb is now the mediator to our mediator, and from now on, i will have to pray for holy spirit through the name of the gb!!.
If this is true (I don't doubt you, Searcher, but your DO may have gotten it wrong), it's only one more small step for the governing body to claim they ARE the Christ, and the time of the end starts this year.
They'll have given themselves much more wiggle room to make bogus predictions with absolute authority for many years to come.
it's the faithful and discreet slave that directs the governing body when they come together to change or add a new doctrine???
how did they come up with this one when it's always been the holy spirit doing the directing or is every word in the bible going to have a new job description meaning???????????????
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The gb does a high-wire act with the term "holy spirit." They claim to be "guided" by it, but they also claim they are not "prophets," which would imply direct communication with the holy spirit.
By claiming guidance rather than direct inspiration, they have a tiny bit of wiggle room when their predictions fail. They're not prophets, so their "interpretation" can be flawed, thus allowing "new light" to repair their disaster du jour.
So what good is the holy spirit? For the WTS, it's only as good as they need it to be.
i got an unexpectedvisit from an elder an a new guy i never met before.
he said jehovah hasnt forgotten me.
they said all jws are filling out an emergency contact information form.
" He then claimed thats how DINOSAURS dissappeared off the earth!!! "
So much for the scripture that has God telling Noah to gather pairs of every animal. As if it were possible anyway.
what if there was a universal law, only one law?.
the law would be that each mother and father must be loving toward their children.
no abuse of any kind.
A small percentage of every human population is born with sociopathic tendencies. A sociopath has no conscience, is incapable of love, and craves power. Good parenting and therapy may allow some to grow up to be "high-functioning" sociopaths, who lead relatively normal lives without harming others. Most, however, with or without good parenting, become career criminals. A very interesting finding is that nearly all cult leaders are sociopaths.
We're not born tabula rasa. Our genetic code starts at conception and is modified by the environment as we grow. Good parenting would make a huge difference, but it's not the single "law" that would create a better society.
hi people.
in all my life i have only looked in a womans handbag once.
it was close to looking at the arc of the covenant.
chariklo: " Return of parakeet, I knew there was something I've always wanted! A Leatherman! I'd forgotten about those! I DEFINITELY want one! "
With the Leatherman, I'm ready for just about anything.
I could deliver a baby with the stuff in my purse.
if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.
if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.
or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?
I fared just fine. Got a job in my field, paid off my loans, enjoyed the fruits of my labor, paid for my son's education so he wouldn't have student loans, and now I'm enjoying my retirement.
with all the control they want to have over people's lives, i wonder if going brazilian down there (male or female) would be cause for readjustment???
lol i can see sister a telling the elders on sister b ... lol... i wonder what scriptures they would use to make their point across ... i know that for non-jw this would sound totally crazy but as an ex-jw i know that this is totally possible ....
Terry: "... could somebody please indulge me by explaining why Brazilian waxing is desired and worth the pain and money? "
For the same reason people have their ears (and other body parts) pierced, get tattoos, or endure any other painful procedure -- vanity.
hi people.
in all my life i have only looked in a womans handbag once.
it was close to looking at the arc of the covenant.
Wallet (cash, credit cards, driver's license, receipts), keys, cell phone, sunglasses, hand sanitizer, Tylenol, checkbook, pen, change pouch, Leatherman (attachments: screwdriver, corkscrew, 2 knife blades, scissors, file), 2 lipsticks, lip gloss, mascara, compact, tweezers, nail clippers, sunscreen, comb, asthma inhaler, and a Turkish blue bead to ward off the evil eye.
Sorry you asked?
