there is a great series airing on pbs re: evolution.
it's informative, up-to-date, and entertaining.
it's on in my area all sunday afternoon (it's 8 hours altogether).
Here's another tidbit for ya
http://www.msnbc.com/news/634804.asp#BODY
Apparently scientists just found a VERY LARGE nesting spot of unhatched dinosaur eggs in a river bed in Argentina..
They estimate that the still unhatched intact baby dino's drowned in their eggs about 80 million years ago during a flooding of the river..
How old was Noah again :-)
i haven't been to a meeting in 2 years so i don't know if this is right.. i was wondering if the us after these terrible attacks can be identified as the king of the north in daniel?
or has that already been identified?.
laurie
Got another call from my friend this morning.. He told me that they had their "special meeting" yesterday..
I told him that I read somewhere (on this board) that 13 witnesses were killed in the attack.. He corrected me, and said 1 sister was killed, and 13 are missing.. He is quite aware of the fact that I am still reading apostate material...
He then proceeded to tell me that Brooklyn has a 'fund' where they are going to help with relief efforts.. He said that they are sending people down to help with the cleanup.. He then proceeded to say he was surprised by that, since they are neutral, but the society has determined this is NOT caused by war, but terrorism, and the world trade tower are their neighbors.. I said that was mighty neighborly of them.. Asked who they are donating the money too.. He said no-one. The organization itself is going to run their own clean-up.. (I guess they don't want any of that money going outside the organization)..
I wonder exactly how much money they need to pay their volunteer brothers and sisters (if indeed they are doing this, which I highly suspect, unless they are digging looking for the missing brothers/sisters) and how much money will goto other stuff, like printing :-)
Well, the good news is that he seemed confused at some of the stuff he heard yesterday... Hmm, one can only hope and pray..
He did tell me that people are much more receptive to hearing him when he did his door knocking Saturday morning....
i haven't been to a meeting in 2 years so i don't know if this is right.. i was wondering if the us after these terrible attacks can be identified as the king of the north in daniel?
or has that already been identified?.
laurie
Ah yeah, we "wordly people" call that hindsight.. Hindsight is always 20/20 don't ya know :-)
i haven't been to a meeting in 2 years so i don't know if this is right.. i was wondering if the us after these terrible attacks can be identified as the king of the north in daniel?
or has that already been identified?.
laurie
Actually,
My JW friend called me the other day.. Typical (although normally he doesn't preach to me at all, which in and of itself is not normal from what I've heard).. Anyway, we spoke, and of course he told me how 'concerned' he was about the start of war.
I did say to him, don't tell me, you guys now know who the king of the north is suddenly, right? He said no, but one can pop up at any time..
Ughhh... Nausiating in the extreme... I can only feel for all of you people who's family is in this cult... I have a friend whom is in the cult, and my heart goes out to how badly he is being decieved without even realizing it.. I cannot even imagine the inner turmoil you go through with family shunning you, etc..
Me, I'm lucky.. Don't really know why, but my friend won't end the relationship (although he certianly is trying to hide it from his family and fiancee).. He has tried a couple of times to 'get me angry' at him so he can walk away, of course, I follow god's law, and forgive him and apply even more love towards him in those times.. Usually it takes about 2 weeks before he gives up, and then we are 'friends' again (eat together 1-2 times/month, call and email each other a couple of times/week) for another month or two until he tries again..
I've told him that I, just like he, will never walk away from my friends.. So, if he has a problem, he can tell me to go take a hike, but I will never do that, and will never stop being his friend and showing him love until he says the words, "Get lost"... After that I will certainly respect his wishes, but will still consider him my friend, and will still continue to love him unconditionally...
Ehhh, on second thought, maybe I do know why he is still my friend.. <G> One can only hope he's seeing the hypocrisy of his religion during all of this!!!!
Sorry, didn't mean to diatribe about me.. My heart goes out to all of you with family still in.. I don't know how you handle it.. I have a hard time with my friend at times.. Just want to grab him by the shoulders and "shake the truth into him"... But you cannot, only patience will work along with alot of prayer!!!!
i have a friend who is a jw, and he stopped over a while back to visit me... that morning, my dog and i were playing, and he had scratched my forhead, and drawn blood... i thought nothing of it, and actually had forgotten all about it.
about 5 minutes after my friend came into the house and sat down, he noticed the scratches on my forehead, and was transfixed by them.. he asked how i got them, and that became his main focus for a good 10 minutes or so.. he just sat there and stared at them.. .
what the heck was he thinking about.. i know the bible says something about marks on the forhead, but i'm not too sure what that would mean, as i'm not too well versed in the bible??
Hehe slip...
Actually I'm a guy, but that's ok...
So, he thinks I was marked with the beast, huh?
Oh well, he still associates with me, so I guess that would be bad for him...
i have a friend who is a jw, and he stopped over a while back to visit me... that morning, my dog and i were playing, and he had scratched my forhead, and drawn blood... i thought nothing of it, and actually had forgotten all about it.
about 5 minutes after my friend came into the house and sat down, he noticed the scratches on my forehead, and was transfixed by them.. he asked how i got them, and that became his main focus for a good 10 minutes or so.. he just sat there and stared at them.. .
what the heck was he thinking about.. i know the bible says something about marks on the forhead, but i'm not too sure what that would mean, as i'm not too well versed in the bible??
Nope, nor have I ever been a JW...
What would he interpret that to mean??
i have a friend who is a jw, and he stopped over a while back to visit me... that morning, my dog and i were playing, and he had scratched my forhead, and drawn blood... i thought nothing of it, and actually had forgotten all about it.
about 5 minutes after my friend came into the house and sat down, he noticed the scratches on my forehead, and was transfixed by them.. he asked how i got them, and that became his main focus for a good 10 minutes or so.. he just sat there and stared at them.. .
what the heck was he thinking about.. i know the bible says something about marks on the forhead, but i'm not too sure what that would mean, as i'm not too well versed in the bible??
I have a friend who is a JW, and he stopped over a while back to visit me... That morning, my dog and I were playing, and he had scratched my forhead, and drawn blood... I thought nothing of it, and actually had forgotten all about it. About 5 minutes after my friend came into the house and sat down, he noticed the scratches on my forehead, and was transfixed by them.. He asked how I got them, and that became his main focus for a good 10 minutes or so.. He just sat there and stared at them..
What the heck was he thinking about.. I know the bible says something about marks on the forhead, but I'm not too sure what that would mean, as I'm not too well versed in the bible?? So, what would he think the marks meant? I'm from the Devil, or from God, or something else entirely?
Of course, the sratches healed with no scars, so would that make him think something else still???
Thanks for all your help...
does anyone known when the next thread asking when the dateline show will air will be posted?
Wow! Now was that good timing.. Are you serious???
hey,.
does anyone know when the dateline show will air (assuming it hasn't already)... thanks in advance..
Hey,
Does anyone know when the Dateline show will air (assuming it hasn't already)..
Thanks in advance..
the question has always been, primarily: is jehovah really god?
secondarily, the question has been: are jehovahs witnesses really jehovahs witnesses?
or, perhaps worded differently: is the watchtower really the voice of christs appointed faithful and discreet slave of prophecy?
You know:
Huh? Sounds like circular logic to me, but then again, it also sounds like you don't have any faith in the GB, but still believe in the JW's??
I think what you really are feeling is that the WTS isn't god's chosen channel.. What you are feeling is the beginning of the holy spirit bringing you to god.. (No need for men to do it, he is quite capable of doing it himself!!!)...
Congratulations.. It sounds like you are farther along in your spiritual awakening than I originally thought..
Now all ya gotta do is realize what circular logic is, and you'll be able to truly think for yourself!!!
Congrats my friend!!!!
