give him his fucking plane!!!!!!!
john leonard is taking his pepsi challenge to court.
the 21-year old business student says he's collected his pepsi points and wants his prize - a harrier fighter jet like the one pictured in a pepsi promotional tv ad.
It doesn't seem as funny when the judge "explains" why the commercial is funny. If you have to explain a joke, I guess it isn't funny. However, the judges use of the phrase "mere puffery" is priceless.
Yeru
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
if getting babtised is just an act you do to let people know you have dedicated your life to jehovah and you are serving him, then isn't getting married also a public display that you have decided to bond with this person and you want all to know.. so the question is why is it considered fornication if you have sex with this person before your actual marriage ceremonies?
Jim,
Good point IF that is the view of baptism. Within Catholicism however, baptism imparts Grace, makes an indelible mark on the soul, creates a new being in Christ. This baptism takes place in one of three ways. First there is standard WATER Baptism which everyone knows about; secondly, there is Baptism of BLOOD, those who, though not baptized, die for the faith; and finally, there is the Baptism of DESIRE, which covers a great many people. Batism of desire occurs some one either wishes to be baptized but can not be for whatever reason, or those who would accept baptism IF they knew it were a requirement.
That's the Catholic view, therefore, given the Catholic view, the marriage also imparts grace, and the marriage ceremony is more than just a public declaration of dedication to a spouse. Further, the joining of two people in sex makes them ONE FLESH, which is why multiple partners are frowned upon. Fornication makes a lie of this unity proclaimed in Genesis and the gospel, and adultery is in direct opposition to the unity of the sex act.
JMHO
Yeru
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
this is my own actual experience from about 1967. .
i was sitting in a california kingdom hall, listening to an anoucement that the .
watchtower society was either taking a loan out, or was stretching payments .
ZazyWitts
ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC, and the Society will say, "We never said 1975 was gonna be the end, we just said, 'wouldn't it be appropriate"
PIGS!
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
justice #16, molesters under every rock part 1 of 2 .
i chose this title not just because of the shear numbers of molesters that potentially exist within the organizations and congregations of jehovahs witnesses, but the insidious impact they continue to have, when you least expect or realize what is happening.
this is about a situation that directly affected my own family.
Back up top where it belongs.
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
the truth about organized religion.
christians and theists often state that without religion people would resort to barbarism and anarchy.
in reality however some of the greatest acts of cruelty have come from organized religion, such as: .
AlanF,
Why is so easy to murder, SIN. What prevents those without faith from murder, for some it's truly something inside them for others, they've just not been pushed to a point where they had to make that moral choice, for others it's the fear of the consequences. The prohibition against Murder in society is placed there my moral law. Were murder not against the law, say revenge murders were allowed, we see a lot more of it.
So yes, when faced with the guy who murdered my brother some 21 years ago, it is my faith in God and not Law or self that keep me from murdering him.
Between worlds, I would hazard a guess that Stalin alone was responsible for more death than organized Christianity, and if you add in Mao and a few others the numbers FAR outweigh the too high number killed in the name of religion.
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
I live in Clarksville, TN, I'm from Sparta, IL, my last address was Stuttgart, Germany, and next month I'm moving to Columbia, SC.
YEA
Yeru
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
i am new here trying to figure my way around...... i would appreciate it if you could say which of these fits you..... 1. still a jw.
2. if you dont agree with the jw doctrines any longer do you belong to another religious organization now?
3. are still religious and have no religious affiliation.
I guess I'm an OTHER, Life long Catholic, never in the BOrg, never interested in joining, never believed their doctrines. My association comes through my wife, who is now a 2 I guess.
Yeru
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
the truth about organized religion.
christians and theists often state that without religion people would resort to barbarism and anarchy.
in reality however some of the greatest acts of cruelty have come from organized religion, such as: .
Belief in God does not make one a Christian, so no, the majority in prison are NOT Christians. Look at Satan HE believes in GOD and HE ain't a Christian. REM talking to my nephew who is currently finishing up a tour of prison, the overwhelming vast majority think there is only OBLIVION waiting for them. Wanna see what athieism is capable of see Joe Stalin or Mao or Ho Chi Min, over 20 million peasants killed by Stalin alone? How many countless millions by Chinese communists. THAT is what we could look forward to were the world to lose faith.
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
what if the witnesses do have all the answers?
what if the big a does come and we all have to answer the 'the man upstairs'?
what will your arguement be???
I would say, "Hey, Jehovah, it's not my fault, what they were teaching and what the bible says are two different things, couldn't you have made your book and your organization agree?" But that's just me. FORTUNTELY Jolly Green, it won't matter, cuz A) if they're right I'm going to OBLIVION anyhow, and won't know a thing, and B) they ain't right.
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
Where's part one, the last one I read was JUSTICE #15
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]
