my local upn station keeps moving enterprise around.
sometimes it's on friday, sometimes it's on wednesdays, sometimes it's not on at all.
so as a result i haven't watched more than a couple of espisodes this season.
It's too bad it's being cancelled - I thought it was a very good series (except for all the time-jumping last year) and that it had hit stride, which it usually takes a couple of years for ST series to do. Now bam, it's over.
It was a heck of a lot better than Gilligan's Island In Space (Voyager), which lasted longer. Unfortunate.
i had heard of accounts of young baptisms, but i figured it was the exception rather than the rule.
now i wonder, after viewing the models of youth paraded at the last assembly.
i took note of the ages and age of baptism of the five young men (no girls this time) who were interviewed as models of jw youth at this last week's assembly.
Here's my guess: Of the four youngsters mentioned at that assembly, two will end up committing fornication and get publicly reproved or df'd. Another will become a member of this board someday. And the remaining one will become an overbearing, strict jw parent - and of course be viewed as a 'fine example' in the congregation.
.
scientists tested some dinosaures eggs and chicken eggs for protein and found that the protein reactioned in the same way proving dinosaures and birds are related.. in view of the fact they say archaeopteryx isn't a link between dinosaures and birds,how do they explain this?.
Here's the original article:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg18524915.700
Here's a subsequent online discussion:
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36441
today, a small tornado touched down in south san francisco and people went nutz.
it was very localized and basically blew out a few windows, but looking at the local news you'd think that the sky was falling.
since some of you live in 'tornado alley', can you please enlighten us californians as to what you consider to be a 'real' tornado?
I've never experienced one, though at times they do come this way, especially so in the western parts of PA.
One thing that amazes me is how snowstorms are so hyped around here. While a snowstorm can cause problems, they are usually not destructive. And yet, if one tunes in to weather forecasts, the hype is sometimes unreal. Recently, one forecaster at Accuweather characterized a snow storm on Feb 28 as a possible "Armageddon" storm. I think the term "Armageddon" ought to be reserved strictly for things like hurricanes and tornadoes and such, and of course that thing that jws are so looking forward to.
would someone who has the new od book explain any changes in "keeping the congregation clean"?
is it still the same policy or have they actually changed anything?
i'd especially like to know if they are changing their tune on the "inactive".
Just a point about those who are "inactive" - while persons who do not engage in the filed ministry for a period of six months are the ones who are technically termed "inactive", if they attend meeting fairly regularly, it normally will be only the elders who know they are "inactive" the strict jw sense. Such persons might be treated pretty normally by those in the congregation because they are seen at the meetings.
Of course, if word gets out, i.e, if some elder opens his mouth, then before you know it, a mild (or sometimes pretty severe) form of shunning takes place, and the person barely gets spoken with or acknowledged at the Kingdom Hall.
As far as being inactive in the sense of not attending meetings at all, those persons are often practically shunned, though this is supposedly not the 'official' stance. There's been many an account posted here about those who are inactive being pretty much shunned by elders and congregation members alike.
when i worked for the pr.
geo.
co. police dept.
Capatin Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Between The Sheets.
Hmmm.....
Dusty Springfield was great. Btw, she did backing vocals on several early Elton John songs (esp from Tumbleweed Connection) around the time that Elton and Bernie may have been, well....see song title above.
.
does anyone know?
i heard it through the grapevine, that there is to be one this sunday.. jez
Ah yes, another "Special Announcement", just like the one over a decade ago about the move to the "donation arrangement". The Hall was filled, as people were tantalized by the prospect of some revelation from the WTS concerning Armageddon or something along those lines.
My guess is that, unless word gets out in advance, the effect will be similar - much higher than average meeting attendance and a bunch of disappointed people filing out afterward.
My guess is alos that, since this is near the Memorial in timing, it's a tactic to get people back to the Kingdom Halls so that they can be plied into attending the Memorial.
espn page 2 columnist eric neel grades all the super bowls.
an interesting read:.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=neel/050126
ESPN Page 2 columnist Eric Neel grades all the Super Bowls. An interesting read:
though i haven't been in the mood to discuss jws lately, i had to post this one.
it's a keeper and shows how fanatical they can get:.
on my way to work in our city's downtown area i regularly see a pioneer walking up and down the street, holding up his magazines.
I wanted to say something to him, but he was on the other side of the street and I was headed in the opposite direction.
It's very interesting reading some of the cold weather experiences. I remember more than a few mornings of trying to go door-door in very cold weather. It's lunacy - and the householders think you're a nut, which is obviously counter-productive to the religion anyway. But as some already mentioned, it's all about appearing devout in the eyes of the elders and other jws.
though i haven't been in the mood to discuss jws lately, i had to post this one.
it's a keeper and shows how fanatical they can get:.
on my way to work in our city's downtown area i regularly see a pioneer walking up and down the street, holding up his magazines.
I forgot to add an important detail - it was 8:00 AM when I saw him. The jws in my area are normally not out there until 9:30-10:00. But this guy normally is out earlier, and today, unwisely on his part, was no exception.
