so, i was thinkin, and got hit with a good idea.
everyone whos been here for more than a week has posters that they love, and posters that they loathe.
some make laugh, some make us cry, and some drive us right up the wall.... so to honor that, i think we should have some sort of jwd award session... (should simon approve).
Similar threads have popped up from time to time. In the past I would generally would rather refrain from singling out some posters, because I think others who don't get mentioned sometimes feel overlooked....but in the interest of being in the swing of things, and since this thread apparently has God's Simon's "blessing", I'll nominate myself for the Only Elton John Avatar Award.
Buh-bye now.
i was watching the new williams sisters "reality" show (abc family, 10 pm) and in it venus was in a session with the sister's personal trainer.
venus was instructed to do yoga while she and the trainer got tips from a video.
in the video, the instructor was doing various chants and uttering various phrases, and venus is shown saying "some of it is ungodly and against my christian beliefs, but i have to do it anyway".
They posed in Sports Illustrated some years back draped in American Flags, and the impression the photo gave was that that was all they were wearing. But I guess being draped in a flag isn't the same as saluting it.
Blondie, yes, the trainer did indeed seem to be dictating her conscience. Venus giggled embarassingly, then went ahead and did what she was told.
just curious - it seems like there are quite a few ex-elders around the site....how many are you?
i enjoy reading stories from the inside...
Yep, we have a few, including me. I lasted nearly a decade. Worst ten years of my life.
i was watching the new williams sisters "reality" show (abc family, 10 pm) and in it venus was in a session with the sister's personal trainer.
venus was instructed to do yoga while she and the trainer got tips from a video.
in the video, the instructor was doing various chants and uttering various phrases, and venus is shown saying "some of it is ungodly and against my christian beliefs, but i have to do it anyway".
I was watching the new Williams sisters "reality" show (ABC Family, 10 PM) and in it Venus was in a session with the sister's personal trainer. Venus was instructed to do Yoga while she and the trainer got tips from a video. In the video, the instructor was doing various chants and uttering various phrases, and Venus is shown saying "some of it is ungodly and against my Christian beliefs, but I have to do it anyway".
Gee, what a steadfast JW.
just saw this on cnn .
http://www.cnn.com/2005/showbiz/tv/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html .
he's beamed aboard that great starship in the sky....
Scotty will be missed. He was very funny in Star Trek IV, and I especially like the line in which he tells Spock that Kirk is in a "wee bit of a snit".
Speaking of ST conventions, I was at one where John DeLancie, a/k/a "Q" seemed in, well, in a wee bit of a snit. He didn't seem very pleasant when signing autographs. Well, I guess when you're omnipotent, there's no need to be cheerful.
is it possible that just about everything we say about the jw's on this forum is true, but on the other hand they would be the only true religion that god approves, even though they are imperfect and make errors?
Interesting thread topic and comments. I cannot see how they can be the true religion, for many of the same reasons already mentioned. In addition, they fail by their own criteria. What I mean is that they easily dismiss other religions as untrue often based upon just one or two teachings or practices of the religion. They've often used the logic that 'even just a drop of poison in a glass of water makes the whole glass unfit to drink'. At the very least, they fail miserably by their own criteria.
climbing mount improbable .
http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i1/improbable.asp .
unweaving the rainbow
From what I've read of the Answers In Genesis site, there's a Young Earth Creationism slant to much of what is written there. As far as "unsolved problems" are concerned, we might note two interesting examples of what might be considered "unsolved problems": - In 1783, astronomer John Mitchell predicted the existence of a star so massive that light could not escape its gravity. This projection would be hard to accept because its prediction could not yet be observed. However, over 200 years later, the predicted existence of such massive stars has been confirmed, as the Hubble Space Telescope has amassed evidence of the existence of Black Holes. - The Greek astronomer Democritus predicted in the 4th century BCE that matter was composed of atoms. It took about 2,400 years for man to learn confirm their existence and learn to manipulate them. These examples show that sometimes it takes quite some time for proof of certain theories and predictions to be realized. Simply dismissing such as "unsolved" and thus "proving" something else can be a serious mistake in judgement.
http://www.physorg.com/news5205.html.
prayer doesn't cure the sick, says study .
praying for people who are facing heart surgery does not raise their chances of a cure or of avoiding death, according to an unusual study published this saturday in the british medical weekly the lancet.
The reason for this conclusion is obvious - Jehovah's Witnesses were not involved. God answers only their prayers.
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i personally like:.
(matthew 23:13-15 nwt) 13 woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!
because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for you yourselves do not go in, neither do you permit those on their way in to go in.
Three good examples. I had often wondered how they could apply such scriptures to Christendom, which usually does not bind heavy loads on its members. Most religions in Christendom make things rather easy for their followers - the exact opposite of what the Pharisees (and the Society) have done.
I'm not sure why, but I've kind of been stuck on Actual Miles, Don Henley's Greatest Hits, this week. I'm not sure if that will extend into the weekend.
I'm trying to learn the lyrics to New York Minute, but Henley swallows words with the best of them. I had to Google the lyrics.
