Posts by rocketman

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SUPERBOWL AND THE JWS

by Mary in

jw
friends

someone posted on another thread: the cong.

i came from we were not allowed to watch football though i'm sure some did on the sly.

football was likened to the christians being torn apart at the coliseum.

Most jws I knew watched that obscure, barely-hyped contest known as the Super Bowl, which you may have heard of. I had a few jws, including elders, over to watch some of the games, and I accepted some invitations to watch at some jw homes, including elders.

But, we did one time (1999) have an elders meeting on Championship Sunday, and I missed the AFC and NFC title games that day because of that. I was very upset that my fellow elders chose that day of all days. They wouldn't have done that on Super Sunday, but true football fans aren't going to have meetings during the Conference Championship Games either.

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Disturbing paragraph in Dec 15, 2005 Watchtower

by yaddayadda in

in the 2nd study article, page 29, paragraph 17.

"a similar shocking end will come to the symbolic harlot who has the name "babylon the grat.

" the harlot represents the false religions of satan's world, which have their origin in the ancient city of babylon.

rocketman

Skally, the words secular and sect are defined as follows: Sect:

A group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice.
A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination.
A faction united by common interests or beliefs

Secular:

Worldly rather than spiritual.
Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body: secular music.
Relating to or advocating secularism.
Not bound by monastic restrictions, especially not belonging to a religious order. Used of the clergy.
Occurring or observed once in an age or century.
Lasting from century to century.

n.

A member of the secular clergy.
A layperson.

The context of the article quoted at the outset seems to imply that the Watchtower is using the term "secular" according to defintions 1-3, rather than in the sense of the noun. Hence, Jehovah, the big Killer in the sky, pronounces lights out on religions and their supporters first (thanks to Blondie for her clarifying research) and then on the non-religious or "secular" part of mankind. That's my take on it anyway.

Good points also by Gumby and Dan.

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If it was legal, would you have more then one spouse?

by free2beme in

jw
friends

often what we accept in society, is based on how and where we were raised.

for example, in some countries it is okay to have more then one spouse and arranged marriages are how you marry.

often we take these examples, and others that happen elsewhere, and label them as just wrong.

rocketman

. Fairchild wrote: "He actually tried to hold on to all of us, saying that each one of us gave him something different he needed and he could not find all of these things in one single person".

That's the major thing that bugs me about the idea of having more than one spouse. Who among us really can't be fulfilled by just one person? Personally, I think that a guy (or gal) who thinks they need more than one is a bit full of themselves.

Don't get me wrong - we all have various aspects to our personality, and one person may not satisfy us in all respects. But I would think that means broadening ourselves to accept one person rather than thinking we're so 'large' as it were, that we needed multiple partners.

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If it was legal, would you have more then one spouse?

by free2beme in

jw
friends

often what we accept in society, is based on how and where we were raised.

for example, in some countries it is okay to have more then one spouse and arranged marriages are how you marry.

often we take these examples, and others that happen elsewhere, and label them as just wrong.

rocketman

I find the idea intriguing. I must say though that the word "spouse" is a bit of a turn off for me, because the only real reason I'd want more than one woman in my life is for more casual reasons, like sexual variety, or just hanging out and having fun. But in the sense of marriage and all the obligations that arrangement entails, I'd porbably pass on the extra spouse(s).

Married Filing Jointly Class

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EVERYBODY START BLOGGING !

by DannyHaszard in

blogs r' us

modblog - blogging redefined

weblog host also offers users a bulletin board, forum, and intrasite messaging.. www.modblog.com/

rocketman

I have a blog, though I generally don't write much about the jw religion.

http://www.blogtext.org/rocketman

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EGO a Go Go!!!!

by caspian in

jw
friends

are the ego's on this board kind of missing the point?

rocketman

Ego lyrics by Bernie Taupin

Take a look at me now and take a taste of the money
I'm not in it for the bread I'm in it for the gravy, honey
Step on the thin ice lightly
And check out the show twice nightly
'Cause I'm on the stage tonight
And if the price is right
I will amaze before the light I crave the light
Blinding white I need the light tonight

Take a look at me now and take a look at my billing
I'm not in it as an extra, I'm in it for the killing
Inflate my ego gently, tell them heaven sent me
'Cause I'm so expressive and I'm so obsessed with my ego
My ego and it's message
Oh inform the press, invite the guests
I need the press tonight

Do you remember acting out your youth
A Romeo resplendent on an orange case
Do you remember how I would recite
And how I'd blow my lines and hide my face

Well maybe it was childish, foolish, before schoolish
Immaturish, lose your coolish
But I had to grow and prove my ego

Take a look at me now and take a taste of the money
I'm not in it for the bread I'm in it for the gravy, honey
Inflate my ego gently, tell them heaven sent me
Oh 'cause I'm so expressive and I'm so obsessed with my ego
My ego and it's message
Oh inform the press, invite the guests
I need the press tonight

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NFL Playoffs

by Gretchen956 in

why is there no thread on this???

omfg that was an awesome game!!!!.

first time ever a 6th seed team has won the first two games of the playoffs.

rocketman

I've seen many playoff games in my day, and today's Steelers - Colts game had one of the strangest, most exciting endings I've seen in a long time.

I'm glad Pittsburgh won, for a couple of reasons. One, I almost always root for the road team. Two, I think the officials made a bad overturn call on that Polamalu interception (I had a bad feeling when the review took so long). And three, when a team outplays their oppenent, they deserve to win. And on top of that, it would have been a shame for Jerome Bettis to go out with a fumble like that on what would likely have been the final play of his great career.

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Do you consider posting here as "Therapy" for you?

by JH in

jw
friends

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is this place therapy for you, or just a place to mingle?

rocketman

I think of it as theraputic mingling.

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What are you listening to right now?

by ozziepost in

we've had "what books are you reading", so let's think of another of the senses!.

right now i'm listening to a brand new released cd by opera star amelia farrugia, "joie de vivre!".

amelia was featured in the all-star lineup for last weekend's "carols in the domain" broadcast on channel seven.

rocketman

I'm currently listening to Billy Joel's box set "My Lives", which I received for Xmas. 4CDs plus one concert DVD. It's interesting hearing some of his previously unreleased material, inlcuding some demo songs that ended up with substantial changes before they appeared on albums.

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Another Watchtower Christmas Lie

by gumby in

we all remember one of the arguments the society used to make christmas look bad.. they said christendom at this time of the year, see's jesus as a little baby in a manger (nativity scene), rather than the king in heaven he now is.

that's a lie.. ask any christian on this planet if they think jesus at this time is a little baby in a manger.

if he was, then mary is back on earth taking care of him and herod is out looking to kill him.

rocketman

If he was, then Mary is back on earth taking care of him

Actually, Mary is back on earth, working as a stripper with the moniker "The Virgin Mary". The club she dances at, needless to say, is packed every night she works.

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