well i'm going away for some days to get in some fly fishing.
if anyone is going to be around bennett springs state park in missouri, that's where i will be found till tuesday...and this is my prey...come on down...i'm sure anyone of you would have no problems finding me...just look for the dreadlocked sassquatch w/the fly rod and wearing waders.. .
i'm hoping to come home with a cooler full...maybe have an apostate fish fry from hell.... sincerely,.
Hi Valis; I once tried fly fishing....caught a nice cottonwood tree. Very hard to clean and getting it into the frying pan was very difficult.
And didja ever try to CLEAN A FLY???? They don't fillet worth a darn. Think I'll go to Long John Silver's for the catch of the day. No wings, please
things that the wts could never get away with putting in print but have free reign to say verbally
heres my summary of the dc after recently having the veil lifted from my eyes re the wts
look for the alcohol talk.
Thanks, Winston. Just hearing the current ranting and raving causes me to picture the thumbscrews being tightened on the ones in attendance. What a bunch of hoocha!
I really appreciate your taking time to post the notes....I'm not at all tempted to go to a DC but just hearing their current directions makes me glad I'm out.
my computer died on may 30th and i just got it back from the shop today.
theres no way that i'll be able to catch up on all the great news on the forum....when ya get older, ya read slower.. the fan quit on the laptop and i shut it down before it could fry the chips....still it cost an arm and a leg to get it running again.
dell is a pain in the butt when it comes to selling parts to repair shops.. i've missed all of you and i see that there are a good many new members since i went quiet.
Hi Everybody! My computer died on May 30th and I just got it back from the shop today. Theres no way that I'll be able to catch up on all the great news on the forum....when ya get older, ya read slower.
The fan quit on the laptop and I shut it down before it could fry the chips....still it cost an arm and a leg to get it running again. Dell is a pain in the butt when it comes to selling parts to repair shops.
I've missed all of you and I see that there are a good many new members since I went quiet. Will be an active part now so long as the 'puter keeps ticking away.
Warrigal (of the Murphy's Law gotcha again class)
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i hope that some of the smarter folks on this board can give me some information as to what scriptural basis the wts uses to claim that god does not take any part in protecting his people in the last days.. in a discussion with a couple of elders who came to my door, i mentioned that god's holy spirit kept the organization clean in the first century after christ's death...acts 5:1-11. one of the elders said that god doesn't do that anymore but couldn't come up with a definitive answer.
if christ is directing their organization why can't he use his powers or those of the angels with him to keep the pedophiles out?
Thanks everyone for your wisdom. What sent the elders packing was reminding them that the account of Acts 5 took place during the 'appointed times of the nations' when God supposedly didn't have a visible organization on the earth. If, as they say, Jesus returned in 1914 and his arrival marked the end of the 'appointed times of the nations' then he should have had even greater power than that manifested during the first century. If, as they say, he inspected and cleansed his organization in 1918/1919, he would have made sure it stayed clean if only to protect his fathers name.
Ya gotta admire their convoluted rationalizations....I still don't know how they manage to keep their stories straight!
Just had to gig 'em a little when they said that the newspaper accounts of pedophilia in the org was exaggerated and sensationalized....I asked them what issue of the Watchtower condemned the media when the media reported the scandal in the Catholic church. No comment from the company boys.
hey,.
i'm from holland.. i'm not that very well english typer, so don't be mad at me ok?.
see all you a round the board.. .
Welcome Cadaver....you're sure to liven us up!
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i hope that some of the smarter folks on this board can give me some information as to what scriptural basis the wts uses to claim that god does not take any part in protecting his people in the last days.. in a discussion with a couple of elders who came to my door, i mentioned that god's holy spirit kept the organization clean in the first century after christ's death...acts 5:1-11. one of the elders said that god doesn't do that anymore but couldn't come up with a definitive answer.
if christ is directing their organization why can't he use his powers or those of the angels with him to keep the pedophiles out?
I hope that some of the smarter folks on this board can give me some information as to what scriptural basis the WTS uses to claim that God does not take any part in protecting his people in the last days.
In a discussion with a couple of elders who came to my door, I mentioned that God's holy spirit kept the organization clean in the first century after Christ's death...Acts 5:1-11. One of the elders said that God doesn't do that anymore but couldn't come up with a definitive answer. If Christ is directing their organization why can't he use his powers or those of the angels with him to keep the pedophiles out?
does anyone else have problems with this little vegetable?
if you do, you'll know what i'm referring to.
they say it's a heredity thing.
Oops...I thought this might be a thread about how the WTS condemns asparagus 'cause playing squat tag in an asparagus patch can cause one to lose one's virginity.
the watchtower says that all early christians were preachers.
you couldn't be a christian if you weren't a preacher/teacher.
how would you refute that?
Its the WTS line that everyone was a preacher back then. Did Jesus command the Samaritan woman at the well to preach? How about Nicodemus? Did Joseph of Arimathea have a magazine route? Did the Roman Cornelius get sent forth to preach? How about the Ethiopian eunuch to whom Philip preached?
Matt. 28:19 and 20 was addressed to the Apostles...not the 144,000 and not the "other sheep". Its the Watchtower Society who benefits by gang pressing everyone into the preacher mold.
there's a number of bible principles mentioned but ultimately, they say it's up to you.......... can you think of any other questions that we could ask to see if we can do something or not??
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Oh Gawd! Do I have to kill the cats 'cause they refuse to study the Watchtower? Should I disfellowship the dogs 'cause I suspect they're really Mormons in disguise? Will the questions never end???? I'm laughing so hard that I gotta quit having a beer before I go on the computer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3014747.stm
animals 'are moral beings' .
by alex kirby .
Thanks for your post, Gerard. Animals are far more complex mentally and emotionally than we give them credit for.
