of all the assinine comments that are made by rank-and-file jehovah's witnesses i've got to conclude that among the dumbest are comments to the effect that if it wasn't for this religion (the jws) there would be no reason to act in an ethically moral fashion.
take my sister, for instance.
she once related that if it wasn't for the truth tm there would be "no reason" not to have sex outside of marriage.
Bradley, you just have to accept that Hobbes was correct. Humans are inherantly selfish and will do whatever is in their best interest. It's not in most of our best interests to lead lives of hedonism.
The problem with dub's is that most of them believe in moral absolutes. A shame really.
~Aztec
why oh why do people start political threads on an ex-jw board?
isn't there enough political forums elsewhere on the net?
virtually every thread about political matters finishes up being locked, usually because someone starts to flame.. both sides of the recent plethora of political threads are now accusing the other of making propaganda.
Stacy, HA!
You know what that does for me
It's supposed to be "Find out what it means to me". I know you knew that. Sistah Aretha appreciates it when we quote her appropriatly.
~Aztec
why oh why do people start political threads on an ex-jw board?
isn't there enough political forums elsewhere on the net?
virtually every thread about political matters finishes up being locked, usually because someone starts to flame.. both sides of the recent plethora of political threads are now accusing the other of making propaganda.
There is no problem with political debate. Debate does not mean name calling and denigrating someone else because of their beliefs. It means presenting your opinion and backing it up with facts. As long as mutual respect is shown by each "side", and those of us in the middle, it shouldn't be a problem. I tend to get along with people on both "sides" and agree with some on some issues and others on other issues. I don't dislike someone just because I don't agree with them on an issue. That would be to throw away all that I like about that person and only take issue with one part of them. I've never met a single person who agreed with me on everything.
I miss Focus. He (assuming Focus was a he) was supposed to tell me which class wasn't a real class and stopped posting before telling me. I still want to know.
One last thing I want to say: People seem to be overly sensitive. There is no such thing as the 'right to not be offended'. If someone explicitly tears YOU down that is one thing. Seeing others tear down your ideas is not something to be offended at. I have done such a 180 in the last ten years. And then I went 90 degrees back in the opposite direction. My views are ever evolving. I have many people to thank for that. Watching and participating in debate on politics and religion is the main reason for that.
~Aztec
i'd never thought about this... but last night my father asked for my time.
and i told him i didn't have any.
he didn't seem to mind so he went ahead long his way.. .
Homey,
it seemed as if there was no incentive's for "quality" time just "time".
Too true!
I never lied on my reports. I never counted time until we got to the first door and didn't count the time spent on our break either. The more I look back on the importance placed on filling out a time slip the more I think it's ridiculous. Do any other "religions" force their members to do this?
~Aztec
veronica was born to proud parents (yourschelbie and me) at 8:30 a.m. this past saturday morning, january 3rd.
she weighed in at almost 7 pounds (3.15 kg) , and is 18 inches (46 cm) long.
we're all doing fine.
Congrats to you both! Veronica is a beautiful name. Happy 2 day birthday baby Veronica.
~Aztec
of course, there are so many to choose from.
one of my favorite examples of pure goulish evil is found in psalm 137:8,9:.
"o daughter of bablyon, you devastator!
Imagine constructing a talk about that!
Leolaia, that's funny. The weekly readings that were the worst were the passages that talked about nothing but who begat whom. Talk about a boring talk. I would've hated to try and find something of interest to write a talk about with that material. The obviously biased ones against women (think Dinah and Canaanite women Genesis 34:1-31) used to piss me off even as a young girl. I'd sit there listening and glaring at the speaker as he put the WTS slant on it and found a way to put all the blame on the woman's behavior without making it look like they were putting women down. I guess I had a low bullshit tolerance even as a kid.
~Aztec
Hello! I finally finished seeing the last two Matrix movies last week and I actually liked them. Nice name choice. Would like to hear more about you when you have time.
~Aztec
of course, there are so many to choose from.
one of my favorite examples of pure goulish evil is found in psalm 137:8,9:.
"o daughter of bablyon, you devastator!
Leolaia, I'm not sure if this is sick and twisted or just a very funny coincidence but I had just put on some music and "Love To Love You Baby", complete with moans and groans, came on just as I started reading your post.
~Aztec
for the discussin i will set aside questions about whether paul was was infact a literary creation of the gnostic xtians.
"paul's" famous words at !
tim 2:12-15 and i cor 14:34,35 that insist women be silent in the congretgations have spawned hundreds of years of female repression.
What about 1 Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24, and Colossians 3:18,19 where women are repeatedly told that their husband is their head and they are to submit to them?
What will it mean for the JW's? All of us uppity women leave and only the meek ones are left behind? *Shrugs*
~Aztec
of course, there are so many to choose from.
one of my favorite examples of pure goulish evil is found in psalm 137:8,9:.
"o daughter of bablyon, you devastator!
Doc, you know what they say about great minds.
Brad, I don't care whether it's supposed to be merely a description. It's still one of the most vile passages in the bible IMO.
~Aztec
