sadly, at times, we lose good posters because we have an acrimonious spirit.
i wonder whether we might actually debate or argue, simply for the thrill of trying to outdo the other person(s).
in the spirit of rodney, "can't we just get along?
I try to get along with everybody in life, but sometimes there are clashes.
These clashes come mainly from differences of opinion, and seeing as though this is a discussion forum, there are going to be lots of differences in opnion. You wouldn't get anywhere in life if you didn't get on with people simply because they had different views.
If I have a slight difference of opinion with somebody, we sit down, discuss it, and eventually we figure out that I was right ! LOL
religious police told to smile .
brian whitaker.
tuesday june 10, 2003. the guardian .
People would view this post as proof that people in Saudi are living under harsh conditions.
Yet this is just the laws of their land.
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i would be interested in hearing a few.
for the life of me (pun intended) i can't think of any good ones.. robyn
I think like that a lot.
When things are going bad, you do get like this. There will be a brighter day, man. I don't know when, but It shall come.
2Pac - Keep your head up mp3.
sometime ago a friend of mine was very surprised when i did tell him about the many changes concerning the resurrection of the men from sodom and gomlorrah.
he didn't want to accept just the statements i.e.
yes/no + publication + date, so to make him a much happier person i did send him this:
Thankyou mate, I knew they had a record of this, yet I had never read it all in context.
i spent the weekend with them... the were in the work for manay years... wonderful couple !.
just wondered if any remember them?
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Wow, so they are out now !
Get in !!!!!!
when i listen to anything at the meetings, it is with a critical eye.
i really can't stand going, especially today.
did you feel that the meetings were grating and extremely irritating, just before you stopped going altogether?
I went through stages.
Sometimes I hated being there, other times I quite liked it. Towards the end, I really began to hate it to the point where I threatened to kill a Ministerial Servant LOL
i know some of you may find this strange, but i really want to go along to a district convention this year.
its been eight years since i last went and i was wondering how things would look from a mature apostate perspective.
a convention near to sheffield england would be good, but perhaps not too near so i can avoid being trailed by security.
Have fun amigo, If you are in South Yorkshire, try Leeds.
i know some have posted similar topics like this, but i thought it might be kind of fun (for the new ones that are coming here in droves) and others, to give some examples of catch phrases etc, that are unique to the jw world.
here's a few to start:.... "muster up boldness", "sound down into our hearts","satan's crafty acts", "paradisaic", "young ones"," discernment".....these are just a few of the more irritating.
add yours if you'd like.. integ.
Don't even go there = Not at home
Elder = Hypocritical bastard
The Big A = Armageddon
i'm sure i've read somewhere that jws consider themselves "it" because they do so much 'preaching' work.
if so, who do they say this bit is referring to?
you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves
I have been confronted with this arguement on several occassions.
'Come on, who else is preaching the good news like Jehovah's Witnesses ? ' and 'Who else makes Jehovah's name known to the nations?' are two of their most used questions they use when faced with criticism of their faith. I must admit, I was stumped at how to answer this at first, but through some personal study, I can answer back fully.
Ray Franz covers both these subjects in his book 'In search of Christian Freedom'. He points out that the 'good news' Jehovah's Witnesses preach is not the same as the good news outlined in the holy bible. Whilst reading this article, it helps you to understand how to answer a JW when they come out with this argument. On another note, It is not only Jehovah's Witnesses that are preaching worldwide. You can view stats that tell you many other faiths preach across the world.
Obviously, you will be confronted with 'Yes, but it's the Witnesses that are preaching the Truth , nobody else is ! ' ...... this is a different arguement altogether.
the other day i was watching "charlie's angel's" (the weekly series from the '70's) on tvland.
it dawned on me how much i used to wish they had aired that show any night but thursdays.
maybe twice a year, if i was too sick to go to the meeting i would get my hour to watch my favorite star...farrah!
The whole idea of childhood. I never enjoyed myself as a child, I always felt in fear of God.
Traci Owens ..... girl you sound like a superstar !
