well, i was chatting with my mom this weekend.
she informed me that the summer convention was in early june this year.
which also happens to be finals week for my brother.
Peace,
Why should the WTBTS corporation care that the scheduling of their conventions in June is likely to interfere with final exam schedules for JW kids? In addition to failing to ascribe any importance to education, the JWs have actively discouraged their "flock" from seeking higher education. After all, getting an education could take time away from one's pioneering activities, or, worse yet, could cause one to question the beliefs espoused by the WTBTS corporation.
any person who has a decent knowledge of world history especially as reguards new scientific understanding know that religious authorities both christian and pagan have done much to suppress truth.. the reason for the supression is,.. it contradicts there religious teahings.. a question that begs for the asking:.
how much farther would have science advancements if religion did not fight against new understandings?.
too be fair many religious people have been good scientist, and have not let common held religious beleifs, hold them back.. .
Religion is indeed responsible for many negative events in world history. But let's not forget the negative side of science (e.g. nuclear bombs, killer bees, anthrax, greenhouse effect, etc.).
I think both religion and science should be carefully monitored to keep either from getting out of control. Imagine if religion teamed with science? This unholy union could potentially result in such things as humans cloned with genetic programming to become fanatical religious extremists (ultimate horror - imagine militant Jehovah's Witnesses!!).
guys and girls.
the society have now instituted carnivore - their data tracking system installed into the uk bethel to track all apostate email and activity.
the reason is the amount of "leaks" of confidential mail and facts.. they have tried and failed with legal blocking, so now they are plugging the leaks, these guys were brought into mill hill late last year after the leak of the june 1 letter.. their method is to use message boards and chat rooms for the "disaffected" and get them to go to other "society monitored" web sites.
If they track me down, I'll crap in their bethel toilets and I won't flush!
being inactive for over a year now, many things .
have come to "light" about the religion i was raised.
much of witch is becuase of the insight and fine posts.
Why would anyone want to live forever on an earth that is populated solely with Jehovah's Witnesses? I think I'd rather do the lake of fire thing.
there is a story on the news wire services to the effect that the american forces have killed some top leadership personnel in bin ladens terror network.
a contact and friend of mine that works for one of those nice 3 letter organizations said the guys were high-five-ing all over the place last night.
he said it was in fact his agency that pulled the trigger via remote control and "placed a hell-fire in the middle of the bastards".
Sounds like a good media pipe dream to me. Hey, if we do catch him, maybe we could force him to serve a life sentence at Bethel? That would certainly be a punishment worse than death!
i live in northern california.
most of the conventions and get togethers i have seen posted are in the midwest.
am i all alone out here?
I'm in Eastern Ventura County, near the Valley. Looks like I've got lots of apostate neighbors!
i was just wondering.
so, what do you look for in a woman?.
lilacs.
You're swaying cuz I spiked your drink!!!!!
i was just wondering.
so, what do you look for in a woman?.
lilacs.
Necessary qualities: Sexually enticing, sexually experienced, and possessing an ambition to achieve the ultimate orgasm. The rest I can provide/deal with.
nevada commission ruled about half an hour ago not to give tyson his license.. dang, i was really looking foward to watching that fight.. oh, well maybe in another state..or country.. mav.-
Scorpion,
You excuse bad behavior and blame the media for Tysons tantrums.I thought this discussion was over, but apparently you want to keep it alive by making false accusations. A review of my posts in this thread will clearly reveal that I have never attempted to excuse Mr. Tyson's public behavior, and I've never blamed it on the media either. Why have you chosen to mischaracterize my statements?
The only point I've been trying to make is that we should not judge someone's character unless we are confident that we have all the facts necessary to make such a judgment. It is my opinion that there are insufficient facts available to the public to make such a judgment. It appears that you believe you can judge someone's character based solely on media coverage. We won't agree on this, so there is no need to discuss it further.
Hopefully this is easy enough for you to understand.What I understand is that personal insults, mischaracterization of other's statements, and an apparent egotistic attitude won't help you win debates, but it certainly does shed light on the nature of your personality.
The conduct you've exhibited in this thread reminds me of the conduct of JWs I was forced to associate with as a child. Good day, Scorpion.
nevada commission ruled about half an hour ago not to give tyson his license.. dang, i was really looking foward to watching that fight.. oh, well maybe in another state..or country.. mav.-
Scorpion,
144000-and-witlessWeak and childish insults do not advance your argument, and they illustrate an apparent lack of maturity. Maybe you should follow your own advice, "think before you post."
You have assumed a source that you believe an opinion was drawn from me and that can be a dangerous thing.The quoted sentence is unintelligible, so I'm not sure what point you were trying to make. The only assumption I've made is that you and the others who posted derogatory comments about Mike Tyson have never met Mr. Tyson in person, and, accordingly, you have formed your opinions based solely on media coverage. You have corroborated the validity of that assumption with the following statement:
It is the way he has carried himself in public and on TV that I arrive at my opinion of the jerk.In another thread, you made the following statements:
Freedom starts when one uses the mind that God gave them. . . . [I]t is good to double check all the information put out in the Revealer just as it would be good for every Jehovah's Witness to double check all that they are told to believe as truth by the Watchtower.The Watchtower is not the only publication and/or media that should be questioned. Media organizations have been known to slant the facts and show 10-second out-of-context soundbites to advance their agendas. You should extend your well-founded suspicions concerning the veracity of the Watchtower to all media sources. The lesson I got from my years of forced childhood servitude to the WTBTS was to question all authority.
Mike Tyson may very well be an even greater jerk than the media portrays him to be. Nevertheless, I would postpone making judgments about the character of other human beings until you have all the facts.
Finally, I will not communicate with you further if you continue to utilize personal insults and attacks in your communications. I'll extend the same courtesy to you as I do to Mike Tyson; I'll avoid making judgments about your character based soley on the conduct you've exhibited in this thread, and assume instead that such conduct is merely indicative of a hasty (but human) reaction to my previous posts.
