as i'm leaving in a bit to go have drinks with paul ehrlich (those of you who've heard of him, yes, that paul ehrlich - steven is so excited!
), i've been trying brush up a bit on his writings, research, etc, and i was just wondering.... the main thing that attracted us to the jws was the promise that the earth would be restored and that all the damage done to it would be corrected.
we've always been environmentalists, but environmentalists that wanted to base their views on good solid research.. were a lot of you attracted mainly by the hope that the earth's problems would be 'fixed'?.
Ah, we've found one of the ones who think the environmental problems are made up by doomsayers, have we?
I am reminded of people who smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day, drink and drive often, and eat fatty foods, and say, "Those nuts don't know what they're talking about, I haven't died yet from any of those things."
except himself, of course, being of the self elected elite he allowed himself to have 5 or 6 kids if I remember correctly
No, he and his wife only have one child, a daughter.
i just thought that i would share my life as a jw.
i was born into this cult in 1973. i was born as a hermaphodite (both sexes) this was of great shock to my parents, apparently the confided in one of the elders asking him what thay should do?
his respones was that i should be made male (the doctors at the time said i should be female) my parent took the avice of the elder and i was the made to be a male.. as i was growing up i beged my parents to allow me to be the person that god had wanted me to be but the elders kept reasuring me and my parent that god wanted me to be a male so that i could one day be a elder or s/overser.. in my teen years it became very apparent that my parents had made a mistake as i would act in a very female way.
The Elder said that males were more likly to have favor
Excuse me while I PUKE
Even after having been a JW, been out all these years, and heard many people's stories, I never stop being totally disgusted at the new things I hear that this organization has been responsible for.
I'm sorry that all happened to you, but aren't you glad you can be yourself now?!
as i'm leaving in a bit to go have drinks with paul ehrlich (those of you who've heard of him, yes, that paul ehrlich - steven is so excited!
), i've been trying brush up a bit on his writings, research, etc, and i was just wondering.... the main thing that attracted us to the jws was the promise that the earth would be restored and that all the damage done to it would be corrected.
we've always been environmentalists, but environmentalists that wanted to base their views on good solid research.. were a lot of you attracted mainly by the hope that the earth's problems would be 'fixed'?.
Personally I have a lot of anxiety lately about the whole matter.
I know. I think one of the things that makes me disgusted about the whole mess, is how some politicians will get up and outright lie, saying that 'there's not really a problem with the environment, it's all just alarmists and 'the radical left.'"
as i'm leaving in a bit to go have drinks with paul ehrlich (those of you who've heard of him, yes, that paul ehrlich - steven is so excited!
), i've been trying brush up a bit on his writings, research, etc, and i was just wondering.... the main thing that attracted us to the jws was the promise that the earth would be restored and that all the damage done to it would be corrected.
we've always been environmentalists, but environmentalists that wanted to base their views on good solid research.. were a lot of you attracted mainly by the hope that the earth's problems would be 'fixed'?.
As I'm leaving in a bit to go have drinks with Paul Ehrlich (those of you who've heard of him, yes, that Paul Ehrlich - Steven is so excited!), I've been trying brush up a bit on his writings, research, etc, and I was just wondering...
The main thing that attracted us to the JWs was the promise that the earth would be restored and that all the damage done to it would be corrected. We've always been environmentalists, but environmentalists that wanted to base their views on good solid research.
Were a lot of you attracted mainly by the hope that the earth's problems would be 'fixed'?
What, if any, is your hope now about such things as overpopulation, environmental damage, biodiversity, etc?
http://www.chuckchamblee.com/dom/fun/yankee_dixie_quiz.htm
closer
44% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.
Yankee vs Dixie doesn't work so well in the western half of the US!
And it's POP dammit!!!
Challenger - I was at college, and someone walked up to our table in the cafeteria and told us. We were horrified, especially because of the teacher.
Diana - I was at a nudist camp in Kansas (yes, really). I remember when I first heard the commentators talking, about a beloved member of the royal family dieing, I thought it must be the Queen Mother. Really surprised when it turned out to be Diana
9/11 - home sick from work.
I took this picture 2 weeks ago, and it's still the same now. No difference.
Oh, good grief, man...I was imagining something out of "Christmas Vacation" (which is how my mom decorates, with gobs of lights inside and out, and a yard full of wooden figurines)! One little puny string of lights? Geez.
I knew about the 12th night thing.
I, being the "Christmas decoration police," put them up on Thanksgiving weekend and take them down on New Year's Day. Them's the rules!
have archeologist discovered the race of jesus?.
his race didn?t matter to us.
and then in genesis 24:37-38, they use my father?s house.
Hey, no problem. Trust me, I empathize...I'm the same way about women being abused and belittled, and people who joke about it or say it doesn't happen, or that those who object are 'over-reacting'.
have archeologist discovered the race of jesus?.
his race didn?t matter to us.
and then in genesis 24:37-38, they use my father?s house.
>Now that's beautiful. Next time you fill out a job app, I would like to see that on there, too. Or go to downtown Tuscon and proclaim that and see what kind of >response you get. I'm not denying the realities of racism in the world today, or in the U.S. Besides, I couldn't make that fly anyway...I'm pretty darn white. I get all excited because I have 'a little color' on my legs, and my husband says, "put those away, you're blinding people!" I was referring to the fact that , as an anthropologist, I know that our original ancestors all came from Africa (there is more genetic diversity in Africa than there is in the rest of the world combined, I think that's kinda cool), and race is a cultural construct. We have more in common than we have differences. I think those differences should be something to be enjoyed, but that's not how it works yet, more's the pity. >Can I have a frikkin moment without a comment (I might've presumed derogatory?) to look at it without the theory being shot down? I wasn't shooting it down. H\I have no doubt that the historical Jesus (assuming he existed) was not someone who would make it through an airport without a body cavity search, or who could drive around in a luxury car without being pulled over by the cops. My comment was on the broader perspective that, "we're all humans, it shouldn't really matter what part of the globe we come from." Besides, I was agreeing with you (I guess it wasn't very obvious).
have archeologist discovered the race of jesus?.
his race didn?t matter to us.
and then in genesis 24:37-38, they use my father?s house.
Dude, we're all of African heritage.
