my 9th grade daughter has an "in school" boyfriend who is jw.
"in school" because she is not allowed to date yet, only go out in groups, and he, of course, is not supposed to be attached to any girl, especially one who is not jw.
he is actually a very nice boy, but he is so confused.
I don't think you have to worry about him turning your daughter into a JW. If anything, your daughter will prevent him turning into a JW.
If you can do one thing, give him the addresses of websites like this.
He might not be old enough to have started looking himself yet, but sounds old enough to be able to understand stuff once he see's it.
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
here's the chance to finally find out what we suspected all along:.
are you evil?
find out at http://www.emode.com/emode/tests/evil.jsp.
Damn, I'm just a little evil...
Always the case; I used to get 'must try harder' on my school reports.
I am also a Wild Thing (Naughty or Nice), a Silly Flirt, and have an Emotional IQ of 130...
I also have work to do...
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
hi friends,.
i have been overwhelmed by the number of witnesses contacting me on the net lately.
traffic to the site has more than tripled since feb. 1999, and i am getting tons of email every day.
Rex B13;
If you persist in posting in a manner that shows you to be a sane considerate human being, I might have to accept I have a malformed opinion of you. I'm not saying you care what I think, but that's the first time I've read something by you and thought 'right on!'.
I don't think it was a relevent question either.
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
any of you fasted before and if so, for how long and the effects of the experience upon the mind?.
maybe i must eat more too.. peace.
celtic
Celtic;
If you don't eat, short-term your body clicks into this real cool 'hyper' mode, and this makes it feel good not to eat. But that's the short term effect.
You don't realise you are getting pulled down. I know from experience that I suffer badly from emotional problems if I don't eat properly for a sustained period. I get depressed and dissatisfied.
Corpo mens corpo sanis (not sure of the spelling of that) is true as it ever was; 'A sound mind in a sound body'.
If you have ANY problems with how you feel about yourself, depression, whatever, look at the machine that holds your mind first.
If you're not eating properly, then solve that FIRST. I'd be surprised if you didn't feel a lot better very quickly.
Once you get into the habit of eating irregulary, it's hard to break, but to break the cycle of feeling bad, eat regulary.
If you start using food as a conrol mechanism, you risk the slippery slope that ends up with living in residential accomodation with a lot of skinny teenagers having food forced into you.
Control your life by aiming to feel BETTER.
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
if evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.
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if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.
D wiltshire;
Your main beef seemed to be the lack of definative closure in some areas of scientific theory.
Now you admit that you 'don't claim to understand God's ways'.
Are you saying that there is a lack of definative closure in some areas of the theory of god? You seem to admit that you cannot prove or understand all of it.
Beware of attacking others' beliefs when you don't understand the logic of your own!
8-)
We've actually believed the same things as you; the theory of god, the inspired Bible, the whole shebang, and now we don't.
We didn't stop believing because we were sulking - you are just swallowing Dub (and fundy) propoganda if you believe that.
We stopped believeing because we found the evidence for the theory of evolution was far more convincing than the evidence for the theory of god.
To have someone who obviously still believes or would like to believe in the theory of god act like our 'beliefs' are weak and unfounded, when they just have a smattering of knowledge about those theories, is a little annoying.
We know the holes in your theories; if you are willing to say 'I believe, because I choose to', well, good for you for your honesty.
But if you attack our beliefs, know the chapter and verse. I wouldn't attack yours if I couldn't do so from a position of knowledge. I'd just end up looking silly.
Chapter and verse and your mention of the Bible brings us the next topic... is the Bible inspired of god?
You have faith. Why? Because of the proof, or your desire that it be true?
I would love to respond to a new thread from you on this subject...
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
if evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.
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if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.
Mommy;
Your comment;
"I am more confident in humans now, especially those who don't have a belief in god."
Harsh but fair, sad but true.
I'm nice 'cause I want to be, not because big skyman will give me gold star. I'm talking about 'random acts of kindness', not things you might get payback on other than in the general what goes around comes around thing.
If an atheist is doing something for no reason, he or she probably just likes doing things for people.
Many Christian's are not that cynical, but sometimes you encounter this cold, 'doing it coz it Gawd's will you stinking sinner' Christian, that would probably make JC cock his Glok and chamber his Uzi, so to speak.
I don't mean you DW, and I don't call a passing sentence a reply... in case you wondered...
Keep on rocking in the free world...
I'm sure I replied to this... maybe I just imagined I did...
Anyway, when I was married, me and my ex had the best sex ever, both times (pregnancies not sex, silly).
She could come from penetrative sex when pregnant... and was more sexual as well.
Other women I know generally admit to being rather horny when pregnant.
My girlfriend is afraid she'd get all fat if she was pregnant, but I think that's just daft, as pregnant women are very sexy! Not that I subscribe to Milking Monthly or anything, it's just the curves and the life and stuff...
Keep on rocking in the free world...
if evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.
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if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.
D wiltshire;
I am curious at your lack of reply. Do you see it as I see it, a three way split between god being a bastard, god not being bothered, or there being no god?
If we can agree on the insoluble nature of the evolution vs. creation debate as regards initial origins, I think there is profitable discourse to be had on the logic of the resultant position.
If my summary as given above and at slightly greater length in the post you've not responded to yet is incorrect, I'd be interested if you'd point out where.
I'm not asking you to tell me WHICH one is correct, but just to agree or disagree that it is a three way split as I've outlined. If you can site reasons for disagreeing (such as proof that god is concerned and benevolent, which would mean there are four options as distinct from the three I've outlined), all the better.
I'd like to point out that this is the point you started caps locking and being rude (at least to my perception) when you thought I wasn't responding to you. Maybe you are composing a reply at length...
I do hope so as it would be disappointing for you to do what almost every other theist has done at this point in the conversation (I've done this before), and that's walk away, as the answers they come up with are not the ones they like. The ones that don't do that simply say everything they've said again, seemingly for their benefit and edification, as taking it from the top sure as hell doesn't change my opinion.
Maybe that last sentence is dogmatic AND haughty (is that what they mean by multi-talented?)... maybe you will reply... maybe I'm going home...
All these questions and more will be answered in tomorrow's edition of jehovahs-witnesses.com...
8-)
if evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.
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if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.
D wiltshire;
Looking forward to your reply when you have the time.
Keep on rocking in the free world...
this is the original letter i received from the wt branch office in the netherlands.
it's in the dutch language.. i will also submit an english translation.. wachttoren postbank 183765. ing bank 66.43.24.533. bijbel- en traktaatgenootschap.
noordbargerstraat 77 7812 aa emmen nederland .
Exmormon; This is all to do with JW's being registered at the UN as an NGO, despite them saying the UN is the Scarlet-coloured wild beast of Revelation. It came up about six weeks ago, the branches got deluged with enquiries, as did the UN's DPI, and the JW's withdrew from the NGO a month ago. The threads on this are still active.
Hoi avenger. Ik ben Engels, mar i woont naar Tilburg, and thatsabout all my Dutch!! Hoe gaat het?
Keep on rocking in the free world...
