no doubt you have heard about the nurse that thumbed her nose to the state and went out of the house in spite of being ordered to stay at home.
what is your opinion on this?.
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Only in America. This person has sure made a big news splash, and unfortunately, it's ramped up the fear factor.
Whatever is known/nor known about the virus, sheesh ... she had 21 days off, I'm sure with pay, and could have just said "what the hell, I know I'm not contagious, but I'll consider this a paid vacation."
Instead, she had to have her RIGHTS! How bourgeousie. PPPHHHT!
Stir the pot, drum up the fear,,, good job.
tal
when i was a hyperactive kid, i used to like boxing, and of course muhammad ali.
he was a great athlete, with a one-of-a-kind style who made a stand for his beliefs.. now that i'm older, i admire athletes that are quieter and get on with the job in hand - joe frazier, for example.. i'd like to put american racial politics and ali's tragic current condition to one side and focus on the following:.
how good a fighter was ali?.
The last fight I watched was Ali-Spinx. I remember when he punched Spinx' jaw and the blood flew - his whole face moved. Like some other folk, I think that he would let Tyson tire, then BAM! Also, Ali would have the psychological advantage over Tyson, wayyy over.
What about Ali vs Jack Johnson? Now, that would be something. Same style of fighting, and, I believe, a more even match, both physically and psychologically.
There's a great documentary about the Ali-Foreman fight "When We Were Kings".
tal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swgzcvh3rns&feature=youtu.be.
she is magnificent!
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according to scripture, none of them ever met jesus.
i was a jw for 20 years and i never knew this!
i thought they were all apostles!
PS. I had to read the Bible cover-to-cover before I got dunked at age 14, too. What a snore-fest that was at times. But still, I never picked up on that.
according to scripture, none of them ever met jesus.
i was a jw for 20 years and i never knew this!
i thought they were all apostles!
I was a born-in, and was forced to study WT publications from sunrise to sunset when I wasn't in school, cleaning offices/home, or preaching, for the first 17 years of my life. I was never taught that, and even now, it's NEWS to me! Of course, I haven't picked up a Bible in over 35 years except to reference some posts here, and tear out a couple of pages in the back to use as rolling papers. :P
I did know about Paul, of course, being converted on the road to Damascus. Who could forget Paul? The first Xtian misogynist, and a leader of the movement! I wonder what Jesus would have thought of Paul's hatred of women? Paul probably would've had Mary Magdalene receive 40 lashes less one, or whatever the punishment for prostitution that he deemed fit.
tal
i am sure people convery to a religion to find peace and spiritual awakening.
i also bet many convert simply for love.
would you to assist " true love" if it required converting to a particular faith?.
I felt secure in my belief as a witness and finished with a girlfriend because I was a witness and now I'm not a witness I think there are similarities between all the Abrahamic religionswhich I think make up 54% of the worlds population.
Ucantnome, yes, you are so correct. All branches of the same tree, imho as well.
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i am sure people convery to a religion to find peace and spiritual awakening.
i also bet many convert simply for love.
would you to assist " true love" if it required converting to a particular faith?.
New Hope, yes, one of my life teachers explained some of the Four Truths to me, in bits and pieces, but it was far too much for me to take in at the time. May I ask which 'school' of Buddhism you relate to? My teacher practices Shambala, for I live in the city of the Shambala Prince, and it is here that Shambala Buddhism has its headquarters. I like some of the ideas of Buddhism, and though I will not embrace it as a religion, would love to study more once I can concentrate better.
I do love the Myoho-renge-kyo chant (not part of the Shambala school), and was speaking to a friend a few weeks ago about perhaps trying the chanting to help with my focus. I find that mindful meditation helps a lot, but still, the pain intrudes on my thought processes.
Though religion is not my thing, I embrace the philosophy of Gaia. And that, well, it feels right. I've always loved nature and animals, druidism, all that stuff, much more than people, so go figure! :D
xx
tal
for fans of older pc games:.
http://glenster1.webs.com/freepcpinballmodsforlo.htm.
it includes carmageddon 1 and 2.. http://www.carmageddon.com/.
Glenster, I have a friend who would LOVE your site, I'll pass it on. He likes the different cars and such, and was just showing me some stuff on his GTA 2 weeks ago when he was working on my system. I really enjoyed GTA and Vice City, too, Morrowind was a pretty good RPG, but for me it was kinda 'meh'. I am a WarCraft III lover! It's really the only PC game that I really got into. Diablo2 is pretty good, and I have a copy of NeverWinter Nights that I'm going to start. It's an older RPG, but has so many levels and facets that there is a lot of game play there.
It would be kinda fun to 'go retro' and play that old paper and pencil game, but I think, hard to find a group of folk to do it with.
I checked out Toegoff's vids ..... interesting, and I'll pass that youtube channel on to another friend who enjoys trying out the older games.
Thanks, you always post interesting stuff. Especially love your movie threads. :))
tal
i had a look in the library last meeting and my hall still has all the bound volumes going right back to the beginning.
including studies in the scriptures.
i thought the order from on high was that these were to be destroyed or taken away?
My father has quite a collection, from Studies in the Scriptures, and most, if not all, of the old Judge's books, right up to the latest CDRoms (well, up to 2010, we haven't spoken in a couple of years). He has all the bound volumes, books and yearbooks, etc. from 1950 forward and more. They are 'family heirlooms' that his JW son and grandsons, ironically, have no interest in owning, which was very disappointing to him. He granted me permission a few years back to catalogue and sell them, but then I got sick, and by the time I was 'up' to doing it, I had cut all contact with my parents. I wish I had done that now. *sigh*
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of coarse any one claiming to be god's son, is pretty heady stuff.
i look at the words that are found john 6:66-70 and picture a delusional person faced with a huge loss in followers because he wasn't able to make his words pleasing to some and he lost them:.
53 so jesus said to them: most truly i say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.+54 whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and i will resurrect+ him on the last day; 55 for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
I never thought of it that way, but hell to the yah!
Someone said that to me about 5 years ago; my only family member with whom I am secretly in touch. *grins* I get strong vibes that he has never really 'believed', and he said to me once, rather wistfully "But where would I go?"
And when I think of it, with a lifetime of being in the b'Org, marrying young, never 'readhing out' to be an MS, but faithfully attending and going in FS only the minimum, yeah, he doesn't believe. But it would be daunting to go out into the world, at 50+, and leave the KH (his spouse is a True Believer, as is most of the family), and all that you knew behind.
They truly do drill this scripture into our heads from birth (yes, we are born-in, my family), and by their isolation of the cult members, reinforce the very real fear of being alone in a world of scary, untrustworthy strangers.
This is not happifying.
xo
tal
