from what i've noticed lately, the wts seems to be explaining everything away with a new approach; that of dumbing everything down to just a couple of key points in their everchanging, contradictory, edicts and doctrine.
they seem to be avoiding 'deeper' scriptural interpretations that invariably get them into trouble with people who actually don't take everything the fds say as absolute truth, and instead are feeding the rank and file and the "doubters" that dare question the changing doctrine, with a couple of what they feel are key "truths".. 1) who else is using god's name today?
2) who else are doing "god's work" of preaching the good news of the kingdom?.
I'm so happy that now all I have to do now is consider those two fine points, and everything makes sense again.. Thanks Watchtower.
wow, you should do the testimonials for the watchtower infomercial :P i dont have anything to add. theyve always seemed stupid to me. i just wanted to say that that quote cracked me up.
never was so much (divine female flesh) ogled by so few (i.e.
just me) for so long (about 1.5 hours)!!!.
goodness!
you went to a fashion show?!?! i am so incredibly jealous!! which designer?
has anyone ever possessed something that you'd swear had a demon attached to it?
we've all been told to watch out for things purchased at flea markets, garage sales.... but did something slip through the cracks and into your home?
my story goes like this: i live in a historic community my next door neighbor found a small grave in her backyard.
Buying underwear or a toothbrush at a garage sale?
EEEW! remind me never to borrow a spare ANYTHING from dr's house! :P ;)
hello to everyone of you on this forum.
i am new here...have been reading this site since january of this year.
i have been raised in the truth and published for 36 years...(yes, i have been very timid about posting...because i am new and because i feel i must have something of value to contribute).. since feb. i have seriously been reconsidering this org.
welcome to the board, codeblue :)
i never really liked this term even when i was heavily in the org.
the brothers tried to get everyone to feel really proud of their "spiritual heritage" like you were looking back at your own family heritage.
i don't know but i never felt that closeness to my "heritage" as a jw.
i never remember hearing that phrase. if i were the WTBTS, i wouldnt want to encourage anyone to check into that heritage too closely. i knew next to nothing about the history of JW's until i left.
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i saw this on msn and it had a bunch of pictures of tennis outfits gone wrong.......... here is one they said was inspired by either batman or a tick..
yeah, it was something like "anna kournikova...really want to know ya...." something brilliant like that :P
obi, check the 'what to be for halloween' thread to see what i'm going to wear on halloween. i'm not tall enough to be anna! :P
ps, check your pm ;)
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i saw this on msn and it had a bunch of pictures of tennis outfits gone wrong.......... here is one they said was inspired by either batman or a tick..
i watched that thing on E!, too! i am so damn sick of that "anna kournikova" song they played every time they went to commercial! :P
how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?
do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?
yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b
Naughtier in person I think...
i didn't think that was possible! :P
us anti-abortionist faces execution
the first man to face the death penalty in the united states for killing a doctor who performed abortions is to be executed on wednesday.
paul hill, 49, is due to die by lethal injection in northern florida, following his conviction of the murder of two people outside an abortion clinic in 1994. .
I take offense hun, that any human being would butcher a human being regardless of the reasons
really? war? self defense? this point has been argued before.
40 million babies since 1973 isn't considered butchering???????
Still an unclean practice to a baby.
a fetus and a baby are not the same thing.
This is like playing russian rulette.
having an abortion is hardly russian roulette. if you want me to post the statistics of deaths caused by botched abortions, i gladly will, but i doubt you want that since they don't support your opinion at all.
Nothing is 100% guarantee except by the practice of absenteenism. Just don't have sex and wait until marriage. Be ready for it.
and what if i never want children? this happens to be the case for me. i should have to go through life without ever having sex? there are so many things i disagree with about that statement that i don't even know where to start.
30 states have partical birth abortion...the following states are
i know i said this before, but i'll go ahead and say it AGAIN....i DO NOT support partial birth abortions except in those rare emergency situations.
how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?
do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?
yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b
I would say other than the fact that i'm a lot less shy here than i am face-to-face, there is no difference.
