Amused,
I appreciate your honesty. I think many were in the same boat.
in the mid 1960's a non-jw uncle of mine was at high school and enthused about the woodwork, electonics and metalwork he was enjoying.
when i asked mother about it she said "oh don't be silly, armageddon will be here long before you go to high school".
as it was i enjoyed high school but left to pioneer as soon as i legally could in 1972 (aged 15 and just in time to pioneer before the big a).
Amused,
I appreciate your honesty. I think many were in the same boat.
finally have the time to type more than a sentance.... .
my name is, mike warren... that's my real age in my profile...& yes that's my real pic.
though i was never baptized, i was raised in the silly religion... my parents started their study in early 1974 (at least i got 1birthday &1 christmas, not that i remember...) mom was baptized in less than a year after she started her study... it took my father about 7-8 more years to give up smoking, but he still made all the meetings & ruled with a leather belt.. i also have a younger sister that has faded (she got baptized).
Looks like Humboldt County is a good fit for you! Ah, the 70's at Humboldt State!!
as an able apologist for jw dogma, i am wondering whether you give me answers with scriptural backing for a few questions.
in other words, whatever your answer is i would like scriptures to support the answer.
i hope that is not too much to ask.. (1) was charles taze russell ever the "faithful and wise steward" assigned to give people their "portion of meat in due season"?.
An excellent post and discussion!! Thank you All!
Watson
does anyone here remember the societies black and white "docudrama" that came out in the 60's?
i believe it was on national telivision.
i can still see a scene or two, but don't remember the name or premis.
Thank you Wasa, that's the one. I wonder how Angelo is doing. Dynamic speaker. One of the few that would keep me awake when I was a youngster.
does anyone here remember the societies black and white "docudrama" that came out in the 60's?
i believe it was on national telivision.
i can still see a scene or two, but don't remember the name or premis.
Does anyone here remember the Societies black and white "docudrama" that came out in the 60's? I believe it was on national telivision. I can still see a scene or two, but don't remember the name or premis.
you've heard about jesus.. you've choosen to believe or not to believe.. you've accepted jesus or you haven't.. let's say jesus came down now for his people.what would you do or say to jesus if you now know he is true?
(keeping in mind that god is the judge and some people will go to heaven and most will burn in hell!!).
blessedstar
ROTFLMAO
"how could the dinosaurs have lived in the deserts of the middle east?
he said that about 2 weeks ago.
"i knew they were supposed to have lived in louisianna and texas but i've become skeptical because they want me to believe they could live in the sands of arabia".
I had the pleasure to meet Rush a few times on business matters. Always a gentleman. Quite different than his on air personality. He is responsible for changing the face of radio (talk radio) in this country. Before Rush, talk radio was nowhere....and yes, he is in it to entertain and make money.
does anyone remember being taught that the wts got into trouble way back when for using someone else's music w/o permission?
i swear i remember reading or hearing from the platform their excuse that they didn't remember the melody was used by someone else and it was an honest mistake.
something about them using parts of some other church's hymns in the kingdom melodies....something like, "a musician hears many songs and doesn't memorize them all.
How pleasant to see brothers....all dwell in unity....
ab-adee, ab-adee, ah, that's all folks.....
are you watching world events unfold before your eyes?
iraq is receiving a liberation from ancient backward politics and a ruthless criminaly minded dictatorship.
boy geoge has stuck his foot in the middle east, to the amazement of virtually the entire planet.
If the militant Islamists start blowing up the innocents in the streets of the US, I fear for their families back home..........
as shown by the text below, the 7-headed wild beast has a name.. 16 and it puts under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, 17 and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.
18 here is where wisdom comes in: let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a mans number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
of course the beast's "number" is "666" -- but that's not it's "name".
First of all SHYTE (shite) is a real word. I should know cos I use it all the time.
The word "shite" has class!