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patriot......the only country i would live in is new zealand....it is beautiful, it is a slow pace of life and it is pretty neutral when it comes to world factions......... i too knew people who lost their lives last years tradegy.....and a girls uncle who was on the second plane that hit..i went to 3 funerals becasue of it...it iwas horrible....and i sooooo surprised that uk has not been hit by these so-called holy warriors yet as they are so closely connected with the us.. anyway....talking about beer...a great bar in manhattan is the ginger man on 36th street between 5th and madison..you should check it out !
the only country I would live in is New Zealand
come on Lucid...admit it....it just wouldn't work out. You'd move there and then after a couple of months you'd get on a local web board and would start bad-mouthing all the New Zealand sheep. After a while, you wouldn't be welcomed there either.
looks like someone on this forum hates this word hope.
hope is a great thing to have for all christain.. it is one of the best things a true christain can have.. the bible gives us alot of hope.. lets use it in our everyday lives.
we have bible understanding threw research do we not?
Bleep...
I don't think hope is a bad word...it's just not the best word. To me, hope has an air of 'iffyness' about it, something 'wishful', maybe even 'dream' like. I remember my JW friend always using the word 'hope' in discussing life after death. One day I finally said to this friend...I don't just 'hope' there's life after death...I have faith there is, I just know it. (Now for all of you who don't believe in God or life after death, please go have a drink and say to yourself..."whatever").
To me faith is a stronger word...to me, it's meaning is more an assurance, conviction, confidence. I must say, though, in your defense, since I been on this board and have learn a lot about JW beliefs I can understand why you use the word hope. With the belief that after death, maybe God will remember you (and maybe not) to resurrect you...that probably is the best word for you to use... hope - as in an iffy proposition.
Edited by - Double Edge on 2 July 2002 16:33:28
o.k, now that i have your attention, things are getting very ugly in here, uglier than usual.
it is really starting to bum some people out, including me.
so with that in mind, i thought it would be nice to start a thread about something that feels good.
P.s: I had people tell me what an idiot I was for returning that money but it really was 'nt mine.
Your the type of person I would be proud to call a friend. Those other people I would trust with a used toothpick.
here is a link to a web site where you can entire download bibles and commentaries for free!
douay-rheims 1899 american edition.
hebrew names version of the world english bible.
That's great Rev. Thank you.
i for one actually agree with the comments made by invisible, americans on the whole are a nation that dominates the world through bullying.. america is the big kid in the playground nicking everyones lunch money.. i live in the us but will move away soon.
what happened on 9/11 was unbelievably , god awful and so sickening that i cant watch those planes hit the twin towers without feeling nauseated.. this may hurt but.........america brought his on themselves.
the world has had enough of their politics their machoism and their greed.
I live in the US but will move away soon.
Can you leave today? Can I take you to the airport? Do you need help with your luggage?
what do americans in general actually really know about the big outside world outside of their own culture?.
it's certainly not just me, but for years since early childhood in fact, it has been commonly accepted by many, that americans in general are the biggest ignorant fools residing almost anywhere on the planet, yet they still do their damndest to have everyone believe what a great nation they are.
is it even beyond their comprehension how foolish they look often to the rest of the world, the fact that they have so little understanding of problems on the worldwide front?.
Where were the Americans at the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Kursk, El Alamein, Sinking of the Bismarck, Defence of Singapore and Burma ??
We were building up a virtually non-existant army of 140,000 men to several million. We were constructing defense plants to turn out more planes, ships, and munitions than the world has ever seen, a lot of it being sent to England on a lend-lease program that was never paid back (nor was it ever asked for or expect to be). We were also wondering why at the end of WW I, England and France made such impossible reparation demands on Germany .... in a large part, but for that, there never would have been a Hitler, nor a Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Kursk, El Alamein, nor even a Bismarck to sink. (Then again, we never would have found out what great allies Great Britain and the USA have become.)
Was he the American pilot in the film "Pearl Harbour" who won the Battle of Britain all on his own?
You're right about that...I'm a history buff, and that part of the movie stood out like a sore thumb. The magnificent bravery and courage of the British pilots can never be overstated...I think Churchill said it best...."Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Edited by - Double Edge on 2 July 2002 14:36:36
sometimes political orientation is described through a left-right axis only, which is obviously inadequate as it tends to associate gandhi and stalin, and make pol pot a radical and hitler a conservative.. this is a good, short test that asks you a number of questions and places you on a two-dimensional axis.. take it here: http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/.
i took the test and got the following result:.
your political compass:economic left/right: -1.12. authoritarian/libertarian: -6.21. that is, centrist with a slight leftist bent, strongly libertarian.
Very interesting...thanks JanH. For the record, my scores:
Economic Left/Right: -1.38
Authoritarian/Liberal: -1.60
Edited by - Double Edge on 2 July 2002 13:41:19
jw mischief in san pedro california and i need your help!!!
anyone know elders in this area???
rosibudi
Rosibudi:
I think you need to be more specfic as to what it is that you want.....your post is ambiguous.
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what is your favorite western movie?
mine are, tombstone, val kilmer was great in it, lonesome dove, and the wild bunch.
The Shootist (John Wayne's last picture re: a dying gunfighter's last few days)
the late and most eminent joseph campbell made a statement in his discussions on myths that it is believed that the angels were made lower than humans.
being a dumb dub, i was taught just the opposite.
has anyone heard this before, and are there any scriptural arguments for that assertion?
Frakel:
Where did you get the Joseph Campbell 'poster'? Most of the screenplay wrting teachers here in L.A. use his ideas on "myth" for storytelling.
