just relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.
of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.
" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?
I think that was very kind of you to give them your input and time and that you were respectful but frank with them.
I think your suggestion to the man to ask the elders about child abusers within the congregation is an excellent one. It's a benchmark too. I would also suggest that he ask them to let him know if any future abusers join. That way, if anything ever happens to any of his children, he has some ammo with the authorities. It also puts responsibility on the elders.
incredibly, fred franz once announced at a district convention: "yesterday a sister approached me and said, brother franz, why do we have to keep our children up so late just so they can attend the meetings?
i responded sister ***, would you rather have a tired child or a dead child?".
*cue rapturous applause*.
i wrote a cosmology theory using an expanding particle shaped as a perfect sphere.
in the bible jesus christ speaks of this particle in his parables.
this is good news!.
{ filling in for poopsie ;0) }
nasa's probe "new horizons" was launched in 2006 and since then has been speeding across 3 billion miles of space to the most distant planet in our solar system.. the first pictures arrived today with higher resolution images due tomorrow.. i fu~~ing love science.. more details from the bbc here.... .
Ok, so I have a question which has been on my mind for a while.
Why is it that all the other planets' moons have coolio names but ours is simply 'The Moon'.
Can we not come up with an awesomely cool name for our own natural satellite? Sheesh!
How about using lunar deities, such as the Greek goddesses Artemis, Selene (Phoebe is already in use as one of Saturn's moons)?
Any other ideas?
was it designed?.
rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.
symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.
hi guys,.
i might go to the meeting.
i stopped going in my heart properly in nov 2013, but i went to a couple of meetings to support a love one that was df'd and tried to teach them a little ttatt.. now another df'd loved one is coming to see me today and will likely encourage me to try and get ri'd, and i want to support her.
Kate said: I am really looking for feedback. I know my daughter won't want me to go. But I would love gossip to get back to my ex I am back at meetings for a laugh lolKate xx
There are so many other more positive, creative, and joyful things to do than this.
so, on another thread, about pluto, grreat teacher said something that speaks to my feelings about religon.
"i've kinda been sad since pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet.. you talk about 9 planets and all the little kids at school will correct you real quick and tell you that now there are only 8 planets in the solar system!".
nothing in the universe has changed but the opinion of men.
Sooo... this is not exactly aligning with the topic here but... years ago a colleague of mine gave me a Pluto sticker.
The caption on it read "100% Dog"
Now, I think, any 'normal' female would have been highly insulted by this sticker.
I thought it was rather humourous myself. I had to consider the source. He was an older Chinese gentleman and English was definitely not his strong suit.
hi guys,.
i might go to the meeting.
i stopped going in my heart properly in nov 2013, but i went to a couple of meetings to support a love one that was df'd and tried to teach them a little ttatt.. now another df'd loved one is coming to see me today and will likely encourage me to try and get ri'd, and i want to support her.
Hi Kate ... I think you need to ask yourself how you feel going back now that you know TTATT. If you can stomach it then sure.
I honestly have a very difficult time stomaching a KH. One of the reasons for me is that the local pedophile is still in my Dad's previous congregation. Back in 2010 was the last time I attended that KH and yeah, that douche bag was there. I had to go to take my Dad to a funeral... I mean 'memorial service/advert for JWs' for one of his friends (Dad wasn't able to drive at that point).
If I were in your shoes I'd suggest to my loved one that we meet after they've gone to their meeting to discuss things. Of course, if what you are discussing is the JW meeting then I guess you probably should go.
I would not. But that's me and my circumstances/stomach.
Let us know what you decide and how it goes. Maybe try it once and see?
waiting on higher resolution photos from wifibandit.. but here is the (redacted) notification from the company.
apparently they take photos with a potato.. (the billboard directs folks to http://jwawake.com ).
of course it's easy to criticise the bible for all manner of serious flaws, but it fails on a more basic level.. it is just a terrible piece of literature.. this piece on "southern skeptic" is well worth a read.. god is a terrible writer....
I have never been able to get through reading the entire book.
The so-and-so begat so-and-so section stops me in my tracks every time. I guess as a kid I tried to relate myself to the people documented in the Bible but was unable to. So now I just use Google / Bible Gateway to pull out specific scripture.
I do love using scriptures that are rather shocking with believers since most of them have never read the Bible either.
A couple of my faves to use are:
Song of Solomon 2:3: As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Ezekiel 23:20: There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
