an older man and wife - ray and mary - got chatting to me today.
they were tourists admiring local wildlife.
i gave them a few tips on where to go to see some interesting things and it wasn't long before they were telling me about how awful the world is "nowadays" and paradise yadda yadda.
Cofty, well done. Sounds like you planted some seeds, particularly about the ARC and the pedophilia issue. It is very interesting that they continued chatting with you after you told them you were no longer a Witness. I guess they didn't have any literature on them that they wanted to share with you.
edited to add: They can probably still count their time though. ;0)
i live between two cities that are big enough to have their own metropolitan trolley cart arrangements organised at circuit level.
the 3 congregations at the hall i attend have trolley schedule noticeboards.
i see trolleys in the high streets and markets locally.
I have yet to see these carts in real life. Maybe they need to stand outside:
a) A major grocery store
b) Nursing homes
c) Shopping Malls
d) Gas stations
e) Restaurants (preferrably sushi)
f) A major hardware store
g) Wal-Mart
h) Tim Horton's
he was the school overseer but they relieved him of that to allow younger elders the privilege of the job.
now he is depressed and actually shed tears, believing his worth has diminished.
Village Idiot said: SafeAtHome, that illustration depicts an event that's supposed to occur after the Millennium where some of Paradise's people turn wicked and threaten those who are faithful.
Interesting. So this is supposed to go down in Africa then, due to the presence of the lion there in the middle of the pic. (Heaven says as she rolls her eyes).
wow lepers could at least cry out unclean unclean
In ancient times, if a person was afflicted with something terrible, they were deemed to be 'unclean' or 'unworthy' as clearly, God had smote them for some trespass.
We now know that conditions such as leprosy are not from God being angry with the person but have very specific causes.
Leprosy specifically is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis and is curable using antibiotics.
atheists, deists, or believer.....basic philosophic ground .
either good exist, or has never been, or is dead.
those are he the three basic premises that we all humans must take a stand to.
The ancients thought God to be all things, both good and evil. Christians are the ones who separated the 2 because logic dictates if you are good, doing evil negates this.
I can supply personal experiences that good does exist. As for God, this was the ancients way of defining the undefinable. Even present day believers who do not understand how something wonderful has happened conclude 'God did it'.
"Every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic." -- Tim Minchin 'Storm'
hi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
And welcome JSO.
hi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
Woodstock?
What's with the random lion placement in the middle of the pic?
just wanted to post here real quick, as many have joked about it.
we had an announcement in our cong last week about the upcoming one day assembly.
the title of the assembly is "imitate jehovah".
How does one imitate nothing?
