I know everyone here is only living in the past -
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That reminds me I missed out Martin Barre from Jethro Tull
hello ya'll.
was just listening to great guitar music from some of my favorites.
who are your all time favorites?
I know everyone here is only living in the past -
That reminds me I missed out Martin Barre from Jethro Tull
hello ya'll.
was just listening to great guitar music from some of my favorites.
who are your all time favorites?
Anyone who knows will know my No.1 is.....
Dave Gilmour. other greats include
Richie Blackmore
Randy Rhoades
Tony Iomi
Jimmy Hendrix
Neil Young
Steve Howe
Pete Townsend
etc. .....
my amazing wife surprised me and bought tickets for us to hear richard dawkins tonight!
he is giving a lecture with someone and then they are having a q&a session.
anyone have any suggestions for questions i could ask?
I actually feel jealous :)
What an awesome gift.
an elderly sister passed away recently.
family came to her memorial service from all over the country.
some of them, including grown-up, disfellowshipped children of hers, also came.
i can understand why someone who was born of jovie parents would want to leave jovie world.
i can see why someone who had joined jovie world would want to leave.
after all, why would you want to stay in such an evil institution?.
i just had an invite to a district convention later this month in calgary (i guess they get to clean up the saddledome before the stampede, lol).. they gave me a leaflet asking "why did jesus come to earth?
" so i asked them "so why did he come?".
"well, he came to save us".
i took a quick trip to the store and i happened to see a young man (about 26-28 years old) who got baptized about the same time i was leaving- about 2 years ago.
a couple of pioneer sisters found him in the door to door work.
one of them, a very attractive girl.
i can understand why someone who was born of jovie parents would want to leave jovie world.
i can see why someone who had joined jovie world would want to leave.
after all, why would you want to stay in such an evil institution?.
Same reason why anyone would join a cult or even vote UKIP............
Simple answers to complex questions
Psychological hot buttons being pressed
Feeling of knowing something others don't / superiority over others
Sense of belonging
i guess the branch isn't happy with the amount being sent each month since we are way lower than our loan amount.
we now have to another financial survey to see the max amount that can be given.
it is "encouraged" for all to be in attendance and give much forethought and consideration to the amount you can donate each month.
i believe that the religion will remain stagnant due to their achilles heel, the kids, the children, that next generation.. most of them really don't wa t to be in the religion.
the parents may have tried everything within their power to make the kids love jehovah but we all know you can't force someone to love you and you can't make a grown person stay in a relationship or situation if they really don't want to be there..
Many children of JW's may go through a phase of not wanting it, but they still stay, even if they don't entirely believe it, because it becomes their way of life, their social life, their normal paradigm.