actually i'm happily surprised and elated that my san francisco 49ers are still alive !
what a game for the ages, jesus.
and i must send my condolences to all of you pittsburgh , new orleans, and green bay fans out there.
Lots of upsets (Saints and Packers gone??? C'MON) so far, but Brady looks nigh unstoppable. 40 minutes to kick-off and it's going to be 2 great games today.
As much as I like the NHL, the NFL playoffs are pretty great too. It's ONE game, FOUR quarters and that's IT. No 2nd chances, no 7 game series, and usually 80,000 people watching. It's really a Romans carnival all over again :)
the issue surrounding tebow and his public praying, as well as those who pray over their meals out at a restaurant, got me thinking a little about 'rules' in this matter.. and i think that some people have overlooked something.
christ said not to be like the pharisees and hypocrites who 'showboat' their prayers, out in public, seeking praise from others.
if you pray in private, there is no 'showboating'.
I'm not sure Christ giving thanks in public in front of a few people can be compared to praying on national american TV, with about 35 million people watching..
Edit: and giving thanks for food is a tad different than giving thanks for the pointless and offensive pastime of football..
this question occurred to me the other day.
the classic jw presentation is all about how religon starts wars in gods name, how awful they are blablabla, and how soon god will end all these wars.... with a war!
wtf?.
Well, you certainly can't beat the sort of logic that comes of cognitive dissonance, tec. Kudos!
this question occurred to me the other day.
the classic jw presentation is all about how religon starts wars in gods name, how awful they are blablabla, and how soon god will end all these wars.... with a war!
wtf?.
@tec : "For one, God will not kill an innocent."
Wow, really? You HAVE read the Old Testament, right? Plenty of innocents dying by God's direct command in that collection of books..
wtf?
i thought no way they'd name an article that.
wow.
breakfast: they've flipped-flopped on that idea (whether the anointed will remain on earth before Armageddon starts/end) quite a few times.. not a total surprise..
(i posted this on another forum, but am reposting here to see what you all think!
thank you for bearing with me.
.... in one book, "the watchtower's coming crisis" by daniel rodriguez (amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/watchtowers-comin ... 606&sr=1-4 ).
I've wondered about this for a long while, as the Scripture where JW's take the Jehovah's name (some where in Isa. 43 ?) applied only to the original nation of Israel. Fast forward to modern times, and the JWs have the practice of applying the (fore)shadow doctrine for the original Israel nation to the new "spiritual" nation of Israel ("Israel of God").
Naturally then, anything that applied to the old nation of Israel only applies rightfully to the spirtual nation, or the 144,000. Thus, a non-anointed JW cannot rightly use Isaiah 43 as backing for taking God's name as identification. Only those of the anointed could properly be called Jehovah's witnesses.
former vice president cheney says he's worried about stability in iraq after us forces leave.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-vice-president-cheney-says-hes-worried-about-stability-in-iraq-after-us-forces-leave/2011/12/13/giqaa7abro_story.html.
bangalore.
.
Exaclty...
former vice president cheney says he's worried about stability in iraq after us forces leave.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-vice-president-cheney-says-hes-worried-about-stability-in-iraq-after-us-forces-leave/2011/12/13/giqaa7abro_story.html.
bangalore.
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As liars lie, I'm fairly certain that Cheney only cares about the state of his account balances, and NOT the security/stability situation in Iraq.
now theres, sound of music, its a wonderful life, philadelphia story, the great esacape... what else though?.
National Lampoons X-mas Vacation is my vote. Classic of all time.
the 2012 yearbook has released the publisher statistics for the 2011 service year.
a scan of the report can be found at http://www.jwfacts.com/images/2011-publisher-report.pdf and i have started updating the graphs at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php.
as expected, it is following on from similar trends to the last 15 years.
11,824 partakers, eh? What a joke..
