(sorry to interrupt your peaceful day).. i just had an interesting talk with a jw friend of mine.
during this talk i was explaining to him why i was reluctant to be baptised a jw.
we got into many lengthy discussions on various topics.. one thing we discussed was jehovah (duh!
Hey Ianao,
Did you rear about the two guys in the woods who came across a bear? One guy asked the other what he was gonna do. He said he was gonna run. The other guy said, "you can't out run that bear." The other guy answered back, "I don't have to, all I gotta do is out run you." You sound like the guy whose going to come in second place to the mean old bear. Don't worry the bear ain't gonna eat you up.
Works - Running. Faith - The bear is nice.
(sorry to interrupt your peaceful day).. i just had an interesting talk with a jw friend of mine.
during this talk i was explaining to him why i was reluctant to be baptised a jw.
we got into many lengthy discussions on various topics.. one thing we discussed was jehovah (duh!
There are 5 pages addressing your question on the Main menue under the subject "Who realy is the FDS?"
the society and the witness.
the witness and the society.
the society said nothing but.
Departmental by Robert Frost
An ant on the table cloth
Ran into a dormant moth
Of many times his size.
He showed not the least surprise,
His business wasn't with such.
He gave it scarcely a touch,
And was off on his duty run.
Yet if he encounter one
Of the hive's enquiry squad
Whose work is to find out God
Ane the nature of time and space,
He would put him onto the case.
Ants are a curious race:
One crossing with hurried tread
The body of one of their dead
Isn't given a moment's arrest-
Seems not even impressed.
But he no doubt reports to any
With whom he crosses antennae,
And they no doubt report
To the higher up at court.
Then word goes forth in Formic:
"Death's come to Jerry McCormic,
Our selfless forager Jerry.
Will the special Janizary
Whose office it is to bury
The dead of the commissary
Go bring him home to his people.
Lay hin in state on a sepal.
Wrap him in shroud in a petal.
Embalm him with ichor of nettle
This is the word of your Qween."
And presently on the scene
Appears a solemn mortician:
And taking a formal postioon
With feelers calmly atwiddle,
Seizes the dead by the middle,
And heaving him high in air,
Carries him out of there.
No one stands round to stare.
It is nobody else's affair.
It couldn't be called ungentle.
But how thoroughtly departmental.
this one was sent to me by my other daughter.
> in the hospital the relatives gathered in the.
> waiting room, where their family member lay.
Mickey's quotes remind me of the WT quotes from 1879 to the present day. Stay ready! Stay ready! God's about to dish out a heavy dose of destruction. Hey, I followed their advice. I've been pioneering for 120 years now.
look!!
over 10,000 posts.. great place to meet and exchange ideas.
thanks for a job well done.. seven
Now wait one darn minute here, I AM the head of my house. I make all the major decisions, and ZAzu makes the minor ones. I decide how to reduce the National Dept. I decide foreign policy. Zazu takes care of the little details, like where we are going to live and what kind of car we are going to drive.
Glad I had a chance to clear that up, and JAVA I'm sorry I wasn't around earlier to defend our majestic role in the household. I was busy telling my friends how to reduce the price of oil.
the society and the witness.
the witness and the society.
the society said nothing but.
Trever,
I like a poem by Robert Frost: Departmental, about ants, but really about organizations, more prophetic of "The Organization" than the Bible ever was.
hey all, hope you're having a great year so far.. before witnet was closed down, there was an interesting discussion regarding the fds and their failed prophecies.
i asked a question, but unfortunately there wasn't enought time to get everyone's view.. so i'll rephrase my posts, and wait to hear from y'all.. if we are so quick to say that the fds is a false prophet because of some failed prophecies (even tho they say they don't prophecy, we all know better) then how would you explain the bible book of jonah?.
a faithful prophet, jonah, followed (after much trial and tribulation to himself) jehovah's command to declare destruction on the city of nineveh.
RR,
I am curious as to your opinion of my thoughts that are just above yours.
i'm wondering if you still attend meetings?
do you hold out hope for the watchtower organization?
if you've left entirely, have you found another form of worship?
Thinker's Wife,
I find it hard to accept a compliment. I just hide behind my silliness. Thank you so much for your kind words.
i'm wondering if you still attend meetings?
do you hold out hope for the watchtower organization?
if you've left entirely, have you found another form of worship?
Hey Thinker's Wife,
Actually, we are freaked out wierdos with strange ideas, but we keep it to ourselves as all strange people should.:) :)
I might be crazy, but I ain't real dumb.
You know I just like to have fun, and I haven't had this much fun since the eighth grade picnic.
hey all, hope you're having a great year so far.. before witnet was closed down, there was an interesting discussion regarding the fds and their failed prophecies.
i asked a question, but unfortunately there wasn't enought time to get everyone's view.. so i'll rephrase my posts, and wait to hear from y'all.. if we are so quick to say that the fds is a false prophet because of some failed prophecies (even tho they say they don't prophecy, we all know better) then how would you explain the bible book of jonah?.
a faithful prophet, jonah, followed (after much trial and tribulation to himself) jehovah's command to declare destruction on the city of nineveh.
JT,
I have appreciated all of your writings to us, and I was especially drawn to your last one about organized religion and the fear they use to keep people in line.
They may not say these two statements on the same Sunday. They may separate them them by a week or two, but the basic message is: "God loves you and it you don't believe it he's going to kill you."
I am supposed to made in God's image. That's not the kind of message I would send to my children.
