XPost: alt.religion.jehovahs-witn, talk.religion.misc   
   From: GrandpaTDhot@mail.com   
      
   "Ida Luvdem & Knight Ryder" wrote in message   
   news:yQ98b.9325$6Q3.7061@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com...   
   >   
   > "Mark Sornson" wrote in message   
   > news:3F60D84F.F6E8366@zk3.dec.com...   
   > > >   
   > > > No lack of interest seems to be implied, rather lack of participation.   
   > >   
   > > That depends on how you define participation.   
   > > Whose standards are JWs supposed to meet?   
   > > Their own, or yours?   
   >   
   > $$ THEIR own or the WTs? Let's get honest here.   
   >   
   > > > But the JW org recommends, in its literature, that "spiritual" (read:   
   > JW)   
   > > > interests should come first.   
   > >   
   > > Right. To us, that is the clear message of the Bible.   
   >   
   > $$ To *US?* How can you speak for all JWs? Did they make you their   
   > spokesperson on Usenet? You make them sound like a huge group of mindless   
   > LEMMINGS all following the leaders (the GB) into the sea.   
      
      
   I think it's a lake of fire burning with brimstone.   
      
   Gramps   
   Move the @ ahead of hot to email me.   
      
      
      
   Why not admit   
   > that not all JWs agree with this idea but are forced to comply so as not   
   to   
   > stumble others, or rock the WT boat? Just because they can't vocalize how   
   > they feel doesn't mean they agree with the WT's self-interested teachings.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Eddie & Edie....   
   > Please observe that everything that is alive will die. That includes   
   > all plants, animals, bacteria, and especially mankind. Our wonderful God   
   > has given us Cancer, M.S., A.L.S., Birth Defects, Blindness, Polio,   
   > Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, and all the other wonderful gifts. Since God   
   > created all things, he also created all the severe disease germs he   
   > blessed mankind with. (pinched from Gator)   
   > ==========================================   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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