TrueTomHarley

Ford had just pardoned Nixon. After a bruising several months of the Nixon Presidency under assault, people ate up Ford's promise of better times ahead and the words he used to describe them.

At a convention I attended, the speaker worked his way through end-time themes, before holding aloft that morning's paper with the huge headline:  "Peace and Security." 

"Have you seen today's headlines?" he cried.

It was irresistible. I would have done it, too.

It will absolutely happen. But there have been false positives along the way.

5 hours ago, Cos said:

On the issue of 1 John 5:7, I once, long ago, studied this gloss, which is considered by scholars to have been a marginal note that found its way into the text , which is easy enough to happen, without any ill intent as some try to claim. People have always made notes in their Bibles just as most people do today.

The difference in whether the star witness is a liar or merely incompetent lies solely in whether he will do jail time or not.

Imagine: The only direct mention of a Trinity is either fraudulent or inept.

3 hours ago, Cos said:

20 hours ago, Gone Fishing said:

Many "practicing "Roman Catholics (and other religious adherents for that matter) do not grasp their systems.

Gone fishing,

 

That is quite a broad statement, one that I do not share.

You would challenge that? Do you know what a broad statement is?

"All practicing Roman Catholics do not grasp their systems" would be a broad statement. But "many?" You have a problem with that? Would you concede that some do not understand their systems? 

27 minutes ago, JW Insider said:

when you see these things, lift your heads up because you know that your deliverance is getting near

Or get someone to help you lift it up in case you are getting up there.

Well - heavy things are afoot these days in the news. Maybe they will make all other points moot.

30 minutes ago, Gone Fishing said:

finding out it was a spurious insertion led me to reject previously held Trinitatarian concepts, (school-sourced), and to accept Jesus teachings on the matter

Why would such a verse be inserted into Scripture anyway? 

Could it be anything other than a scribe reading and getting madder and madder and madder that his favorite doctrine is nowhere taught in Scripture, save by taking obvious figures of speech literally?

1 hour ago, Otto said:

If you listen to the video with the society explanation shows you the scripture they reasoned it out on...why is it wrong in your opinion?

 

You seem to want scripturpal proof of what a generation was in the bible...where is yours to show what jesus thought a generation was?

Exactly. Otto is right on. There is an explanation offered and it makes sense.

If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. But don't carry on as though it were never offered.

Oh YEAH??!!!!

It was originally done with an AMC Javelin, and yes, there was a lot of math.

Some are calling this the greatest filmed car stunt ever. I had no idea.

https://jalopnik.com/the-james-bond-corkscrew-jump-was-the-first-computer-mo-1711459704

47 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

Interesting fact about this scene... It was CALCULATED to work, and only attempted once.   It worked exactly as per the math said it would.

Nah, there's a pile of 105 wrecked Hornets behind the trees.

In fact, rather than dribble it out slowly, I'll shoot the wad right here:

http://www.tomsheepandgoats.com/2010/11/american-motors.html

28 minutes ago, Anna said:

The windows are all broken, the door boarded up...well you get the picture. ...So guess what, the other night, after our extensive discussions of spirits and demon possession, I go and take the dog for his nightly walk as usual , but I never went near the house this time because I was spooked! ...And yet I felt scared and weird about going there that night. I swear I could have seen Norman’s mother peeking out of the window, lol. Talk about mental suggestion! .... If you think I am wrong then go and watch a horror film (I am not really suggesting you do that) and then go and walk down a dark alley or visit an old grave yard in the middle of the night.

BOO!!!!

Sure, I'll talk cars for a while. I really will, for who doesn't like cars?

Moreover, few know more about American Motors than me.

James Bond jumps a river in his AMC Hornet X, all the while spiraling a complete 360 degrees around. An Astro Spiral Jump! None of those pampered pricey “pretty boy” cars came close to such a stunt. Could a Tesla do it? Don't make me laugh.

It was plain ol bread n butter American Motors what done the deed. 

 

I see you also posted about AMC and some movie deals.

AMC means something very different to me. Some of whatever mental agility I have stems from having to defend our family's choice of vehicles. AMC built some of the most hideous looking cars on earth. And also some of the coolest.

We favored the hideous.

Not to mention Amazon, which was roundly condemned for showing little profitability, plowing proceeds back into the business for the longest time for the sake of long-term growth. Many an activist investor would have thwarted this.

(these two posts might sound like I am being antagonistic. I am not. Just trying to contribute to the thread. I appreciate all you do here to bring up new topics.)

1 minute ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

Soon enough ... in about a year, we will ALL KNOW.

"Just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait!"...

OH HO HO! Henry Higgins, down you'll go, Henry Higgins!!!"

Just you wait!"

"Wake up, dogs, wake up! At such an hour you are sleeping and taking your rest? @James Thomas Rook Jr.Is ridiculing God's organization again. You may have to do more than rearrange his furniture this time."    ...   TopCat O'Malighan

8 hours ago, Michael Krewson said:

An activist investor is an individual or company that invests money in another company it believes could be performing better

'Performing better' is the key phrase. It is performing better by whose standards? Long-term growth, short term raiding the piggy bank, or gouging? 

Martin Shkreli's company purchased purchased some pharmaceuticals (including Rochester's Bauch & Lomb) and raised the price of epipen six-fold. That helped it perform better. 

We better catch some shuteye, Otis. JTR is at it again. Something tells me we're going to get a call from TopCat O'Malighan tomorrow 

Next time it may not be just your furniture, @James Thomas Rook Jr.

I just got a call that @James Thomas Rook Jr.has been insulting God's organization again. He may have to learn the hard way.

6 hours ago, Gone Fishing said:

6 hours ago, JW Insider said:

I can't tell what this is about. Can you explain?

TTH bashing???

Yikes! Could it be? Do I not have feelings?

1 hour ago, Jay Witness said:

Did the 1st century christians or apostles get degrees in the Christian ministry?

Show it to the householders. See it if sweeps them off their feet.

Ah, well. It is what it is. I think I got something or other years ago at the Pioneer School besides just the group photo, though I could be mistaken. I never it up on my office wall, though.

On 9/24/2017 at 4:49 AM, JW Insider said:

she should know that Joseph Smith of Mormon fame also had his start in the Burned-over district.

I, who am from the area, have never heard this term. However, it IS true that the concluding speaker at a Syracuse District Convention several years back observed how everyone present had imitated Acts 28:12.

Putting into port at Syracuse, we remained there for three days; 

1 hour ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

It was just my stunned disbelief at your reasoning processes that prompted , as always, my response.

1 hour ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

YO MOMMA is SO FAT, she has lesser fat women in orbit around her !

How's that for someone's 'reasoning process?'

You know, I feel a little mean when I imply - make that 'say' - that Caleb and Sophia are more mature than you. I'm not a mean guy by nature, and I hesitate to do it.

There have been times when I have been very conciliatory and respectful of you - you know I have. If you have some crap in your background, I have even sought to 'feel your pain,' just like Bill Clinton.

It does no good. Your immediate response is some tirade as hateful as ever toward theocratic organization. So it must be, I guess. "Fire when you see the whites of his eyes and fire when you don't!"

What about sometimes just going to the door to meet and converse with people - and forget all about the kingdom? Is there ever a place for this? It was the conversation this morning in our car group.

Not as a regular thing. As part of a learning curve. Not all of the friends have 'people skills' yet they've volunteered for a work in which it is vital - or at least it makes the job go more smoothly.

Just visit to meet neighbors. If they ask why you've come, tell them you're a Witness but you aren't there to talk about that unless they want - 'My people skills aren't what they could be and I want to improve them' you could say.