Topics Started by race andros

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Need a native English speaker to proofread my personal statement
by will-be-apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
greetings to all of you :) finally, i gathered some courage and finished my personal statement...at least it's in its most final state it ever was.. i would like to ask somebody, a native english speaker to proofread it for me because it may contain some mistakes.

post it here if you have 10 minutes to help me out, and i'll pm you it.. thank you in advance :).

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Those who vote, do you stay loyal to your party?
by EndofMysteries in
1. social
2. current
i was ready to vote today but i found out i had to be registered 30 days in advance, i missed the mark by 4 days.

anyway, even though i selected a party, i was on quite a few votes going to vote for other parties.

here is why, i was looking up the websites of each candidate.
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Anyone here a Cartholic?
by LogCon in
1. jw
2. experiences
cartholic.

someone who only believes in god when car keys are missing, car won't start, police lights are in the rear view mirror, car is getting annual inspection, there's traffic when he's late.. sally: john's an atheist right?.

ted: no, he's a cartholic.
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Do we know for sure what happens after death?
by Yondaime in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
christian denominations say we go to heaven, witness say we stay alseep until ressurection.

quran says when we go we grt 72 virgins, unless we blow some people up.. .

i'm not really concerned with death atm, i'm not dead.
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A few questions for believers
by keyser soze in
1. jw
2. friends
when confronted with all of the inconsistencies and atrocities of the bible, many believers invariably claim that they don't base their faith in christ on what's written in the bible.

so what is the basis then, if not scripture?.

and please don't tell me "the lord has revealed himself to me".
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piket this
by race andros in
1. jw
2. friends
imagine 'fire,' ohio players on boom box, me in sandwich board says 'religion snare racket,' big sign sayn jw.facts, on mcclintock and freeway near king hall, tempe, az.

dont know laws and such, but willing to go out in 'service' anytime.

join me.
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Obama Calls For Collectivized New World Order
by Dis-Member in
1. social
2. current
obama calls for collectivized new world order"people are anxious.... the old order isnt holding"during a fundraiser in seattle this week, president barack obama called for a new order based around a collectivized system in order to quell peoples concerns about geopolitical strife and the economy.. people are anxious.

now, some of that has to do with some big challenges overseas, said obama, adding, but whether people see whats happening in ukraine, and russias aggression towards its neighbors in the manner in which its financing and arming separatists; to whats happened in syria ... to the failure in iraq for sunni and shia and kurd to compromise ... to whats happening in israel and gaza..... part of peoples concern is just the sense that around the world the old order isnt holding and were not quite yet to where we need to be in terms of a new order thats based on a different set of principles, thats based on a sense of common humanity, thats based on economies that work for all people.

... but here in the united states, what people are also concerned about is the fact that although the economy has done well in the aggregate, for the average person it feels as if incomes, wages just havent gone up; that people, no matter how hard they work, they feel stuck.. .
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The problems Bible believers have with Atheists is the burden of proof is on the Believer and we just do not have enough proof.
by booker-t in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i recently posted a post telling this board my athesit coworker stumped me with questions about the validity of the ark story and i just cannot stop talking to her.

i love hearing her side and point of view which in the past i would have dismissed as "satanic" thinking.

she has some very good questions and i am having a hard time answering them.
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when is the memorial this year??
by quellycatface in
1. jw
2. friends
apologies for being so thick.i haven't been to one since 2004!!

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Theists, why does God allow suffering..
by The Quiet One in
1. watchtower
2. bible
..specifically, the suffering of animals.

you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.