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  Reasons why libertarians should not vote for Bush....part 1 of a series

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. current

  reason # 1 -- do you really want this man to appoint supreme court justices?.

  reason # 2 -- patriot act i .

  reason # 3 -- patriot act ii.

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  My JW Grandmother died

  by KGB in

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  2. friends

  well my jw grandmother died...am i sad ?

  i do have to wonder if she is not facing jesu right now and being shamed for all the hate towards her grand children simply because they were not jw.

  i only had a realtionship with her for about a year and it was only for short moments on the phone if i had happened to be over at my mothers when she called my mom.

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  Cheers for advice on quiting smoking!

  by be wise in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it has been a while since i posted for advice but i haven't had a cig now in 6 weeks.

  cheers for everyones helpful advice.

  the best advice has been just to recognise that i had a problen -that i was dependant rather than just not thinking about it.

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  questions about 1975 and other dates

  by Leander in

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  my wife and i were discussing the date of 1975 earlier this week and she basically was of the opinion that the individuals who thought the end was coming in that year came up with the date based on their incorrect assesment of published information.

  i replied that would it make sense for thousands of people across the continent to sell their homes and all of their valued possesions if they really had the slightest doubt that armageddon was not coming in 1975. she did'nt have an answer for that retort but still she insisted that somehow these people must have made a mistake in their judgement.

  so for those of you who may have lived through the 1975 fiasco and those who have in-depth knowledge about the events that took place in that year maybe you can answer a few questions for me.. how widespread was the belief that 1975 was the year of armageddon?

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  Drug Legalization

  by Euphemism in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, well there haven't been enough heated political debates here recently, so let's start another one... j/k, mods!

  seriously, if i could get intelligent replies to this thread, rather than hyperactive fulminations, that would be much preferred.. my question is, how do you feel about the decriminalization of recreational drugs?

  whatever you feel about the morality of using drugs, and taking as fact that the abuse of drugs is harmful, we're currently spending billions of dollars a year in a losing war on drugs, and in the process creating a whole criminal substructure that thrives on selling smuggled goods.. so here are my suggestions.. 1. allow the sale of recreational drugs to adults, exclusively at licensed and regulated establishments (along the lines of liquor stores).. 2. require that all drugs be carefully labeled with the exact amounts of all active ingredients, as well as a comprehensive list of all inactive ingredients, just as is required of pharamaceuticals.

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  Grandparents rights

  by Swickley in

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  2. friends

  i left the cult over 25 years ago and never looked back.

  sadly, my daughter has recently returned to "the freakin flock" and now my granddaughter is being indoctrinated.

  i am no longer allowed to even see her unless my fanatical jw daughter supervises every word -- and then its only once every 6 months for a few hours.

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  Looking back today, What is your biggest "disappointment" about being a JW?

  by run dont walk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me it has to be my family, there not stupid, i was a little kid (the youngest) during the 1970's, all my brothers and sisters were in their teens/20's, what didn't they see ??

  and why don't they see it today ??.

  truly baffles me,.

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  Do you believe in Armageddon ??? Watchtower sure scares them good !!!

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  alot of discussion referring to the new book released learning from the great teacher, and the scene of armageddon page.

  what a pile of garbage, how could the society justify in publishing such pics.. if/when armageddon comes (which i doubt), it probaly would not take more than one minute.

  i cannot see people running around screaming in terror, with their clothes torn and beating each other up, like the watchtower portrays, just another scare tactic for the watchtower.

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  Voting Bush out

  by Jayson in

  1. social
  2. current

  what is the best campaign stratagy to win against him?

  be serious this is to win the minds of american voters not to polerize them against you.

  otherwise it's a plug for him.. i think that the one real weakness is unemployment in america.

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  Are You Afraid That You Will Die at Armageddon?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  the watchtower constantly threatens us that we must be on guard or else.

  are you afraid that you will die at armageddon??

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