Phantom Stranger

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  Does anyone have a copy of God Makers?

  by shotgun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's about mormons but is supposed to be an excellent way to show dubs the similarities in thinking and control.

  if you have a copy i'll send you money for shipping.

  pm me.....thanks .

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  Phantom Stranger

  Powell's dot com baby

  http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1565077172-0
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  "'Cause breakin up is hard to do...sha na na na na na..."

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ladies and gents:.

  how do you end a relationship with someone kindly and efficaciously?

  limit your answers to relationships with someone you have been seeing for under 3 months.

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  And tink is smart and knows that you had the kinda in there... and is being a good friend.

  Sex is everywhere, Brad - relationships are not, and you are the kind of guy who doesn't need the sex as much as he needs to learn practice creating responsible adult relationship.
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  "'Cause breakin up is hard to do...sha na na na na na..."

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ladies and gents:.

  how do you end a relationship with someone kindly and efficaciously?

  limit your answers to relationships with someone you have been seeing for under 3 months.

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  Thanks, tink...for cleaning it up :)

  Do or do not, Brad - there is no try.
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  "'Cause breakin up is hard to do...sha na na na na na..."

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ladies and gents:.

  how do you end a relationship with someone kindly and efficaciously?

  limit your answers to relationships with someone you have been seeing for under 3 months.

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  Phantom Stranger

  Brad,

  w/all due respect, JFDI.
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  Exercising Freedom

  by Sentinel in

  1. social
  2. current

  today is a big day here in the state of virginia.

  many positions are up for election.

  i have been a voter since around 1984, when i was 39. it was a strange thing for me, when i pulled that curtain shut.

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  You know, piph, the author Robert Heinlein had a simple method for voting. He said, "You may not be able to decide who to vote for... but you can always decide who to vote against."
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  "'Cause breakin up is hard to do...sha na na na na na..."

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ladies and gents:.

  how do you end a relationship with someone kindly and efficaciously?

  limit your answers to relationships with someone you have been seeing for under 3 months.

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  So, Bradley, are you hanging out here when you should be firing somebody? Just curious...
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  Exercising Freedom

  by Sentinel in

  1. social
  2. current

  today is a big day here in the state of virginia.

  many positions are up for election.

  i have been a voter since around 1984, when i was 39. it was a strange thing for me, when i pulled that curtain shut.

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  I agree with the statement that if you didn't take part in the process, then you don't have the right to bitch about the results.

  I am all for voting, and I am all for being involved in campaigns and such. "Not capable of directing my own step" my ass.
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  Online judgementalism

  by logansrun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in my year and a half as a member of a couple ex-jw forums i have seen what i perceive to be a massive error on both my part and the part of others.

  the mistake is this: judgeing someone simply from their on-line personality and statements.

  i see it time and time again.

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  abbadon, I respectfully disagree - even though time might smooth out some of the errors.

  First of all, most communication between two people in each other's presence is not verbal. 55 percent is visual - our body language, our positioning, our appearance - 38 percent is how we sound (tone, cadence, pauses) and seven percent comes from our choice of words.

  Second, many (if not all) linguists believe that written language changes how we think - the words, and the part of the brain that works with written language, activates different neural pathways when writing than when speaking. We go down different roads when typing.

  Of course, you don't have to believe me - just try dating online for a month, without phoning or meeting until you have exchanges 10 (or 100) e-mails. You will discover that the person you create in your mind is far, far removed from the person you meet. A person who reads like your perfect match may annoy on the phone so much as to be disqualified during the call. Or on the phone, everything's great - but in person, in two seconds you know it's not right (and that is not all about attractiveness in a physical sense). Our minds fill in the blanks - but with minimal data, we're usually wrong.
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  If You Could Start A Rumour About The Witnesses, What Would It Be???

  by minimus in

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  Phantom Stranger

  That members are well-adjusted, openminded individuals who value free thinking.
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  Disassociation and Ray Franz

  by greatteacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone think that the rule which states that "associating with a disassociated person is a disfellowshipping offense" was created to disfellowship ray franz?

  the reason i ask this is because i noticed that the watchtower published many articles with that rule at the same time period franz left bethal, but published nothing about it before around 1981.

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  Phantom Stranger

  You might also remember his work on the Aid to Bible Understanding book...