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  Enumerate reasons why the JW's are Hated or Disliked

  by JH in

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  many people hate or dislike the jehovah witnesses.

  the jw's think it's a sign that they have the truth.

  enumerate a few reasons why people dislike them.

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  Phantom Stranger

  A ha. Where is your neighborhood, if I may inquire without divulging details that should remian personal?
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  Enumerate reasons why the JW's are Hated or Disliked

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many people hate or dislike the jehovah witnesses.

  the jw's think it's a sign that they have the truth.

  enumerate a few reasons why people dislike them.

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  Phantom Stranger

  JH, when you say "around here", I figured you meant on this board, and when you said "look at the victims" I figured you meant XJW's.

  Maybe you'd like to share why you hate JW's... or is it the WTS that you hate? All I know is you feel strongly about it, more strongly than the people in my life.

  As Dr. Katz always said..."It's just a question".
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  Enumerate reasons why the JW's are Hated or Disliked

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many people hate or dislike the jehovah witnesses.

  the jw's think it's a sign that they have the truth.

  enumerate a few reasons why people dislike them.

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  Phantom Stranger

  Look, if the people who hate JW's are XJW's, doesn't that kind of mess up the premise of your question?

  It seems to me that you had an expectation and are not willing to adjust that expectation to fit new data. Just how it looks from here... take it for what it's worth...
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  Bush Bash, Anti-gay marrige.

  by SC_Guy in

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  i think bush is trying to screw this country one more time before he's voted out of office....

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  Phantom Stranger

  Ah, Dan Savage can say it so much better than I...

  http://www.theonionavclub.com/savagelove/
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  Enumerate reasons why the JW's are Hated or Disliked

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many people hate or dislike the jehovah witnesses.

  the jw's think it's a sign that they have the truth.

  enumerate a few reasons why people dislike them.

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  Phantom Stranger

  Dan, you forgot one - that they don't believe in Jesus. Where that one comes from, I'm not totally sure (I could theorize) but I heard it a lot.
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  What Do You Connect With Certain Posters?

  by minimus in

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  what do you connect with certain posters?

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  Phantom Stranger
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  Bed hawgs

  by onacruse in

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  geez...last night i try to crawl into bed, and there's like 6 inches of space.

  i push and shove, and kate doesn't give up one inch!.

  ok, so we switched sides, and yet she is still bitchin' at me this morning that she didn't have enough "room on the bed.".

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  Phantom Stranger

  Craig, I think you should work on becoming shorter...
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  Project for the New American Century

  by Cicatrix in

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  i just clicked onto the site while doing research for a totally unrelated subject, and was surprised.

  i've never heard of this think tank, nor heard it mentioned in the media.

  i think i need to read a few more papers and listen to the news more:)

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  Phantom Stranger

  At least they've got Dan Quayle on their side.
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  California Supreme Court and Religious Freedom

  by Yerusalyim in

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  monday the california supreme court ruled that private religious charities with employees must offer birth control along with their medical prescription benefits, even though doing so violates religious principle.

  comments on free exercise?

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  Phantom Stranger

  From the AP story at: http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/01/church.contraceptives.ap/

  California is one of 20 states to require that all company-provided health plans must include contraception coverage if the plans have prescription drug benefits.

  The high court said that Catholic Charities is no different from other businesses in California, where "religious employers" such as churches are exempt from the requirement. Catholic Charities argued that it, too, should be exempt.

  But the Supreme Court ruled that the charity is not a religious employer because it offers such secular services as counseling, low-income housing and immigration services to people of all faiths, without directly preaching Catholic values.

  In fact, Justice Kathryn Werdegar wrote that a "significant majority" of the people served by the charity are not Catholic. The court also noted that the charity employs workers of differing religions.

  Catholic Charities has 183 full-time employees and had a $76 million budget in California in 2002. It does not demand that its workers be Catholic or share the church's philosophy.

  I guess you said it best, Yeru: "Catholic Charities is in the business of raising private money for charitable causes." It's the price of doing business.
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  Awake! - Gripped By Decline ...and Hysteria?

  by metatron in

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  recently, the total printing of the awake magazine has declined slightly - from.

  22, 755,000 to 22,530,000 while this may be temporary, it does coincide with a change.

  in style for this magazine.. .

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  Phantom Stranger

  I suspect they'll find that old, cranky people don't like change much.