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  a closed mind, a requirement?

  by peacefulpete in

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  galatians opens with the direction to not listen to opposing religious views.

  it goes so far as to say that even if they (ostensibly paul and his party) or an angel from heaven presents another opinion, they must refuse to listen even then condemning the messenger as an enemy.

  ironically this very obstinance is condemned among the jews in the bible, when they supposedly refused to listen to the new direction from the christians,jesus and even the angels who according to the story announced this new faith's arrival.

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  Phantom Stranger

  Sorry, I'm not listening to you.
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  Give Iraqi Children Some Toys

  by Perry in

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  chief wiggles (2003, operation give)

  chief wiggles is a member of the utah national guard stationed in iraq and keeps a widely read online journal (web blog).

  while on duty in bahgdad, chief wiggles noticed a little girl crying on the other side of a barbed wire fence at the location where he works.

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  No toy guns, I hope.

  This does look great - I'll add it to our list!
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  What're Yall Reading?

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  i'm reading dave barry's "tricky business" right now....it's a hoot!

  so...what're yall reading?.

  frannie b

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  Neuromancer is actually a very good science fiction novel - one that Gibson wrote that helped define a new subgenre of sci-fi called cyberpunk (which is reflected in the Matrix series - without Gibson, no Matrix)

  My description of cyberpunk is that it uses vividly descriptive writing and spends little time or words elaborating on technology in the background - it just puts weird things in there and lets you figure out what they are. In other words, Gibson assumes the readers are smart.

  I had the pleasure of hearing Gibson do a reading at Powell's a few years back - really neat guy. His recent book, however, seems no weirder than the reality around me - maybe we have
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  What resurrects, the person or a perfect copy?

  by JH in

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  2. beliefs

  i remember my boss asking me once this question, since he knew i was a witness.

  he asked, "what resurrects, the body, the soul, what?.

  he knew that witnesses believe in the resurrection of the dead on earth, in a different physical body during the millennium.. i told him that it won't be the same physical body, and maybe won't be identical, but it's the same person.

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  Phantom Stranger

  It has come to my attention that my use of the word "childish" above, towards the behavior of AlanF and Maverick, was offensive in a manner that I did not intend, and that it caused unneeded and unintended offense.

  I apologize for that, it was irresponsible communication on my part. Better words could have been chosen to communicate the issue at hand. My apologies to all concerned, and to the readers.
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  Got Guts ?

  by gentlesoul in

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  2. friends

  my first topic post, i have read in the past many post asking who they liked the most well who do you not like from the past and present ?

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  Who do I not like from the past and present?

  There are people in the world I don't like...or whose actions I consistently tend not to agree with, or which I tend not to respect. I do my best to keep it a moment-by-moment thing - I don't think that putting that in writing and displaying it to the world is a positive act.

  I do my best to separate actions from individuals...although the Bush administration makes that difficult...
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  1995 "generation change", what were your early thoughts and what was said ?

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had been long gone by 1995, had i still been in , this would of definitely sent me packing, when the magazines came out in i believe nov 1995, what was your first or early reactions.

  what was said from the platform and by the watchtower about this ?.

  could someone please post the articles ??????

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  I left in 1986, so I was wating to see them flip-flop on this one, which of course they have, along with so many other issues. But I missed it until recently.
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  cell phones for kids?

  by franklin J in

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  2. family

  i have a lovely 12 year old daughter who is a very good kid.

  she has been asking for her own cell phone because all of her friends have one.

  my wife and i have been resisting giving her one because we think it is too extravegant an item for her"who do you have to call"?

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  Yeah, I finally got a radio when I was like 16.

  I didn't develop any musical tastes or knowledge until at 19 I got a job in a stereo store.

  Of course, my sis was agitating for her own landline...
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  how does one carry out an investigation in the organization?

  by topanga in

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  Phantom Stranger

  What are you talking about? Are you asking how to use the WTS structure to find truth? Are you wanting to know how the elder arrangement adn the judical committee arrangement can help bring things into the light of day?

  Or are you asking about something easy - like peace in the Middle East?
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  cell phones for kids?

  by franklin J in

  1. social
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  i have a lovely 12 year old daughter who is a very good kid.

  she has been asking for her own cell phone because all of her friends have one.

  my wife and i have been resisting giving her one because we think it is too extravegant an item for her"who do you have to call"?

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  Based on my friend's experiences as parents, it seems to be a great tool for safety and keeping in touch. She might get busted text-messaging in class and lose it... but oh well.

  You might want to get a prepaid phone, and require her to budget the minutes each month - hide a lesson in there. :)
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  Should The Age Of Consent Be Lowered To 13?

  by Englishman in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  at present the age of consent in the uk is 16. .

  in spain the age of consent is 13. .

  the argument i have heard put forward is that a legal age of consent has little effect on younger people.

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  Euphemism, your comment about "most boys' first experience" being with an older female - I am not agreeing or disagreeing, but I would be fascinated to know if you have any citations or references for that. It's true for me personally, but I hesitate to project that over the population at large...

  Somethihg worth remembering (which Simon alluded to) is that there's what we would prefer, and there's what the kids are gonna do regardless. The law ain't gonna keep their pants on - but it might serve to keep the adults out of their pants, and that's a worthy goal.

  Age at first intercourse is similar in the US and five other countries: Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden, yet all those countries have teen pregnancy rates that are at least less than half the US rate.(9) Sex education in these other countries is based on the following components: a policy explicitly favoring sex education; openness about sex; consistent messages throughout society; and access to contraception. From http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/sexedtext.html