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Mephis
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Favorite Music Video
by WildTurkey in.
what is your favorite music video?
after shes my cherry pie, i like foo fighters learn to fly
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Would you call JW HQ???
by DATA-DOG ini have a friend who is still in.
this friend is a partaker, but has serious doubts about the org.
this friend wants to stand up as a man, and wants to call wtbts hq.
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Mephis
Fair play to your friend for wanting to see change. But, as others have said, the results will either be disappointing or your friend will find themselves in the back room answering the loyalty question. If your friend is willing to challenge evasions, misstatements and outright falsehoods, then s/he's showing that they're not being loyal to the GB. And if s/he isn't willing to challenge and push then what is his/her hope for the conversation to accomplish?
It doesn't really matter if you give name, congregation or claim to be the appointed if the GB wave the apostate stick in your direction. There's enough already who've been down that road to show that.
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The Bible Does Not Say - But ...
by berrygerry inpainfully reading an article of may 15, 2015 (extra-simplified edition) and again observed this phraseology: the bible does not say, but .... so, did satan hope to tempt her with the luxurious palaces of pharaoh and abimelech?
did satan think that she would betray her husband and even jehovah by marrying one of those kings?
the bible does not say, but it is very likely that the devil would have been overjoyed if sarah had lost the opportunity to become part of the messiahs family line.. .
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Mephis
It's an invitation to speculate, but only in the direction which best fits the point a piece is trying to make, which also seems to serve the purpose of pulling the reader away from a bit of critical thinking over the substance of what is being said.
eg what the Bible does say is that it was Abraham's idea on both occasions to pretend she was his sister and both Pharoah and Abimilech were more than happy to send her on her way once they found out Abraham had been lying. What has Satan do with this in the first place?
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Pacquiao vs Mayweather
by Clambake ini have a ton of filipino friends and this is huge.
manny is a huge underdog but it is literally good vs evil.
go manny .
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Mephis
Clear for Mayweather. Bar a couple of rounds, Manny didn't even get close. Not even sufficient to justify the rematch. Horrible man, sublime boxer. -
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Would you give your life for those that shun you?
by Esse quam videri in'no one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.'.
many have been hurt by the practice of shunning.
family members, [former?
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Mephis
I don't have any hate or animosity towards my family, who all remain inside. But it is 20 years of shunning this year. These people are strangers to me now. My actions would be based upon whether I would do it for a stranger on the street. Sometimes that means 'yes', other times that would be a 'no'.
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Pacquiao vs Mayweather
by Clambake ini have a ton of filipino friends and this is huge.
manny is a huge underdog but it is literally good vs evil.
go manny .
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Mephis
Dislike Mayweather the man intensely, for the obvious reasons, but he's a marvellous boxer. Think he'll win on a split decision - just so they get the re-match. Manny's still got that lingering suspicion of being on the juice for a period, so I wouldn't call it 'good vs evil'... Wondering which Manny will turn up on the night, the more recent one hasn't looked anything like as impressive as the one who knocked Mosley out. Hope he does well all the same and tests Mayweather properly. -
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New Scientology Documentary Banned In UK
by defender of truth inposted in: religionposted: april 19, 2015. new scientology documentary banned in uk for fears of libel claims.
when it comes to the scientologist movement, many are aware that, due to their money, power, and influence, it may not be the best idea to mess with the group for fear of libel claims and legal action.. .
a new scientology documentary, which was due to be aired in britain by sky atlantic, has now been banned for fears it will ruffle the wrong feathers.. the new film, directed by alex gibney, which claims that scientologys practices at their u.s. headquarters were abusive and violent, is shelved due to the fact that northern ireland is not subject to the 2013 defamation act.. john travolta, a scientologist himself, also slammed the new film, speaking to reporters about it, he said, ive been so happy with my experience in the last 40 years...that i really dont have anything to say that would shed light on (a documentary) so decidedly negative.. the leaders of the scientology church have also condemned the film about them, saying it is, one-sided, bigoted propaganda built on falsehoods and informed by former members whom it calls misfits.'.
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Mephis
Would think that any grounds for a libel suit would rest more with specific allegations against individuals (one in particular) in that documentary. There's nothing preventing fair comment or criticism of religions. Even those allegations could be broadcast in the UK if someone was willing to make it stand up as being true in court. Actually a shame no-one is willing to go to bat for it if the evidence is there to support the allegations. Unsuccessful libel cases can be spectacularly damaging (eg Irving vs Lipstadt/Penguin, Aitken vs Guardian/Granada).
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New Scientology Documentary Banned In UK
by defender of truth inposted in: religionposted: april 19, 2015. new scientology documentary banned in uk for fears of libel claims.
when it comes to the scientologist movement, many are aware that, due to their money, power, and influence, it may not be the best idea to mess with the group for fear of libel claims and legal action.. .
a new scientology documentary, which was due to be aired in britain by sky atlantic, has now been banned for fears it will ruffle the wrong feathers.. the new film, directed by alex gibney, which claims that scientologys practices at their u.s. headquarters were abusive and violent, is shelved due to the fact that northern ireland is not subject to the 2013 defamation act.. john travolta, a scientologist himself, also slammed the new film, speaking to reporters about it, he said, ive been so happy with my experience in the last 40 years...that i really dont have anything to say that would shed light on (a documentary) so decidedly negative.. the leaders of the scientology church have also condemned the film about them, saying it is, one-sided, bigoted propaganda built on falsehoods and informed by former members whom it calls misfits.'.
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Mephis
It's not 'banned', Sky just don't want to be pulled into a legal battle over it and so won't show it. If they find another tv station willing to fight the ensuing libel case with them, the documentary makers will get it shown. Simplest defence of a libel case is 'it's true'. -
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Theocratic Warfare - Is it in writing?
by cappytan ini'm just wondering if the theocratic warfare doctrine is anywhere in writing or if it's a word-of-mouth kind of thing where it's mentioned at elder's school, but not put in writing.. anyone?.
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Mephis
As well as numerous WT articles on it, I recall a couple found in Kingdom Ministries during the 90s. Most recently, it's slyly referenced in a letter addressed to Elders advising them that they should talk to authorities without getting permission from Brooklyn or Branch Office first. One can even look through child custody information for how it gets applied in custody cases.
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How important do you believe education and knowledge is?
by new hope and happiness inhow educated are you?
and how great is your vocabularly ect ....?.
do you think ir right to judge people by how intelligent/ educated they are and how much vocabulary they use???.
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Mephis
Education is the process, not the end result. Mine doesn't stop. Keeping in touch with the latest ideas within my field is essential. I also learned how to hang wallpaper properly last week which was equally as useful.
Was fortunate in some ways to have hit the right age when a formal academic education (in theory at least) was a matter of conscience much more so than it is now so I took that option because I had absolutely no desire to get married, nor of pioneering, nor of taking up a building trade to provide free labour to WTBTS. There's a terrible confusion in the WTBTS where they've managed to delude themselves that an academic education has become the cause of people leaving and so they've loaded up on all the supposed negatives. I'd have left regardless. Of my peers, one out of the 11 is currently still in and none of them went further than high school. But it was my education which did it? Nah. Asking questions was what did it; wanting to learn about new things was how I was born.
An academic education may not be for everyone. At university level, it's very expensive and you will likely have debt from it in many countries. On the flipside, it opens up a lot of opportunities which otherwise are either much harder or impossible to have. And I personally found it a huge help in growing up as an individual, having self-reliance, as well as the skills which came from researching, writing and discussing, living abroad to study, getting into music A&R for a period and making many friends from all kinds of backgrounds. Learning so many new things was good too. Also beer and girls but beer and girls were present away from university too.
Not pushing my children too hard to try and do the same route. They'll have their own views on what they wish to do when they leave school. But would never put them off it either, even if it isn't a traditionally vocationally relevant subject. They hit 18, their choice, their life and I'll support as best I can. My major hang-ups are when people get denied the opportunity to make an informed choice about something rather than how many or few letters are after their name.