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  If you speak against the Governing Body you will be punished.

  by punkofnice in

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  this was a comment from the meeting(tm) on sunday.. the person that told me about it, is very confused about the validity of the corporation.

  somewhere between a pimo and a pimi-lite.

  the thing that angered me was that this person has cancer.

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  Just look at this face ...

  
  

  Who could speak against this guy?
  
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  Animals as vegetarians thread continued

  by Crazyguy2 in

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  i found out just last night that back in 2015 scientists discovered a piece of amber estimated to be over 15 million years old.

  inside the amber was a flea, very similar to the size and kind that attack and eat our blood today.

  whats even more astonishing is in the mouth they found bacteria that has the same make up as bubonic plague.

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  Animals as vegetarians - lol

  

  

  

  
  
  
  
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  The Simpson's APU is now NOT politically correct...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ...so he's being cut from the the programme.

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51158261.

  the world is going bonkers!

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  Here's YouTube vid about Apu and an Indian-American comic who wanted him cancelled.

  It's a commentary by a youtuber called 'jlongbone'.

  Enjoy ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLVvQAgiFE
  
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  Only One Destiny for All Christians

  by cofty in

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  the following is an extract from an article i wrote when i left the watchtower 25 years ago.

  it may be helpful in reasoning with a jw about the anointed/great crowd distinction.. --------------------------------.

  to divide people into those with a heavenly hope and those with an earthly one is not a biblical concept.

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  The ressurected Jesus need not defecate - but the pre-resurrected Jesus had to defecate, right?

  Jesus was flesh and blood. Mary gave birth to him via her vagina, in the same way all other humans are born.
  
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  I can just imagine the hype that is going on in Australia about how close armageddon is now with all of these bushfires occurring.

  by smiddy3 in

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  it brings to mind my niece when she see`s how dry the countryside is ,how armageddon must be so close..

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  The following is a good video examining the current bush fire crisis and comparing that to previous bush fire seasons ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxqp1PdAV-E
  
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  Movie Review 1917

  by Terry in

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  movie review"1917".

  i so seldom seek to sit inside an actual movie theater anymore.however ...some films are absolutely tailored for it.life of pigravityavatar3 examples of movies which do not translate to your home viewing...at all.good, bad, or indifferent - some films are visual and immersive.. here is a sacred pronouncement:movies are a visual medium.in the hands of an orson welles (i.e.

  citizen kane) they are a radio play+visual storytelling medium._____.

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  LUHE , I hope you wont be disapointed in "lighthouse" I panned it but my son loved it ? I cant understand it - I don't think the film is for everybody. It may be that I won't like it, I don't know for sure. But I liked Robert Eggers's previous effort, The Witch (2015). I'm definitely gonna buy it on DVD.
  
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  Languages, Dialects, Accents

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  just though i'd start a thread devoted to languages, dialects/sociolects and accents, with the idea being that posters can comment on any language, or dialect or accent of any language, on this thread.. any phrases, expressions or idioms that you find interesting are also welcome.

  first, the subject of english accents came up on another thread.. the british isles have many different types of accent (although many of the dialects may be dying out), and if i start to take a closer look, i can't help but see 'patterns' .... in received pronunciation of standard english, the letter r is pronounced initially, between vowels, and after consonants, e.g.

  red, arrow, break.

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  @Phizzy - It depends where in Ireland and Scotland you visit. All Scottish Gaelic (Gaidhlig) speakers are bilingual in English.

  Most Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) speakers also speak English. There might be one or two elderly Gaelic speakers in Ireland who don't speak English, I'm not sure.

  The areas of Scotland with high concentrations of speakers are the Outer Hebrides, particularly Lewis.

  I'm not sure about which areas of Ireland have high concentrations of speakers, although probably areas in the west of the country would be a good bet.

  Most, if not all, speakers are fluent in English but it would be good to learn a few phrases - even just 'please' and 'thank you' - if you go to a Gaelic-speaking area.
  
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  Only One Destiny for All Christians

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following is an extract from an article i wrote when i left the watchtower 25 years ago.

  it may be helpful in reasoning with a jw about the anointed/great crowd distinction.. --------------------------------.

  to divide people into those with a heavenly hope and those with an earthly one is not a biblical concept.

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  To the best of my knowledge, what is born of spirit is Spirit. Never humans - Jesus was a first century human being who allegedly went to heaven. You're gonna have to do better than that, fella.

  how do you now explain Revelation 21:3,4 that says " Humans " of flesh and blood will dwell forever without dying ? - this doesn't explicitly state that humans will live forever on planet earth. If you maintain otherwise, it is up to you to show us your working out.

  I'm not going to do your research for you.
  
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  Languages, Dialects, Accents

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just though i'd start a thread devoted to languages, dialects/sociolects and accents, with the idea being that posters can comment on any language, or dialect or accent of any language, on this thread.. any phrases, expressions or idioms that you find interesting are also welcome.

  first, the subject of english accents came up on another thread.. the british isles have many different types of accent (although many of the dialects may be dying out), and if i start to take a closer look, i can't help but see 'patterns' .... in received pronunciation of standard english, the letter r is pronounced initially, between vowels, and after consonants, e.g.

  red, arrow, break.

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  So, I'd like to discuss Gaelic further.

  First, the Gaelic numbers and counting system. I mentioned the peculiarities of Arabic numbers previously. Gaelic, too, is bat-shit crazy, although in different ways. Strap yourselves in, ladies and gentlemen, because this is gonna be a fun ride, if nothing else ...

  Gaelic numerals: 1 - 10

  one - aon

  two - dà

  three - trì

  four - ceithir

  five - còig

  six - sia

  seven - seachd

  eight - ochd

  nine - naoi

  ten - deich

  ^^^ No worries here.

  Here are the numerals 11 - 20 ...

  eleven - aon deug

  twelve - dà dheug

  thirteen - trì deug

  fourteen - ceithir deug

  fifteen - còig deug

  sixteen - sia deug

  seventeen - seachd deug

  eighteen - ochd deug

  nineteen - naoi deug

  twenty - fichead

  ^^^ No worries here also. Deug is clearly a modification of deich. A parallel is found in English ten and -teen.

  After twenty, things are still reasonably ok, from an English-speaking point of view. Twenty-one is aon air fhichead ('one on twenty'), etc., all the way up to 29.

  And now is where things start going a bit crazy. Because the Gaelic counting system isn't decimal (based on tens). Oh no, it's vigesimal (based on twenties).

  So, thirty is deich air fhichead ('ten on twenty'). Thirty-one is aon deug air fhichead ('eleven on twenty'). Thirty-nine is naoi deug air fhichead ('nineteen on twenty'). Forty is dà fhichead ('two twenties'). Forty-three is dà fhichead 's a trì ('two twenties and three').

  Fifty is leth-cheud ('half-hundred'). Sixty is trì fichead ('three twenties'). Seventy is trì fichead 's a deich ('three twenties and ten'). Seventy-one is trì fichead 's a aon deug ('three twenties and eleven'). Eighty is ceithir fichead ('four twenties'). Ninety is ceithir fichead 's a deich ('four twenties and ten'). You get the picture.

  A hundred is ceud and a thousand is mile.
  

  It's at this point that my mind starts to wonder. It starts to wonder if children living in Gaelic-speaking communities and going to Gaelic-speaking schools underperform at mathematics. A decimal system has been introduced but is not in common use among Gaelic speakers. All Gaelic speakers are bilingual in English. Wouldn't it be easier to teach mathematics in English rather than in Gaelic? That would make sense to me ...
  
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  The Simpson's APU is now NOT politically correct...

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. social
  2. current

  ...so he's being cut from the the programme.

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51158261.

  the world is going bonkers!

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  Hank Azaria is a white Jew making mockery of Indian people in brown face

  ^^^ sigh ...

  Ok, a couple of things: first, it could be argued that Hank Azaria isn't white because he's a dark-complexioned Jew.

  Second, Apu isn't making mockery of Indian people, he's just a joke. As are all Simpsons characters - Fat Tony is a joke but that character isn't mocking all Italians or Italian-Americans, etc.

  Third, Hank doesn't do brown face at all. He just voices a character ... a fictional character.