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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-19-04 WT Study (Abbreviated)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 12-19-04 wt study (november 15, 2004 issue)

  review comments

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  Badger

  (((Blondie, again))))

  A whole WT article on Amos? That's like a Behind the Music on Dexy's Midnight Runners.

  Edited to add: "Boldness" is the LAST thing that most Elders or the WTS want their sheep to have any of.
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  Is Islam a religion of Peace?

  by Perry in

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  http://answering-islam.org.uk/quran/themes/jihad_passages.html

  the above link shows 164 verses in the koran that instructs the faithful to kill infidels.

  in light of this, how can some still spout the mantra that this is a religion of peace and that it's only the "radical fringe" that are causing problems?

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  ...Is ANY religion?
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  Annanias and Saphira - only record of Christian executions?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  the new testament only records the execution of two christians, annanias, and sapphira his wife.. they lied about the amount of money they made when they sold their field, and secretly kept some of the price back.. acts 5 tells the story.... acts 5. .

  1 but a certain man named ananias, with sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

  3 but peter said, ananias, why hath satan filled thine heart to lie to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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  "The God that I worship isn't short of cash." -- Bono
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  What would you like to do if you knew it wouldn't kill you?

  by Elsewhere in

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  ...or hurt you.. as an example: drive your car off a cliff like in the movie groundhod day, just for the hell of it.. basically something that would normaly kill you or leave you messed up real bad... but in this case you could "reset" all new again.. don't be shy... i won't think your weird if you want to blow your head off just to see what it's like.

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  Car Crashes!
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  Education - How encouraging low self esteem creates better witnesses.

  by BigG in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  funny title you might think but consider this point and apologies if i am covering old ground here...its not intentional.. i was raised by my mother who was and is a devout jw and as such until i was 20 (10 years ago) i was the same...trying my best to fit into the social environment i clearly was not made for but benefiting from good wholesome association with fellow brothers and sisters (note the sarcastic tone...make what you will of it).. althought at the time i didnt realise it but i was what others consider intelligent and quite academically able; i had a mind like a sponge and would spend hours in the jw library at the kh (which surprisingly enough contained non jw literature)...it was this that i read and would digest endlessly where i could.. one of those books (why it was there i dont know), was what i later undertood to be criminal law reports concerning cases that had gone before the courts.

  my childish thirst for knowledge was intrigued...(i was then about 12).

  the legal arguments i hadnt a clue what they meant but the facts surrounding these crimes were good reading.. i then knew i wanted to be a lawyer and that was what i said when an elder asked me what i wanted to do when i grew up; i mentioned trusting this man that i had read a book in the kh library and found it interesting...and that i wanted to be lawyer...i remember him smiling and saying that it was better to pioneer rather than seek a highly paid job...personally i didnt know what he meant properly but i felt a bit sad...and demotivated...i later in the week went back into the library and found the book had gone...!!.

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  Yeah, I just posted my life story...Education IS the way out.

  Sheep like ones are easier to fleece and run off a cliff.
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  Hats (I'm Going crazy)

  by sandy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  if anyone could help and wouldn't mind, i'd be so grateful.. i am looking for those floppy bucket/fisherman style hats.

  i've searched the stores and it seems a million web pages.

  i haven't found what i'm looking for.. a plain floppy cotton hat in a solid,dark green or army green.. my head is hurting.

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  Try an army surplus store or a sporting goods store (and outdoors one, like Bass Pro Shop).

  I hope it's for your man...You're a doll, but you wouldn't look keen in one.
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  I'm Outta Here...

  by LittleToe in

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  after doing battle with the sellotape and tearing my lip (oh the dangers of xmas present wrapping) and staying up late to pack, i'm finally heading on my way towards seattle.... catch some of you guys sooner rather than later.. be good, now .

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  Arrive alive Ross, and see you in Feb...
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  My sad news

  by Fe2O3Girl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you on the board knew i was expecting a baby, i feel i should let you know that things have not worked out for us.. when i went for the 20 week ultrasound scan last thursday, severe problems were found with our baby's internal development.

  only one kidney was detected, and it was very enlarged and polycystic.

  there was no long term hope for the baby at all; if it survived to full term it could only live for hours at most.

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  ((((((Fe2O3Girl)))))))

  That's so sad

  My heart really does go out to you. I wish I knew what to do to make it better.

  I know this will always hurt, but I hope that you will be able to have one one day...

  I've been a party affected by a miscarriage...I can't imagine how much more devastating this is.
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  If You Wanted Someone To Join JWD, How Would You Describe This Place?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this board is the biggest jw discussion board that i know of.

  i'm sure timid witnesses look here on a daily basis but do not join for various reasons.

  i know some might not really know what to expect if they did become a member.

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  Well, there's this chap who does NOTHING but ask question after question...

  Seriously, It has great info and can assist anyone who wants to know more about (leaving) the JW's....
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  Homeschooling?

  by mkr32208 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a pet peeve of mine!

  how in the heck can the school board justify turning the education of anyone over to some jacka$$ that dropped out of school to pioneer and makes their living cleaning toilets!

  how can any parent that truely loves their kid not take a good long look at themselves and say "i am not the best teacher for this child.

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  Badger

  As I was finishing college, I let it be known that I would consider it a personal affront if anyone in the hall kept their kids at home from me.

  Not all, but nearly every JW my age from the circuit I was from who dropped out, er, homeschooled is either unemployable, DF'd, miserable, or all three.