I'm originally from Oklahoma. Even the hippies have guns.
Posts by Badger
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29Guns
by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit incurious: does anyone carry a gun for protection?
from an ex jw standpoint, how easily did your feelings change toward guns and/or the possibility of killing someone in self-defense?.
my husband and i both carry.
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Keep ears and eyes open: Possible announcement this Wednesday
by truthseeker inno hype - no rumor please.. anyone who still goes to the hall might hear something during the announcements.
i will be going myself and will be sure to report back what is said, if anything.. from channelc.. .
http://www.channelc.org/cgi-bin/eboard30/index.cgi.
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Badger
Why do we care? simple...the JW's were such a big part of our lives, and many of us are still hurt by it. Some haven't left entirely yet. Most of us have friends and/or family in the org still.
An announcement that winds up weakening the org is viewed favorably by the latter, as it could hold out hope that without the society interfering in our everyday lives and family relationships, we can return to a normal life, or, for many of us, introduce our families and ex-friends to a normal life.
If it's about blood, you'll see some real pissed off people, especially the older ones.
If it's about donations, they'll accept it readily.
If it's about streamlining the DF/DA process, you'll have a streamlined organization, all right.
I doubt it's about interpretation of prophecy. That's usually saved for conventions and the WT.
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Badger
My mom swears by it, but I never saw an ep. It's a bit too late for me to get into it now.
My shows are Prison Break and 24. Friday Night Lights looked really good last night, too.
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Rep. Foley
by Alpheta inmaybe i skipped over the posts and if so, i'm sorry and you can delete this thread.
just wondering if anyone else has seen the similarities between the allegations swirling around u.s. congressman foley (rep. florida) and allegations made by victims of sexual assault for years in the jw congregations.
not as to the particulars regarding foley's somewhat hinky emails or the sexually explicit text-messages he exchanged with at least one of the house pages, but as to how certain people in power knew of the allegations of bad conduct but, instead of acting on behalf of the alleged victims, decided to "deep six" everything.. now tonight i have just seen on the t.v.
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Badger
Hastert is in a lot of trouble over this, too. And so are a lot of Congressmen on both sides, if they knew.
Hastert, and possibly a few others, have educator licenses. In nearly all states, such ones are required by law to report child abuse or face their own criminal charges.
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Same rules doesn't always apply- Division or what?
by architect inhave anyone noticed that from one hall to the next that the rules for the use of the brothers is different?
over the years i've notice this:.
one congregation required the brothers that attend there have 10 hrs a month, never miss a meeting and be 18 or older.
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Badger
For such a monolithic organization, there sure is a lot of personal politics at play on the local level.
Unfortunately, being a top-down organization means that the local elders and MS's can't control anything other than is what is beneath them...their own cong. And they make a point of being in charge there, too.
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Have you ever noticed how "Born-Agains" get angry when you don't believe?
by booker-t insince you have been out of the jw's have you ever noticed how born-again christians get angry when you don't believe in their "interpretation of the bible"?
it never fails since i have been out for over 15 years when i run across a born-again and they don't know my past they will try to force their interpretation down my throat until i show them that i am very versed in the old and new testaments.
i know all of the scriptures that they will bring up and if i disagree with them then i am going to "hell" according to them.
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Badger
That's the Core Problem with Monotheism. When you only have one God, that makes the stakes that much higher on being right or wrong. A single God is much more personable (and personal), and while Genesis teaches that we are made in His image, many people return the favor.
So, when you create an omnipotent God in your image, and the new surrogate you is given all that power, Then might does make right, and your feelings are given the backing of your own God. We then move to Lord Acton's words: "Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely." Of course, it rocks absolutely, too.
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The JWs still blind to the implications of the 1995 generation change
by greendawn inin 1995 the wts as time finally caught up with them, they had to yield to the inevitable and admit that its hitherto interpretation of the so called 1914 last generation was erroneous.
to all intents and purposes the end was indefinitely posrponed it could be centuries away according to the new explanation.
yet the r&f do not seem to realise these implications and are apparently suffering from collective blindness they still believe the end is as near as it was before 1995, just round the corner.
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Badger
I'll give them this, though...they don't put as much work into their End Times Charts as some of the Left Behind folks (John Hagee, Hal Lindsey, Tim LaHaye). Religions/Preachers that give their Nancy Grace Garauntee on The End coming either have great delusional complexes or secretly get a kick out of fooling people.
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Teams, Players, Coaches, Managers You Love to "Hate"
by XJW4EVR in"hating" a team, player, coach, manager is kind of fun especially when your team is down.. i love to "hate" the following (in no particular order):.
the oakland raiders.
the new york yankees & mets.
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Badger
XJW4EVR: Sort of...Bill Plaschke is digestable. But, it wouldn't work. I like soccer and women's sports, so I'd never get in.
More!
Olympic Coverage: What, do they put the Lifetime network in charge? 1/3 of summer coverage is of gymnastics, and 1/3 of winter is the figure skating (fixed *cough* fixed). And, when they do show something else, we get a 15-minute profile of the poor diver from Carjackistan who lost four legs and had all three of his parents die when he was 10...just before he belly-flops and scores a 1.2.
NASCAR: Confess, necks: You're full of quiet racism, you're just watching for the crashes, and you secretly want some sweaty man-love with Jeff Gordon.
The America's Cup: Yacht Racing. Just add Boarding Parties and 30MM guns, and I'm there.
X-Games: All right, I actually like the X-Games. But this won't be complete until they start having a "Best Spill" competition.
NFL Rules penalizing kicking a fumbled ball forward: The game's called FOOTball, damn it.
Thanking God/Jesus/Zeus/Allah/Buddha/L. Ron Hubbard: Thank your coach, trainer, pharmacist, teammates, or Nike's Shoes. God's got his hands full right now.
David Beckham: He might come finish is career in MLS. I'll give $5,000 to the first person in Dallas, Chicago or D.C. who sweeps the leg.
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Teams, Players, Coaches, Managers You Love to "Hate"
by XJW4EVR in"hating" a team, player, coach, manager is kind of fun especially when your team is down.. i love to "hate" the following (in no particular order):.
the oakland raiders.
the new york yankees & mets.
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Badger
Continuing:
BASKETBALL
Gonzaga -- Stop claiming you're a Cinderella. It's like Dubya calling himself an Washington Outsider.
NBDL -- When you're on the bench in front of 600 at Terre Haute, It's time to give it up.
The New York Knicks -- Surprised? Me too...a team with this much attention and money shouldn't be this consistently bad...they make the NY Rangers look good.
UConn and Tennessee Women's Hoops -- I like women's basketball, really. These two have divided it up like the Corleones did with Cuba in Godfather Part II.
HOCKEY
Southern Expansion -- Los Angeles and Dallas? Sure. Atlanta? Maybe... Nashville, Miami and Raleigh? Time to prune the tree.
Brett Hull -- The very definition of a Mercenary.
Minor League Hockey mismanagement -- They should call it the circus, because they only stay in town for a few years. And what's with how the leauges are laid out? One goes from North Carolina to Green Bay. Two AAA Leagues, four AA leagues, with borders, that's it.
Canadian Chauvanism -- "It's our game, It's our game, we invented it!" If you would have GONE to the games, you wouldn't have lost your teams to Phoenix and Denver. And quit denying Montreal is a Canadian team. They're about the only winners you really have.
SOCCER
Mexico -- In the last six years, their record against the U.S. is...US 7, Them 2, Draw 1. I don't think you're better than us anymore.
Eurosnobs -- "I'll never watch American Soccer. They're not as good as EPL or Seire A." Guess what? Those other two aren't coming around here anytime soon. Take what we have.
LA Galaxy Fans -- They're passionate about a loathsome soccer team, hard to find in America. But the fact that they allow Jim Rome to walk the streets unharmed is unacceptable.
Soccer Moms/Dads -- These are the morons who yell "Down in Front!" to me at Rapids games, and "What's your problem?" when I ref. Good thing I carry cards for the latter.
GENERAL
Sports Pundits -- FYI: There is more to America than New York and Los Angeles. Some people like Soccer. Terrell Owens is not the Antichrist. America sucks at Basketball and Baseball now. Tiger Woods does not drive a Buick. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Micheal Jordan was not even Micheal Jordan. Barry Bonds is equivalent to Mark McGwire.
Jumbotron and Piped-in Stadium Music commanding the fans when to cheer -- I'm watching a football game, not trying to appear in a remake of "Triumph of the Will."
Basketball Intros -- They should not take more than 90 seconds. They should also not the be point at which the crowd cheers the loudest all night.
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Teams, Players, Coaches, Managers You Love to "Hate"
by XJW4EVR in"hating" a team, player, coach, manager is kind of fun especially when your team is down.. i love to "hate" the following (in no particular order):.
the oakland raiders.
the new york yankees & mets.
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Badger
Oh, boy...I used to be a sports writer AND I have a lot of resentment, so this list is long. So long, I have to catergorize it. But, I also explain it.
BASEBALL
85% of Baseball Writers -- I don't care what Darcy McAbernathy did in Game 6 of the 1911 American Association Championship for the Rochester Blue Horses. And why do I have to hate Barry Bonds? Just because you told me too?
The Yankees AND the Red Sox -- Fun little rivalry you got going there. but south and east of Philly, we don't care.
The Cubs -- Jenna Jameson doesn't get this much credit for sucking.
College Baseball -- The guys who couldn't get drafted the first time. And aluminum bats! That's just asking for it, especially with the 'roided up jocks today. Soon, a line drive will rip through a pitcher's head like an assassin's bullet.
FOOTBALL
Texas (The whole state) -- If you're all so great at football, why do your players leave the state like rats off a sinking ship to go to real colleges?
Denver Broncos -- I'm a Chiefs fan living in Colorado. Help me.
Cheeseheads -- Brett Favre did not die for your sins. But his is throwing enough picks to draw attention away from them.
Arena Football -- You can't nearly drown four times in twenty years and call yourself a viable league. Hell, soccer in America has a better record than that.
more later...