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  I Think The Watchtower Corporation Would Offer An Excellent Study On CEOs and decision Making When Shackled By Idealism Or Something

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i' sure the victims of this sham after they have recovered can understand the need to get in focused and the primitive drives to get revenge as well as the corporate

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  It can be argued that justice has to be done. Revenge can be seen as a form of justice unfolding as the wronged person sees fit. Who has the right to judge whether someone seeks justice or the manner they choose? As long as it does not break any laws, revenge can have a very tempering affect. It can calm a troubled soul and cleanse the mind. Revenge can help a person leave the past behind and get on with life. It is reasonable that a certain number of 'cast aside' bethelites, district overseers, circuit overseers and special pioneers will seek revenge in their own way. Maybe some will become contributing members of this forum.

  'Interesting stories they will have.'
  
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  New movie "Spotlight" coming out - child abuse cover-ups

  by WireRider in

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  i just saw a commercial for a new movie coming out.

  spotlight - about a newspaper exposing the cover-ups of the catholic church about child sexual abuse.

  michael keaton, mark ruffalo.

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  Wow. I don't go to movies anymore but I may go to this one. Yeah, I think I will go see this one.
  
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  I Think The Watchtower Corporation Would Offer An Excellent Study On CEOs and decision Making When Shackled By Idealism Or Something

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i' sure the victims of this sham after they have recovered can understand the need to get in focused and the primitive drives to get revenge as well as the corporate

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  I think I understand what you mean and I agree with you.

  Revenge can take many interesting forms. We wait to see.
  
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  jw.org - online Bible - New World Translation - Study Edition

  by Esse quam videri in

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  i went into jw.org to look up a scripture in the nwt and clicked on new world translation - study edition.

  i wanted to go into the book of malachi.

  the different bible books were laid in a grid pattern and i clicked on malachi.

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  I went into jw.org to look up a scripture in the NWT and clicked on New World Translation - Study Edition

  I wanted to go into the book of Malachi

  The different bible books were laid in a grid pattern and I clicked on Malachi. No response. Directions said , " Books available are in blue. More books will be added in time." Guess how many books were available.

  ONE. Only the book of Matthew out of 66 books.
  

  Why would the WT Bible and Tract Society bother putting, on the site, a study edition of the NWT with only 1 book available. Like a bunch of amateurs. In my opinion, a professional organization would construct the complete data and then add it to the online library.
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  Possible reason for cancellation of book study in homes.

  by Amelia Ashton in

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  this was posted on fb.. so guys, i'm gonna share something with you all that i think you should know.

  i've only told two people about this (one being john cedars) for fear of getting this guy into trouble, but it's very telling and will reaffirm your "ttatt faith!

  a couple of weeks ago, i had to have an "ability to protect" assessment by a gentleman from a company that also investigates child protection policies etc.

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  How confident are you about various so called facts?

  by slimboyfat in

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  no facts about the world are absolutely certain.

  that being the case i wonder how others would rank amd rate their confidence in various factual statements about the world.

  i am going to rate my confidence in ten items of "knowledge" as a percentage.

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  1. The earth is a sphere rather than flat in shape. 100 %
  

  2. Global warming is a real phenomenon of serious concern that is caused by human activities. 65%
  

  3. Life on Earth evolved its many forms through the process of natural selection. o.o1%
  

  4. The gospels are based on a real apocalyptic preacher called Jesus who lived in first century Palestine. 90%
  

  5. J F Rutherford was a drunk who cheated on his wife with various women.

  Was a drunk or drank too much sometimes?

  Cheated on his wife with various women? 10%
  

  6. Smoking causes lung cancer. 100%

  7. Men really walked on the moon. 100%
  

  8. Consciousness survives death. 0.5%

  9. Moses wrote the Pentateuch. 35%
  

  10. Dragons exists. 0.000000000000000001%

  11. Homeopathy is effective beyond placebo. 20%

  12. O J Simpson was innocent. 0.000000000001%

  13. Scotland will be an independent country within 20 years. 20%

  14. There will be a nuclear war sometime in the 21st century. .05%

  15. The New Testament originally contained the divine name. 90%

  16. At least one of the presidents of the Watchtower was homosexual. 15%
  

  17. The universe began in a Big Bang around 14 billion years ago. 85%

  14 billion years ago 10%

  With a big bang. 0.00000000000000001%
  

  18. China is the country with the most people. 100%
  
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  Proof of Predation 750 000 000 Years Ago

  by cofty in

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  paleontologists have discovered the cause of small holes that have frequently been observed in ancient eukaryote fossils.

  please check out the source even if you only look at the amazing picture.... they were being sucked dry by other predatory species.. forget about a "fall" from a disneyesque utopia.

  creatures have been consuming each other since the very beginning of life.. reality is far more exciting than fantasy.

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  750,000,000 years?

  Are they sure it wasn't 755,000,000 years?
  
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  A True Story: PORTRAIT OF A GIRL and her dog

  by Terry in

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  portrait of a girl and her dog.

  (a true story by terry edwin walstrom).

  her name was cheryl ann draper and she was about 11 years old the day she begged her daddy, who worked at a gas station, to let her go with him to work.

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  Sorry Terry. I can only give you one like.
  
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  Finding homes for the former 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers'

  by Esse quam videri in

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  since the liberal government has been elected in canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope.

  it is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better.

  the courts have ruled, in canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks.

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  Since the liberal government has been elected in Canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope. It is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better. The courts have ruled, in Canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks. Others have suggested, and seem to have strong support from some groups, to open up the churches to the homeless and get them off of the streets, into an evironment where it is warm and safe. Many good hearted people in our society are trying to do what they can to help.

  May I suggest that if the 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers' and perhaps even former 'district overseers' and 'circuit overseers' could:

  1] live quite cheaply in a tent or shelter in one of these public parkland homeless communities. They would even have a 'territory' to preach in that is probably not on file with their local congregation.'Unassigned territory' it is called. No driving 6 hours north to some remote mountain community. Now they can just walk over to the nearest tent, tap on the flap and bingo, potential bible study.
  

  2] live in the basement of one of the local churches, perhaps Anglican, United or Catholic. Of course they would have to behave themselves by not running down the Church offering them the living accomodations, They would have to refrain from preaching that everyone who belongs to that particular religion will die at Armaggedon and such talk as that. Many of these volunteers working at these local church charities are very willing to help the needy. Perhaps they could even give rides to the 'church homeless JW's' to the meetings at the local Kingdom Halls.
  
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  Esse quam videri

  Langley, B.C.