Village Idiot

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  A View of China you may not have seen before (grin-especially for guys-well! most guys)

  by fulltimestudent in

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  in the city of hefei, in anhui province, china, there is a park planted with 20,000 cherry trees (of 40 different varieties.

  (cherry blossoms are culturally significant in east asia and popular).

  its not quite blossom time yet, but to get an early start to spring these beautiful girls and some artists introduced another form of cherry blossom displays.

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  This is more realistic:

  
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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

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  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  Creative writing query..

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i am working on a writing project.

  just give me your opinion on this subject.

  if you worked for your respective government and you were tasked with doomsday preparations, what would you decide to save for future generations?

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  DATA-DOG, have you ever watched Dr. Strangelove? It should provide some inspiration.
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  Looking for examples of Witnesses physically harmed during field service

  by Indian Larry in

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  2. scandals

  i am looking for any examples, preferably with independent news sources of any witnesses that have ever been:.

  mugged.

  raped.

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  blondie: "I had a flock of geese trap me on the porch. My carmates chased them off and we left."

  Killer geese, heh?

  
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  Looking for examples of Witnesses physically harmed during field service

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am looking for any examples, preferably with independent news sources of any witnesses that have ever been:.

  mugged.

  raped.

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  I'd be interested to hear what the "former Jehovah's Witness" mentioned at the end of the Fox 23 broadcast has to say. Is there a link to that follow up?
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  Emoticons

  by Xanthippe in

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  2. tech-support

  does anyone else find when using the ipad mini they can't get all of the emoticons?

  i can only see the last column with the umbrella.

  i used to be able to get all of them when the site first changed.

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  Not an emoticon issue but I find that the strike application doesn't work for me. When I click on it no strike appears through the selected text. Does anyone else have that problem? I use IE 11 and it doesn't work with Firefox either.
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  Leaving Christendom for the Kingdumb Hall

  by gone for good in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most of us old timers left behind a stable, respected, religious heritage in our disillusioned haste to join a stupid cult.. as i recall, there was no rite of dissociation required - no reason offered to your church, no resignation required - it was a non-event from the dubs viewpoint.

  what was your experience?

  were you expected to do or say anything as you abandoned your spiritual heritage to become a drone in the watchtower hive?.

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  I don't remember being asked to do such a thing but I was told something just as weird.

  When I was a teenager, just coming in to the Witnesses, my mother threatened to enroll me at a Catholic school. The person who studied with me said that if I was enrolled in a Catholic school, even if it was against my will, I would no longer be considered a Witness. And I had to obey my mother in any case.
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  Gifts from my old hall..

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, it seems the hall i used to attend before my latest one got to hearing that i "disappeared".

  so today, i went to the post office to pick up a package.... i decided to try to face reality and open it... what i found were multiple letters and wrapped gifts.

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  My curiosity would have prompted me to read the letters. What happened is out of the ordinary for Witnesses unless somebody really cared. They may not have been there right after your breaking off relationship with them but it seems that they still cared otherwise they would not have bothered.
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  Crazy shootout in LA

  by James Mixon in

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  guy jumps out his car like the wild wild west and fire at deputies.. deputies return fire and suspect shot.

  stand off at this time..

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  Any word as to why the shooter opened fire at the deputies?

  Could you give us a link?
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  Teachings of Jesus—some are good whereas some are not

  by economy in

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  2. beliefs

  1) his blunt reply to a young man spoiled his interest in spirituality.

  (mathew 19:16-22) this does not match the majesty of jesus.

  what he said in mathew 16:21: if you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven contradicts what he said earlier in mathew 5:44-48 where he says if you want to be perfect, be like your heavenly father who loves both the saints and the sinners alikewhich obviously require that you need some material possessions with you.

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  The Jesus of the Gospels had a habit of being blunt, in your face and downright offensive. That's why I believe the reverse. His blunt statement was probably the original one. His other more majestic statement may or may not be an interpolation. He could have been both blunt and non-blunt at different times depending on the moment.

  His statement to turn the other cheek doesn't necessarily mean that one should remain quiet while being interrogated.