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  Hysterically tragic - the west stuffs up in Syria

  by fulltimestudent in

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  a former lebanese (christian) terrorist once told me a story (meant to be funny) about west asian politics.. a turtle was swimming past the shoreline of the red sea.

  on the shore a scorpion calls out,"hey!

  give me a lift over to the other side.

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  My (partial) solution to this problem would be to give military training to every refugee male of fighting age and send them to fight ISIS. They have to take care of their own though they need help in doing it.
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  Historical Meanings of Sheol & Hades

  by Perry in

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  for those of you interested in getting to the bottom of the watchtower's teaching on sheol, hades, condition of the dead etc.

  ; this information is about as good as it gets.

  the idea of consciousness after death was widely accepted from israel's earliest times, contrary to what the watchtower would have its members believe.. the lexicographical evidence is so clear that the great princeton scholar, b. b. warfield; stated that with modern hebrew scholars, there is no hesitation to allow with all heartiness that israel from the beginning of its recorded history cherished the most settled conviction of the persistence of the soul in life after death.

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  Here is how scholars reconstruct ancient Hebrew cosmology. Sheol is labeled "Underworld".

  Not shown in this image is how the sun travels from west to east during the night. There was supposed to be a tunnel with an opening on both sides at the left and right (west and east) extremes of the dome where the sun would drop in and travel back to the east. That tunnel would have passed underneath "Sheol".

  
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

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  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  Simon:

  "Do people know the reason for needing a marriage license in the first place?"

  I take it that licenses formalize the marriage so that benefits and divorces could be easily handled. Otherwise couples who separate and have property disputes might simply state that they weren't "married" in the first place.
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  Do US JWs Still Knock on Doors?

  by cultBgone in

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  2. beliefs

  this may sound like a silly question, but do jws even door-knock any more?

  the few i know only speak of "manning the cart" at some public location, and because they get defensive if i even ask an innocent question like this i thought i'd ask it on the forum.

  thanks!.

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  I live in a large apartment complex where 90% of all residents are or used to be JWs. I thought that would mark this residence with a don't bother to call label. I did get one of my neighbors, an elderly lady ready to drop dead, at my door a couple years ago. I also got, within the past 10 years, two Spanish Witnesses asking me if I could direct them to Spanish speaking neighbors.

  I'm surprised that as a "demonized" apostate they haven't marked my home but I don't care one way or another.
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  Australian RC Cartoon

  by possum in

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  2. child-abuse

  found this (joke?

  ) pretty sad indictment of wt.

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  Why are there two Catholics?
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

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  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  At least Kim Davis is being sued. That's what we need to see more of.
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

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  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  DJS: They should not have to go anywhere to get a license other than the county in which they live.

  Fisherman: Where did I say that?

  Even if it isn't what you meant to say it could have been interpreted that way.

  Viviane: Why in the world do you imagine their license would be invalid?

  Fisherman: Judge Bunning said so.

  All the more reason to fire her and replace her with another clerk. I realize that's not possible for legal reasons plus it would broaden the court's power.

  I personally would have given her the stiffest fine possible and upon her refusal to pay after one warning would have put a lien on her bank account and property. It would have lessened her martyrdom.

  There are no easy answers but then no one anticipated a martyr's fanaticism when they wrote the principles of governance.
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

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  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  Villabolo: Why should they have to go to another county?

  Fisherman: If you mean now, to not risk their licenses being invalid.

  I mean at anytime. They should not be inconvenienced in the least.
  
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

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  2. current

  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  Fisherman:

  "As it was posted previously, all they had to do is go to another jurisdiction to get their license and this woman would not have been punished by the government."

  Why should they have to go to another county?
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

  1. social
  2. current

  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  This might be useful in arguing the case against Kim Davis.