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  "Crisis of Conscience" and "In Search of Christian Freedom" in stock at Amazon.

  by ScenicViewer in

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  - crisis of conscience (hardcover), $29.95 here.. - in search of christian freedom (hardcover), $29.95 here.. - in search of christian freedom (paperback), $29.95 here.. all sold by cynthia franz..

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  Is it possible in any way to have someone get the rights to publish these books or are they going to be permanently out of print?
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  Sick of the nanny state. Polictical correctness can kiss my donkey!

  by punkofnice in

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  i am sick of this bloody nanny state here in the uk.

  political correcness has become a drag.

  (am i allowed to say drag without offending someone?).

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  punkofnice: I have very little respect for them these days. Especially after seeing on at least 2 occasions where they have tampered with evidence, ie broken a sim card or 'lost' one, so they can get a conviction.

  Here in the United States cops like to body slam you against the pavement. They paralyzed an elderly man by doing that. His provocation? He couldn't understand them and turned away.

  Then there was the person at a peaceful protest in Fresno, California who was simply standing looking in the direction of a phalanx of police dressed in riot gear. He had a tear gas canister aimed at his head. When he fell others went to his assistance another tear gas canister was shot at them.

  And there is the 12 year old, Tamir Rice, who was playing in the park with a toy gun. The police approached him driving their vehicle on the park's grass right up to where he was then shot him 2 seconds after they intercepted him.

  Also there's John Crawford who was in a Walmart holding a toy rifle up with one hand - not pointing it at anyone - and speaking into his cell phone using his other hand. Killed without warning. His dying words were: "It's not real".

  I can go on and on.
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  Crisis of Conscience

  by The_Doctor10 in

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  for those of you who haven't attempted to read or just haven't been able to obtain a copy of crisis of conscience by former gb member raymond franz, if you're interested, here's a link to an audio playlist reading of it:.

  playlist.

  this person has made it his goal to put into audio form raymond franz's book.

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  Thank you. That's a good reading.
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  Human Potential is Awesome - We Visited Pluto Today

  by cofty in

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  nasa's probe "new horizons" was launched in 2006 and since then has been speeding across 3 billion miles of space to the most distant planet in our solar system.. the first pictures arrived today with higher resolution images due tomorrow.. i fu~~ing love science.. more details from the bbc here.... .

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  Message to Christian fundamentalists:

  "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy". - Shakespeare
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  Faced with plummeting ratings JWbroadcasting tries a spin off combo show with 'Shark Week'

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  ToesUp:

  "That should be on the first page of jwfacts.org!"

  Maybe someone could hack into their site and post it up.
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  My introduction and confession

  by elderINewton in

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  well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.

  i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.

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  Thank you for sharing that Newton. I hope that you will eventually be able to make an exit without it adversely affecting your family.
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  Why did Jesus have to die?

  by Crazyguy in

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  let's think about this for a bit.

  adam was tempted and sinned by eating of the fruit.

  he missed out on immortality by being denied the tree of life.

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  Crazyguy:

  "...why did Jesus have to die the way he did a brutal torturous death, why not in his sleep most likely the way Adam went?"

  I'm not Christian but I figure that the reasoning is that Adam's sin opened up the way for severe human misery including brutal deaths therefore the brutality of Jesus' atonement.
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  Vertigo, WTH.

  by James Mixon in

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  who here have suffer from vertigo?

  if so how did you combat it?

  how long.

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  I once had a severe case of vertigo as a result of food poisoning. I could not lay down without its getting worse nor stand up without vomiting. I had to lay in bed in a slightly elevated position for my upper body in order to reduce the vomiting.

  I called the ambulance and when I got to the hospital the doctor gave me an anti-nausea drug and it went away.
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  How do you know Satan didn't inspire the Bible?

  by Coded Logic in

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  jws believe that satan knows things about the natural world (like how it was formed).. they also believe that satan can influence events (even fulfill prophecies).. the bible is the source of great confusion and the vast majority of christians (2.2 billion people) believe it but do not have "accurate knowledgetm".. from the jw point of view, wouldn't it be more likely that satan inspired the bible than an all loving god?.

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  "From the JW point of view, wouldn't it be more likely that Satan inspired the Bible than an all loving God?"

  No, it doesn't make sense from the JW or any Christian Fundamentalist point of view but I thought of the idea even though I don't believe in God/Satan. I toyed with the idea of making up a religion that teaches that the Bible was inspired by Satan as a way of making people evil and turning others against God.

  It would make for an interesting religion. The sermons would be religious but anti-biblical.
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  Hi all, the prodigal daughter returns to JWD.

  by cattails in

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  it's been four years (has it really been that long) that i haven't been on jwd.. i was back out west for a long while and i came back to new england.

  just got an appartment with another sister and things are looking up.

  i'm keeping under the radar and avoiding elder visits--not fully out of the kingdom hall yet.

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