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  Dawn of the Dead / Shaun of the Dead

  by Simon in

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  ok, watched both of these the other night .... "dawn of the dead" was a bit comic while trying to be scary imo (very predictable), shaun of the dead was genuinely funny and not a bad scary flic in spit of that.. what was your favourite?.

  i think "night of the living dead" was scarier that dotd because it was grittier.

  horror films are better low budget (ala blair witch).. "28 days later" was scarier because it looked more realistic and was gritty instead of glossy.

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  bubbahotep..skeered me bad it did! lol
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  Genesis 6:1-2

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in genesis 6:1-2 it speaks of how angels began noticing the daughters of men, came down to earth, took them as wives and had sexual relations with them.

  however, if angels are sexless how come some of them didn't notice the handsome males on the earth and want to change themselves into females to have sex with them?

  if an angel is truly sexless and it wants to try some human hanky panky, surely it wouldn't matter which sex it became?.

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  hybrid humans...........wheres the archaelogical evidence? surely theres some fossilized nephilim around somewhere!
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  "Hello Carlo"

  by czarofmischief in

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  remember that moment in the godfather when carlo gets into the car and the guy behind him says, "hello carlo" and you know what's going to happen next?.

  anyother choice moments in cinema we'd care to share tonight?.

  czar

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  fried green tomatoes..when fighting over a parking spot..

  kathy bates yells right before she rams the snotty teens car. " I"M OLDER AND I HAVE BETTER INSURANCE"

  i use that one a lot lol
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  Has the Bible Played a Role in Male Domination of Women?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that many feel the bible teaches equality between the sexs.

  but an honest look without any fear of god what do we find??.

  i think the bible has played a prominant role.

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  much better thanks.. but i still havent burned my BITTER OLD HAG card yet... i will one day though i promise lol
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  I finally got my own name-Redhotchilipepper

  by redhotchilipepper in

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  2. humour

  i don't have to refer to myself as mrs. horton or panther.

  i'm redhotchilipepper now.

  i'm free at last in more ways than one.

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  just beware if it gives me gas.
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  I finally got my own name-Redhotchilipepper

  by redhotchilipepper in

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  2. humour

  i don't have to refer to myself as mrs. horton or panther.

  i'm redhotchilipepper now.

  i'm free at last in more ways than one.

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  emus eat anything that doesnt eat them first! lol
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  Has the Bible Played a Role in Male Domination of Women?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that many feel the bible teaches equality between the sexs.

  but an honest look without any fear of god what do we find??.

  i think the bible has played a prominant role.

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  well........... when my ex used to show me the proverbs chapter that listed qualities of a good wife i'd turn it back on him and ask why wasnt i allowed to do business, manage money, do the things listed...( i was allowed to clean house , clean kids, do what iw as told and that was it)

  he quit showing me those scriptures and stuck to the one that uses the term " husbandly owner" of women. he owned me..do what he said or suffer the consequences.
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  THE WATCHTOWER HOW LONG DO YOU GIVE IT ????????????

  by vitty in

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  2. friends

  now wishful thinking is different from the facts, but in our age of technology, which is pretty new!.

  how long do you think the wts got before the "truth" is out ?

  ( i hope its soon).

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  i think it'll be around a while longer simply because the "good " jws are kept too busy to be seeking info. and are way to insulated for info to reach them.

  the presiding overseer in a relatives hall (after i mentioned the UN thing) told her that he looked into it and found out it was NOT true and that it was an apostate lie , that the apostates " create" fake web pages to make it " appear" they got an article off the UN website.

  i was told by the relative not to mention it again or they'd have to shun me as an apostate. even if i wasnt df'd. so i shut up.

  so....if they are worried enough to ask , they are either told its lies or risk bein accused of being apostate themselves.

  they cant spend much time worrying about it, they gotta get their hours in, read the text, study for the meetings, do their daily bible reading, do some phone witnessing, turn their time in, hopefully find time to take a shower.
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  Home Solutions of America---Watchtower Stocks!

  by Voyager in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to read more about: home solutions of america inc. go here:.

  http://www.hsoacorp.com/ http://www.hsoacorp.com/ .

  to read about the stock purchase agreement, look below:.

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  i recall a brother in our hall had IBM stocks and was complaining he had to sell them because the elders said we werent supposed to buy stocks because it was like gambling.

  i wonder if thats a policy ? good find voyager.
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  French attack on "Crisis of Conscience"

  by Motema Bolingo in

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  a french jw tries to disparage "crisis of conscience" (french translation).

  raymond franz is giving some comments on my website.

  http://users.skynet.be/jacques.luc/contradiccoc.html.

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  copied from page 2 of the above link. btt this topic up because your other topic has been replied to and others mentioned they hadnt seen your original post.. thanks for posting it.. i look forward to hearing any updates.

  http://users.skynet.be/jacques.luc/contradic1.html

  Comments of Raymond FRANZ
  Original text

  The claim made as to ?contradiction? seems to be an example of the type of flawed argumentation known as ?Fallacy of accent?. The book Attacking Faulty Reasoning by T. Edward Damer of Emory & Henry College describes this fallacy as consisting of:

  ?placing improper or unusual emphasis upon a word, phrase, or particular aspect of an issue or claim. It is sometimes committed by lifting portions of a quotation out of context in a way that conveys a meaning not intended by the person quoted.
  ?Entire statements or even paragraphs can be wrongly accented by being taken out of a larger context.?
  The first portion quoted quotes my statement as to the Governing Body?s ?resistance to any Scriptural correction either as to doctrinal beliefs or its methods of dealing with those who looked to it for guidance.? This is said to be contradicted by the later reference to ?the fluctuating nature of the organization?s teachings.?

  The first quotation speaks of ?resistance to any Scriptural correction. ? It does not say that the Governing Body never made changes. The book cites numerous cases of changes made and it shows that these changes basically resulted from the obvious failure of the organization?s previous interpretations and claims as, for example, its teaching that 1914 would be ?the farthest limit of the rule of imperfect men.? and that at that date ?the Kingdom of God . . . will then be ?set up,? or firmly established, in the earth, on the ruins of the present institutions.? (The 1889 Watch Tower book The Times Is at Hand , pages 76, 77) That ?with the end of A.D. 1914, what God calls Babylon, and what men call Christendom, will have passed away, as already shown from prophecy.? (The 1891 Watch Tower book Thy Kingdom Come, page 153.

  Since 1914 did not bring the things predicted the organization was forced to change its teaching.

  The issue of the subsequent teachings concerning 1914 existent during my time on the Governing Body resulted in extended discussion as the Scriptural validity of tying Jesus? words about ?this generation? (Matthew 24:34) to that date of 1914. Over the years, a series of differing definitions were given as to what ?this generation? meant, changes made only because the passage of time made the previous definition obsolete, untenable. It was clearly force of circumstance?rather than the correcting effect of Scripture?which produced this fluctuating teaching. In 1979 the Governing Body was presented with Scriptural evidence that showed there was no basis for tying Jesus? words to some date.

  The teaching was :

  ?Our generation is the generation that will see the start and finish of all these things, including Armageddon.?? The Watchtower magazine of June 1, 1951, page 335.
  ?The actual meaning of these words is, beyond question that which taken a ?generation? in the ordinary sense, as at Mark 8;12 and Acts 13:36, or for those who are living at the given period.? - The Watchtower magazine of July 1, 1951, page 404.
  ?This therefore means that from 1914 a generation shall not pass till all is fulfilled, and amidst a time of great trouble.? ? The Watchtower magazine of July 1, 1951, page 404.
  The Scriptural evidence presented in the 1979 meetings of the Governing Body concerning this issue met with strong resistance and the traditional interpretation was adamantly sustained.

  Then 16 years later, in the November 1, 1995 Watchtower, the decades-old definition of ?this generation? was dropped and the phrase was disconnected from the date of 1914, and given a new definition. Once again, it seems evident that it was not the correcting effect of Scripture?since the Scriptural evidence was there all the time and had been firmly resisted in the 1979 meetings?but that it was instead the passage of time and the growing remoteness of the date of 1914 which brought about this major change in interpretation.

  Similarly as to policy. In the 1978 the organization?s policy against acceptance of ?alternative [or substitute] service? in place of military service was discussed in a number of Governing Body meetings, portraying it as an unchristian ?compromise.? The policy resulted in thousands of Witnesses being subjected to imprisonment in many countries. (Amnesty International reported that in France, in 1988 ?more than 500 conscientious objectors to military service, the vast majority of them Jehovah?s Witnesses, were imprisoned during the year.?) In 1978 Scriptural evidence had been presented, not only by myself but also in letters by several Branch committee representatives, that the policy was without Scriptural basis. That evidence was resisted.

  Then two decades later, in the May 1, 1996 Watchtower, this policy position was reversed, and the acceptance of such alternative service was recognized as a matter of individual conscience. There was absolutely no Scriptural evidence in that Watchtower that had not already been presented (and resisted) nearly 20 years earlier in the Governing Body meetings. What prompted the change? The evidence is that it owed to the organization?s growing difficulties in maintaining a favorable relationship with the governments of various countries, in Europe and elsewhere.

  The reader is invited to consider more complete information by reading the book "Crisis of Conscience". Additional chapters of the French translation are available on this website, ie chapters 5, 10, and 13, and also the Appendix section relating to chapter 5.

  You are also invited to go to the Commentary Press web site.

  Raymond Franz
  November 2004