Posts by back2dafront

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Black History Month 2003

by sableindian in

augustine augustine the african by james j. o'donnell .

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http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/twayne/aug1.html

I think it's fair to have a black history month. Blacks are a minority in this country and have come a long way in fighting for their rights and freedom as fellow human beings. Don't see anything wrong with having a black history month.

Nothing wrong w/ St. Patricks Day either. There should be some kind of recognition for the Native Americans too.

Hell, give all nationalities a day, I wouldn't care - history is something all should learn.

Animal, if whites were a minority in Asia and fought long hard years to be recognized as fellow human beings and not slaves, would you be asking where the Asian history month was?

Doubt it.

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Earthquakes!!!!

by 4christ in

jw
friends

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whooo........... i have felt two earthquakes so far this morning, my husbnad said he felt 3.......anyone else feeling the earth move today?.

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back2dafront

I'm in San Jose and haven't felt a thing, and I've been up since 5:30am...

interesting...

I hope the big one ain't coming!!!

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Proof that J.R Brown "LIES" shame on ...

by Beans in

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this is some very interesting spiritual food for thought!.

beans.

back2dafront

J.R. Brown is good at not answering questions directly.

And is it me or did he not tell outright lies?

Caller: Do you allow members to vote....for mayor, president, etc..?

J.R.: We do not form regulations that require other people to live up to what is stated.

Interviewer: But do you discourage members to vote?

J.R. Of course we do not discourage it for that would not be appropriate each one makes up his own mind

I can't believe he said that. Have they changed their policy on voting lately? Is it now a personal decision? Can an elder hold his position if he votes? How about a pioneer? If not, that is a REGULATION THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO LIVE UP TO WHAT IS STATED.

He dodges around 90% of the questions. Interviewer states that Mormons, 7th Day Adventists and JW's all have similar "end of the world" philosphosies. JR denies that and says they believe in the last days and they put emphasis on good news. Yeah, but THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUESTION RAISED! He was totally trying to avoid being compared to any other religion - I wish the interviewer would have had more time to back him against a wall on that one because he so obviously avoided the real point of the statement.

He totally implied the organization is growing rapidly, but the stats show differently.

Listening to him talk brings back memories.

*shudders*

Edited by - back2dafront on 1 February 2003 19:53:48

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Deceit of an ELDER and his SON

by Pking in

new story.

me and my 3 bros. on holiday with friend his sis and her friend which they secretly brought with.

non jw.

back2dafront

Well yeah, you'd HAVE to be drunk to kiss a BLACK GUY, wouldn't ya? What was she thinking?!!

:-P

Hopefully the problem was that he was married, not black.

Welcome, PKing. Looking forward to more of your posts.

-back2dafront

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The French... Why do they hate us?

by email in

jw
friends

we've been talking about this lately on this board... this is yet another article from msn.com.. http://slate.msn.com/id/2077874/.

"much of the french opposition to american power arose after the fall of the soviet union made the united states the only power in a unipolar world: according to one poll, the percentage of the french who viewed the united states "with sympathy" dropped from 54 to 35 percent between 1988 and 1996. but french grumbling over u.s. power predates the end of the cold war, too.

as philip h. gordon outlined in the national interest in 2000 (during the clinton administration), "resentment and frustration" have marked french-american relations since the end of world war ii.

back2dafront

I went to Paris last year for 3 days and had a wonderful time. I met a few really nice people and actually kept contact with them for awhile after visiting there. However, I experienced the other side of the coin too - I was chatting with a guy at a club and he introduced me to his friend, a female, and everything was fine until she asked where I was from - as soon as I said "america" that was it - she turned her head and walked off. I was also laughed at by another group of people at the club - I couldn't understand what they were saying but from the look on their faces it I don't think they were complimenting me in any manner.

I think there is some sort of animosity that exists amongst certain French people, however the same can be said about Americans and their viewpoints on foreigners. I've heard DJ's on the radio poking fun at Arabs and Orientals...there will always be certain individuals amongst a population that will not like foreigners no matter what country you go to IMO.

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SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA MISSING!

by D8TA in

jw
friends

turn on the news!

back2dafront

Unbelievable. I remember the Challenger quite vividly as well.....this is so sad.

:-(

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See Ya.

by CoolBreeze in

jw
friends

hi guys.

due to some positive changes in my life, i won't be reading or posting to the boards much anymore ... if at all.

i may peek in once in a while and drop a line.

back2dafront

Are you implying we don't have a life?? :-)

Good luck.

90

Would You Kiss A Smoker?

by Englishman in

jw
friends

just wondering!.

i remember when i was about 16 having a snog with a girl who smoked.

it really was like sticking your tongue into an old ash tray.

back2dafront

I'm anti-smoking. I understand people have a desire to smoke and...whatever floats your boat. I just hate the fact that people support an industry that purposely puts high levels off nicotine in their product to get people hooked as quickly as possible. They are not in the tobacco industry, they are in the nicotine delivery industry. It causes cancer and other diseases to the users and those that don't use it but get it second-hand. Nicotine is a legal drug that corporations make millions of dollars off of - they deliberately expose you to harmful chemicals, make a profit and laugh at you when you die from it.

No thank you.

But we're all going to die sooner or later, and I don't really sweat getting second-hand smoke, but it does get annoying in other states where it's okay to smoke in restaurants. I deal with it though.

My ex smoked and it drove me crazy because there were times I wanted to kiss passionately and she had just smoked. Or after we'd have sex she'd get dressed and go outside and smoke when I'd rather lay there and cuddle. It's definitely better for me to be with someone (like I am now) that doesn't smoke.

Comparing that to someone that eats onions...ummm...whatever. Personally, kissing someone that just smoked is worse than kissing someone that just ate onions, but that's my personal tastes.

I don't think it's a healthy habit, but to each his own.

Francois,

I think it's in the genes. You've either got longetivity genes or you don't. If you've got 'em, it hardly matters what you do. If you don't, it hardly matters what you do - you're going to die at your pre-programmed time anyway.

I totally agree.

Edited by - back2dafront on 26 January 2003 18:50:0

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Americans can view Fifth Estate Show at...........

by Beans in

attention, residents of the usa!

if you have directv you can see the cbc newsworld international broadcasts on directv channel 366 - nwi.

the 5th's estate's show times for the jw abuse issue is .

back2dafront

Jehovah's Witness speaking at a Jehovah's Witness Convention, as was
shown on the Australian Sunday Program "Silent Witnesses" on September
22nd 2002:

"The media out there, with all its power and its might, it presents
human nature in three D's, three D's - debauchery of every kind,
deception of every kind and demonism of every kind - and we need to be
aware of that."

Give me a BREAK! That's awful - I can picture Witnesses in the crowd, nodding their heads, agreeing with every word. Especially when the speaker says it with extra emphasis and raises a fist in the air - the crowd loves that and always applauds.

Sickening.

I hate people that can't stand up and take a punch when they're wrong. I just can't imagine how these people hear of all this going on and don't believe a word of it. They really think all these people that have been abused are angry apostates who have nothing better to do but make up false claims about the organization. That is really frikkin sad.

WAKE UP!!

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Superbowl Sunday

by freedom96 in

jw
friends

who do you want to win?

for me, i would have gone for anyone who was against the raiders.

this should be fun.

back2dafront

Raiders. I hate the fans, but the team is strong.

Hopefully I won't get stuck at work. grrrrr.