That's right Elsewhere, although I've also heard of the object-oriented DB approach (everything has to be OO these days). I've also used temporary "flat" tables generated from relational ones to speed up common searches on large tables.
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10How does Google work so fast? Any techies with an inside track?
by AlmostAtheist ini'm banging on an oracle database with a table holding 200,000,000 records.
just getting a count of those bad boys takes several seconds.. it got me to wondering about google.
they index 8 billion pages.
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A personal account
by cheeseman ini'm new to the forum.
glad i found this place, it seems i've finally found somewhere i feel comfortable.
i'm writing this to get some stuff out of my system.
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Hi cheesman. I feel for you, man. Your story reminds me of how I got trapped in the Watchtower doctrines. I hope you can overcome the brainwashing.
Yes, go to freeminds.org. Do some research and get professional help if needed.
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2034 - A Future History of Jehovah's Witnesses
by slimboyfat ini don't know what i am talking about... read this post at your peril.
back in the 1960s there was, seemingly, a brief period of relaxation in authoritarianism among jehovah's witnesses.
those who have read raymond franz's 'crisis of conscience' will have heard the story about dan sydlik's remark about the need to 'open some windows to let some air in here'.
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Religion is the most profitable legal business because religions can misquote, misrepresent, and use unethical practices without fear of punishment. It's the absolute best way to scam people I have yet seen.
LOL. And all that without upsetting the majority of its members. A few victims who can't conform here and there, but "the organization" on the whole is moving fast forward. And it's as full of "happy" people who love to be fooled as ever. :)
But wait, if there is a whole mutli-million $ industry for lovers of sado-masochism, then there's nothing extraordinary about the WTS business always taking its faithful members on a ride.
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What if we started a Watchtower Writer fund?
by ithinkisee inwhat if we started a fund that guaranteed one of the bethel or gb old-timers an income and a place to live for the rest of their life if they turned over information and documents that would crush the society?.
there's gotta be some rich apostates out there right?.
after reading "crisis of conscience" and "search of christian freedom" i was struck by how many men in the writing department and executive committees are fully aware of "the truth about the truth" and how these men are scared to say anything for fear of being cast out of bethel with nothing.. it also explains why some of those brothers that i met while there seemed almost sad and solemn and kept to themselves.. if one of these men knew that he and his wife would have a place to live and a regular income for the remainder of their days ... who knows what could come of it .... anyways ... just my thought for the day.
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Here's what I'd do if I were Satan and the WTS was God's earthly organization. I'd "inspire" some rich bastard to set up a fund like that and I'd put ads in all major news papers:
1,000,000 of legal dollars (after taxation) for a higher-up Bethelite who is willing to disclose classified information about the inner workings of the WTS. Join brother Brown who has now moved to the Cayman Islands. All he did to win his prize was come out and tell us the truth about the Truth. Next week it can be you!
I can only think of a few reasons why Satan hasn't done it yet:
1) WTS has nothing to hide (ya, right).
2) Satan is dumber than me. Gettin' old and tired mileading the entire earth since 1914. Nobody's paying me extra time and the earth's population has increased twofold (or more) since JC sat on his throne. Why is he waitin' so freakin long to get it out on me??? I'm fed up with his little games.
3) Satan doesn't exist. (Yeah? Really?).
4) WTS are Satan's buddies, or at least he doesn't care.
5) Now here is the tricky one: Jehoover is using secret theocratic espionage warfare to protect his earthly servants' asses. (sly, innit?)
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Satanic turtle emerges from pet store fire
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/us/03/21/evil.turtle/
i don't see the satan image, do you?.
pet store owner: satan's image on turtle's shell.
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Reminds me of those "subliminal" WTS images.
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Is the Society's message to JW's getting stronger?
by truthseeker induring a dinner conversation with a loyal jw, he mentioned that the society seems to be making stronger statements to jw's.
he mentioned the "keep on the watch" brochure, and how it seemed to be for jw's as well as the public.
he acknowledged the "personal questions" the society were asking us, in the brochure - how pointed and direct they are, even asking you to rank your physical and spiritual activities on a scale of 1 to 10. .
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truthseeker,
Doomy gloomy, but you have a point there.
And the litmus test for obedience for fanatical JW's, is those who are willing to terminate friendships with those who have doubts, and turn them in.
I've experienced this recently. A few people told me I'm now a threat to their spirituality, because I no longer share their beliefs. LOL. Fortunately they're not not my family, so I couldn't care less.
Think about the faithful and discreet slave for a moment - how many of the 6 million dubs have met even one of them? Most don't even know the names of any of the GB. Yet, they are expected to pledge their idolatrous allegiance to "the channel that Jehovah is using."
You're right. I sometimes ask my still-dub friends if they'd give $1000 to a bank they've never seen or heard of with the word of a salesman as the only guarantee of making huge profits in a few year's time. They wouldn't give a penny without making sure it's not a scam. On the other hand they have no problems with giving up their lives, their money and their families to the whimsical doctrines of a few old hypocrites in Brooklyn just because they're promised an eternal life. Oh yeah the mystical unicornish board of directors almost paid them a dividend in 1914, 1925, 1975 and before the generation of 1914 passed away. just wait a few more years and the profits will come. Go figure.
prophecor,
Nearly every other religious institution, to some degree, is there as a result of being split or seperated, be that by force, or by choice.
That's right. Isn't it natural for religions to split up? I think the total failure of the FDS doctrine (once the annointed oldtimers pass away) may ignite a split-up process or ar least a major reform in the org.
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What Are Things Jehovah's Witnesses Won't Tell You???
by minimus inprospects are told that jws are the "happiest people on earth".
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That you lose your right to openly question or doubt the WTS doctirnes the moment you get baptized. This is when you suddenly become a Watchtower official who now has to busy himself brainwashing other newbies.
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What about Zoar
by tijkmo inquestion: why are these people not going to be resurrected according to the wts?
do you remember ever reading where lot and his family preached/warned these people?.
came up in blondies (are you male or female) wt discusion and i had in mind to pose this ?
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hi tijkmo
conclusion....sodom and gomorrah inhabitants must get a ressurection...
That's a tough one, actually:
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnesses/Changes/changes.htm:
The Men of Sodom
1879 The men of Sodom will be resurrected
Watchtower July 1879 p 8
The Watchtower in July 1879 stated that the men of Sodom will be resurrected, (summary not a quote).1952 The men of Sodom will not be resurrected
Watchtower 6/1/1952 p 338
Similarly, Sodom did not endure its judgment day, had failed completely, and the Jews knew its fate was sealed. Their opinion of Sodom was the lowest possible. So when Jesus told them that it would be more endurable for utterly depraved Sodom than for these Jewish cities they got the powerful point.
These Jewish cities had heard the warning and had seen powerful works; they had had their fair judgment trial and by their decision showed they were worthy of eternal destruction.1965 The men of Sodom will be resurrected
Watchtower 8/1/1965 p 479
Then the next verse refers to the Judgment Day, saying: ?Consequently I say to you people, It will be more endurable for the land of Sodom on Judgment Day than for you.? (Matt. 11:24) Similarly, at Matthew 10:15 are recorded Jesus? words: ?Truly I say to you, It will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than for that city? where the people would reject the message carried by Jesus? disciples. For it to be ?more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah? than for others, it would be necessary for former inhabitants of that land to be present on Judgment Day. It is not the literal land, the ground, that is to be judged. Revelation chapter 20 shows that it will be persons raised from the dead who will stand ?before the throne.? Nor will judgment be passed on them as groups, as former inhabitants of certain lands, but they will be ?judged individually according to their deeds? during the time of judgment. So apparently individuals who used to live in that land will be resurrected.?Rev. 20:12, 13.1988 The men of Sodom will not be resurrected
Watchtower 6/1/1988 p 31
Consequently, in addition to what Jude 7 says, the Bible uses Sodom/Gomorrah and the Flood as patterns for the destructive end of the present wicked system. It is apparent, then, that those whom God executed in those past judgments experienced irreversible destruction. Of course, each of us can confirm that by his proving faithful to Jehovah now. In that way we will qualify to be alive in the new world to see whom he resurrects and whom he does not. We know that his judgments are perfect. Elihu assured us: ?For a fact, God himself does not act wickedly, and the Almighty himself does not pervert judgment.??Job 34:10, 12.You Can Live Forever in Paradise 1982 edition The men of Sodom will be resurrectedYou Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth 1982
The 1982 edition of "You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth" stated the men of Sodom will resurrected, (summary not a quote) the 1989 edition was changed to what you read below.You Can Live Forever in Paradise 1989 edition The men of Sodom will not be resurrected
You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth 1989
Will such terribly wicked persons be resurrected during Judgment Day? The Scriptures indicate that apparently they will not. For example, one of Jesus? inspired disciples, Jude, wrote first about the angels that forsook their place in heaven to have relations with the daughters of men. Then he added: ?So too Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, after they in the same manner as the foregoing ones had committed fornication excessively and gone out after flesh for unnatural use, are placed before us as a warning example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.? (Jude 6, 7; Genesis 6:1, 2) Yes, for their excessive immorality the people of Sodom and of the surrounding cities suffered a destruction from which they will apparently never be resurrected.?2 Peter 2:4-6, 9, 10aPole
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The Watchtower & the cigarette company
by expatbrit ini: some relevant quotes from watchtower publications
1: the position of the watchtower as regards smoking
*** jv 181 13 recognized by our conduct ***.
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Hi eduardo. Bad link. Can you repost it?
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If you could give me "only one" reason why not to be in the truth..........
by ButtLight inwhat would it be?
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Lies, damn lies, the Truth.
I'd say it's 50% my fault for buying the all-inclusive metaphysical package called THE TRUTH. Still, it's the one reason to stop professing it when you realize it.
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