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  anyone here in the stock market?

  by Gregor in

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  what a roller coaster it has been lately.

  no way i would want to manage our investments.

  leave it to the brokers and try to ignore it.

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  barry

  I trade short term useing technical annalysis to pick trending stocks. It is documented that 70% on capital per annum can easily be made useing this method.

  The resources sector in Australia is on a bull run at the moment and I have made 20% in only one month and that includes taking small losses when a given stock doesnt perform when expected. Trading requires disipline to sell when stocks are not performing and take a small loss rather than let the loss become larger every day. Remember that stocks fall 3times faster than they rise.
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  Can't attend the footwashing,but

  by Junction-Guy in

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  well today is footwashing sunday at my home church in kentucky.

  this is always a favorite event for me.

  they usually have guest preachers, special singing, and of course, dinner on the grounds.

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  barry

  I forgot to mention there is some dispute among SDAs when the footwashing some SDAs do it before communion and some do it after. Traditionally it was done before but if you read the bible it was donr after.
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  Can't attend the footwashing,but

  by Junction-Guy in

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  well today is footwashing sunday at my home church in kentucky.

  this is always a favorite event for me.

  they usually have guest preachers, special singing, and of course, dinner on the grounds.

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  barry

  The SDAs wash feet and its allways a possibility it may turn you off if someone had disgusting feet or something. The SDAs also call it the ordinance of humility and it is done before communion.
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  JOBLESS COUPLE HAVE 12 KIDS AND GET A $1,000,000 FREE HOME

  by Mary in

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  2. current

  oh i just love reading stories like this.

  jobless couple with 12 children are given a 500,000 homedan newling and daniel bates - more by this author last updated at 10:08am on 24th july 2007. comments (57).

  it's the type of highly-desirable family home that is well beyond the reach of many middle-class professionals.

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  barry

  I know of a lady just after 1975 who came to our church told us the witnesses were being encouraged at that time to go on welfare called the dole here in Australia and then go witnessing full time.

  I think motherhood is so downplayed in our society that it causes people to have fewer kids or none at all and its a tradedgy.

  All mothers are paid $4000 per child here in Australia and I think its a step in the right direction. I wouldnt mind if it was double that.
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  My disagreement with hubby on use of Jehovah's name around JW's...input

  by megsmomma in

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  ok, this weekend i had a jw at my door and i sincerely gave a anti-wintess to him during which i did tell him i feel closer to jehovah than i ever have and i still believe in jehovah, just not the society.

  my husband thinks i should have said "the lord" or "god" instead, because he thinks it sounds like i was being hypicritical in a way.. my take is that to sound like i knew what i was talking about, and to lessen the likliness of him turning his ears off right away, i should talk in a way he is comfortable with.. hubby thinks it is more beneficial to show you are free from their wording and say what you mean from your learning that jehovah is not god's only true name.. .

  what do you say when talking to them if you get the chance?.

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  Look in any hynmbook of christendom and the name Jehovah is in there in at least 15 to 20% of the hymns
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  Going to anoher church?

  by KatyH81 in

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  i just wondered if anyone has been to a church since fading, or getting out?

  and how did you feel when you went?

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  My first wife studied with the witnesses before we were married and when I invited her to my church she shook like a leaf. I couldnt understand this because I had been used to going to other churches all my life and I didnt have that type of behaviour.

  So from my experiance i can understand what some witnesses must go through visiting another church.
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  Distorted Morality-America's War on Terror

  by frankiespeakin in

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  noamchomsky lecture - distorted morality:.

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4054523048548733881&q=noam+chomsky+lecture+-+distorted&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0.

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  Gopher, you said one mans freedom fighter isanother mans terrorist,

  While this statement is sometimes true with what we are dealing with Islamo fasist terrorism we are dealing with an enemy that swill not negotiate with in fact there is no way we could call a cease fire with Bin Laden he beleives this war will go on until the day of judgement. If we were all to become Muslims there still would be no let up in hostilities and bin laden would continue with war on muslims he considers to be apostate.
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  Distorted Morality-America's War on Terror

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. jw
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  noamchomsky lecture - distorted morality:.

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4054523048548733881&q=noam+chomsky+lecture+-+distorted&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0.

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  Gopher,
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  Anything weird you like to eat?

  by free2beme in

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  i was camping this weekend with some friends and around the camp fire the subject came up, "what is something weird you like to eat?

  " i thought it was a fun subject and we all had some laughs over our odd appetites.. some of mine .... i love bologna with american cheese and miracle whip (the only thing i will use miracle whip with).

  i love the taste of straight pickle juice or hot pepper juice.

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  barry

  They had kangaroo at the supermarket a few months ago so I decided to try it. I was the only one who ate the kangaroo meat. It is a big export earner and is sold all over the world. Kangaroos are a big pest here in Australia there are allways dead ones on the side of the road that have been hit by cars.
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  Religions similar to JWs.

  by LtCmd.Lore in

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  2. beliefs

  does anyone know of any religions that are very similar to jehovahs witnesses?.

  it tends to come up in discussions with them a lot, they like to think that they are the only ones that don't believe in hell, the trinity, that jesus died on a stake, that they won't go to heaven, or stuff like that.

  i could probaby just prove them wrong, but that would take forever and it would be a lot easier to just say: "you're not as unique as you think...".

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  barry

  Gday Monophonic,

  SDAs were Arian and Trinitarian about 1900 and then the official position became Trinitarian. As a result there is still a small sector of Adventists that are still Arian and beleive the same as the WT on this. The Adventists came from different churches as well as some small groups who didnt beleive in the trinity and these same roots effected the WT org.

  SDAs dont restrict any holidays and as you rightly pointed out now have women as clergy

  Similar to the WT Adventists beleive in soul sleep and use the historicist view of interpreting bible prophecy.