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  Extra training ... so you know that shooting babies is WRONG ?!?

  by Simon in

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  how dumb and pathetic.. no extra training should be necessary for even slightly trained and disciplined soldiers.

  i guess it is for some of the rabble that the us call "troops" though.. of course the real problem is not just those on the ground that have committed the latest attrocity.

  it is the chain of command that tried to cover it up and all the way up to the president who sanctions bombing of civilian targets with nothing more than rumour for "intelligence".. from now on america, you are on your own.

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  barry

  I wouldnt worry too much about Simons opinions my first wife was a communist sympathiser and sounded just like Simon. We dont have many communists here in australia and there party has never been banned but was disbanded years ago for lack of support. Us Australians have allways supported the US because we beleive the US is leader of the free world and has the same ideals we also respect.

  We have allways supported the US in conflict including Vietnam and now in Irak and Her Majestys forces will continue their support from Australia.

  Just got the news about the incident in march in Irak. The soldiers have been cleared.
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  Once saved always saved?

  by greendawn in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  at one extreme are people like the jws that we criticise for relying too much on works for their salvation and so they have to live through a lot of anxiety day after day out of fear of failing.

  at the other extreme are those that say "i am saved by faith alone, once saved always saved, that's why jesus died for us" and seem to ignore completely the good works factor.

  obviously the right balance is somewhere between the two but we need more sophisticated thinking to grasp it than just: i need works to be saved or i need only faith to be saved.

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  barry

  I heard a story once about the San Francisco bridge and how many people were falling to there death while working on the bridge. Once a safety net was in place to prevent the high loss of life production increased dramatically.

  That is a bit like salvation the safety net provides us with a more conducive atmosphere to do good works The threat of punishment at every turn works to some degree but does it teach us to be more christlike ? i would say it would only out of fear.

  What christ did on the cross has saved us we only have to beleive it and thats 100% conplete. The good works and the perfection of our character is only complete when christ comes and is never 100% conplete [I havent seen many perfect people walking around lately]. The bible says in many ways we all offend.
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  I've having a hard time dealing with the present time in my life

  by Undecided in

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  2. friends

  i don't have any problems that i am dealing with but i can't seem to enjoy the present.

  everywhere i go i recall the past life with my family when i was young and they were alive.

  i remember the houses we called on when i was a jw with my dad and mother, cousins etc.

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  barry

  Gday undecided,

  I fly RC too i just got a 33% ultimate and a 80cc 3w motor for it so in th enext month or so should have it flying . One of those may lift youre spirits.
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  Speaking to an Elder tomarrow, I'm almost free!!!!!!!

  by drew sagan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  major developments in my world, just wanted to let you all know about it.

  i'm meeting with the elder tomarrow afternoon.

  i'm going to stick heavy to the watchtowers interpretation of matthew 24 and how it is unbalanced, sensationalized and out of touch with any historical evidence or respect for the bible.

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  barry

  The truth is AD31 was the end of the world legally and christ could have come at any time the new or old testaments nowere envisage two thousand years into the future.SDAs have battled with the very same issues and the better theologins amonst them have all come to the same conclusions.
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  What Are Words Or Expressions Peculiar To JWs???

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  jws have their own terminology.

  it's a characteristic of a cult.

  here's a few: "new system", the friends" and the "body".......can you think of more?

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  barry

  The truth is not pecular to the JWs it is used in the SDAs and some other churches. It is true that most of the expressions here are unique to JWs. Barry
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  Are "Born-Again Christians" a Cult?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know alot of people might be offended by this question but i think it is a good question to ask.

  born-agains are always pointing the cult finger at jw's, mormons, moonies, 7-day adventists, oneness pentacostals, armstrong, etc; but could they themselves be a cult?

  as the old saying goes "it takes one to know one"

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  All christians are born again but there is some who call themselves born again who beleive they are born again when they receive the holy spirit and speak in toungs . They use what is reffered to as a gift in scripture to be a requirement for salvation. This is where they err and this is the group that is cultic because of its departure from the fundamentals of the christian religion reguarding salvation and also there exclusivity.
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  What is your favorite Chinese Food?

  by averyniceguy in

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  i like orange beef.

  what about you?

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  barry

  Beef with black bean scource and prawns with ginger and scalots is what i order every time and its delicious from the noodle castle just down th e road. Barry
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  How many of the 50 states have you seen?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  have you got a favorite place in the states - a special part of them you would like to call home if you could?.

  jeff

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  Ive only been to two us states california and mexico. i liked california and went to all the attractions disneyland universal studios and even the spruce goose.and i visited San Francisco i beleive thats in california but then down in Mexico thats another thing just like a third world country down in Tiawaania kids begging and people everywhere tryin g to sell you stuff.
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  How do JW know they have the Truth?

  by Noggin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breif background: i am an ex mormon.

  that church preaches that through powerful feelings sent by god, one can know the truth of the book of mormon.

  highly reliable, right?

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  barry

  The mormons do make a big thing about feelings. Unless you study with them you may not know whereas with the JWs its more about how doctrine is incorrect in the churches and we are right .
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  What are your reasons for not joining another religion?

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

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  2. friends

  i am going to start this debate of by saying that those of us who were raised in the so called truth, and i being one of them, can only come to terms with our past by accepting that our parents infected our minds like a virus infects a computer.

  we wouldn't categorise children according to their parents' political stance, since they are too young to make up their minds about such matters.

  but they (jw) segregate them from the world.

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  barry

  From an outsider like myself Im suprised no one has mentioned the trinity doctrine I thought that would be a big factor