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  What's your favourite site for downloading music?

  by JH in

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  i use mirc to download music.

  i just changed computer and re installed mirc, and now it costs 20$ for a year.

  not expensive, but it was free before.. where do you go to download music on the net?

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  melmac

  I used to d/l with mIRC. Now I use DC++ (Direct Connect plus plus).
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  "Do what I say, not what I do" witnesses

  by JH in

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  i remember elders giving talks and giving good advice they didn't even keep themselves.. saying, don't listen to this or that kind of music, and when they get in their cars, that's exactly what's playing on the radio, or when they said to obey the law and then they go faster than the speed limit and say it's ok, i'm just following the other cars.. do you have any other examples of "do what i say, not what i do" witnesses?

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  HEHE! I used to get mad because I tried to follow the WT's advice on music, and guess what the elder's sons used to listen...?

  Edited to add:

  Same for movies, of course!
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  Ten Signs you're a fundamentalist christian

  by IronGland in

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  10 - you vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.. .

  9 - you feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the biblical claim that we were created from dirt.. .

  8 - you laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a triune god.. .

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  Good! Good! Good! Glory to God... ooops!
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  Women in the congregation

  by fairchild in

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  the fact that women are not allowed to address the congregation directly is something that really bothers me.

  is there a bible scripture, indicating that such should be the case?

  furthermore, something as simple as passing a mike cannot be done by a woman.

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  See how loving Paul is towards women:

  1Timothy

  Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

  2:12

  But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

  2:13

  For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

  2:14

  And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
  

  2:15

  Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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  Jonah as Fiction

  by Leolaia in

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  the book of jonah contains one of the most famous stories in the ot: the account of a cowardous prophet who was swallowed whole by a giant fish.

  the only other mention of jonah in the ot however is absolutely silent about this remarkable story (2 kings 14:25), and there is much evidence that the book is a late tale written after the babylonian exile.

  the book is unique among the twelve minor prophets for being mostly narrative and it has much in common with post-exilic haggada (such as the first-century lives of the prophets, which added considerably to the jonah legend), the "great city" of ninevah is little more than a distant, vague memory (as evidenced by such things as the anomalous title "king of ninevah" and the non-mention of the king's name in jonah 3:6), legendary touches like the giant fish and the magical growth of the castor-oil plant, and especially the late aramaisms rife in the book (such as spynch in 1:5, ht'st "to think" in 1:6, stq in 1:12, mnh in 2:1, and so forth).

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  Astonishing research. This adds to the evidence that the bible is not only a "collection of books", but a "collection of a collection of books and oral tradition".
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  They are Sooooooooo Over-rated !!

  by ScoobySnax in

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  ever listened to someone who goes on and on about someone or something (and i don't mean jehovah's witnesses here!

  ) like they were the best thing since sliced bread.....and try as you might you just can't see the attraction?.

  my brother-in law must have every sodding elvis record/picture/memorabilia thing going, and he goes on and on about him.

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  Angharad, you were quicker than me. I was going go say SEINFELD.

  The Beatles, overrated? No way!
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  Make your own prophecy...

  by melmac in

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  the "composite sign" given by jesus could relate to many centuries in the past, and will no doubt fit many centuries in the future.

  it's by no means a "fingerprint", as religions (especially dubs) will have it.. now, if you were in jesus' shoes and were to give an ummistakable sign, what would it be?

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  The "composite sign" given by Jesus could relate to many centuries in the past, and will no doubt fit many centuries in the future. It's by no means a "fingerprint", as religions (especially dubs) will have it.

  Now, if YOU were in Jesus' shoes and were to give an ummistakable sign, what would it be?
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  Just got back from the 2004-2005 circuit assembly here are a few thoughts.

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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  upon arriving i ran into lots of old friends and really enjoyed seeing everyone and visiting.

  they dont know that im currently struggling with doubts about the organization and they think that im the same old zealous brother.

  i couldnt help but feel a sence of guilt visiting with them about our current number of publishers and how many we had pioneering ect.

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  "World of Aids"?

  Now, the dubs have become adept at borrowing every urban legend in the book?
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  My Thomas : Why did Jesus not rebuke him ?

  by Lampokey in

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  2. beliefs

  jw doctrine teaches that jesus was not god.i do not know if is doctrime , but i also get the idea that jws believe the bible to be completely and literally correct.. luke 18:19 : jesus asks a ruler "why do you call me good?

  nobody is good , except one , god".. how , then , do jws explain john 20:28 , where thomas says "my lord and my god!".

  if jesus was not god , he would certainly rebuke a disciple for blasphemy.so , why did he not set thomas straight ?

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  Now you hit the nail in the head, Little Toe. While I don't believe the trinity, John's Gospel makes a point of Jesus' divinity. Let's say I'm somewhere in between Jdubs and other denominations, on this issue.
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  Do spiritual ones sit closer to the front?

  by JH in

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  df'd ones are asked to sit in the back row at the hall.

  although i was never df'd, i always sat in the back because i felt more comfortable back there.

  i never did participate much anyways so i sat in the last row or before last.

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  Wherever I am, except for theaters (not "movies") I ALWAYS sit at the back. First because I don't like people looking over my shoulders. Second, because it makes strategic escapes easier (unless the entrance is in the front). Depending on the case, I can even take a nap...

  At the KH, it can serve as an excuse... I sat in the back "to help other people".