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  Dateline--Fahrenheit 911

  by patio34 in

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  michael moore is being interviewed tonight on nbc dateline @ 8 est and then he'll also be on david letterman at 11:30 est.. p.s.

  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/203263p-175365c.html.

  heated exchange at 'fahrenheit'?.

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  Moore cares about America, and no one seemed to mind when he was exposing the wrongs done to the auto workers. Now that he is attacking the status quo, it's a whole new ballgame.

  My feelings exactly. In his last film Bowling for Columbine Micheal Moore stuck it not only to big business but the government and the media also for their insane policies that tend to breed a culture of fear in this country. I think the way he linked these problems to the age-old problem of race in this country is what really earned him the ire of the status quo.
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  Dan the Man, you can come back now

  by kls in

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  i am not sure how others feel , but you made your apologies .

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  Dan,

  I don't know if you got my pm or not. By the time I saw your apology post it was many pages back along with the original thread wherein we had our debate. I thought it best not to post to it and just let it go. I'm glad to see your feeling alright and I'd like to say there are no hard feelings. Wish you the best.
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  AlanF, and other "tree falling makes a sound" realist

  by jst2laws in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/73007/3.ashx

  you seemed to agree with my objection that sound is a matter of perception of energy waves, and that it is only our perception that makes it "sound".

  but then you went on to say we should "avoid useless definitions that really tell us nothing", and then said "it's existence is independent of whether anyone or anything receives "a particular auditory impression".

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  LOL! Y'all on some sound of one hand clapping isht!
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  That They Be Called Shepherds

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently put up a thread which discussed the fact that the wts does not hesitate to promote and sell books containing "old light" to its membership and the public.

  well, that thread was about material things and to a lesser extent spiritual things.. how does the wts feel about spiritual things?

  let's take a peek.

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  Elders HATE shepherding calls, no matter who it is.

  That's really sad becaue I witnessed first hand how much seeing an elder during a time of need can help.

  I had been in my newest and last congregation for about 2 months. I was with a newly appointed brother who decided after service to visit an elderly sister who has served for years and was recovering from surgery of some sort. We purchased her some flowers and card and stopped by sometime around lunch. She was so genuinely happy to see us. I was a bit taken aback by it really. However a lot fo witnesses have deep respect for elders and other servants. It's a shame the society holds people back from really focusing on basic human compassion and love.

  After all, she had been a loyal JW for over fifty years. She replied, "They would never help us. They're too busy trying to save their own butts to help us."

  She was quite right you know, bigboi.

  Indeed!
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  That They Be Called Shepherds

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
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  i recently put up a thread which discussed the fact that the wts does not hesitate to promote and sell books containing "old light" to its membership and the public.

  well, that thread was about material things and to a lesser extent spiritual things.. how does the wts feel about spiritual things?

  let's take a peek.

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  Although I was associated with the org for almost seven yrs total, I never once recieved a shepherding call, not once. I was the only believer in my home and a minor. I think those may have have been extenuating factors in their decision to thier decision not to put me on the shepherding lists.
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  Do they keep records on non-baptized publishers too?

  by avishai in

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  this would be interesting.

  say, if they keep records on those raised etc., but who have left?

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  I was informed that they keep judicial records on all publishers for seven years before disposing of them. How true that is I don't know.
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  I have missed you all. (Well, not all)

  by LDH in

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  i'm just stopping in to say hi and give you a whirlwind catch up on everything that's been going on.

  i've missed talking to a lot of you but time hasn't been kind, and i've wanted to spend my downtime with the kids.. everything is going swimmingly!

  we just bought a new, bigger house which is a heck of a lot closer to the high school.

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  Now I have been directed to call him "Big Boy."

  A man after mine own heart.

  Good to see ya LDH.
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  Opinion: does the WT 7-15 portray a Black Jesus?

  by ezekiel3 in

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  you be the judge.

  note: the preceding study article also shows an african man in ethnic dress reading the bible; this article concludes with a photo of the same african studying the publications.

  an appeal to the sons of ham?.

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  I didn't ask you why a fair number of whites do what they do. I asked you a specific question about your behaviour in this instance. I bet you were always the first out in a dodgeball game.

  That's the problem with fellows like you. Always searching for a way to blame other people for your problems. If you can't dance take lessons. If you don't have 'soul', join the church choir. If you're upset at Outkast and MTV write a letter, don't watch the videos, or buy the album. If you don't think you're cool go see a James Dean movie or watch the Chapelle show and take notes. Please, do whatever it is you have to do, just please don't blame MTV and little girls tee-shirts.
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  What Type Of Jehovah's Witness Were You, REALLY???

  by minimus in

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  most jws seem to be "devout" in that they go to 5 meetings and out in field service.

  yet, many also lived double lives.

  were you a true-blue jw or were you a faker?

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  I believed everything they said, hook, line and sinker. I take that back, I didn't really believe it all, but you wouldn't have heard that from me.
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  Abraham's Sacrifice

  by Aalena in

  1. watchtower
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  i'm taking this philosophy class(oh no worldy wisdom) and the instructer mentioned how it always bothered him how abraham's god(yaweh or jehovah to us) had put him through the ordeal of even asking him to sacrifice his son.

  i identified with this because it's something that always bothered me as well.

  i know it was supposedly just a "test" but to me it doesn't seem like something jehovah would ever do when taking into consideration his characteristics outlined in the bible.

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  But dude, you don't make up math answers out of the clear blue sky. THere is a certain amount of knowledge you have to have in order to come to an answer. It's not at all like being omnipotent, is it?

  These kinds of threads make me nauseous.