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  I Have a Dream - for ex-JWs

  by Amazing in

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  the following is taken directly from the closing of the speech given by dr. maring luther king, jr. 38 eight years ago on august 28, 1963, "i have a dream".

  in a future post, i will injected some respectfully intended comments after his thoughts because of the irony of his references and how they relate to ex-jws.. "and so let freedom ring ... and when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, "free at last, free at last.

  thank god almighty, we are free at last.".

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  Uhhh Fred, I think you mean mices. LOL

  You sure are a rascal of cat.

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  most embarrasing thing ever at a meeting ...

  by alliwannadoislive in

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  hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?

  ... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...

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  I also heard this particular experience through the grapevine.

  There was this newly baptized brother who was chosen to conclude the service meeting in prayer. So he gets up to the podium and begins his prayer:

  Bruh, Jehovah bruh, We thank you for such and such and so on.

  Now I've heard of having a close relationship with God. But calling him "Bruh"? Hell, I don't think Jesus is that close! LOL!!!!!!
  You can bet it was a loooong time before he got another to pray from the platform!

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  what's a boy to do?

  by jonjonsimons in

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  hey all,.

  i don't know if my karma is screwed up or what, because today just has not been my day.

  first i got up this morning, logged on the board and the first post i read was that drivel from you know or who knows or whatever his/her name is.

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  Hey Jonjon:

  I don't think all witness are as pushy as that sister. Your sermon to her will probably become famous and imprinted on her mind at the very least. I doubt she will ever return to your house. However, if word gets around and they someone else comes by, I think they'll make it a point to be a whole lot nicer. LOL!

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  US Law & Presidency

  by Amazing in

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  us law & presidency .

  many non-american people as well as many american citizens do not fully understand the legal premise of our system, nor how the system is designed to function.

  because so many have a hazy idea, they often make mistakes in voting and involvement in the political system.. the presidency: the office of the us president was designed to be weak and largely one of administration.

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  Amazing:

  I'm looking forward to your response. I think you are partly right. Our government is a dynamic one. It can change with the times and the circumstances. Take as an example the years we have been a world power. Most of those yrs were defined by our Presidents and their politics. That makes since because for most of that time we were under the threat of nuclear war. he is the commander-in-chief of the Government had expanded to either control or have much more say in how things were done in every area of public life. Therefore strong executive power was needed and still is imo.

  Today a change is happening. We need different legislation, less government intervention in some areas, not all imo. Therefore the Congress is starting to take enter stage and no doubt(unless there is a mjor war) will be the most important part of the federal government. THere's this saying about whoever holds the purse holds something. I forget it. The saying basically means that whoever holds the money controls the house. Congress has the power to determine how federal money is ultimately spent. So it's going to be the force until a new circumstance arises.

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  US Law & Presidency

  by Amazing in

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  us law & presidency .

  many non-american people as well as many american citizens do not fully understand the legal premise of our system, nor how the system is designed to function.

  because so many have a hazy idea, they often make mistakes in voting and involvement in the political system.. the presidency: the office of the us president was designed to be weak and largely one of administration.

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  Amazing:

  Again, I must disagree with you. The House of Representatives and the Senate were designed to give the individual states that vary in size a population an egual share in government. The House of Reps can't be the will the ppl because it doesn't represent all the ppl just the state the ppl live, whichever that one is. It was a result of the "Great Compromise" http://www.senate.gov/learning/min_1bb.html of the constitutional convention. What sense does it make to have a system of Checks and Balances if one part of the government has the majority of power? That whole concept only makes sense if all branches are presumed to be equal in power and status. Thus the need to put in Checks and Balancesto ensure that no one branch becomes the arbiter of government. Doesn't the very word balance denote equality?

  All three branches of government are able to wield great influence in American society. The Supreme Court affected Federal Poilcy in the last election, in Roe vs. Wade, in Brown vs the Board of Education etc..

  Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan both set in motion Legislative reforms the changed social policy in this country. Let's not even talk about FDR and the New Deal. Of course, they needed to get the votes in the Legislative branch to get their proposal s through. That lends support to the fact that the Branches ar equal. The Legislature must make sure their policy is in line with Constitutional interpretation or it can be shot down by the Judicial. They must also avoid the veto of the President, cause it's hard to get those 2/3rds majority to overturn one. So each branch is constantly working together as equals to govern according to the framework of the Conatitution.

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  US Law & Presidency

  by Amazing in

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  us law & presidency .

  many non-american people as well as many american citizens do not fully understand the legal premise of our system, nor how the system is designed to function.

  because so many have a hazy idea, they often make mistakes in voting and involvement in the political system.. the presidency: the office of the us president was designed to be weak and largely one of administration.

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  Hey Amazing:

  You give a great deal of preference to Congress in your essay about the Presendency. You even stated that on that you would favor a Parlimentary system where the party in power would control who was gonna be President.

  I disagree with you. The Presidency was not intended to be weak. The government was built upon a system of checks and balances. I thought that meant the no branch of the Federal Government would become too powerful and dominate the other. All Branches of government should remain limited in thier power to govern us. True, in thses times there is more of a focus on Congress because of the economic troubles and the many legislative changes that aretaking place today. However, that does not mean that ths country does not need a President on the watch who will serve as a watchdog for the ppl and ensure that congress keeps the needs of it's ordinary citizens in view too. Congress has attempted many times to control the President. I think of Andrew Johnson, and Bill Clinton. the day it succeeds in Controlling the only public official who is elected by every U.S. citizen will be a sad one indeed.

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  Vacation is over, back to life......

  by LDH in

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  aaarrrrggghhhh what can i say?

  a week of sun and not thinking about anything was heavenly.

  i thought i'd share a couple of experiences with yas...... when we left fresno, i had somehow mixed up our departure time (chalk it up to pregnancy; i've never done that before) on american west.

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  Hey Lisa:

  Welcome back sweetie! Glad to here y'all had such a good time out there it sounded magnifique'. I can't wait to see those pics!!!!

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  Is pedophilia an unforgivable sin?

  by cnn77 in

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  in my opinion it should be and a pedophile should never be allowed back into the organization.. the children they abuse suffer for the rest of their lives so why should a pedophile have forgiveness and be reinstated?

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  Francoise:

  It is interesting that you bring up the matter of executions. It seem that the principle of executing individuals who were deemed incorrigible by their actions also is given support in the Bible.

  I'm having trouble locating the actual scripture, but it deals with the incidence of a son who is good-for-nothingand found by his parents t be totally corrupt. The Law stated that such a person should be stoned to death.

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  Is pedophilia an unforgivable sin?

  by cnn77 in

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  in my opinion it should be and a pedophile should never be allowed back into the organization.. the children they abuse suffer for the rest of their lives so why should a pedophile have forgiveness and be reinstated?

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  RexB13:

  Now, if your question is in reference to Biblical law, a sin is a sin is a sin, there is actually no sin worse than any other.

  I don't think that statement is a correct one. If it is then why were different punishments perscribed for different sins. For instance if a man committed fornication with a virgin he had to marry her for life and pay her father a fine. However, if a man committed adultery with a married woman they both were to be put to death. these are not the only examples either of a percieved difference in the gravity of one sin over another.

  For instance, intentional murder was distinguished from manslaughter in the Bible. The whole city of refuge arranagement was set up because of this difference. So it would seem that biblically speaking a sin isn't a sin is a sin...... Or something like that
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  IF Freddie could only count to 372,000!

  by Amazing in

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  first freddie says that there are 372,000 molesters among the jws, and attributes this to me.

  if you read my post again, i showed about 5,300 molesters, and using this and one of the studies that shows 70 victims per molestrs average, then we can reach 372,000 victims - see that freddie?

  victims!

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  Hey Amazing:

  Now, leave ol freddie pooh alone. You know cats can't read.

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