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  16 Biblical Ways to Find a Wife

  by Carmel in

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  the top 16 biblical ways to acquire a wife 16. find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes.

  (deuteronomy 21:11-13)

  15. find a prostitute and marry her, so that some of her children will be born to you from other men.

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  MungoBaobab

  I love this thread, even if it is a re-run!
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  AI film review (spoiler)

  by ballistic in

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  "ai" was broadcast on british tv tonight.

  it is a great film although the following analysis will spoil the film if you havent seen it so - dont read on, just watch it.

  i am posting this here as there are several interesting religious themes running through the film:.

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  MungoBaobab

  Wow, great insight. I'd never thought the religious themes of this fil, probably because Blade Runner covers similar subject matter more eloquently. However, the described relationship between David and his creators, from the warm, trusting relationship in the first act, to the desperate search for answers and fulfilled promises in a cruel world in the second, to the underwhelming but satiating answers he finds from his own kind in the end mirrors my own spiritual quest. I started out trusting the WTS's admittedly comforting promises as a child myself. As a teenager and young man I was tormented by the disparity between fact and promise; ie science and the Bible, and as sure as David searches out the Blue Fairy I searched out the truth behind Noah's Ark, Adam & Eve, etc. The advanced robots are able to give David a sense of closure that doesn't come close to him becoming human. The answers I found outside the WTS are equally disappointing and comforting. So I won't live forever in Paradise. But at least now I know the truth.
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  The Top 3 Things A Witness Can Never Understand

  by metatron in

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  facts and reality can get so distorted in the witness subculture that huge blind spots.

  are created.

  as the current saying goes, "they just don't get it".

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  MungoBaobab

  1) That believing every ghost story but calling the boogeymen "ghosts" instead of "demons" isn't what makes a person superstitious

  2) That the early Christians they claim to emulate didn't publish two bi-monthly magazines and distribute them door to door and turn in their time

  3) That the End isn't getting nearer and nearer as the years pass 1914, it's getting farther and farther away
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  What's next for the Watchtower in 2005?

  by truthseeker in

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  after all the events of 2004 regarding the botchtower, what do you think will happen next year?.

  i can think of a few events.. first of all, 70 years will have passed since rutherflawed took on the name "jehovah's witnesses" - a gross misapplication of that scripture in isaiah.. all the new man presses will be operational - already, the wt have increased their watchtower circulation.. "godly obedience" district convention next summer - we all know what that will be about; and don't forget the layman's km article on how to book a hotel, and not just any hotel at that either.. a new book to replace "organised to accomplish our ministry".

  bro barr of the governing body turns 100 (i think this is correct).

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  MungoBaobab

  Hmm. In the pages of the Watchtower in 2005 we will see more on... more on... moreon... morons!
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  Earthquake Victims Assistance

  by AuntieJane in

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  the toll is mounting; god help those poor people.

  i went to some websites of various churches.

  and found most of them are helping, such as, what is posted below.

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  MungoBaobab

  I don't know exactly how CRS is related to the Catholic Chiuch, but the WTS doesn't have the membership or the money that the Catholics do, although we all know that isn't the real reason for them not making mention of this (yet). Naturally, they'd only help out the local Witnesses first. Which, truth be told, wouldn't you be pissed if you were a Witness affected and the WTS donated time and money to non-Witnesses before you, with so few resources to go around?
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  A Loving organization?

  by startingover in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last saturday an old friend of ours took her life.

  she and her husband had almost been married 25 years, and we had known her longer than that.

  she was like a little sister to my wife.

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  MungoBaobab

  Because of such fine purposes being served, it seems that a Christian minister could see his way clear to conduct the funeral of a Witness? unbelieving relative?or even of one who, in a condition of extreme despondency or mental derangement, had taken his own life. And fellow Christians could extend comfort to the bereaved Witness by attending.

  I love it, "extreme despondency or mental derangement" in a suicide. Gee, ya think? As opposed to all the other people who kill themselves just for the hell of it, right?
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  They Invented A Robot That Can Run!

  by metatron in

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  http://world.honda.com/hdtv/asimo/.

  beware watchtower!

  them puny humans are creating miracles!.

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  MungoBaobab

  That's funny, because here are some brothers from Brooklyn that can actually do the robot:

  
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  So I'm Dancing, and This Bitch Is Just WATCHING Me

  by SixofNine in

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  do you think dogs are critical of the way we dance?

  are dogs from black families less embarrassed by their owner's dancing?

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  MungoBaobab

  

  This dogg actually raps about the bitches dancing around him.
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  ANASTACIA have you seen her in concert?

  by Panda in

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  i saw her on the elton john special on hbo and i just love her voice.

  i wondered if her concerts are as upbeat as the music she did with ej...are any on this board fans of anastacia?

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  MungoBaobab

  Hmm. I'm a fan of her killer body and sexy tattoo, if that counts.
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  what sin is facial hair supposed to lead to?

  by little1 in

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  2. beliefs

  i am curious as to why jws aren't allowed to have facial hair.

  and why, then, was it okay for jesus?.

  inquiring minds want to know.. l1

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  MungoBaobab

  Rutherford came to power around World War One. We all know there was a spike in nationalism and militarism (is that even a word?) around that time. Prior to this, it was fashionable for men to have both beards and shoulder-length hair, afterwards the clean-cut military look was in: no beards and short hair. So much for "quit being fashioned after the things in this world." Now they defend it with circular logic, "You shouldn't grow a beard because none of the other brothers grow them."

  Seriously, though: isn't the beard rule the most pharisaical thing you've ever heard of in modern times?