MungoBaobab

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  would you go back if...

  by what_Truth? in

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  a member of the gb splits breaks away and takes a few billion with him.

  he decideds to found his own church.

  this church is almost exactly the same as the jehovah's witneses except for a few major changes .

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  I'd probably go back if it meant I could have a really smokin' hot chick. Then I'd get her to follow me back out!
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  Want a chip?...

  by Brummie in

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  would you accept an identification chip beneath your skin?

  i know this is about medication records, buto you think there will ever be a day when we wont be able to "buy and sell" if we dont have a chip to replace all our credit cards etc?

  http://www.4verichip.com/.

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  Would anyone like a chocolate chip?
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  Holidays: It's all about gratitude

  by Fleur in

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  "holidays" have nothing to do with religion anymore anyway!".

  it looked like, to many of them, the most religious experience associated with the whole thing was knowing they got.

  the fictitious bajorans supposedly have a great celebration every year known as the gratitude festival.. .

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  Wow! Somebody's been watching her DS9! Great post, Fleur!

  I like your parallel between the Witnesses and Bajorans. I've always been amused by the comparison of the JWs to the Borg, ("Borginization," hehe), but I've always thought the WTS was set up more like the Dominion.

  Founders = Governing Body: Cold, impersonal, oblivious / apathetic to the concerns of those in their charge. Viewed as gods by their subjects yet utterly fallible. Constantly changing shape to stay alive, live in a secluded location. Expel their own kind for not sharing their views. Some are centuries old!

  Vorta = Elders & COs: Arrogant, condescending, in love with their own authority. Fawn over their superiors, say really mean things in nice ways. Will lie or distort the truth for organizational objectives. They are given the task of dispensing the "proper food at the proper time" that the R&F are addicted to (ketracel white vs. Watchtowers & Awakes). They have no sense of aesthetics!

  Jem'Hadar = R&F Witnesses: Actually a honorable lot, for the most part. Fanatically loyal to the organization, some remain loyal and willing to die even when they know its not the truth (Remata'Klan, see ep. "Rocks and Shoals") Others break away and wreak havoc ("To the Death"). Most only have direct contact with their immediate superiors and never see a governing member. They're forced to grow up fast and kept addicted to a product made by the governing coucil!
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  Jackson's and Boy's Prints Found on Porn Mags

  by Elsewhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041212/d86tr8sg1.html

  report: jackson prints found on porn mags.

  dec 11, 10:01 pm (et).

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  For the record, I take no position on Jackson's innocence or guilt.

  But does an older guy viewing porn with a younger guy, even underage, constitue or prove abuse? How else are kids supposed to get their hands on it (the porn, that is ). It sucks to be 14, horny, and unable to get any. I think pornography serves a very useful purpose in educating young people about anatomy and sexuality, provided they're sophisticated enough to understand its fantasy. It also serves as an outlet for sexual frustration; ex. would it be better for young teenagers to have sex or view porn? And for the record I'm not some porn addict, nor do I support all forms (underage, etc). I just feel it serves a useful purpose, mainly for young people.

  I'd love to be approached by a Dub offering an Awake on pornography.

  "Don't you agree that porn is a worldwide epidemic?"

  "Umm, no. Not really!"
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  Your favorite JW made-up word

  by dorothy in

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  ok, they have lots of "witnessy" sayings.

  but the best is the words they keep making up.. mine is "super-fine apostles" (from an awake a few months ago).

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  "Mesiahship" was mentioned in a bookstudy publication a few years back, as in "Jesus earned his mesiahship by dying on a torture stake."
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  Do you believe that ancient humans once had advanced technology?

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  this is something that has been tossed around for some time, but something occurred to me: if ancient humans did have advanced technology, such as space travel, we would know about it.

  the reason i say we would know about it is because they would most certainly have left objects in orbit around earth.

  yes, the low-orbit objects would have eventually fallen back due to the drag of the upper atmosphere.

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  They must have had advanced technology, mankind built an immense floating zoo out of nothing but wood that housed every single species of animal, and technology was advanced enough so that only eight people could take care of every last one of them. A few generations later mankind even built a tower that reached up to heaven itself! Please.
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  Do you believe Mary was a virgin?

  by JustTickledPink in

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  my catholic friend and i were talking the other night about the virgin mary.

  she doesn't even believe that she was a virgin and she doesn't believe in the immaculate conception.

  if you think about it logically today, if you had a fiance that went to visit relatives for a few months and then came back pregnant and told you it was god's child, would you believe it?

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  The Greeks had many stories of their gods fathering human children with unique abilities. And what ethnic group were the first Christians courting with their Jewish sect?
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  Santa will be short a reindeer this year....

  by morty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you are aware, it is hunting season right now where live.the hunters have pushed (ran the deer out of the bush's) every bush that there has to be had around here.in other word's ( for those who are not sure of what i mean) they walk all the bushes and woods to get the deer to come out to hunt and kill them.

  killing the deer i have no problem with.

  it's when the deer almost kill me and my family i begin to have a problem.. last night at about 11.00pm i was taking home my son's girlfriend home.

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  Actually, hunting deer helps control the population, meaning fewer deer to run out in front of vehicles, but you don't want to hear it right now, do ya? You know what? I'll be quiet!

  Here's to a quick recovery.
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  Say Something Jehovah's Witnessy........

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.

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  Hehe! My brother had a joke where everytime they said "friends" we'd clap our hands like they did at the beginning of the show "Friends."
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  What Are Some of Your Favorite Urban Legends About JWs???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  periodically, we post about what we realize were good fables that were spoken as "gospel".

  smurfs running up and down the aisles of the hall is a well known one......any you remember???

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  Yeah, I thought it was Japan. I wonder if the even have the death penalty in Japan?

  EDIT: Yep, they do. Dammit!

  Speaking of which there was an article about a man who survived Hiroshima because he was imprisoned for preaching. I've heard from other sources non-JW sources that a prisoner was the sole survivor of Hiroshima (no mention of him being a JW), and there were quite a few names and dates in the article, so it could be true.