Rondoggy, you only provided an email link. For those interested, the web link is:
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New Yahoo group for exjws
by rondoggy ini wanted to let everyone know that i have a group on yahoo for jw's and exjw's it is to help those wanting out and to encourage those who have already left.
it is achristian site and we refer everyone to follow jesus.. you can find us at [email protected].. come check us out
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I sometimes explain that my ancestors were among the first to "mix races" - 15 centuries ago. I'm Anglo and Saxon.
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2002 2002 2002
by expatbrit intonight is a very special occasion!.
at 8:02 p.m. the time and date will read 2002 2002 2002. that is 2 minutes past 8 (twentieth hour in the 24 hour clock), on the 20th of february, 2002.. apparently next time this happens will be 2112 2112 2112. i think last time was 1212 1212 1212. not sure of that though.. good excuse for an extra-cold vodka-martini, methinks!.
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By the "same backward as forward" approach, the same will happen on March 3, October 1, November 11, and December 21 of this year. I agree it's neat, though.
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Not immediately before, no.
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2002 2002 2002
by expatbrit intonight is a very special occasion!.
at 8:02 p.m. the time and date will read 2002 2002 2002. that is 2 minutes past 8 (twentieth hour in the 24 hour clock), on the 20th of february, 2002.. apparently next time this happens will be 2112 2112 2112. i think last time was 1212 1212 1212. not sure of that though.. good excuse for an extra-cold vodka-martini, methinks!.
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Here in the center of the universe it will be 20:02 02/20/2002, or more likely 8:02 p.m. 2/20/02, since we don't much like figuring out military time or writing more than two digits for the year (which hasn't worked out too badly), and only as many digits as needed for the month and date. Your trick only works in countries where things are expressed according to their order of magnitude.
This brings up the computer terms "big-endian" and "little-endian," which refer mostly to binary values. For instance binary 1111 is decimal 15 because it is 8+4+2+1. Binary 1011 would be read as decimal 11, 8+2+1, in most systems, such as Intel-based systems, which are little-endian. A few systems, including Motorola-based systems, read 1011 as 1+4+8 = 13, because they are big-endian; that is, the last digit had the greatest magnitude. Faced with the bizarre way we in the U.S. express month, then the smaller magnitude date, then the larger magnitude year, hackeresse has thrown up its hands and declared this solution "middle-endian." Which really is funny, honest.
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Do JW's Actually Believe This Stuff?!?
by Mister Biggs inthis was just forwarded to me.. (we need more comets to help take all of the stupid people away from among us!).
this comes from the branch in canada....... in england one of our blind brothers had a seeing-eye dog that would.
faithfully guide and take him to the meetings each week.
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If the Kingdom Hall were sold to Pentecostals or a dentist, at least the new owner would learn to sing to songs that have an actual melody, or would have clean teeth.
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My First Death Threat
by silentlambs ini just recieved this in an email message today.
silentlambs.
"i heard something about the arrangement of your assassination.
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How sad, he obviously needs help.
Bit enough about newperson, let's talk about this nut that's emailing Bill. According to Bable Fish ( http://babel.altavista.com/tr ), the translation of the Portuguese message is: ''The father will kill the son.''; Wait, that's from 'Angel.' Actually, its
Ola'! I am not available, I was to drink kopos. Until briefing!
I think it is more like, 'Howdy, I'm out getting drunk, see you later.' Probably an autoresponder, so in reality his emails purposefully directed to you have all been in English - very good English, beyond just the use of a spell-checker because the punctuation is good too. But it is believable as coming from someone who lives in a mostly non-English speaking area, as for example with the formal name of the Mormon church.Anyway, throughout his messages it is clear that this individual is confused, and it would probably be best if you let the police know about this correspondence.
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The god of the dolphins has flippers.Edited to fix quotation mark weirdness.
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No hope for understanding the universe?
by sleepy inis there no hope for truly understanding the universe?.
if a person believes that we were created by a supreme being who is in control of and fully understands the universe, he may reason that we were created with the ability to also understand the universe.. but if we are not created and have just evolved as part of a natural prosses why should we asume that our brain should have any grasp on a true understanding of things.. how can we know that our brains just are not in tune or cannot grasp any of the fundementaly important concepts that case this universe to exist?.
maybe in trying to understand the universe we are just tying ourselves up in knot trying to know the unknowable?
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The larger society's declaration that certain information is unknowable has given the greatest impetus to discovery. We have moved beyond the perceptions nature has given us with inventions such as radio telescopes, and we continue to move forward because we do not become convinced we are done. Thinking that knowledge had already reached a pinnacle is just what kept Europe down during the Dark Ages, when the Church enforced Aristotelian thought, and its what keeps Islamic nations down today, when a church enforces the idea that a book is the final and unsurpassable word of God.
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JW Works?
by jiutman ini have a jw friend who is constantly telling me he is in the truth.
he always tells me that people will know gods true "organization" by their works.
he tells me about all the door to door stuff.
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The brother of Jesus said:
"Religion [NW: form of worship] that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27, NIV
The Watchtower religion is faulty and impure; it cannot be acceptable to God. "Charity begins at home" you'll here them say, ignoring the slimness of the likelihood that widows and orphans will get help there. The next step, however, is not the congregation but caesar. So be it, but do the elders have training to help widows apply for death benefits, or to help orphans find a family to adopt them? Do their special meetings review how to help someone unemployed, even in the congregation, to find and fund retraining programs? Do they know where to point the poor who need help from the local food bank (likely run by the Salvation Army)? Do they give to that food bank, or do they join with Habitat for Humanity to build low-income housing?
What about pollution from the world? They argue that a voter may be considered responsible for the future bad acts of a candidate (W 99 11/15 QFR); are they in no way responsible for the misdeeds of corporations that have occured while they owned stock in them? (A tough standard, I agree, but they should be held up to the equivalent of what they require). Is voluntary UN NGO registration a good way to keep oneself without spot?
Until they conform to even this scripture, they can hardly proclaim themselves to be God's mouthpiece.
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Facts on car companies
by closer2fine inreceived this as an email (obviously directed to americans):.
below is a list of automobile manufacturers showing how they contributed to the relief and recovery efforts of september 11, 2001.. .
1. ford- $1 million to american red cross matching employee.
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Planning ahead, Jayhawk.
Has anyone found a refutation of the Times of India piece supposedly sourced from Reuters regarding U.S. planes flying over Afghanistan and dropping envelopes with George W. 43's ugly mug on the front and two crisp one hundred dollar bills inside? Obvious hoax, haven't found it on any of the credible news sites includig Yahoo!, which has Reuters feeds, but have not found a good refutation. Maybe the monkey man will come up with one!
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Our waitress @ Philly Phest was a JW!!!
by badwillie inyes, she was - incredible huh?.
the first philly phest was a great success.
5 adults and 2 children all enjoyed a fine dining experience in princeton on saturday night.
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Flower -
Sadly that reminds me of a friend of mine who came into the tCrUuLtTh with his mother and two younger sisters about the time he reached adulthood. His father (a very cool guy) and his older brothers did not come in. I remember being in service with this fellow and our book study conductor. He mentioned how he decided not to ask his brother to be in the wedding party, because he was "worldly" and apparently sometimes used some, um, glaucoma medicine. While he was in a convenience store and the book study conductor and I were in the car, the bsc confided in me that he thought it was unfortunate that he felt he had to make that decision, but it was up to him whether to ask his brother to be in the wedding party, and the elders would not interfere either way. I still regret not taking the fellow aside and suggesting that maybe the elders hadn't been as clear with him as this one had with me, and he might live to regret snubbing his brother with no benefit in return. Of course the elder was convinced that he had not unduly influenced the young man. In my opinion the elders and the Society does exercise undue influence almost every time they accept a question and don't answer, "It's none of our business, it's entirely your decision and we really mean it this time, we won't judge you one way or another." Instead, even when they produce viable statistics (a rarity even outside the bOrg), cautionary anecdotes, or solid research on a matter, they allow their ideas and suggestions to have the force of gospel, only to say at the end, "each one makes an informed, personal decision." Sigh.
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