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  Intro from new member

  by lespacino1 in

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  this site was recommended to me by someone on another ex-jw site i began frequenting recently.

  anyway, i am an ex-jw who has been disfellowshipped for about 7 years now.

  i was raised as a jw from the age of 4, didnt take to it until i was befriended by a pioneer who was an elder's wife, and she began a bible study with me because my mom ddnt have time to have bible studies with all of my siblings and me, there are 10 of us.

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  jeanniebeanz

  Welcome, Les!

  Jean
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  A Political/Religious Question

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  found this interesting article online.

  if it is correct, and please point me in the right direction here, the end paragraph seems to indicate that if the shiite population win the election in iraq it would serve to tighten the bond between iraq and iran.. do you feel that a tighter bond with iran is good for the plan to bring democracy to the region?

  wouldn't it set up more problems?.

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  jeanniebeanz

  Found this interesting article online. If it is correct, and please point me in the right direction here, the end paragraph seems to indicate that if the Shiite population win the election in Iraq it would serve to tighten the bond between Iraq and Iran.

  Do you feel that a tighter bond with Iran is good for the plan to bring democracy to the region? Wouldn't it set up more problems?

  Jean

  http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/world/10757579.htm

  Posted on Fri, Jan. 28, 2005

  Who the Shiites are and what they believe BY SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON Knight Ridder Newspapers BAGHDAD, Iraq - (KRT) - Iraq's Shiites make up nearly 60 percent of the country's predominantly Muslim population, but until the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, were among the most repressed. They number 16 million, are overwhelmingly Arab and live mostly in southern and central Iraq While Shiites make up a majority of the population in Iraq, they belong to a minority sect of Islam, encompassing roughly 15 percent of Muslims worldwide and often discriminated against by the dominant Sunni sect. The branches disagree about who succeeded Islam's prophet Muhammad after his death in 632. Shiites believe religious authority should have gone to Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, and 11 of his descendents. The slaughter of some of these Shiite successors or "imams" by the ruling caliphs 13 centuries ago led the sect to idealize suffering and martyrdom more than its Sunni counterpart. Caliphs were the religious and political leaders for Sunnis, although unlike Shiite imams, they were not considered infallible. Shiite theology subsequently evolved under the auspices of the sect's spiritual leaders, or marja'iya. They interpret Islamic law and dogma for most of the world's Shiites and issue commandments known as "fatwas" that adherents are expected to obey. The friction today between Shiites and Sunnis is especially palpable in Iraq, where elements of the minority Sunni population are waging an insurgency against the U.S.-led coalition and Shiites, whom they don't want to take power. Under Saddam, Sunnis were the rulers and administrators. Shiites, on the other hand, were sent to the front to fight fellow Shiites in neighboring Iran during the two countries' 1980-88 war. Subsequent Shiite uprisings against Saddam were brutally suppressed. His forces executed thousands of Shiites and buried them in mass graves. The Shiite faith's roots are in Iraq, where its four most sacred shrine cities are. The 12 Shiite imams spent at least part of their lives in Iraq. The most important of the cities is Najaf, the seat of Iraqi Shiites' most influential marja'iya, who probably will wield behind-the-scenes influence over the new Iraqi government. Key among those is Iranian-born Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, who has tacitly endorsed the Shiite slate projected to win Sunday's parliamentary elections. Iraqi Shiites are closely aligned with Iran, with which they share religious, cultural and social ties. Each country's Shiite clerics spend time in Najaf and in Qom, the holiest city in Iran. Both cities are the key centers of Shiite learning.
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  Talking Dog For Sale

  by SixofNine in

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  a guy is driving around and he sees a house with a sign in front saying "talking dog for sale.".

  he rings the bell, and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard.

  the guy goes into the backyard and sees a labrador retriever sitting there.. .

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  Ladies, would you or have you used this???

  by DevonMcBride in

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  http://www.p-mate.com/eng/intro.html

  i heard this was a hot selling item in england and australia.

  no need to sit on a filty toilet seat or squat.

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  true.. :)
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  Ladies, would you or have you used this???

  by DevonMcBride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.p-mate.com/eng/intro.html

  i heard this was a hot selling item in england and australia.

  no need to sit on a filty toilet seat or squat.

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  Too funny, and I don't know, maybe with practice an expert *could* write their name in the snow...

  J
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  My Elder Friend Got Announced As Being Deleted.....

  by minimus in

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  for going to my kid's wedding.

  he was told he was not "serious", had no "self-control" and "did not work well with the body".

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  These people gave 40 or 50 yrs. of their life and for what?? NOTHING!

  This is so sad, Minimus. Sorry to hear it. Do you think that he will begin researching the society now?

  Jean
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  What Do You Do For Fun?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  now that you have all this extra time (not having to go to meetings, service, conventions, etc.

  ) what do you do for fun?

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  Went back to school and got my degree.

  Helped hubby rebuild a house

  Started a career

  You know, catch up stuff...

  J
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  How many "real friends" did you have in your congregation?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  most congregations have about 80 to 120 people.

  out of that, how many could you consider being a "real friends"?

  personally, not one of them was a "real friend".

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  jeanniebeanz

  So, as it turns out, I really had no friends as I thought. Their friendship was conditional to my worship in good standing.

  Pretty much sums it up. There were those who I was genuinly surprised when they abandoned me in favor of a group of people whom they always badmouthed. However, their fear of being disfellowshipped for continuing to associate with me was stronger than their friendship with me. I grew up with these people.

  Same held true for my family. They would grumble and complain about the 'troof', but still went along with it. Never could figure that one out.

  Jean
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  baptism of the dead

  by peacefulpete in

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  2. bible

  the cryptic words of 1 cor 15:29 have ellicited much discussion through the years.

  what did the writer mean, "baptism of the dead"?

  the answer may be locked up in the controversy over who wrote those words and when.

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  Isn't this a practice of the Mormons'?

  yes
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  It's Final... The GB are Lizard Beings

  by FreePeace in

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  i was doing some research for a novel i'm writing, and came across this article.

  while i pride myself on being open minded, this one is just a bit over the edge without proof.. http://www.reptilianagenda.com/exp/e122299a.shtml.

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