When I was a Witness I testified in a murder trial. I did not have to put my hand on any Bible. I did not "swear" but instead "affirmed" i was telling the truth.
Robert K Stock
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When j.w.'s testify in court, who's Bible do they swear on?
by hubert inlet's say, in a child custody case, or something of that nature.. do they ask for the nwt?.
if they use the standard bible, because it's not the one they believe in, does that give them reason to lie in court?
(in their own minds).. hubert
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They've done more for 1st amendment rights...blah blah...
by Odrade ini've heard this argument sooooo many times.
i've even used it myself in my "trying not to be overly critical or bitter" days.
but is it really true?.
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Robert K Stock
When I was a Witness a sister was denied unemployment benefits because she quit her manufacturing job when the plant switched to making parts for weapons.
I took her case to the local ACLU and I provided the ACLU with a copy of a US Supreme Court decision granting a Witness unemployment benefits in an identical case.
The sister got her money and I remember her husband saying, "the ACLU has been so nice and helpfull it is a shame WE COULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM SINCE THEY ARE PART OF SATAN'S SYSTEM OF THINGS. WE CAN'T EVEN DONATE MONEY TO THEM"
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Is it time to demollish the welfare state in the UK
by Gill init's an unfortunate fact that the uk is gradually slip sliding away in the ranks of great achieving countries.. our tennis players aspire to greatness but slip at the last, and often first hurdle.
our national health service though catering to all, is no where near the quality it should be.
i can vouch for that fact from last weekends experience, having to call an emergency doctor out to see my son, he missed totally what was wrong with him.
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Robert K Stock
Read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
The producers of wealth go on strike and let the social workers try to keep society going. Chaos ensues and the world degenerates into barbarism.
Demolish all welfare states.
End every vestige of Socialism
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Another topic on lieing....
by shera inso...i'm in a relationship,where my man lies alot about his gambling problem.of course.... .
the thing is he tells me all men lie and basically saying...like him.
(also i will never find a man that won't lie).
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Robert K Stock
Don't believe him for one minute.
If I love a woman I do not lie to her.
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What's your favorite soap opera
by Netty inallright all you closet soap opera fans, now is the time to come clean!
what is your favorite soap opera and why?
dont lie, ya know you watch 'em.
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Robert K Stock
American Soap Opera, The Young And The Restless
British Soap Opera, Eastenders
Mexican Telenovela, Maria De La Barrio
I used to watch an Australian Soap Opera called I think, The Prisoner In Cell Block H (?)
The sexiest soaps are from Brazil.
I love Soap Operas.
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What Were Your Experiences In Dating JWs?
by minimus inwere they all dates from hell?
any "immorality"?
did you ever "date" knowing the person was never "marriage material"?
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Robert K Stock
There were no sisters my age in my congregation Weatherford, Texas in the late 70's and early 80's so I had no one to even ask for a date.
I was Pioneering at the time and met a very pretty Pioneer sister named Donna Lawson who lived in Hillsboro, Texas about 70 miles from Weatherford.
I hoped to get something started with her and told my friend Donis Hutson about this great girl. We met up at the next Circuit Assembly. I introduced her to Donis and I swear I could actually see the sparks fly between them. Within a year they were married.
I was 21 when I had my first date. Marge was 10 years older then me and the only single woman in my congregation under 60. We went to dinner and a movie then parked in front of her house were I had my first kiss. Absolutely amazing. It was everything and more that I had dreamed. We kissed until out lips were numb. As we were kissing a police car pulled up beside us. A worldly cop that she had been dating and of course had not told me or any of the other Witnesses about. He just sat in his car looking at us and we kept lying down on the front seat of my car for what seemed an eternity. He finally drove off and we kept kissing. I walked her to her door where she thrusted her pelvis against mine and I thought I was going to explode from joy. She was having sex with a lot of worldly guys but would not have sex with me because I was a virgin. Seven years later I was no longer a virgin and we had sex for the first time and yes it was worth waiting seven years for. Marge and I have known each other for over 25 years. She has been married and divorced several times while I have never been married but I have lived with women. When Marge and I see each other we still have incredibly amazing sex.
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What's Your View of Lying?
by minimus indo you generally lie?
do you think it's wrong to do?
i know of some people that regularly speak untruth and think there's just nothing wrong with it.
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Robert K Stock
Now that I am free of the Theocratic Warfare bull, I think a lie is wrong under any and all circimstances. It makes no difference if some one is "entitled" to the information or not. A lie is wrong even if it will make you look bad or cost you money.
Spoken by one who was disfellowshipped twice for lying, once about my time in field service and the second time about sex.
I am brutaly honest now. Just ask me if that outfit makes your ass look fat!
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Our Species Is Evolveing Consciousness For Its Survival,,Our Minds Will Exp
by frankiespeakin inour species is evolveing consciousness for its survival,,our minds will expand to greater understandings because our spiecies is driven by evolutionary forces to love it when we understand things.. this drive is more powerful than sex.
and i really beleive our species will survive and we will use modern technology(also a product of evolution) to help us because that is what it is there for we made it and we will use it.
we are driven to learn and i think we will even tame the ego, to keep learning more and more.
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Robert K Stock
From my study of history I think that the human mind has been the same for about 40 or 50 thousand years. Love, hate, kindness, cruelty, hopes and fears seem pretty constant.
The most powerfull drive experienced by humans is sex because sex is what continues the species. Once human consciousness can be downloaded into machines and our existence is not dependent on sexual reproduction I will then accept the idea of the mind being more powerfull then the genitals, but not before.
At present our minds are no different than the people who lived before Stonehenge or the Pyramids were built. We just have more efficient ways to store knowledge and communicate that knowledge to others. That is not evolution. That is simple learning. -
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Are you now BEARDED or BEARDLESS????
by zagor injust wondering how many are now wearing beard and what's the main reason for it.
rebellion perhaps?.
i just love my new goat beard and moustache.
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Robert K Stock
As a Witness I tried to keep a beard twice and was hauled before the Elders each time. Now that I am through with the Watchtower I will never shave again.
My beard is a symbolic F... You to the Watchtower.
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Getting to Know You
by LouBelle insooo i'm sure this has probably been asked before.
i'm newish so in the great spirit of getting to know you (sing with me) getting to know all about you......what do you do for a living and do you enjoy it and if you could would you do something different?
i'm in advertising & marketing for a group of magazines.
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Robert K Stock
I am the General Manager of a Comfort Inn. I love my job. I meet people from all over the world.
My dream job would be to own a recording studio and have a hand in managing bands.