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  Tiramasu

  by Mulan in

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  2. friends

  on another thread, i mentioned tiramasu and that i have a great recipe.

  i had inquiries for the recipe, so decided to post it.

  originally, it was from our friend, venice_it.

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  Its my wife's favorite, I'm sure she'll be trying this recipe.
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  You Can't Get It Back

  by Big Dog in

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  the higher education thread got me thinking about the thing i loathe, despise, hate with the intensity of a thousand suns about the wbts, namely, the loss of my childhood.

  i remember when engaging in blistering arguements with my parents about being able to play sports or take up an instrument or dream of being an astronaut, or whatever thing the society frowned on that i wasn't allowed to do at the end i would always get the same final reply, "when you are 18 and out of the house you can do whatever you want.

  i can go back and play pop warner football, or little league baseball, or play in the school band, etc?

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  The thing that is insane is that its not like we were asking our parents if we could sell crack, or rob a liquor store, or shot some heroin for God's sake, all we wanted to do was maybe play some ball or go to a frigging dance or whatever. I mean, a religion that has a problem with those sorts of activities is just really out there.

  Also, the groups that deny their children medical treatment for illnesses, well, that's just sick. They should not be allowed to breed in my opinion.

  You want to be a freak as an adult, be my guest, refuse medical treatment, divorce yourself from the world, live in a cave, whatever, as an adult that's your choice, but don't drag children down into your private hells.
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  Respected Child Psychologogist Caught In Kiddie Porn Dragnet

  by Golf in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  http://www.newswithviews.com/kouri/jim18.htm .

  sorry i don't have the know how to make the cite easier to enter.

  golf

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  I don't get it, I just don't. What in the world is the fascination that people have with kiddie porn? The thought of it just makes me sick, much less looking at it. This seems to be a huge obsession but for the life of me I just can't understand it.
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  Oh the irony!

  by Princess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so today i'm at the assembly at my daughter's school.

  i'm a pta geek so i know all the teachers pretty well.

  one of them comes and whispers "i have a j-dub kid in my class, i could use some tips as to how i can help her out".

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  I have been asked for advice by people that know I was raised a witness when they have to have dealings with JW's. One of my co-workers freaked out when their kid was dating a JW girl and came to me to get the whole low down.
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  Being raised a witness has it's benefits...

  by Princess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i actually have several reasons why i don't resent my witness upbringing, but it sure came in handy today.. last year i posted about helping 50 kids run in the seattle kids marathon at my daughter's school.

  the event was a blast and while it was a ton of work, seeing the joy on the kids' faces when they crossed the finish line made it all worth it.. this morning i spoke to the entire student body at my daughter's school at their monthly spirit assembly.

  if i hadn't been raised a witness, giving talks from the time i was five, i never would have attempted such a thing.

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  I have heard this before, and understand the thinking, but I can't get past the idea that I lost a lot more than I ever gained by being raised in the borg.
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  "We aren't prideful, we are just giving credit to God's organization"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i reply, "well if that were true, then why do you have to run down all the other christians?".

  jw response: "nobody is attacking them personally.

  it is the teachings.

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  I remember going with my wife to mass one time and the priest starts out with the question of why there all these different religions and denominations etc. to which I of course perked up instead of slipping into my usual semi-comatose state. He continued on that this was so because God was bigger than that, not able to be pigeonholed into a little shoebox of faith and dogma, and that we needed to quit thinking in terms of us and them, and just think in terms of us.

  So it would seem this particular priest agreed with you James, the incredible shrinking God is not the way to go.
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  "We aren't prideful, we are just giving credit to God's organization"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i reply, "well if that were true, then why do you have to run down all the other christians?".

  jw response: "nobody is attacking them personally.

  it is the teachings.

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  CYP, I have had that very conversation with various members of my dub family and I think you articulated the responses very well. I once read an essay by a gentleman named Tim Campbell entitled "What is True Religion" that more or less addressed this topic and gave me some food for thought. I think I found it on one of the ex-JW websites, I can e-mail it to you if you would like.
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  any coffee addicts here?

  by enigmatic in

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  i been drinking alot of coffee these days.

  i start off my day with four shots of espresso, than a few hours later i'll make a pitcher of frozen latte's and i usually will burn thru a pot if im out working on the ocean.

  i even got to the point where i grind all my coffee myself...

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  Just call me Javahead Jones.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Looks like Scholar got small in a hurry.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Yeah, I have to agree, the T word is poised on my lips with regards to Scholar. But in his defense, it appears he has been around a long time, that is sort of unusual for someone looking just to yank some chains.