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  Some pearls from John, Lennon that is

  by Big Dog in

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  wisdom from the walrus:

  all we are saying is give peace a chance.

  christianity will go.

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  Robdar,

  They were unique, I don't think we'll ever see anything quite like them again.
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  Some pearls from John, Lennon that is

  by Big Dog in

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  wisdom from the walrus:

  all we are saying is give peace a chance.

  christianity will go.

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  Under74, the more I read about him the cooler he gets.
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  Some pearls from John, Lennon that is

  by Big Dog in

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  wisdom from the walrus:

  all we are saying is give peace a chance.

  christianity will go.

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  BTTT
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  no part of this world?

  by riverrat in

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  an elder of the local jw congregation displays purple heart plates on his vehicles.

  is this appropriate in jw world?

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  Riverrat, welcome to the forum. Like Gretchen I have been out a long time but I wouldn't think that is too typical of JW's, I'm sure he takes some heat for it but probably thinks, hey I was a soldier before I was a JW so screw em.
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  Some pearls from John, Lennon that is

  by Big Dog in

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  2. entertainment

  wisdom from the walrus:

  all we are saying is give peace a chance.

  christianity will go.

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  Wisdom from the Walrus:

  All we are saying is give peace a chance.
  
  Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity.
  
  God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
  
  Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
  
  I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
  
  I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.
  
  If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
  
  Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
  
  Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
  
  Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
  
  Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
  
  Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
  
  Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
  
  The more I see the less I know for sure.
  
  
  You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
  
  You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
  
  You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
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  churches appreciating each other

  by rebel8 in

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  yesterday i saw something i've never seen before.

  a protestant church on the left side of the road has a sign saying it's their 50th anniversary.

  there is a rc church right across the street.

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  My God what next, cats living with dogs, its the end I tell ya, the living end.
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  The GB, Evil incarnate, or just trapped like the rest?

  by daystar in

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  if you believe that the wbts is a high control group, cult, or whatever, do you also believe that the design, the isolationist doctrines and subtle mind control is all on purpose?

  or did it just sort of evolve that way?.

  in other words, do you think russell, rutherford and the governing body purposefully look(ed) for, or make(made) up, biblical evidence to support controlling doctrines?

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  I think Kid-A pretty much nailed it.
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  Wanderlustguy...

  by under74 in

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  i just have to say from reading your posts...you're a reasonable, genuine, honest and all around good guy.. just had to post it....i know you're pulling for a certain jwd member and i think you're doing a good job.

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  WLG, hope all is well! Take good care of yourself, you deserve it.
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  How similar would racism/sexism vs. religious discrimination be?

  by kwintestal in

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  i've been reading up on recent rulings of human rights violations in nova scotia, and the awards that have been given to victims in the last few years.

  something that i've noticed is that the two common violations are always matters of race, or sex.

  nowhere did i see someone who was the victim of religious discrimination (except a minister who wasn't permitted to use a town facility for preaching, btw he was awarded $6,000).

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  jgnat, I totally agree, I think people were being bashed simply for being christian, ie. they were being bashed for being stupid enough to believe in a god/God and/or a religion.
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  How similar would racism/sexism vs. religious discrimination be?

  by kwintestal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been reading up on recent rulings of human rights violations in nova scotia, and the awards that have been given to victims in the last few years.

  something that i've noticed is that the two common violations are always matters of race, or sex.

  nowhere did i see someone who was the victim of religious discrimination (except a minister who wasn't permitted to use a town facility for preaching, btw he was awarded $6,000).

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  Kwin,

  I remember now, it was the bashing thread, where people were saying that it was wrong to bash religion and likened it to bashing people on the basis of race, sexual orientation, etc. and people said no, its not the same as it is chosen rather than hereditary.

  It was Billygoat/Andi's thread.