Topics Started by crankytoe

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Hold on...Hurricane Season Ain't Over: 3 to 5 More Yet to Come
by Gerard in
1. social
2. current
noaa expects an additional 11 to 14 tropical storms from august through november, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, including three to five major hurricanes.

in total, this season is likely to yield 18 to 21 tropical storms, with nine to 11 becoming hurricanes, including five to seven major hurricanes.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2484.htm .
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The watchtower and hitler?
by crankytoe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember reading somewhere that jehovah'w witnesses tried to somehow make friends with hitler during the holocaust, .

is this true?

cause this past weekend, my biblestudy conductor brought this elder over who kept talking about "our brave brothers who lost their lives in the holocaust" as part of his faith without works/go to the kh speech.
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Are you satisfied with your looks?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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is there anything you'd like to change about your appearance?.

i'd like to be 2 inches taller with the same weight proportion.. i'd like to have nicer skin.. i'd like to be a little more muscular.. other than that, i'm not too unhappy with my looks.. all things the new system would have brought me..... .
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Was Nebuchadnezzar a werewolf?
by undercover in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've never read the daniel prophecy book from the wts...but while at a jw relative's house, i had a chance to glance through one.

one chapter was talking about the seven years of insanity of nebuchadnezzar and the book mentioned lycanthropy and the origin of the word and the meaning.

it stopped short of saying that nebuchadnezzar had this particular disorder but in true wts fashion insinuated it.
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Will the WTBS ever relax the current clothing/dress/grooming standards?
by Utopian Reformist in
1. jw
2. friends
as numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the wtbs may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?

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please share your opinions of why/why not.
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MAKING "THE GOOD" THE ENEMY OF THE PERFECT
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one clue to thinking rationally is knowing the difference between what is essential and what isn't.. .

imagine you wake up and your house is ablaze.

jehovah's witnesses trade the life they have for one they'll never have.
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Anybody here takes BJJ?
by ColdRedRain in
1. jw
2. friends
does anybody here take brazillian ju jitsu?

and if you do, what would be your reccomendations for somebody switching from a striking martial art like tae kwon do?
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Smurfs!? Aluminum?!
by crankytoe in
1. jw
2. experiences
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ok, i keep coming across vague references to jw fear of these,.

please explain what are the actual factual stories,.
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Being pressured to goto meetings,
by crankytoe in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone, all i wanted was a bible study, now we're at the point where we read 2 chapters in knowledge book, and the discussion turns to how i forsaking the inciting with others to worship,(something like that).

is there anything i can say to get them to accept that i'll go when/if i feel like going?.

this past weekend, they kept asking me what obstacles were in my way, i said i haven't had time, they go yeah you say that but there has to be something else, .
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So, how long can you getaway with long hair?
by crankytoe in
1. jw
2. experiences
hmm?.

can you get df'd for it?.

can you just attend meetings with long hair?.