EvilForce

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  Guns and JWs

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did the watchtower society ban jw's from owning handguns for self defence?.

  if they did, when did they issue the ban?.

  didn't some of jesus's apostles carry a sword when the group traveled, to protect agains wild animals and human thieves?

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  EvilForce

  Well as I've stated... I'm not pro or anti gun at all so don't have a dog in this hunt.
  
  However,,, I think you must admit that the countries that have gun bans as indicated in the numbers I posted above showing the US in the lead, our current laws let the US lead in murders.
  
  If you want no additional moves to be made then just say that the 14 murders per 100,000 is ok in your book. It's an "acceptable price" to pay for total freedom.
  
  Also, the NRA never, ever will give an inch. Not a limitation on gun show sales... nothing. So it's a bit disingenius when I hear "enforce the current laws" first. Why are those laws NOT being enforced in your opinion?
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  if you went back...

  by zaphod in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what would be the thing that you had most trouble giving up.. for me, apart from thinking, it would be swearing (that's cussin' for our american friends).

  i absof*ck*nglutely love effing and blinding and i'm sure that i could not stop.

  not even if my life depended on it.

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  EvilForce

  Checking my mind at the door of the Kingdumb Hall and parrotting the Watchtower study back to them. Blondie's weekly posts bring back some awful memories. But I'd never go back anyway if God from upon high came down to tell me to go to the KH....then I'd say... Nope... I'll be surfing my last little bit instead of spending Sunday morns with those lying, back stabbing, piles of crap. Gotta catch a wave God, waves myself :)
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  What is the most accurate translation....

  by jaffacake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just read a couple of excellent booklets ordered from r watters freeminds site dealing with the tetragrammaton.

  the nwt seems to be an accurate translation of hebrew scriptures, and correctly reinstates an english alternative to the tetragrammaton.

  but they nwt new testament is wholly unacceptable (although the kingdom interlinear portoin seems excellent).

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  EvilForce

  Not to be nit-picky; but, THE KING JAMES VERSION is not a translation at all. For it to be a translation it must look to the original language as the source. Instead, the group of men who produced this historic version looked to previous translations. A one-step removal at a distance. Their accomplishment has more to do with use of language than of analysis of language for accuracy of transliteration.
  
  I know, I know; I hate pedantic people too.
  
  It's ok,,,, I don't think it's the word of God anyway.... it's funny either way in my opinion.
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  i hate feeling lonely

  by tsunami_rid3r in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well prom was last saturday.

  i had fun with my date.

  but she likes someone else now.

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  EvilForce

  Friendships and relationships takes rocky and twisting roads sometimes. But as opposed to JW's you are there thru thick and thin :P
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  i hate feeling lonely

  by tsunami_rid3r in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well prom was last saturday.

  i had fun with my date.

  but she likes someone else now.

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  EvilForce

  I started the long & sometimes painful.... ok alot of times painful....process of looking at myself and within myself. I realized all those years of never feeling good enough was what fueled my ambition..... So and So said this couldn't be done... "I'll show you". So it drove me to excel at school. I paid for college while working my way thru. I started a practice afterward..... I accomplished at 30 what most people haven't done by 60. On my 31st birthday I still realized I didn't like myself. Accomplished more than I ever dreamed I could. Had traveled the globe. All for what??? I was unhappy.
  
  I had bought into all the marketing b.s. Money, job, status, blah, blah. I realized my life wasn't a competition with anyone. WTF DID I WANT WITH MY LIFE?
  
  So I picked up some buddhism and taoism stuff along my travels in Asia. I spent 2 1/2 years alone, with no relationships so I could find what I wanted not what I thought someone wanted of me. And focused on finding me. I know that sounds so 1970's. I was always a title. A batized Jo Ho. A pre-med major. A doctor. Blah,,, blah. I picked what I did because I wanted to be challenged. I wanted to prove I could do it. Who to? I don't know, me, my parents, the world. Maybe once, they could look past the Jo Ho stuff and see what I could do. Ahnnnnn, wrong answer... still can't see past it.
  
  It helped that my relationship of 7+ years was in the middle of flaming out. I was so busy with my life, with work, with travel to this conference, that institute, etc... I couldn't see my own life partner struggling. After he left I realized I was living in an art gallery not a home. So I sold it and moved across the country to start anew.
  
  I made some missteps along the way. But I decided to live life on my terms. When I told my new partners I would always be taking 6 weeks of vacation a year come hell or high water they looked at me like a retard on Skittles. I had always wanted to learn how to learn glassblowing. So I found a place that did that and learned. I loved it! Still do! Silly & stupid yes... but I like it. Had always wanted to learn to surf... never had the time. BS, I found the time.
  
  My partners realized I was a better doctor for taking the time off....and you know what...life goes on without me. That's a SCARY thing sometimes. We all like to think we are indespensible. But humilty is realizing your place in the universe. The toughest thing I learned was the ability to say "NO". I had pushed myself so hard for so long only to be striving for the next level. I hated living like that. I wanted to enjoy the here and now.
  
  So when my mind wanders from time to time it's more like...hmmm, that course of action might be interesting...hmm, maybe not. I had a choice to live widely or deeply. We as humans cannot do both. Choose one or the other. I lived widely for sooo long.... I've chose to spend trying to enjoy deepening my living now.
  
  Not sure if that makes sense or not. But that's how I feel :)
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  i hate feeling lonely

  by tsunami_rid3r in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well prom was last saturday.

  i had fun with my date.

  but she likes someone else now.

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  EvilForce

  Well I have been where you are at. If I may pass on one thing without sounding like a parent :)
  
  I always thought that there was some sort of fix on the outside I could do to not feel loney, and be happy. I thought once I got to college. Once I got out of college. Once I had a stable relationship. Once I could pay off my student debt and make $ 100K a year. The list goes on and on. When I turned 30 I realized I was no more closer to being happy than I was at 17. I knew something had to change. I had to find happiness and fulfillment from within.
  
  Ok, enough soapboxing....
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  9/11 Attacks-- No planes say conspiracy theorists

  by Kenneson in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ianone and others have been spreading their propaganda on this forum and elsewhere on the internet for quite some time that it was not commercial airliners but smaller planes, rockets, or detonations that brought down the world trade center and hit the pentagon.

  but zacarias moussaoui disagrees with them.

  see " 9/11 attacks.

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  EvilForce

  For crying out loud the government can't keep a lid on the Prez gettin a blow job INSIDE the Oval Office. Can't keep a lid on abuse in Iraq. I mean really, trying to mislead millions of people...don't think so.
  
  And EVERYONE know's the King is still seen at White Castle's from time to time.
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  Mothers Spit and Bandaids

  by Lehaa in

  1. social
  2. humour

  just had a kid come in needing a bandaid, just made me think of a friends comments the other day.

  she reckons that all we need in the world is mothers spit and bandaids.

  mothers spit cleans absolutely anything, and bandaids fix any ailment that a child can come up with.

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  EvilForce

  Silky smooth and warming too...
  
  Ought to be their new tag line.
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  Mothers Spit and Bandaids

  by Lehaa in

  1. social
  2. humour

  just had a kid come in needing a bandaid, just made me think of a friends comments the other day.

  she reckons that all we need in the world is mothers spit and bandaids.

  mothers spit cleans absolutely anything, and bandaids fix any ailment that a child can come up with.

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  EvilForce

  KY Jelly?
  
  LOL
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  What has been your most spiritual experience?

  by Qcmbr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok highly loaded question but i'd like to know!

  i come from the viewpoint that we are spiritual beings having mortal experiences ergo we are having constant spiritual experience that maybe makes it seem commonplace..i'd be interested if anyone else has noticed spiritual events happening?

  i'll shoot first: .

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  EvilForce

  It's like trying to explain the color red to a blind person...you can only use what you can relate to.
  
  Buddha's enlightenment was very similar to what I feel. Or at least what I think he may have felt thru his words. Very hard to describe and I guess in someways may even demean the experience by trying to box it in to a definable set of standards.