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  ProphesyingThe End of Days can make you money but has a limited shelf life, Roger Ebert

  by koolaid-man in

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  how true it is.

  http://www.oyetimes.com/views/columns/6085-jehovahs-witnesses-make-money-calling-for-end-of-the-world.

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  Actually, according to an earlier article I read on his website, Ebert has inlaws or relatives that are JW's.
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  Sickening "Encouragement" from Facebook "Friends"

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  i know a woman on facebook who recently lost her husband unexpectedly, and at a relatively young age.

  (my age, and i still consider myself relatively young.).

  so, here she is, still raising some of her children, finding herself looking for work in her mid-forties with few salable job skills in a depressed economy, and missing her husband terribly.

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  CaptainSchmideo

  I know a woman on Facebook who recently lost her husband unexpectedly, and at a relatively young age. (My age, and I still consider myself relatively young.)

  So, here she is, still raising some of her children, finding herself looking for work in her mid-Forties with few salable job skills in a depressed economy, and missing her husband terribly. She often posts comments at 2 a.m. saying she can't sleep, too many worries, etc.

  So, what kind of help does she get? Posts that say:

  "Don't worry, the New System will be here soon!"

  Once, she posted that she was worried about the stress of life getting to her. One extremely foolish woman replied that she should "stand in the back yard and scream it out. She did it during her troubling times, and if it freaked out the neighbors, so what?" (On that post, I sent her a PM stating that if she was really having difficulties, she needed to consult with a professional. She thanked me for the advice, but I'm sure she's relying more on the "power of prayer" than anything else).

  So much of this stuff she gets is in the "keep warm and well fed" style of "help" that I just want to puke.
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  Injuries at Assemblies, who covers the cost

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  well, i knew it would happen, and i wasn't surprised when it did.. a friend of mine, older brother with a heart condition, was assisting in shoveling snow at the circuit assembly this weekend (suit and tie, no less!

  ) and slipped on the ice and cracked a couple of his ribs.. what is the likelihood that the circuit or society will assist or cover his medical bills?

  any takers on this?.

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  Well, I knew it would happen, and I wasn't surprised when it did.

  A friend of mine, older brother with a heart condition, was assisting in shoveling snow at the Circuit Assembly this weekend (suit and tie, no less!) and slipped on the ice and cracked a couple of his ribs.

  What is the likelihood that the Circuit or Society will assist or cover his medical bills? Any takers on this?
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  Another example of why Christians' thinking baffles me, God made it stop raining....

  by HappyGuy in

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  i was overhearing a conversation among some christains at lunch the other day at my favorite diner.. a teenager had been at some kind of marching band camp, but it had been raining most of the time they were there.

  they quoted the camp director as saying something like "i know it has been raining but today the rain stopped, thank the lord that he made the rain stop, now we can have our band practice, the lord made the rain stop to give you all the tiime to practice....".

  so, i turned around and asked "if the lord made the rain stop, did the lord also make it rain so that the marching band camp was ruined?

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  Since the actuality is that SATAN is the reason for bad weather.

  Or that is what the DO said at yesterday's Circuit Assembly.

  We have had two days of really severe ice and snow in a locale that is not really prepared to deal with this type of weather.

  It almost looked like they would have to (shudder) CANCEL the Assembly!

  But, of course, they had it anyway. Brothers in suits and ties shoveling ice off of the sidewalks, no theocratic inspiration to rent a snowplow and clear the parking lot (making the walk from the car and interesting Dance with Death), and general pats on the back all around to the local yokels who were "spiritual" enough to make it, while the ones from 150 miles away decided not to risk property destruction and / or a lonely death in a frozen ditch were slightly chided for not doing so.

  And Fred (a-hole) Cua makes the comment on the stage that "Satan tried to discourage us with a few snowflakes, but we all showed him that we were stronger than that!"

  Side note: Cua used to be the CO in my area. I thought he was the worst, most discouraging CO I had ever seen. He thinks he is a comedian, and apparently many people in the audience think he is as well. He rushes through scripture reading, almost reads it sarcastically, just so he can get back to the more important text of the outline.

  And so, of course, he is now promoted to DO.

  Abandon all hope, ye who enter here...
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  Out of the mouths of babes

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  well, went to the circuit assembly on saturday.. there was was a family on stage, with two kids i will call "the stepford children".

  (or would it be "the dunwich children"?

  nah, they weren't that spooky or intelligent...).

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  Well, went to the Circuit Assembly on Saturday.

  There was was a family on stage, with two kids I will call "The Stepford Children". (or would it be "The Dunwich Children"? Nah, they weren't that spooky or intelligent...)

  The theme was about fighting "permissiveness". One of the boys on stage was talking about the sad state of his school, in that "there was a homosexual student at his school, and that how all the students and faculty treated him like he was an alright guy and dealt normally with him."

  After the meeting, in the car, my son (who is in high school) asks me, "Well, how should they have been treating him? Should they all be making fun of him, calling him names and abusing him?"

  So, what a lot of people are calling "tolerance and understanding", the JWs call "permissiveness".

  Side note on the two kids on stage: The younger brother actually used expressions like "low sink of debauchery" in his prepared Q and A text. I really wanted to reach out and pull one of the hairs out of his head.
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  Open-Mindedness defined in 9 minutes

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  the last minute is a perfect definition of what is wrong with the expectations of witnesses in the door to door work.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69touqaqxi.

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  The last minute is a perfect definition of what is wrong with the expectations of Witnesses in the door to door work...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI
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  "Knowing"...

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  at least ezekiel's chariot in this movie is more interesting than the society's version of it.. i liked it, but i also saw too many scenes that mirrored shots from "war of the worlds", "the day the earth stood still", "close encounters" (sign language ,huh?

  ), and a movie from canada called "last night" which chronicled the final 24 hours of existence on earth (in one city, anyway).. as i said, i liked it.

  but roger ebert gave it such a high rating, which surprised me.

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  That would be telling...

  Blondie, here is another version of that same picture:

  It's not an original Society drawing; It's from an unknown artist who ilustrated the book " L'Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament," by Nicolas Fontaine . Published 1670!!!!

  Here is a link to other illustrations from the book; Does anything else look familiar to you?

  http://www.biblical-art.com/artist_artwork.asp?id_artist=2285&alt=2&pagenum=1

  
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  "Knowing"...

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  at least ezekiel's chariot in this movie is more interesting than the society's version of it.. i liked it, but i also saw too many scenes that mirrored shots from "war of the worlds", "the day the earth stood still", "close encounters" (sign language ,huh?

  ), and a movie from canada called "last night" which chronicled the final 24 hours of existence on earth (in one city, anyway).. as i said, i liked it.

  but roger ebert gave it such a high rating, which surprised me.

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  Anybody else see it yet? What did you think? At least Ezekiel's chariot in this movie is more interesting than the Society's version of it.

  I liked it, but I also saw too many scenes that mirrored shots from "War of the Worlds", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Close Encounters" (sign language ,huh?), and a movie from Canada called "Last Night" which chronicled the final 24 hours of existence on Earth (in one city, anyway).

  As I said, I liked it. But Roger Ebert gave it such a high rating, which surprised me. Ever since his brush with eternity, he seems to be really getting into "heavy" philosophical movies. He went nuts over "Watchmen" which I liked, but it had problems too. Maybe he's losing his objectivity.

  Anyway, go see it, and take anyone who is looking forward to Armageddon. They might get all amped by the last 15 minutes of the movie...
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  TV Shows: Jumped the Shark, but You Still Love Them?

  by leavingwt in

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  which tv shows do you still watch, even though you will admit that they jumped the shark months or years ago?.

  for me, that would be survivor, 24 and lost.

  i fear that the office is beginning to smell of fish, too.. -lwt.

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  I agree with drwtsn32. Lost still brings me in, week after week, wondering what's going to happen next. I don't have it all explained to me in one big lump, and, for the most part, the writers play fair with the viewers.

  Unlike "Heroes", which had a great first half of a First season, then got as repetitive and boring as a Marvel comic from the 70's.
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  Ever wonder what life in a "Theocracy" is like?

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  i, for one, am looking forward to such a similar "police force" when the "new system" arrives!.

  http://www.cnn.com/2009/world/meast/03/07/saudi.arabia.autograph/index.html.

  (cnn) -- saudi arabia's religious police detained two male novelists for questioning last week after they attempted to get the autograph of a female writer at a book fair in riyadh, according to local media reports.. according to the saudi daily newspaper al-watan, abdu khal and abdullah thabet approached female writer halima muzfar when they were stopped by police.. both novelists, who were held for questioning but not charged with a crime, are demanding an apology from the conservative muslim kingdom's commission for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice.. the commission, feared by many saudis, is made up of several thousand religious policemen charged with, among other things, enforcement of dress codes, mandatory observance of prayer times and segregation of the sexes.

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  Here's an example of one! I, for one, am looking forward to such a similar "police force" when the "new system" arrives!

  http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/saudi.arabia.autograph/index.html

  (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's religious police detained two male novelists for questioning last week after they attempted to get the autograph of a female writer at a book fair in Riyadh, according to local media reports.

  According to the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan, Abdu Khal and Abdullah Thabet approached female writer Halima Muzfar when they were stopped by police.

  Both novelists, who were held for questioning but not charged with a crime, are demanding an apology from the conservative Muslim kingdom's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.

  The commission, feared by many Saudis, is made up of several thousand religious policemen charged with, among other things, enforcement of dress codes, mandatory observance of prayer times and segregation of the sexes.

  Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism and punishes unrelated men and women who are caught mingling in public.

  Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz announced in February a major Cabinet reshuffling in which many hardline conservatives, including the head of the commission, were dismissed and replaced with younger, more moderate members.

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  The new appointments represented the largest shakeup since King Abdullah took power in 2005, and were welcomed in Saudi Arabia as progressive moves on the part of the king, who is seen by many as a reformer.

  One of the writers, Khal, told Al-Watan that he doesn't believe the new leadership endorses actions like those of the commission members who detained him.

  "It seems that the relationship between the committee and the intellectuals is based on animosity and hostility and perhaps that is shown from the fashion in which they treated us," he said.