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doofdaddy
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New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)
by Simon inthe time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.
of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.
i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.
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Whose KH has the Blue Square jw.org on it?
by blondie ini have been looking and finally saw the logo on the kh sign............. .
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doofdaddy
Nice work Ozbrad and only a few kilometres from my area.
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Pat Condell on Britain's Cultural Crisis
by cofty ina scandal is brewing in the uk.
for many years gangs of asian men engaged in rape and torture of young girls who were in the "so-called" care system.
it is believed there were around 1,400 victims in north west england, focussed on the town of rotherham.. if reports are to be believed, social workers, police and the cpc knew it was happening and everybody failed to act for one simple reason.
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doofdaddy
A 9 yr old girl sent from Australia to the Middle East to be married......
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If You Don't Believe In God Anymore, Do You Still Say God Bless You or Thank God, etc.?
by minimus inhonestly, do you??
and if you do, isn't that hypocritical!.
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doofdaddy
If someone sneezes near me I say God bless you AND GET A F***ING TISSUE!
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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower
by wannaexit init's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.
by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.
but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.
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doofdaddy
Totally can relate wannaexit and others. The best, most productive of my years spent knocking on doors and attending mind numbing meetings that regurgitated the same bile week after week, year after year.
And agree it took until my early 40's to realise that I was living in Zombieland.
The only way I can deal with this situation is to live in the moment and appreciate the gift of life that many missed out on. Now that is a true miracle.
Ain't life grand?
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My Lecturer booby-trapped me - Patterns of Authority in Early Christian Communities
by fulltimestudent ini have a 2500 word essay due next tuesday, so i shall be invoiced until then.
and, i already have been turned upside down.. even though there are set topics for the main essay, it is possible to negotiate for an essay on a subject of personal interest.
i'd been thinking about the development of leadership in the early christian congregation, so i asked my lecturer, if i could write on that.. he asked me for a brief outline of what i was thinking, so i reviewed my early thoughts - that jesus primarily had left no clear instructions (because he was expecting divine intervention and the restoration of the kingdom), but he had trained his disciples in missionary work - which i interpreted to mean that jesus expected his own ministry to continue, to provide the judean people with continued guidance, modelled on what he (jesus) had done.. but as christianity developed (and the expectations of jesus remained unfulfilled) a different model developed and i wanted to explore the model we see developing in the nt (think pauline) and where that model came from and then transformed into the monarchial model with bishops.. .
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doofdaddy
Today I was listening to the (Aust) ABC and a speaker made a very good point. He said that Jesus was a Jew and once all the symbolism and myths in the "New Testament" are removed, he remained one. He said his teaching style was classic for Nazareth where he was raised by using parables and not writing anything down (he/they were uneducated) He noted that there were "Christian" groups which attended Christian meetings one day then went to the Synagogue on another up until the yr 150CE.
His point was that Christianity was a Roman concept.
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Famous Witnesses
by startingover13 ini've been doing some research about famous witnesses.
some were raised and eventually left, while others came in as adults.
they range from sports players, musicians, and entertainers.
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doofdaddy
Patti Smith - punk rock star
(Thanks to Wiki) Patti was raised a witness by her mother but clearly left as a young child.
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Give me a reason not to go back
by chukky 594 inbeen out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.
starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.
why shouldn't i consider going back?.
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doofdaddy
Give me a reason not to go back
You drop this bomb and don't even the decency respond to the thoughtful comments of others.
Can you see that possibly you are playing the victim the same as jws do (all the the world is satanic etc)?
You didn't mention god in your reasons for going back(wards). Don't you think there may be a problem with your reasons to return to a religion if god is not one of them?
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I had a Tarot card reading
by LisaRose inso, i am in washinton state visiting my son and his family and we went to a concert that had a fortune tellers booth, actually a gypsy wagon.
i decided to do something no jw would ever do, have a tarot card reading.
i wasn't really expecting anything, as i don't believe they are connected with the satan, but i don't believe they can actually read your future either.
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doofdaddy
I tend to not comment on these posts as the response is using fairly basic e.g. people make guesses about what they read in the media cold reading etc.
I tested a card reader yrs ago post JWs. He recorded the session on cassette so I could analyse later. I gave him nothing except yes no answers through out the hour session.
He was uncannily correct not asking if any point was accurate, just statements. Your mother died when you were 8 for example. What was interesting was that he (accurately) told me that I had a job in New York and my future would be in the States and that I would retire in Indonesia. All correct at that time.
What was interesting was that I intentionally changed that course. My interest is what ability the mind has to "tap into" the mind of another. Nothing spooky, nothing religious just waiting for science to crack this current mystery.
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BOTR- Announcement
by Band on the Run inlaw school is obviously not the hardest program to follow.
it isn't something that can be replicated on the internet.
a first year student can find the law.
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doofdaddy
To Rip Van Winkle
Yeah calling me Doofus was soooo funny.....
Maybe I should add bad 70's humour to the list.