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  God and Bin Laden - why don’t you hate them both?

  by donkey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  bin laden was responsible for the attacks on 9/11 in which thousands lost their lives.

  katrina was an act of god.

  not only has katrina also killed thousands it has also destroyed the homes and jobs of hundreds of thousands.

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  thom

  ---"ACtually, they might be the same person. Have you seen both of them in the same room together?"---
  I seem to remember an old news video of them meeting and God was telling Bin Laden how lame his attacks are. God was going on and on bragging how he could kill only the firstborn sons in a city, or how he could just destroy all the crops, or how he could make it rain fire and sulphur.
  Bin Laden looked pretty embarrassed. He was bragging on some things, but God just had this smirk on his face.
  The last part I remember is God saying "Two whole buildings, huh? Wow, real impressive. How does 6,000,000,000 people all at once sound? Yeah, you know I can do it! Just you wait!"
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  Faking time cards

  by mkr32208 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder if those of us who have simply faded started sending in time cards that we just made up.

  you know massive placements hundreds of return visits if they would count them or just toss them out?

  also how hard would it be to set up a ficticius congregation with all of us as members?

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  thom

  I made up stuff for a while on my card, then stopped turning one in entirely.
  ---""Where would I go?" she says to me."---
  Yeah, I hear that too. So if someone is in an abusive marriage they can't leave until they find a replacement?
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  What's the most exotic food you've ever eaten?

  by Dimples in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think for me it was alligator.

  we went to islands of adventure and we tried gator bites.

  it tastes like fish but is really tough.

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  thom

  Lobster blood:
  http://www.lobsteranywhere.com/lobster_glossary.htm
  "Lobster blood: Lobster blood is the white stuff that comes up when a lobster is cooked. It coagulates under the action of the heat."
  
  http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/jan/24/yehey/life/20040124lif1.html
  "Lobster blood and turtle blood mixed with Chinese red wine are good for long life and vitality."
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  Startin' Off Vacation with a Crying Jag!

  by Ingenuous in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been too afraid to go to my parents' place to see them since my last encounter with my dad.

  my dad came by this morning to talk.. 90% of it went pretty well.. i gave him a letter i'd composed to give to the brothers in lieu of meeting with them (i don't have the emotional wherewithal to do it, besides having no intention of giving them the satisfaction).

  it described the things taught by the org that bothered my conscience - not all of the things, but those things that prompted me to quit service and meetings: the org's insistence on prophesying, its insistence on jws accepting everything they teach to remain "christians", policies which cost lives then are changed (e.g., blood, organ transplants), the "no mediator for the great crowd" teaching, 607 bce, the un fiasco.. in addition to agreeing that these are important issues that deserve answers, he stated that he felt the org did too much "talking" (putting thousands of pages of their perspective into print) and that they were constantly sticking their nose into things they shouldn't be (i.e., prophesying the end of the world).

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  thom

  He really seems to be putting some effort into showing some understanding. That's great! I hope it continues. I wouldn't push too hard to try to force him to understand and agree with everything since he's shown some flexibility. Maybe move slowly and not make him feel forced to give up on you.
  Just my opinion...
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  Would you buy a new car on a 60 month loan?

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have never done a 60 month loan and i have sworn i never would... but with how much cars are costing these days i'm wondering if i will have to do a 60 month loan on my next car.

  that is five frigg'in years!

  i paid cash for my last car ($4,500 - 1999 ford contour se, used) so i had no payments to make.

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  thom

  I like to keep cars until they're just about dead. I used to buy new cars but it was just a constant outflow of money every month. I find it much cheaper to get my car repaired as necessary, even if it might cost $1,000 to get the work done. That's just a few car payments and since I have no payments in the end I save alot of money.
  Last time I figured it out, if I average my repairs over time, I spend about $45/month in repairs. That's much cheaper than a car payment.
  But that's just me, not everyone is happy to drive around a 10 year old car they bought for $900. But consider I get 35-40mpg, have no payments, and trust the car to take me across the U.S. at any given time, what's the real difference?
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  What's the most exotic food you've ever eaten?

  by Dimples in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think for me it was alligator.

  we went to islands of adventure and we tried gator bites.

  it tastes like fish but is really tough.

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  thom

  Fish, both raw and cooked, prepared many different ways in Asia.
  Once had a liquor in Taiwan that had lobster blood in it.
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  Are you a blood donor?

  by TonyT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of years ago, the red cross had several blood donation trailers set up at a festival .

  since i had time to kill, i donated.

  it seems like there is always a critical blood supply shortage hard to deal with?

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  thom

  Whenever I have blood drawn I just about pass out for the next 20 minutes. It's a miserable thing to me. I have no other reason that that for not donating, I really don't plan to try.
  Instead I donate money to the Red Cross and other organizations. I've donated my time in the past helping organize people evacuated due to fires here. I try to do my part, but donating blood just doesn't seem to be a part I can play. (Because I'm a big baby)
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  How do you imagine the world 10 years from now?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think that 10 years from here, we still won't be in the jw new system.

  i also think that gas will cost 4 times what we pay now.. many more natural disasters will happen, like the tsunami and hurricane in new orleans.. there will be a financial crash .

  living conditions will be harder, less clean water, more pollution.

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  thom

  I think there will be about 10,000,000 JW's. Still believing pretty much as they do now. Finding only the bad in the world and using it to prove they're near the end.
  More alternative fuel cars, but not all that many. Political climate and weather still similar to today.
  Faster internet access and an internet much more heavily monitored. Microsoft continuing to develop "features" in their OS to make it easy to track people and give up private information.
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  VOIP BUSTER Free calls to the EU and USA!!!!

  by qwerty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  www.voipbuster.com

  qwerty

  (& no i am not on commission)-(just wanting to pass something good on)

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  thom

  I use VOIP as my only home phone now. The sound quality and full duplex is excellent at this point. I regularly talk to family in Alaska and there is just the very slightest bit of a delay. Much better quality than using a cell phone.
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  Giving up drinking...........

  by vitty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..............the tread about giving up smoking, made me think.

  they usually can give you a time scale of how long it takes to give up smoking, i know its different for everyone, but usually 6 weeks and youve cracked it, 3 months and you hardly think about it.. what about drinking, is there a yard stick of how long it takes you to break the addiction.

  ive decided to stop for a month, they reckon its a good test.. ive stopped drinking during the week( about 3 months ) and drink only fridays and saturdays, but i must admit by thursday im really chomping on the bit for a glass of wine.. so this week will be my first dry weekend for about 10 years, im excited but also worried that i cant do it.. the problem is i associate drinking wine, with relaxing and welcoming the weekend.. .

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  thom

  I used to drink a beer every few days, but near the end of my marriage I really picked it up. It helped me to not think about my life and go to sleep at night.
  My wife got really upset so I quit entirely. I had no alcohol for about a year. I went to Germany every year and that was kinda disappointing to have no beer in Germany, but I did it. She asked (told) me to go to AA so I did. I know it works for some people and is very beneficial, but I found it extremely depressing to be there and listen to people who I felt I had absolutely nothing in common with. One guy would always express how much he hated successful business people and wanted the worst for them. Well, I was one and he always really pissed me off. I felt like he was describing me and his reasoning made no sense. AA was a bad place for me to be, but probably just the location where I went but who knows.
  Anyway, I drink about one drink each night now before bed. I have no intention to change that and next time I'm in Germany I plan to enjoy myself.