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  'God bless the United States of America'

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  and also burkino faso, equatorial guinea and laos.. and whatever else happens, don't forget to save that queen of england.

  she needs saving..

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  ThomasCovenant

  and also Burkino Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Laos.

  And whatever else happens, don't forget to save that Queen of England. She needs saving.
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  Once again we Brits know how to punish offenders.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm.

  i certainly don't know any details of this case apart from what i read on the bbc site but if it was my daughter or wife or mother that had suffered from this man i most certainly would not be happy with the sentence.. .

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  ThomasCovenant

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7838298.stm

  6 years

  8 years

  9 years

  The girl is permananently disfigured.

  It may be an option to have the judge raped in the same manner as the victim and then ask the judge what he thinks the sentence should then be.
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  Once again we Brits know how to punish offenders.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm.

  i certainly don't know any details of this case apart from what i read on the bbc site but if it was my daughter or wife or mother that had suffered from this man i most certainly would not be happy with the sentence.. .

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  ThomasCovenant

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm
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  Once again we Brits know how to punish offenders.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm.

  i certainly don't know any details of this case apart from what i read on the bbc site but if it was my daughter or wife or mother that had suffered from this man i most certainly would not be happy with the sentence.. .

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  ThomasCovenant

  Hi

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7838069.stm

  I certainly don't know any details of this case apart from what I read on the BBC site but if it was my daughter or wife or mother that had suffered from this man I most certainly would not be happy with the sentence.

  Thomas Covenant
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  An old dub 'friend' writes to ask 'What Happened?'

  by willyloman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got an email from an old friend from my jw days.. our families were close for several years before they moved to another state.

  afterwards we kept in touch by phone and visited each others homes a few times.

  before we left dubdom in 2003, we had seen them just once in several years.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Hi

  My friend Veen, a fellow poster here, has been asked this by his former Witness 'friends'.

  His answer is, I think, the best I've heard:

  ''I don't think you want to know''

  If they ask why........

  ''Because if I tell you, you'll want to leave too''

  That way you haven't given them any information at all but will force them to confront whether they really want to know. Most won't.

  As regards other posters advice on only speaking face to face I whole heartedly agree. Nothing in writing or by phone.

  As regards face to face, if someone asks then I am convinced the only way is to tell them straight as I feel a moral obligation to tell them.

  But only if they have responded to the Veen reply of course.

  Thanks

  Thomas Covenant
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 01-11-09 WT Study (STRAY)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 01-11-09 wt study (november 15, 2008, pages (8-12)(stray).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Thank you Blondie for your hard work in posting this yet again.

  I've always wondered about the shepherd's motives. Surely one of the main purposes of keeping sheep was to use them as sacrifices at the temple. Or to use their skins for clothing. Or for eating.

  I would not be too keen on a modern day intensive battery hen farmer being used as an example of a loving carer.

  Thomas Covenant
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  What's in the Box?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. social
  2. humour

  saw this years ago.

  hope some of you find it funny too.. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fhp-td7lzw8&feature=related.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Saw this years ago. Hope some of you find it funny too.

  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fHP-Td7LZw8&feature=related
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  Growing up a Jehovah's Witness

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  growing up a jw makes a person unique, long after you leave.

  even though i strongly disagree with much of what i was taught, i still am tainted by my upbringing in that i think a thought and then correct myself with what i now should think (or visa versa, think something and then remember what i once would have thought).. even now that i am far removed from watchtower thinking, i still feel somewhat of an alien from those around me.

  though i am loved at work, i feel they laugh at me more than they laugh with me.. for some time now, i have been meaning to chronograph the concepts that a witness child is indocrinated with to show just how damaging an upbringing it is.

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  I think it sums up my growing up as a witness from the age of 11 very, very well.

  Thank you for your time and effort.

  Thomas Covenant
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  Is Having Children a Purely Selfish Act?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many years ago a childless witness couple said to me that they didn't want any children.. we discussed some of the pros and cons of having them and then they said that they could only think of selfish reasons for having them.. i found it hard to argue against that.

  not selfish in a nasty way of course but for the benefit of the parents nonetheless.. they now have two children.. what are the unselfish reasons for wanting children?.

  thomas covenant.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Hi

  Many years ago a childless Witness couple said to me that they didn't want any children.

  We discussed some of the pros and cons of having them and then they said that they could only think of selfish reasons for having them.

  I found it hard to argue against that. Not selfish in a nasty way of course but for the benefit of the parents nonetheless.

  They now have two children.

  What are the unselfish reasons for wanting children?

  Thanks

  Thomas Covenant
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  Happy Circumcision Day. (Bit late sorry)

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please accept my apologies for the belated greetings.. january 1st was the 'feast of the circumcision' of baby little j.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/feast_of_the_circumcision.

  assuming baby j travelled out of the birth canal on 25th december then on the 1st january his little foreskin would have been removed.. what a feast!

  let us party on down.. thomas covenant.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Hi

  Please accept my apologies for the belated greetings.

  January 1st was the 'Feast of the Circumcision' of baby Little J.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Circumcision

  Assuming Baby J travelled out of the birth canal on 25th December then on the 1st January his little foreskin would have been removed.

  What a feast! Let us party on down.

  Thomas Covenant