Cognitive_Dissident

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  Need a little help

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

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  i haven't posted on here for quite a while, but i was wondering if someone could do me a huge favor and look up the definition of apostasy for me in the reasoning book.

  i'm at my university's library working on a paper and i forgot to bring along the ol' reasoning book.

  i tried to find it online but had no success.

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  Cognitive_Dissident

  Perfect. Thanks Narkissos. Much appreciated. Consider yourself showered with love and affection. But not in a creepy or gross way.

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  Need a little help

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i haven't posted on here for quite a while, but i was wondering if someone could do me a huge favor and look up the definition of apostasy for me in the reasoning book.

  i'm at my university's library working on a paper and i forgot to bring along the ol' reasoning book.

  i tried to find it online but had no success.

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  Cognitive_Dissident

  Hello all,

  I haven't posted on here for quite a while, but I was wondering if someone could do me a huge favor and look up the definition of apostasy for me in the Reasoning Book. I'm at my University's library working on a paper and I forgot to bring along the ol' Reasoning Book. I tried to find it online but had no success. If someone could do that for me I would be eternally grateful and would shower said person with love and affection.

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  Words to live by...

  by Justice-One in

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  2. friends

  words to live by when dealing with the cult leaders (aka elders.)........

  admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof.

  i didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove a thing.

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  Hear, hear! I would add one thing, Admit nothing, Deny everything, Demand proof, and Threaten legal action if necessary. And then tell them to #*%$ off whilst taking a flying leap. CD
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  Call the police?

  by Pistoff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my part of the world, there are supposedly congregations throughout the "cities" that have had talks about going directly to the police if we hear of any illegal activities, rather than going to the elders.

  any active witnesses hear the same talk?

  pm me for the state.

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  bttt
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  Who's giving out candy this Halloween?

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.

  i'm really looking forward to it.

  has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?

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  Yeah, so this year, for the first time EVER, EVER, EVER, my roommates and I are having a Halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating. I'm really looking forward to it. Has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on Halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses? And by hitting I mean asking for candy, not anything vandalicious. Or perhaps instead of saying 'trick or treat' you could just show up at their doors dressed as Satan and say "I just wanted to stop by tonight and thank you for all the work you're doing. You really pick up the slack for me the rest of the year." Who else is going to revel in Halloween this year? CD
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  I've had it. I want to DA myself

  by White Waves in

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  but i am afraid to send a letter to my old kh.

  what should i write to make sure they don't just df me?

  also, they refused my request to da myself before.

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  "Oh, that is so righteous, I must say! You have on the complete spiritual suit of armour, but you can't stop my dance of joy!"
  
  That had me laughing out loud. In fact I'm still laughing.
  
  Thanks Natas, I definitely needed a laugh right now. Picturing that scenario is gonna keep me chuckling for days.
  
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  Dan Brown DID NOT write "The Da Vinci Code"! (Defense for the Christians!!)

  by danbrownfraud in

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  (defense for the christian faith!).

  wow!

  he is a fraud!

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  Oh man, that was hilarious.
  
  This is the line at the end that was missing:
  
  "After infiltrating the clandestine group of Jesuits and gaining this secret knowledge, the Hardy Boys realized that they had actually been working on the very same case as their father!!!"
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  BIG LIE IN THE BIBLE!

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  god makes the sun shine and the rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous!.

  that's what it says in the bible, (paraphrased to more or less).

  matthew 5 :45. so, that being the case, why does he not make it rain in drought stricken areas?.

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  without getting their panties in a wad over whether there are any greater implications
  
  So which "greater implications" are we supposed to get our panties in a wad over? The ones that involve much greater mental acrobatics than this rain discussion?
  
  Like most believers, Jesus and the audience understand that God, as the Creator, is to be recognized for such blessings as beneficial rain.
  
  Yes, we should by all means recognize God for such blessings as the beneficial rain. By that same token we should also recognize God for the destructive hurricanes and tsunamis that kill thousands. Or does he only cause the good rain?
  
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  Here's my interpretation of the scripture in question:
  
  "However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting you; that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous."
  
  "since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous." - You're good, you're wicked, it doesn't make a damn bit of difference as far as God is concerned, he'll still send the sun and the rain. Both the beneficial sun, and the burning, drought-inducing sun. Same with the rain, he'll give you good rain, and then he'll mix in some crop-destroying downpours and a few hurricanes for good measure. The lesson: God's an extremely unbalanced individual with too much time and power at his disposal. So the best thing for we humans to do is band together and figure out how to survive God's violent mood swings. When the parent is wildly erratic, the best thing for the kids to do is put aside their differences and figure out how they're going to deal with Dad's insanity.
  
  He's pulling the old "I'll make a man out of you yet" technique by messin' with our heads. But in the end, I'm sure we'll all be better, stronger individuals as a result. So let's thank God for the insanity. He knows what's best.
  
  
  Either that or I'm way off base and just not employing any common-sense analytical skill, which is to say "using my brain."
  
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  !!!!!!!!!! New Elder Video !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by SickofLies in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this time they really did call the police on me lol!

  they backed out though, they called, then canceled the call after a while and the police never came to charge me with recording them, pitty really.. http://www.quad-central.com/~dan2007.

  there is the link, i was unable to edit the audio file like i usually do to take out the blank spaces and amplify the volume, so if someone could do that with the wav file on the server that would be great!.

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  SOL, you've got a PM.
  
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  !!!!!!!!!! New Elder Video !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by SickofLies in

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  2. scandals

  this time they really did call the police on me lol!

  they backed out though, they called, then canceled the call after a while and the police never came to charge me with recording them, pitty really.. http://www.quad-central.com/~dan2007.

  there is the link, i was unable to edit the audio file like i usually do to take out the blank spaces and amplify the volume, so if someone could do that with the wav file on the server that would be great!.

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  Holy crap, gonads of steel doesn't even begin to describe it. My favorite part was when he told you that you had to leave because you were violating their rights. Now if that's not the pot calling the kettle black I don't know what is.
  
  I'd be more than happy to clean up the audio files.
  
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