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  How much influence did the internet have on you leaving the organization?

  by The wanderer in

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  untitled document <!-- .style1 {font-family: verdana} .style2 {font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; } --> discoveries about the organization on the internet admittedly, had it not been for the internet, and all of the dis-.

  coveries that were found on it; i would still be one of jehovah's .

  witnesses.

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  Al Gore quote: "I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
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  US Extraordinary Rendition Program--good idea or bad idea?

  by Merry Magdalene in

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  toronto, sept. 18 - canadian intelligence officials passed false warnings and bad information to american agents about a muslim canadian citizen, after which u.s. authorities secretly whisked him to syria, where he was tortured, a judicial report found monday.. the report, released in ottawa, was the result of a 2 1/2-year inquiry that represented one of the first public investigations into mistakes made as part of the united states' "extraordinary rendition" program, which has secretly spirited suspects to foreign countries for interrogation by often brutal methods.. .

  oh well, he was just a muslim so who cares, right?

  more justifiable "collateral damage" in the war on terror.

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  Shipping a citizen of Canada off to Syria to essentially be tortured. What ever happened to due process? These sorts of events destroy any credibility that the US had in asserting the moral high ground. I'm saddened by my government's behavior. This is so completely immoral and unconstitutional that I'm speechless. The Iraq war has turned out to be a disaster for American credibility, morality, and individual rights. A so-called conservative president has shown us for what he really is.
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  I'm so Naughty! I pretended to be a JW to get a sale.

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  i had customers yesterday, a couple, who said they had to get to a meeting by 7:30 last night.

  (red flag!

  ) i asked what was the nature of this meeting, and they said it was like church, and i asked what religion, and they were hohos.

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  The wife said over and over how bad things are, the world is so bad, that everything is sooo bad, and the governments are bad and there are bad diseases, and there is war, to which I added, "that's bad".

  Lol... that just made me laugh.

  Fictional JW conversation:

  JW1: Things are really bad

  JW2: Yeah, they're bad

  JW1: War and diseases are pretty bad too

  JW2: Yeah, bad

  JW1: And the governments are bad. Things are so bad.

  JW2: Pretty bad stuff

  JW1: And the gays, they're bad

  JW2: Bad

  JW1: Ok, well, I'm gonna jump into my SUV and head off the movie theater after we eat out
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  Christian propaganda found in a truck stop stall.

  by kwintestal in

  1. social
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  i found this the other day as i was doing my thing and immediately assumed it was left for a muslim.

  as i got reading it, i was shocked and then disgusted at the bait-and-switch technique used.

  enjoy the comic!

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  A very loving god, indeed.
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  Liberal World-view leads to a Corrupted Soul

  by Shining One in

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  2. beliefs

  disabled newborns is acceptable .

  princeton, n.j. (bp)--princeton university's peter singer, widely known .

  for his founding of the great ape project to grant apes the same rights .

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  Unfortunately, the terms liberal and liberalism have been co-opted by today's socialists. Liberal, in the classical sense, used to mean support of individualism, limited government, and a "hands off" attitude toward others. People link Peter Singer and today's American (and European) "liberals" prefer to sacrifice the individual for the benefit of the collective. Singer, in particular, espouses utilitarianism, which means that the individual is just about meaningless as long as the maximum amount of positive outcome is felt by the majority of people. His is the vilest form of collectivism.

  So, Shining One, you misunderstand the terms you are using. Liberalism doesn't necessarily lead to infanticide - disregard for individuals does. It is the moral relativism of philosophers like Singer that implicetly accepts that individual people are not as important as the collective good. The classical liberal view is that the individual is of prime importance and that no government or individual has the right to violate individual rights.

  However, the conservative Christian view is that god makes up the rules and the individual is subject to the whim of a divine power's mood.

  As for Simon, et el, who like to generalize that Americans don't care about anyone but themselves - well, you are wrong. There's nothing like a bigoted generalization to make you feel better about yourself - but perhaps that's just a little JW-think still creeping through.
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  2007 IKEA catalogue controversy

  by Scully in

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  http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/articlenews/story/ctvnews/20060825/ikea_photo_060825/20060825?hub=world.

  this sounds strangely similar to janet jackson's "wardrobe failure" publicity stunt.

  is it a dog's leg?

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  It's not clear enough for me to really decide...
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  Pilot admits to shooting down 93 receives medal for it

  by skyking in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.911omissionreport.com/93_pilot/ "a unit of 3 f-16 aircraft, were ordered to head toward pennsylvania.

  at 0957 they spotted their target; after confirmation orders were received, a one major rick gibney fired two sidewinder missiles at the aircraft and destroyed it in mid flight at precisely 0958".

  he was awarded a medal from the governor one year later for his heroic actions.

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  I found this in about 10 seconds on google:
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  BRAIN-DEAD QUOTES FROM OCT 1st WT

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the writing department should really win an oscar for best screenplay in a comedy/drama series craptower, the article is entitled is the bible too restrictive?

  in actuality, every witness knows that this is really asking "is the wts too restrictive?

  on page 9 it says in part:

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  War is peace Slavery is freedom Ignorance is strength
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  Was Simplification the Downfall of the Watchtower?

  by NotBlind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a thought i had daydreaming while at the recent convention .

  old timers in the organization often reminisce about the way the wts was many years ago.

  attending a convention meant (a) getting hot meals, (b) orchestra music before and during sessions, and (c) two, three, or even four dramas.

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  It sounds like the dubs have scrapped any remaining esprit de corps amongst the members. The simple acts of working together to organize conventions or even cook the meals builds that bond between people which makes them feel like they are part of something. Now the organization dictates and doesn't require any group participation in anything more meaningful than a book study, where nothing concrete gets accomplished.

  The organization is managing its own decline, and the actions it is taking to try and cut costs is contributing to its further decline.
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  I've been invited to the convention

  by 2112 in

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  2. experiences

  ok, i've been out for 15 yrs.

  my wife is still in and very zelous.

  she is really begging me to go with her this sunday.

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  Make it clear to her before hand - that she should NOT expect any sort of conversion or reconsideration. Make it very clear that you are sure of yourself and that in no way will going to the convention make you reconsider.