did you subtract the 6 million JWs? - they are not part of this world.wp
ROFLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh...I spit out my water on this one.
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A recent Awake that said earth's population would fit in T
by AlmostAtheist ini bumped into a jw at the store the other day.
he doesn't know i'm df'd (apparently) and i didn't decide to enlighten him.
he banged on for a bit about people we both knew, how service was that morning, etc.
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Watchtower baptises mentally ill ?
by oldflame indoes the wtachtower baptise the mentally ill ?
it sure seems like it with all the new freaks here making claims of being prophets and jesus etc.....is this how low they will go to get their numbers up ?
it really makes me wonder.......
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We had a couple of mentally ill people in my old congregation...one baptized and one studying and attending meetings regularly. They were both schizophrenic.
If you count depression then they baptize mentally ill people all the time (myself included!)
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Share one link that others may find interesting
by IronGland in.
http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php
this is an ancient rome discussion forum that i've become addicted to.
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see any good movies lately?
by lucifer in.
i know i did, i saw the family stone, it was funny and sad at the same time, i would go see it again, and chronicles of narnia, i saw it twice already and want to go again, what about you guys?
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Saw King Kong last week..'twas a pretty good remake
Saw Syriana week before last...was good (i think) but I need to see it again when it's on DVD or cable...it's hard to follow and you really have to be wide awake & paying rapt attention during it.
If you liked "Ong Bak" get Tony Jaa's new movie "Tom Yam Goong". Great martial arts/action flick.
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The Marks of a cult
by mouthy ina while back some asked what are the marks?
i read this i thought it worth posting.
1)the first mark is manipulation of scripture the bible is twisted to fit the leaders or groups interpretation.
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Maryjane
Cinema Blend wrote: #1 isn't so much the mark of a cult, as the mark of a crappy religion. Cults don't have to be religious in nature... if we're just talking about cults in general.
Good point. An Ex-JW friend of mine is involved in a business cult (a Multi-Level-Marketing scheme). They fit many of Steve Hassan's criteria also.
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Do you Trust Yourself?
by Maryjane insince i left, i've had a hard time making decisions and i keep to myself a lot.
i feel like if the wtb&ts was able to dupe me, then i'm liable to get duped by someone else.
i don't think i totally trust myself and i don't trust others either.
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Maryjane
Since I left, I've had a hard time making decisions and I keep to myself a lot. I feel like if the WTB&TS was able to dupe me, then I'm liable to get duped by someone else. I don't think I totally trust myself and I don't trust others either. I'm way more paranoid than I used to be. Is this "normal" when exiting the organization? I bought a book called "Being Logical" trying to re-train my brain to think! -
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9/11 Cell Phone Calls - How did they do it?
by Maryjane in911 cell calls made?.
"today, american airlines and qualcomm showcased their strength as technology pioneers and market leaders in their respective industries," said dan garton, executive vice president of marketing for american airlines.
"american is committed to researching and providing innovative, cutting-edge products and services that enhance our passengers' traveling experience and give our customers what they value.
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Maryjane
I'm just one of those people who has problems believing the official story. This is just one of the anomolies that always bothered me (one of the least...there are more troubling anomolies as well)
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9/11 Cell Phone Calls - How did they do it?
by Maryjane in911 cell calls made?.
"today, american airlines and qualcomm showcased their strength as technology pioneers and market leaders in their respective industries," said dan garton, executive vice president of marketing for american airlines.
"american is committed to researching and providing innovative, cutting-edge products and services that enhance our passengers' traveling experience and give our customers what they value.
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So How Were Those
911 Cell Calls Made?QUALCOMM Press Release
12-23-5- "Today, American Airlines and QUALCOMM showcased their strength as technology pioneers and market leaders in their respective industries," said Dan Garton, executive vice president of marketing for American Airlines. "American is committed to researching and providing innovative, cutting-edge products and services that enhance our passengers' traveling experience and give our customers what they value. Even though commercial availability of cell phone use in flight is approximately 24 months away, American Airlines knows that our customers want to stay connected and this proof-of-concept event is an important step in bringing in-cabin wireless services to our customers."
- American Airlines and QUALCOMM Complete
- Test Flight to Evaluate In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use
- FORT WORTH, Texas and SAN DIEGO - July 15, 2004 - QUALCOMM Incorporated
- http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2004/040715_aa_testflight.html
- The Strange Case Of The 911 Cell Phone Calls
- September 2004
- Last month, Qualcomm Corporation issued a press release stating that they had developed a new technology that would finally make it possible to make cellular phone calls from commercial airliners. Using a technology called "Pico Cells", the system will work as a link between the airliner and ground towers. According to the press release, it is currently impossible to connect by cell phone in a plane that is above 4,000 feet.
- During the Republican National Convention in New York City last month, Deena Burnett, widow of Flight 93 victim Tom Burnett, spoke of the four telephone calls she received from her husband aboard the doomed airliner on September 11th, all of which were received from his cell phone, one of which lasted 13 minutes.
- With the FAA statement that Flight 93 never went below 29,000 feet until its' sudden fatal plunge, these two stories seem to be mutually exclusive. Either it is possible to make cell phone calls from a commercial jetliner in flight at cruising altitude - or it isn't.
- If it is already possible to use a cell phone on a plane, why is Qualcomm so excited about their Pico chip? If it is not possible to do so, there's an even bigger problem.
- Because there are no survivors of any of the 911 planes, the only "eyewitness" testimony we have is the paraphrased transcripts of phone calls made to family members. This is where we get the descriptions of "Arab looking men" with knives and box cutters, talking about "Allah". It is from these calls we hear the immortal and heroic "Let's roll!".
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- http://gatorpress.com/badsam/page5.html
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Has God Just Set Us Up For Failure?
by confused_101 inthe fact that in the very beginning god created man and then woman and placed them in the garden of eden, then he told them that they could partake of all the fruits from the trees but that they shouldnt touch his tree.
the tree of knowledgethat is like putting cookies in front of a kid and telling them that they cant eat them.
then he allowed satan to speak to eve (through the serpent) and convince her to eat and then she would know all that was good and bad.
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Finally Free wrote:
Even if it all made sense, I still can't see how he could justify allowing all the world's problems continue just because Adam and Eve ate some stupid fruit. Whatever happened to the punishment fitting the crime?
Where is the MERCY in this equation? Seems like the bible's god is hell bent on justice, rules and punishment. Of all of god's characteristics, mercy seems to be his weakest. If he were a human, would you want to be his friend? That's why I no longer worship him. He's a wack job.
From a Judaeo-Christian viewpoint, we are set up for failure. Other religions/world views/philsophies have kinder, gentler gods.
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Infidelity. I don´t believe in anything else, the cynic I am. It works.
I've seen that work too...well not out & out infidelity but open marriages. I know a few married couples who swing and many years into their marriage the sex is still hot. Something about sleeping with other people makes your sex life with your regular mate more regular & exciting.