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  Something that is common to all of their rules

  by ChuckD in

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  there have been a number of threads started here on the subject of the organizations seemingly arbitrary rules for daily life.

  from moustaches to car choices, we all know that there are written or tacitly understood rules concerning almost everything.

  i have noticed that there is a common element among many of these rules and wondered if anyone else noticed it as well.

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  Athiests with a Social Conscience?

  by ChuckD in

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  something said on another thread got me thinking about the assumption that many people have that religion is somehow a prerequsite for charity.

  i think that it is quite the opposite.

  for example, rather than believe that god told me to help out my fellow man, i feel that there is no god, and therefore it is everyone's responsibility as a person to do charitable deeds, since god isn't going to set anything right himself.

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  What is it with these Brits?

  by ChuckD in

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  the next town over from me was kind enough to send their sister city in the uk a very thoughtful gift, and this is the thanks they get!.

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  http://news.excite.com/news/r/010820/08/odd-potato-dc

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  So THIS is where Friday gets his information....

  by ChuckD in

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  http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0801/rectums.html

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  The A-(postate) Team

  by ChuckD in

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  imagine this;.

  you have been on the fence for a while, but it is becoming more and more apparent to you that your leaving is just a matter of time, and that soon, very soon, it will all come to a head.

  you wait for that phone call from the elders like winston smith awaited the bullet in the back of his head.

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  Look at what I found

  by ChuckD in

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  i saw this letter in the dumpster behind the local kingdom hall.

  any idea what it may mean?.

  dear brothers,.

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  Stones - or should I say, the lack of them.

  by ChuckD in

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  ever notice how the folks who are the most prone to lob an insult or accusation over the fence are also those who hide behind a closely guarded psudonym while online?

  and, the majority of their barbs are aimed at those of us who are comfortable enough to be here as ourselves, using our real names.

  i know that there are many folks who use psudonyms to protect their identity from those within the organization whould would rat them out to the brooklyn feds, but many others just like to hide behind a facade and shoot their slings and arrows from far offstage.

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  Any interest in a meeting in the Northeast?

  by ChuckD in

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  would anyone be up for some sort of cookout / barbeque sort of thing somewhere in the northeast in the next few weeks, perhaps around labor day?

  being in providence, just about anywhere from ncy to boston would work for me.

  we could drink beer, make smores, and tell stories.

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  Wise Up!

  by ChuckD in

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  one of the society's lesser-known publications..

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  Re: Is Good Association To Be Found Here, Broth...

  by ChuckD in

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  depends on what you mean by "good"?.

  what you are likely to find is a wide spectrum of different personalities, with the common thread of having some interest in the wbts.

  what you will not find is the kind of structured, controlled environment of the kingdom hall, where many of the subjects that could be discussed here would never be raised.

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