Joel Wideman

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  Covering Kingdom Music

  by professor in

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  has anyone ever tried to release covers of kingdom music?

  generally, i'm thinking you have to have the artist's permission.

  but what if you change it a little?

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  Parody is protected as "fair use".
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  How many more years before no one believes in God?

  by JH in

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  do you think there will come a time, where no one will believe in god or even talk about him?.

  children at school aren't taught religion any more around here since years.. so, how long do you think it will take before no one talks about god anymore?

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  Qcmbr: aw stop it - most people in the world believe in God. I'm afraid you'll have to put up with the majority of us for a long time yet.
  This isn't even remotely true, unless you lump Christianity in with Judaeism and Islam, and then it's only by a slim margin. Most of the world, if they believe in a personal God at all, do not believe in the Christian God.
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  What is THIS that is stated on official WTBTS site...

  by sf in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/publications/publications_available.htm.

  scrolling down to bottom:.

  jehovah's witnesses provide personal and group instruction in the bible at no charge.

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  Probably sources they are (mis)quoting.
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  Oh My God... Oh my God

  by lola28 in

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  i had a very dear friend that was disfellowshiped over two years ago.

  i just found out she got reinstated should i call her?

  why dosen't hallmark make cards for occasions like these?

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  Joel Wideman

  Hallmark disfellowshipping card:
  On the front: I'm not thinking of you anymore...
  Inside: because you're spiritually dead.
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  If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

  by Jamelle in

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  i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

  growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

  the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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  All the usual stuff, plus I wasn't allowed to defend myself. Turn the other cheek, and all that. It made me an easy target, of course, so I just made sure she never heard about it.
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  What did you do to your parents?

  by whyamihere in

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  as kids did you do anything to your parents that was a classic burn or really embarrass them?

  i was just telling a friend of mine what i once did to my mom.

  picture it!

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  My mother was pretty good at embarrassing me, rather than the other way around.
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  Did you ever 'Google' yourself?

  by Legolas in

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  i'm not on it, but my husband is!...

  (his business picture)

  try it and if anything funny comes up show us!

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  My blog is the first hit and most of the hits on the first page are me. The one on the Megan's Law site, however, is not.
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  Are there any former dubs who were petrified by the demons?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  how did you get over these phobias?.

  was there a christian or bibilical based explanation that helped you to get over these phobias?.

  cyp

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  I used to be tormented by nightmares about demons, starting - not surprisingly - around the time I began having doubts. It was so bad that I couldn't sleep, and to this day I still have insomnia, though those nightmares are long gone.
  Finding out that my mother's "demon problems" were due to mental illness was a real eye opener.
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  Hi

  by finallyfree05 in

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  i'm new and this is my first post......mine is a long story i will share later.

  i'm at work and just wanted to say hi to you all

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  Joel Wideman

  Welcome!
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  Is god all knowing?

  by gringojj in

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  i dont understand how god can be omnipotent, and all knowing, but that doesnt apply to knowing the future?

  god is not human.

  he had the power to create us.

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  Joel Wideman

  I believe that God knows all possible futures. He knows how likely we are to make each choice, the outcome of each choice we make, and how our choices interact. The kicker is that He wants us to have that choice, so to most of us it looks like either He doesn't know or He doesn't care. But I believe that, like a parent raising a child, He prefers that we learn from our mistakes. Our growing population and civilization is proof that we are capable of doing so.