Boy, am I glad we talk about JW-relevant topics instead of swapping recipes like the JW forums.
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"Such an evil star"
by Yadirf indecember 29, 1999. writing department.
25 columbia heights.
brooklyn, ny 11201-2483. .
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You win. I haven't the interest to go looking for a refutation, besides which I agree with the page you cited: that's how it ought to be. Go for it.
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"Such an evil star"
by Yadirf indecember 29, 1999. writing department.
25 columbia heights.
brooklyn, ny 11201-2483. .
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Why did you place your question mark inside the ending quotation mark? Am I gonna have to re-educate you about such things, COMF?
I put it there because that's where it goes. Before you attempt to re-educate anyone, better do a little refreshing, yourself. I would wholeheartedly agree that it should be outside the quote, since it's no part of what's being quoted. I griped about it to my English professor, too, to no avail. So I caved in and started doing it the proper way instead of the right way.
Well, I guess I won't make fun of your failings there if you won't make fun of the way I hold my drumsticks.
Good piece of insight there. :)
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The Cosmic cabbage patch.
by bigboi inhttp://download.theforce.net/theater/gangsta/starwarz.html.
hey y'all i thought this was funny.
don't know how long it's been around, but y'all might get a kick out it.
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A mans best friend is a DOG ... anyone?!!
by Celtic incare to give me definitions?
of course your never completely there with the answer, until .... sorry, definitions, my mind runs away with me sometimes, a mans best friend is a dog?!!.
whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy?.
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Cause men ARE dogs, silly.
The accompanying implication regarding females and female dogs shall remain an implication for the moment.
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Sister orders me to cooperate with shunning
by bluesapphire inwell, get ready to be shocked at the audacity!.
we have family who came in from costa rica today.
a cousin and his girlfriend.
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Honestly, this doesn't sound to me like it has anything to do with witness beliefs. It sounds like purely a case of a spoiled brat throwing a tantrum because she's not getting her way.
I'm sorry she hurt your feelings and brought you to tears. I think you handled the situation admirably, perfectly! Your answers showed that your dignity and self-worth exist independently of her estimation of you, and that she and the WBTS have no power over you.
When someone behaves as your sister did, it is because they are trying to prompt certain behavior. When they don't get that behavior, they're confused and feel out of control. This usually manifests in a display of anger and/or irrational speech or behavior. This is exactly what happened with sis. You gave her plenty to think about. I'm so proud of you!
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"Such an evil star"
by Yadirf indecember 29, 1999. writing department.
25 columbia heights.
brooklyn, ny 11201-2483. .
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You signed your letter to Brooklyn "Yadirf?"
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Do you still believe in god???
by Nicolas inhow many of you still believe in god after your experience of the watchtower?
do you believe in a different god than the one of the org.
one who won't destroy somebody just because he wasn't in the good religion.
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ag·nos·tic (ag-nos'tik)
n.1.
a. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
b. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.2.
One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.I call myself an agnostic because of all of the above. I don't think there's any evidence proving that God exists. I'm skeptical about his existence. And I'm noncommittal: I've spent most of my life until now seeking God, and it's led me to agnosticism. I'm done with that for the time being.
I don't believe that life just accidentally appeared here and that the complexity and order we see now came about through mutations and natural selection. I think there's more to it. But I don't believe that God as represented by the bible exists or had anything to do with us being here.
Either I'll never know, or else I'll find out someday. For now, I'm busy enjoying life moment by moment.
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Roger Zelazny on Guilt
by COMF ini'm visiting my son and his wife for a week while on vacation.
for the past few evenings, after we retire to our various sleeping quarters, i've been reading an old copy of analog magazine which i found on his extensive bookshelf (their library fills two walls from floor to ceiling).
analog is, or was, anyway (this issue is dated november 1975) a science fiction/science fact magazine and served mainly to provide genre afficionados the latest offerings from both sci-fi luminaries and young up-and-comers.
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Mommie,
I read "A Rose for Ecclesiates" many years ago and was blown away by it. It was in a mixed collection of sci-fi stories and I didn't register the fact at the time, that it was written by RZ. I came to know the name later for its association with Bradbury, Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke and the other legends. Many times I have wished that I could read "Rose" again, but have not known where to look for it. It's a wonderfully moving story, one I'll be delighted to read afresh now as an adult, having had your help to locate it. Thanks so much!
Fred
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Roger Zelazny on Guilt
by COMF ini'm visiting my son and his wife for a week while on vacation.
for the past few evenings, after we retire to our various sleeping quarters, i've been reading an old copy of analog magazine which i found on his extensive bookshelf (their library fills two walls from floor to ceiling).
analog is, or was, anyway (this issue is dated november 1975) a science fiction/science fact magazine and served mainly to provide genre afficionados the latest offerings from both sci-fi luminaries and young up-and-comers.
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I'm visiting my son and his wife for a week while on vacation. For the past few evenings, after we retire to our various sleeping quarters, I've been reading an old copy of Analog magazine which I found on his extensive bookshelf (their library fills two walls from floor to ceiling).
Analog is, or was, anyway (this issue is dated November 1975) a science fiction/science fact magazine and served mainly to provide genre afficionados the latest offerings from both sci-fi luminaries and young up-and-comers. The story I've been reading is a novelette by Roger Zelazny, entitled "Home is the Hangman."
I won't try to sum up the story line here. I just want to share the following quote from the story, spoken by one of the characters to another. These observations are the point--the moral, I suppose--of the story, and are much more sympathetic to the role of guilt in our lives than I have been inclined to be. Food for thought, in striving for a balanced and well-rounded position.
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Without guilt, man would be no better than the other inhabitants of this planet--excepting certain cetaceans. Look to instinct for a true assessment of the ferocity of life, for a view of the natural world before man came upon it. For instinct in its purest form, seek out the insects. There, you will see a state of warfare which has existed for millions of years with never a truce.Man, despite his enormuous shortcomings, is nevertheless possessed of a greater number of kindly impulses than all the other beings where instincts are the larger part of life. These impulses, I believe, are owed directly to this capacity for guilt. It is involved in both the worst and the best of man.