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  UPDATE 2: Since Freedom is Free, Why is it Taxed?

  by RichieRich in

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  yesterday after school i had to go work on a project with friends.

  mom said be home by 5, but there was a huge accident a mile from where i live, and i sat on the road for like 10 - 12 minutes, and was 5 minutes late getting home.

  mom was there (didn't go to work- guess why) and she was pissed.

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  I am sorry to hear that you are going through this, try to keep your chin up. I know it is difficult let us know if we can help.
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  "1975" in Time, July 18 1969

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, i have been sorting through thousands of files i have collected over the last 10 years about jws and the wts.

  it is going to take a while but eventually elsewhere will get them.

  but every now and then i will post something that i had no idea i had.. like this little gem.. it was very common for the media to be in attendance at the dcs.

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  lostlantern

  Thank you for posting this.
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  Did the early Christian's put as much importance on disfellowshipping?

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  as a witness, i remember that disfellowshipping, reproofing, disassociating, etc, were a huge issue in the congregation and took a lot of the elder bodies time and energy.

  there was all the backroom meetings, the interviewing of witnesses to the crime, the late night discussions, the researching and so on.

  i asked an elder one time, "did the early christians spend as much time as witness do today, on all this disciplinary action?

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  I agree with you. The act of disfellowshipping is out of hand. Instead of calling brothers and sisters in to help them with scripture they are more inclined to "cleanse" the congregation at all cost. It is a "guilty until proven innocent" system, they have the mentality, "take action now and ask NO questions later." I can't imagine that Jesus would approve.
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  Huge snake in Australia

  by lostlantern in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is creepy, i am glad that our snakes in missouri don't get this big.

  this thing could eat a child.

  electric fence.... 2 photos

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  lostlantern

  This is creepy, I am glad that our snakes in Missouri don't get this big. This thing could eat a child.

  Electric Fence.... 2 photos An Australian sheep farmer was puzzled at the disappearance of sheep on his farm.
  After a few weeks of sheep disappearing the farmer decided to put up an electric fence. This is what he found!
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  Post some funny PICS!

  by Dimples in

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  i got these in my email and wanted to share....

  dimples

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  Is Jesus Mediator for the Great Crowd's prayers?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower makes the claim that jesus is only mediator for the 144,000 because only they are in the new covenant.

  however i was looking on wikipedia.org and there is a statement that the watchtower does teach that jesus is mediator for the prayers of the great crowd.

  does anyone know if this is correct?

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  0 Is it only anointed Christians who can experience a release by ransom, the forgiveness of their sins? No, God is reconciling to himself all other things by making peace through the blood shed on the torture stake, as Colossians 1:14, 20 indicates. This involves the things in the heavens (the 144,000) as well as the things upon the earth

  I have been having a real problem wrapping my head around this issue. I guess it never dawned on me what our actual belief was as JW's. If Jesus wasn't our Mediator why do we go to memorial if it isn't meant for us? Does his sacrifice apply to the great crowd, or is his sacrifice good for the anointed only? Can the great crowd only reach forgiveness through Jesus sacrifice on the coat tails of the anointed? Just what exactly does it mean to have Jesus as our mediator and how does that affect us differently from the way we are taught? I was always told to "pray through Jesus name", is there more than that? This issue has upset me and it has left me feeling lost. I don't know where this leaves me.
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  I just received an email regarding the CoC book...

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  2. friends

  ...apparently i ordered a copy over the internet in a drunken online shopping rage.. .

  btw...i am glad i ordered the book...been meaning to read it for awhile.. .

  luv, jojo

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  It's a good book. Everyone should read it.
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  Tell us about something that you liked to do when you were younger

  by MsMcDucket in

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  2. friends

  i'll start.

  i used to love to dance and sing.

  i could dance my arse off (black folk style).

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  I loved going to the mall with my girlfriends, buy stuff, get a bite to eat and go to the theater. Also Friday night concerts in the parks.

  I miss parties, and large gatherings.
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  Just finished "Crisis of Conscience"

  by lostlantern in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have just finished crisis of conscience and it moved me to write raymond franz a letter of appreciation.

  does anyone know how to get a letter to him?

  i think i will send it through the publishing company unless there is a better way.. everyone should read this book, it is a real eye opener.

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  That was astonishing. Let me list some things:

  1. Mexico vs. Malawi

  2.that Jesus isn't our mediator, merely that of the 144,000

  3. How the inner workings of the GB meetings go, the whole 2/3 vote

  4, 606/607 and the 1914 date

  5.1975 and the inability to ever admit wrong.

  those are a few things that really got to me.
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  Lyrics that make you think

  by lostlantern in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am listening to sinead o'connor and one song really struck a cord with me.

  i just finished 'crisis of conscience" and i have a lot of thoughts in my head about the governing body, organization, etc.

  this song today made me think of the organization.sinead o'connor.

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  lostlantern

  No list is complete without U2

  Peace On Earth

  U2

  Heaven on Earth, we need it now
  I'm sick of all of this hanging around
  Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain
  I'm sick of hearing again and again
  That there's gonna be peace on Earth
  
  Where I grew up there weren't many trees
  Where there was we'd tear them down
  And use them on our enemies
  They say that what you mock
  Will surely overtake you
  And you become a monster
  So the monster will not break you
  
  And it's already gone too far
  Who said that if you go in hard
  You won't get hurt
  
  Jesus can you take the time
  To throw a drowning man a line
  Peace on Earth
  Tell the ones who hear no sound
  Whose sons are living in the ground
  Peace on Earth
  No whos or whys
  No one cries like a mother cries
  For peace on Earth
  She never got to say goodbye
  To see the color in his eyes
  Now he's in the dirt
  Peace on Earth
  
  They're reading names out over the radio
  All the folks the rest of us won't get to know
  Sean and Julia, Gareth, Ann and Breda
  Their lives are bigger than any big idea
  
  Jesus can you take the time
  To throw a drowning man a line
  Peace on Earth
  To tell the ones who hear no sound
  Whose sons are living in the ground
  Peace on Earth
  Jesus sing a song you wrote
  The words are sticking in my throat
  Peace on Earth
  Hear it every Christmas time
  But hope and history won't rhyme
  So what's it worth
  This peace on Earth
  
  Peace on Earth
  Peace on Earth
  Peace on Earth