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  Why? Why? Why???

  by zeroday in

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  why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

  why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

  why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

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  Why do people look at their hankerchief/tissue after they blow their nose ?
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  ESSAY WRITING: HELP!!!

  by Frog in

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  hi guys, i need a little advice on where to take this essay i'm writing which is due on tuesday afternoon!

  shame on me for leaving it too late so that i can't clarify my question with my lecturere .

  ok, this is the subject topic:.

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  Frog...Time to go clubbing.....It'll give you time to think....Wombat
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  JC ON TAPE

  by SickofLies in

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  http://neocrat.com/sol.mp3 .

  http://www.savefile.com/files/1740618

  sorry for the long file, is there anyone that can clean this up a bit, the quality is actually pretty good considering the mic was hidden and i was in a big room.

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  Unc...How are you going to do it?

  A yokel agreeing that too much skoolin only makes your head hurt ?

  A Professor of Religious Studies advising that his words have been included in next semester's curriculum for students to study ?
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  Big claims made that simply arn't true

  by drew sagan in

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  a number of posts on the board have got me thinking back to the time when i first became aquainted with jehovhah's witnesses.

  many things that i was told (an probably no doubt many of you) where the ramblings of people are so dedicated to their religious system that it clouds all basic judgement.

  here are some of the things i was told by certain members (mostly elders) that have panned out to be actual lies.

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  Drew....

  In the short time I've been here the best phrase that I have learned is "cognitive dissadance".( I hope that I spelt that correctly.)

  It has helped me understand (and forgive) many in the WTS. I am talking family.

  What you say is obviously correct but how do you get the inmates to see it?
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  Awake mag

  by looking_glass in

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  i thought they were doing away with it.

  at least that was what i heard, but it is still around with fresh new articles, so what the deal anyone know?

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  Looking Glass...

  I heard that their may be New Light on looking in the rear vision mirror...
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  Awake mag

  by looking_glass in

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  i thought they were doing away with it.

  at least that was what i heard, but it is still around with fresh new articles, so what the deal anyone know?

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  ": I think it gave JWs a bad imagine because for the most part it was about nature and personal experience and not doomsday enough."

  I would have thought that this is why the Awake is important. It gave a soft approach at the door. In my day you would always present the "harmless" Awake, hopefully to lead into the heavier stuff later.

  (I shall never forget being with an Elder in the magazine work as he explained to a feeble old lady in her 70s how important it was for motorists to look in their rear vision mirrors whilst driving.)
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  My small but hopefully mighty note to the newspaper

  by merfi in

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  2. medical

  it's not terribly impressive, but given the small size of this town and the small number of pubs at the kh, this might be relatively huge.. i just emailed this to the newspaper editor today:i gave blood tuesday, april 4th for the first time.

  somewhere, someone's life might be saved by my donation.

  i work at **** hospital*** and have seen blood used to bring color to someone's granny's cheeks, to help a new mom recover from a difficult childbirth and to give a young man with cancer a higher count so that he can receive chemotherapy and continue his fight.

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  Merfi....That was a really well written letter. Positive and encouraging - not vindictive. Your community will be proud of you (although that is not the reason for your writing it).

  We look forward to hearing if it is published and the response from your community in the weeks ahead.

  Anyway...who cares about any effect on the local JWs. By donating blood you did something that made this world a better place.....Good on ya.......
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  For those who speak french

  by Genesis in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi sorry for my mistake, i should have read the posting guidelines, heres the original message : .

  salut, j'aimerais savoir qui parle francais sur ce forum, je sais qu'il y a quand meme un petit nombre de quebecois (dont moi-meme, je suis au lac-st-jean) et de francais de france.

  pour ma part j'ai fait les congregations suivantes : .

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  Moi Aussie
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  For those who speak french

  by Genesis in

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  hi sorry for my mistake, i should have read the posting guidelines, heres the original message : .

  salut, j'aimerais savoir qui parle francais sur ce forum, je sais qu'il y a quand meme un petit nombre de quebecois (dont moi-meme, je suis au lac-st-jean) et de francais de france.

  pour ma part j'ai fait les congregations suivantes : .

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  Non moi.

  I spent four years at High School studying French..When I finally got to meet an actual French person in a bar at Kings Cross at Sydney I recited "Le Mort de Loup" by Alfred de Vigney to him and he couldn't understand a bloody word I said. I may have been drunk.

  But at least I know what "petite pois" means on a menu...so it wasn't a waste of time.

  Mais, Welcome..........Wombat
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  To newbies: You give up your rights when you become a Witness

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i was sitting here thinking: am i making fun of my children's religion?

  am i being disrespectful to witnesses?

  i was raised to be accepting of other people's religious choices.

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  Love 2 Be......

  The Beatles actually came to Brisbane, Australia, in '64. And I saw them live.

  They had contracted to come to Australia just before they became super big time. And they kept the deal. They played at Festival Hall which held about 5,000 people. About 4 or 5 gigs.

  Ringo was absent....can't recall the name of the stand-in...The support on my night was 6 or 8 saxaphone players - "Sounds Incorporated". They had different supports every night.

  I took the prettiest little dubbie chick along with me...Lyn Parnell. She was so cool. She wore artificial fingernails. (I never realised until one fell off as we were sharing a brand new drink called a Cuppachino). I wore my best suit and tie and was a bit embarassed when she stood on the seat and screamed.

  Memories.......