But, Band on the Run, to where will you go?
streets76
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Is this a forum for JW issues or a poorly designed political and celebrity site?
by Band on the Run init appears to me that even in the few months that i have been here there is less and less emphasis on jehovah's witnesses and anything remotely related to jws and more very poor posts about politics, foreign affairs and celebrities.
i can't omit the juvenile sex ones, which i find lacking in erotic nature.
it seems the 6th grade boys are meeting in the locker room.. the posts that involve jws have a very different tone from the drivel posted on others.
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I'm starting to rethink my position on organized religion
by sabastious ini have been one to demonize organized religion because i had attached an "enemy tag" to them at some point in my life.
when i started going through the reasons why i consider it an "enemy" i figured something out.. organized religion's are just large dysfunctional groups.
my family is a smaller dysfunctional group and i worked for a business that was also just a small dysfunctional group.
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streets76
"I'm spiritual" = "I'm specialual."
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streets76
Speaking of collecting things... I'm beginning to think that collecting things (anything) is stupid. Say you spend your lifetime collecting dolls or something. You got a million of 'em in your house, you can hardly turn around. Then you die. Your grandchildren are wondering, "what the hell are we going to do with all these f'ing dols, you can't give the things way." Someone says, "Maybe they're valuable, let's put them on ebay. You look on ebay, and there's a million dolls for sale from people with dead grandmothers, just like you. You find out the dolls are worth about two cents each. So much for your inheritance. Somebody ends up with a ton of useless dolls in their basement because they feel bad about just taking them to the dump, 'cause granny loved them so much.
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How can JW's not believe in the soul and yet believe in the spirit?
by Terry inthis is a real puzzler.. for christendom at large there is no problem in thinking of humans as a body (tent) which houses the soul.. for jehovah's witnesses the human is the tent.
no soul is contained.
(they make "soul" the same as body.).
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streets76
Science and religion -- never the twain shall meet.
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Name some "great" bands/artists you detest
by keyser soze inmusicians that are considered iconic, that people look at you funny when you say how much you hate them?.
personally, i've never been able to stand ac/dc.
besides the lead singer's whiny, annoying voice that sounds like nails on a chalk board, there's nothing at all to the music.
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streets76
I like early Bruce, but he's waaaaaaaaaaay overrated. Zevon was a much better songwriter.
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...and then, something Amazing happened! (Don't view if you don't want to cry)
by Terry ingame winning homerun turns tragic - but then something amazing happenedwww.godvine.comafter this girl hit her first ever home run, she tore her acl running to first base.
just when tragedy was inevitable, something odd, yet amazing, happened.
watch this very touching video to see the inspirational outcome.
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streets76
File under "Worldy People Don't Suck."
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The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
by Elsewhere inan interesting new book was just released.
i received my copy in the mail yesterday.
it is based on many non-religious sources of inspiration around the world to produce a "bible" that is 100% secular.. while reading it i did find that it has a "feel" very similar to the bible in that it is written in chapter and verse with lots of metaphors and storytelling.. i haven't read it much yet due to not having time, but i did read a few pages and thumbed through it a bit.
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streets76
I hope this Kurt Vonnegut quote is in there somewhere (Vonnegut 1:1?):
"There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- God damn it, you've got to be kind."
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Atlas Shrugged Part 1
by littlerockguy inwent and saw atlas shrugged part 1 at the rave theater here in little rock friday night.
i was surprised it showed here since it had such a limited showing.. anyway i was really surprised at how well it was done on such a limited budget and a very tight and short schedule to have the whole picture done and it really followed the book very well.
i went to the 7:15 showing and the theater was packed but but not sold out.
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streets76
How does Atlas compare to The Fountainhead?
Someone once told me that Fountainhead was his favorite book of all time, so I tried to read it. Thought it was awful, but that was a long time ago. Maybe I wasn't ready for it.
I've also tried to read Ulysses a couple of times, without success.
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As The Governing Body Tightens its Grip...
by passwordprotected intwo and a half years ago i predicted that the governing body was going to have to tighten its grip on the rank and file witnesses.. "it's time to get in the compound, brothers and sisters...." it's classic sleight of hand.
distract your audience.
pull off the trick.
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streets76
<marked for later>
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God \ Universe
by ballistic inhi there, i don't claim this is true, it just came to me just now, perhaps you can point out any logical errors etc i've made or any other conclusions?.
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there may be or may not be a god.. there is definately a universe.. the universe may have been created by god or may have come into existance of it's own accord.. neither the universe nor god can come into existance at a particular point in time as there was no time prior to the universe - it didn't exist.. only at the universe's creation did time begin therefore god never existed for a certain amount of time prior to it.. my conclusion is that god is the universe or the universe has always existed along with god?.
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streets76
Sometimes the world has a load of questions
Seems like the world knows nothing at all
The world is here but it's out of reach
Some people touch it...but they can't hold on.The world moves on a womans hips
The world moves and it swivels and bops
The world moves on a womans hips
The world moves and it bounces and hops--Talking Heads