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  Bertrand Russell Quote

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  right on bert.as a philosopher, if i were speaking to a purely philosophic audience i should say that i ought to describe myself as an agnostic, because i do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a god.

  on the other hand, if i am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street i think that i ought to say that i am an atheist, because, when i say that i cannot prove that there is not a god, i ought to add equally that i cannot prove that there are not the homeric gods.bertrand russell, collected papers, vol.

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  Inspiring - The Rising @ We Are One Inaugural Concert

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  bruce springsteen's performance of "the rising" on the steps of the lincoln memorial earlier today was one for the ages.

  backed with a choir, the song became one of hope and new beginnings instead of only a commentary about 9-11. .

  thanks bruce..

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  Nov 15th 2008 WT Personal Comments

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  i felt compelled to write something down after reading a bit of this article in the nov 15th, 2008 wt.

  help those who stray from the flock .

  paragraph 2 .

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  Last Temptation of the Christ

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  i just discovered this film for the first time tonight.

  what an amazing piece of work!

  the portrayal of jesus and judas as men who both wanted freedom from roman rule yet were vastly different in their approach was thought provoking.

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  Thank you JWD

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  i wanted to take my 1,000th post here at jwd to thank simon for managing this forum for the past several years.

  it helped me greatly during my exit, beginning about 3 years ago.

  without a place like this to vent, collaborate, and question, i may have never been swayed to leave the jw's.

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  Post your Kingdom Hall Pics Thread

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  cold north idaho.

  i served as a ministerial servant here for 3 years.

  not my car...but that *is* my ex-wife.

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  Well, I finally did it.

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  i finally contributed to a presidential campaign.

  during my witness years i could never understand why people would give up their money for such a passing transient thing such as a presidential campaign.

  don't they understand that the president will only be in office for 4 - 8 years and then the next one will most likely extinguish any good work they had done?

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  JW Sex Offender found in Kingdom Hall bathroom...

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  http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4588516a6000.html

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  2008 DC - Is higher education/college mentioned?

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  to those who have attended the 2008 dc, first of all my condolences.

  second, i am curious if there are any hard hitting talks against higher education.

  thanks.

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  Hello

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  been a while.

  how are all the enlightened ones here doing?

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