Joe Grundy

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  The Bible In Lego

  by serotonin_wraith in

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  http://www.thebricktestament.com/

  the bible can be quite a hefty read, so if you want to read it why not do yourself a favour and have a look at the lego version?

  if only they'd studied this version at the hall, i would have actually paid attention.

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  I don't really see how there can be objections to the site - all quotes are (as far as I can see) accurate, and it's purely a visual representation.
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  In the spirit of match-making, who do you have a crush on?

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  eh heh?

  i know this is either going to be one of those topics where people consider it a popularity contest or something....i'm just being an imp and seeing if anyone will be forward enough to tell about the person that they would like to date.. me, i'm married so that leaves me out!

  but i have seen a lot of beefcakes on here!

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  and i havent a clue how to get people in my box

  I almost posted a response to this, but didn't.
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  Would I really want to be in the "new world" anyway...

  by hartstrings in

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  2. friends

  this morning in the shower i was thinking about why it is that jw's preaching (like i used to do) about a paradise with no wickedness really bothers me.

  if jw's are right and god is going to destroy the majority of people so that just those who happened to live at the right time, in the right place, etc.

  can live forever with a couple of men telling me, a woman what to do, no thanks.

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  The Bible In Lego

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.thebricktestament.com/

  the bible can be quite a hefty read, so if you want to read it why not do yourself a favour and have a look at the lego version?

  if only they'd studied this version at the hall, i would have actually paid attention.

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  Joe Grundy

  It's an excellent site, and I often give links to various bits of it on other boards I post on.

  This bit is useful for couples:

  http://www.thebricktestament.com/epistles_of_paul/instructions_on_marriage/1co07_01-02.html
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  What would you give up for ...

  by serendipity in

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  love?

  i listened to the radio this morning and that was the topic for discussion.

  many women called in to share their sacrifices for love.

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  I believe that a loving relationship is worth more than anything else, so I'd give up almost anything. But I also agree that in a truly loving relationship, it's more a matter of compromise and agreement.

  But yes, my first statement stands. I'd give up anything.
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  In the spirit of match-making, who do you have a crush on?

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  eh heh?

  i know this is either going to be one of those topics where people consider it a popularity contest or something....i'm just being an imp and seeing if anyone will be forward enough to tell about the person that they would like to date.. me, i'm married so that leaves me out!

  but i have seen a lot of beefcakes on here!

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  Can I join in, please.

  In addition to the lady who I have spoken to only once by telephone (but WHAT A VOICE, she must be a stunner but married, I'm afraid) I now have major crushes on Crumpet, Cordelia and Sirona.
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  Where will you go when you die?

  by Bstndance in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is sort of fluff.

  one night while i was bored on the internet, i stumbled across some guy's page that was totally devoted to his study of the afterlife.

  in it he stated that when people die they go to the afterlife that they believe in.

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  I have given instructions to my kids that when I die they are to use garbage bags and a cardboard box for my remains. My brother has a removals firm, so they won't need one of those fancy hearses, they can use one of his trucks.

  And no service, just some money behind the bar for a few drinks.

  As for me, my mouldering body will degenerate into bits of dust that will join the other bits of dust in the cosmos.

  (Sorry, folks, but I don't think the JW paradise is for me. I wouldn't enjoy it at all).
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  Questions

  by server in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i greet everyone, .

  there are some questions that i want to ask you all, and would really be very thankful if there comes out someone to respond it purely.

  1- adultery [even looking lust for a woman (naturally for a woman to look lust for man)] is forbidden by lord, and jesus came to fulfil the law, and also in deuteronomy from 18th to 25th chapter, this sin and the punishment to it is being explained very briefly, now why many of those people who attribute themselves to the lord christ are completely in a adultery shaped life?

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  Server:

  No answers to your questions.

  Just regards from Cyprus (southern republic). At least we're in the same time zone!
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  What happened between Jesus death & the gospels being written?

  by yaddayadda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi, i'm interested in researching this subject.

  can anyone recommend any good books that offer critical theories on the origins of early christianity, specifically the content and creation of the gospels.

  for instance, how much of the gospels is underlying historical truth and how much might be exaggerations that crept in through, say 'chinese whispers' in the time between jesus death and the writing of the gospels ?

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  PeacefulPete:

  Thanks for that link.

  May I offer you another which shows that the 'snake in the firewood' legend lived on?

  http://www.castlewales.com/roch.html

  This was about 5 miles from my home before I moved out here.
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  Hate at site of convention goers!

  by blumandy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so im eating dinner with my hubby and kids at a local family restaurant, when in walks some people with name tags of some sort, i cant read them, im sitting to far away, but they have the look of the convention name tags.

  well i guess i can spot a jw right off, because sure enough as i got closer, there it was a flash back from the past.

  the same ol name tags.

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  Joe Grundy

  I'm not qualified to comment on this really, but I will ...

  The only JWs I know are a nice friendly helpful couple with two young children. He has 3 jobs. She doesn't go out to work (not surprisingly) and at 39 is (unexpectedly for them both) pregnant again. They go out to many meetings, and have at least two evening meetings a week in their (small) apartment. He is a 'pioneer', the little daughter told me. She (the mum) looks washed out and drained.

  As an outsider, I have no reason to hate them. I should, of course, be envious of them because of their membership of the 'true religion' and all that sort of stuff. I'm not, I feel sorry for them and angry about those who are, I believe, taking advantage of them.

  I don't think it's likely that I'd say or do anything on purpose to make them question their faith. The mum is the more read of the couple, and the one with better English. But if they lost their faith, what would they have? Bugger all, I suspect. And without challenging the parents, there's no hope for the children.

  So, as an outsider I feel sympathy, anger and so on. I'd love to challenge the guy who I think is the big banana in their congregation (I've met him a couple of times) but it would only make things worse.

  So, nothing to do with me really, walk on by, keep moving. But I happen to believe that all of us on this planet bear some responsibility for each other.