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  Why label it a cult?

  by rebel8 in

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  what purpose does it serve?

  it just seems to polarize people and ostracize those who aren't ready or willing to label it a cult.

  anyone can look up the dictionary definition of a cult (or experts' definitions).

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  Why? for the same reason you put a Mr. Yuk sticker on a gallon of bleach.
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  What Lakes Do You Play At?

  by smellsgood in

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  this weekend i'm headed to priest lake in idaho...my family has a cabin up there and i've gone there my whole life.

  i'm obsessed with picking huckleberries, which are my most favorite berries.

  huckleberry pie is wicked tasty.

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  Hey JWDaughter!
  
  I was in Seattle in March...I love Lake Union...Hey, I had the best Vietnamese food at Pho Cyclo on Capitol Hill...It's the lemongrass chili tofu on rice vermicelli! OMG! And I love Broadway Grill too. What's your fave restaurant in Seattle?
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  Life lost

  by Phil in

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  i have previously posted on the subject of finding people who could help me get some testimonials from experienced jws who have been shunned by friends and family.

  this was my way of getting my daughter to wake up to the realities of what is going on with the organization she is associated with.

  much to my sadness, i have been notified by her husband that she died this morning of lung cancer.

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  Oh my goodness, Phil! I am deeply saddened to hear you lost your little girl!!! (((Phil)))
  
  That is such a tragedy
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  What Lakes Do You Play At?

  by smellsgood in

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  this weekend i'm headed to priest lake in idaho...my family has a cabin up there and i've gone there my whole life.

  i'm obsessed with picking huckleberries, which are my most favorite berries.

  huckleberry pie is wicked tasty.

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  Xena, first I'd like to say Congrats on your new marriage (not sure if your married yet??) You know, I was planning on moving to Scotland when I was younger, but I think the weather might be too dreary for me. Anyways, all the happiness to you two, and can I just say I'm a wee jealous, Ross seems like a great guy! ....and that Lake looks beautiful
  
  Frank75: My Parents went to Lake Chelan for this company trip a few years back. My Mom didn't like it, more the company than the setting. They're separated now.... And...My Dad used to work in Okanogan, dumpy little town that it is, I've driven through it on my first and only trip to Canada, but I didn't see the Lake. I think the license plates about B.C. are spot on! BEAUTIFUL!
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  What Lakes Do You Play At?

  by smellsgood in

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  this weekend i'm headed to priest lake in idaho...my family has a cabin up there and i've gone there my whole life.

  i'm obsessed with picking huckleberries, which are my most favorite berries.

  huckleberry pie is wicked tasty.

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  candidlynuts, although I love wave runners your post reminded me of the newest annoyance to hit the waves, stereo systems w/ subwoofers on boats. Last year, this guy was BLASTING Aaron Nevil, and our cabin is right across from an Island that produces an echo, so it was like 3 Aarons enveloping us with his nasal ballads. Torture.
  
  Josie, dang, Lake Tahoe is gorgeous, I would imagine it to be cold though. I think I saw it featured on the last Bachelor,,,and they were skiing. Not water skiing.
  
  Who has never tasted huckleberries?
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  Plain Truth

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a free subscription to a christian mag by the name of "plain truth".

  the july/august issue has an article about the borg in it called "trapped in the watchtower.

  pretty good.

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  Hey Gopher!
  
  I know about their turnabout, one of the most startling things of any cult ever. I like the WWCOG history, because there was sooooo many similarities to WTBTS. I was reading this one long site about it the other day, and it seems that some do still cling to the old legalism, I was surprised. You know, having to identify HWA as Elijah and whatnot... still, they did drop most of their bunk after HWA and Garner Teddy died....
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  What Lakes Do You Play At?

  by smellsgood in

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  this weekend i'm headed to priest lake in idaho...my family has a cabin up there and i've gone there my whole life.

  i'm obsessed with picking huckleberries, which are my most favorite berries.

  huckleberry pie is wicked tasty.

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  This weekend I'm headed to Priest Lake in Idaho...my family has a cabin up there and I've gone there my whole life. I'm obsessed with picking huckleberries, which are my most favorite berries. Huckleberry pie is wicked tasty. Plus there's inevitably a Moose that you either nearly run over, or nearly runs over you. Although I do love Coeur d'Alene lake as well...I've always heard that Tom Cruise has a cabin there (??) So, which are your favorite Lakes?
  
  http://www.priestlake.org/
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  Update: So I've been going to some meetings (and other things)

  by WingCommander in

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  i've been absent from this board from some time, as i've been through alot the past few months.

  firstly, my mother passed away after complications from her surgery.

  so i've lost my entire family since 1999. i'm an only child.

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  Wing Commander,
  
  I am so sorry to hear of you losing your Mother. Heavens knows my Mom is my rock, and I could not abide losing her in the next seven years before I'm thirty. I would feel lost and I can imagine your grief. I think from childhood its one of the scariest and most heartbraking thought; that of losing your Mother. I wish you the best.
  
  I am rather astonished and it really hurts me though to know that you've gone back, however noncommittally to the WT in a way though. I can't understand what you are going through right now as I have my Mom, and am one of five. But it's just that I know what this org. truly is, and I don't believe that a false prophet and a false religion has anything good to offer you in a path to spirituality/God. I believe that you can believe in the resurrection etc. without ever going to another meeting ever again. I believe that you can have a relationship with God if you want without ever going to a meeting of a religion responsible for needless deaths, ruined families, and child abuse cover ups. I don't think that if there is a God who is good, that he would have anything to do with a religion like the WT. I'm not mad at you because I can't comprehend your grief and the trauma that you have endured. I don't think you should commit to anything when you've just been through such a shattering experience, you are sort of out to sea right now.
  
  I do feel for you, it makes me cry sometimes even the thought of losing my Mom, and I worry for her health and safety alot. I hope you can get through it, and look at the WT with a clearer head down the line. I don't want you to get sucked back into the false promises and legalism of the pharasaical WT corporation. That would be a double tragedy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  FORGED (!?!?) ORIGINS of the NEW TESTAMENT (!?!?)

  by Terry in

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  iii, p. 712).

  vi, p. 137, pp.

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  I'm not saying christanity, as a pagan religion, did not exist. I am saying that the so called holy books are a fabrication after the fact. It would be akin to me starting a new and improved religion with a steady flow of followers. Eventually, it takes off, but I'm no more holier than the shitty religion next to me.
  
  smellsgood: What would motivate a number of people, apparently from the Jewish faith, to write up a fictional character and be devoted to that character with no benefit finanacially socially, or any other way to themselves? Was there no Peter? Was there no Paul? Is any of the NT at all based on any person who did exist? Historically, how did Jewish people regard paganism? Perhaps you can refer to the Hellenstic Jew Philo that was mentioned in your article, he wrote about the Jews in that time period in his encounters with Emporer Caligula.
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  FLUFF: Richie's Beach Trip Photos

  by RichieRich in

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  i went to the beach last weekend, and it was a rather enjoyable time.

  naturally i took tons of pictures, and went with friends who have the same inclination.. so, for your viewing pleasure and enjoyment, here's richie's beach trip.. driving down took about 4 hours, and after about 2, we had listened to every song we've ever liked, and played every road game we could remember.. .

  after arriving, we got straight to the business of enjoying ourselves, and cameras stayed packed for the duration of the evening.

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  Awww, that's awesome, and we get to enjoy more of you Richie! and your body art too. That beach is rad, and I was all excited about going up to my dinky cabin this weekend, and you've spoiled it! You guys look all cute and friendly together, and you can tell that girl that smellsgood (not excluding yourself and the other dude of course) said she's a total hottie!