"Don't believe everything you read in The Sun", would be their response.
Paul
digderidoo
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JWs and date setting - Quote from the UK's Sun Newspaper - 2nd Sept 2008
by passwordprotected incolumn in 2nd sept 2008 issue of the sun (tacky-ish uk red top tabloid newpaper) by the excellent bill leckie.
writing about doomsday prophets, he states the following;.
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So are my JW friends really my friends - or not?
by BonaFide ini am being investigated judicially, although weeks are going by without the elders saying anything to me about it.
i still comment and give my talks.. anyway, some of my friends are getting word about me being investigated, some in my family too.
a couple i used to preach with every week no longer call me and bug me to join them.
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Bonafide,
The friendship they offer you is conditional, i think you are finding that out as time goes on. I'm also sorry to say that the love and friendship you had for your brother was also conditional. You may have felt in your heart that you were doing the right thing, i am also sure deep down that you did love your brother, but it is only now that you are offering your brother unconditional love and friendship.
If you were ever to leave the 'truth' and you began to experience friendships with so called 'worldly' people, you will begin to see the difference between real friends and conditional friends.
Just my thoughts.
Paul
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How Many Here Have Voted Since You've Left The Religion?
by minimus ini know a few that have recently registered.
what about choo?
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digderidoo
It was the first thing i did that crossed that JW line. Voting in the 1997 UK election, it felt good.
Paul
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Any toyota mechanics here? Urgent question
by avishai intrying to replace an oil pan gasket on a 1992 3.0 6 cyl.
two came in the package, do you need to use one or both?
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digderidoo
I used to be a quality assessor at the UK's Toyota factory.
Although i can tell you where every spot weld is on the Avensis and Corolla i know nothing of gaskets.
If anyone wants to buy a Lexus don't until you PM me first. They are just Toyota's in drag, ran down the same line and everything.
Paul
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I am not a racist but i am prejudiced.
I believe everyone is prejudice, it makes it easier for us to define people or draw a conclusion on someone. Whereas racism is all about acting on those prejudices.
Some people say that to be racist you have to be the one with the power, this leads some to say that minorities cannot be racist, interesting and debateable.
I can see what BTS means that race is a social construct, in turn racism is a social construct. It doesn't mean however that it does not exist.
Ultimately it should be realised, "that there is no race except the human race."
Paul
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UK Population Booms
by hamilcarr ineurope of the future: germany shrinks, france grows, but uk population booms britain to be biggest country in eu by 2060 .
population falls predicted in many other countriesian traynor in brussels the guardian, wednesday august 27 2008 article historyeurope from space ... a satellite image shows the population hotspots.
the eu is currently home to 495 million people.
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digderidoo
Doesn't surprise me.
People travel the continent to get into this country, then we just let em in.
Paul
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Do JW's reveal all their doctrines to those they study the Bible with?
by BonaFide inyes, the fairly new bible teach book contains some info in the appendix, but do witnesses include that in the study?.
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digderidoo
All i can say is that i knew all these issues before i got baptised. I would have thought many know about Judicial Commitees, etc.
Paul
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Boris Johnson....THE Mayor of London
by digderidoo inas you may or may not know yesterday was the mayoral elections in london.. the results are now in, for those who do not know him, here he is....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzaazszlewk&feature=related.
cannot believe it.......................here he is playing football..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1en7yvqhamg&feature=related.
what a joke.... paul.
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Boris Johnson's message to the chinese, now that London is going to host the next Olympics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fqTq0oMuK8
Doesn't he just make you proud?
Paul
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Why do people use so many derogative, belittling terms on here like....
by reniaa inmaybe for the same reason the bible namecalls:.
sinners.
undeserving.
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digderidoo
Reniaa,
I take it we have you back in the apostate fold?
Paul
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Did the F.B.I. ever Investigate the Watchtower or any of it's leaders?
by Number1Anarchist ini also thought of this yesterday.
j. edgar hoover was in charge for like 50 years and he investigated everyone.
what was his thoughts about the watchtower did he consider them a threat?.
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digderidoo
Quoted from, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3694
World War II led to further conflict between Jehovah’s Witnesses and their neighbors. Because of their refusal to salute the flag or to serve in the armed forces, Jehovah’s Witnesses were beaten, jailed, or both. W. M. Manning was arrested in Texarkana (Miller County) and convicted on charges of desecrating the flag and distributing un-American literature. He received the maximum sentence of thirty days in jail and a $100 fine, in spite of a letter from J. Edgar Hoover (director of the FBI) saying that the Jehovah’s Witnesses had no connection with the Nazis or any other un-American group. In June 1941, Joe Johnson was convicted of showing public contempt for the flag in Marshall (Searcy County) because he had refused to pledge allegiance to the flag as a condition of receiving his monthly welfare allowance. A year later, the Arkansas State Supreme Court sustained his sentence.
How would J.Edgar Hoover know that JW's had no connection with Nazi's or othe "unAmerican groups" if they hadn't been investigated?
Paul