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  I'm confused

  by Auchmull in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been studying with a jw for a short time.

  i started searching the internet for more information because much of what she was saying and what i was reading made sense, but i didn't trust my own judgment.

  i haven't seen the ugliness that i read about here and as an outsider, it looks comforting.

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  Auchmull

  
  I've been studying with a JW for a short time. I started searching the internet for more information because much of what she was saying and what I was reading made sense, but I didn't trust my own judgment. I haven't seen the ugliness that I read about here and as an outsider, it looks comforting. I don't have any formed religious beliefs, so she's really working with a blank canvas.

  I'm not at a place where I can honestly believe that the bible is *inspired* so it's all very hypothetical: IF the bible is truly the word of God, is what they're telling me accurate? I tried to read the 607/539 (538?) thread, but frankly found it hard to follow. I read about Isaiah prophesying the fall of Babylon, then found arguments that the latter part of Isaiah was written AFTER the fall... but the arguments were not well formed, so I'm left more confused. The arguments against evolution seem flawed because their definition of evolution is so limited - they don't seem to deny adaptation and natural selection as legitimate mechanisms. But hell -- I haven't seen evidence of a change from one species to another. Darwin's finches are still finches, those peppered moths are different, but still moths. What are the explanations for homo habilis, erectus, etc? Other species (not related to humans) that died off?

  I'm still coming here to see the Devil's Advocates, as it were -- to discover the questions that I want to ask, that I haven't been able to form. I don't have anyone to talk to about this - I've felt tremendously conflicted for the last several weeks.
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  My Part in Apostate History

  by noni1974 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i went to my local library to find in search of christan freedom by ray franz.they didn't have it.so i asked if they could try to get it from another library for me.they took my name and address and phone number and told me i would get something in the mail when they got it.. .

  i got a letter for them last week telling me it was in.i went yeasterday to pick it up.i was happly supprized to find out they had bought it from amazon .com.now it will be in the library system for others to read.i'm planning on doing the same for c of c.if they don't buy that one i'm going to donate my copy to them.this is my little part to help others who have questions and want to read up on jw's.. .

  i know it's a small part and all i did was ask.boy am i proud.

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  Auchmull

  As a librarian, I can tell you that books disappear with frightening frequency -- it's an easy, anonymous form of censorship in many cases.
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  100 reasons to love Canada.

  by jeeprube in

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  1. crown royal.

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  Auchmull

  A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
  

  by Mark Twain
  

  For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s," and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.

  Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c," "y" and "x"--bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez--tu riplais "ch," "sh," and "th" rispektivli.

  Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
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  100 reasons to love Canada.

  by jeeprube in

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  1. crown royal.

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  Auchmull

  The McKenzie Brothers

  Inspiration for songs like this:

  Oh, I wish I was back in old Canada,
  A land which I never shall lampoon!
  How I pine for the ice covering Lake Manitoba,
  And the beauty that is Saskatoon!
  
  Oh, I wish I was stuck in the hills of Alberta,
  Drinking beer with some big dumb guy trapping fur!
  
  As he scraped and chiseled all the moose dung off his boots,
  I would learn that he's the Prime Minister!
  
  Oh, I wish I was in the land gave us Peter Jennings,
  Alanis Morissette, Mike Myers, too!
  
  No, I take that back, I wouldn't go there even if you paid me,
  Oh, Canada, you are a place I must eschew!
  
  Oh, I wish I was blowing up Prince Edward Island,
  And going on to bomb Ontario!
  The destruction of Canada and all of its culture,
  Is by far my fav-o-rite scenario!
  
  Just where the hell does Canada get off sharing a border
  With countries far superior to it?
  
  Why, you lousy, stinking, francophonic, bacon-loving bastards,
  Your country's just a giant piece of sh..." — MST3K
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  Clerks

  by IP_SEC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im becoming increasingly aware of a problem with clerks.

  i will walk into a convenience store and the clerk is on the phone.

  talking to a sig oth or whatevah.

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  Auchmull

  Actually, my 11 year old was reading over my shoulder earlier and was very impressed by Jedi Master. How do I get that?
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  Clerks

  by IP_SEC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im becoming increasingly aware of a problem with clerks.

  i will walk into a convenience store and the clerk is on the phone.

  talking to a sig oth or whatevah.

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  Auchmull

  (can I say "damn?")
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  Clerks

  by IP_SEC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im becoming increasingly aware of a problem with clerks.

  i will walk into a convenience store and the clerk is on the phone.

  talking to a sig oth or whatevah.

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  Auchmull

  I was the best shitjobber

  You're also an Emperor. Quit yer damn bragging.
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  Clerks

  by IP_SEC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im becoming increasingly aware of a problem with clerks.

  i will walk into a convenience store and the clerk is on the phone.

  talking to a sig oth or whatevah.

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  Auchmull

  I remember that they're probably getting paid minimum wage (meaning that they would pay you less if they could) and wish them the best.
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  Mel Gibson is out of control

  by SirNose586 in

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  this is some hilarious tomfoolery.

  his charles manson-esque beard doesn't seem to help, either.. mel may be a powerful guy, but something tells me there'll be a price to pay for his anti-semitic remarks, even if they were made in a sauced-up state.

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  Auchmull

  wow. Ignorance really *is* knowledge.
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  SHOULD I PIONEER OR COLLEGE?

  by stillAwitness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the wt has become more lenient or stricter over the year?.

  i am 21 and i remember just 4 years ago going to college was looked at as something negative.

  girls my age, we had plans to be ft pioneers and become secretaries.

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  Auchmull

  There's a time and a place for everything.

  It's called college.