Posts by owenfieldreams

let's say your spouse admitted to having sex with animals, you went to the elders and they told you that you were not free to remarry -- but you went ahead, divorced the scumbag, and remarried someone else.

you, of course, got disfellowshipped.

since then, the society reverses its position.

owenfieldreams

That's a pretty outrageous hypothetical that you lay out, but even so my guess would be no. If that's the case, would not it work in reverse? Then, all the people that smoked in the org prior to the change in the early '70's would have to be df'ed, using that line of logic.

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"Why does America always bomb other countries?", my son asked tonight.

by digderidoo in

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friends

first of all i do not want to turn this into an american bashing thread, that is not my intention at all.. i would like to hear americans opinions as to what my thirteen year old son asked me tonight.. on the way back from swimming tonight my two sons (13 and 11) and myself started talking about wars.

my 11 year old was the first to bring it up talking about wwi & ww2.

we had an interesting conversation about it, then the subject got onto nuclear bombs.

owenfieldreams

Good question. I have another one that needs to be asked--Why does America contribute more money and food to international organizations than any other country, and is currently begging a country ruled by a military junta(Burma) to ACCEPT aid for it's people in a time of great distress? Yup...America MUST be evil.......

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Not sure what to do - Not "in" and not "out"

by Alexia in

long story short: forgive my grammar, im in a hurry!.

i grew up as a jw by my mother who was baptized about two years before i was born.

my dad studied but was a severe (really severe) alcoholic and my older brother studied but was never really into it.

owenfieldreams

Wow...interesting story. Follow your intellect, not your heart--that would be my advice.

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President Obama and a Democrat Congress Will....

by owenfieldreams in

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friends

1) raise taxes, and not just capital gains.

income taxes will be raised as well.

and if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get soaked; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....and all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout.

owenfieldreams

Wow...thanks to all for your comments on this thread. I'm neither a registered republican or democrat, but I am a conservative-- pro-life and pro -gun--and probably one of those 'bitter clingers' that Obama referred to in front of the" wine and cheese" crowd in San Francisco that day several weeks ago. While I stand by my original assertions regarding what an Obama administration would do, I'm not naive enough to think that the other two candidates would do much better. The fact that he is black is totally irrelevant to me. I would vote for Colin Powell in a heartbeat if he were running...

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President Obama and a Democrat Congress Will....

by owenfieldreams in

jw
friends

1) raise taxes, and not just capital gains.

income taxes will be raised as well.

and if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get soaked; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....and all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout.

owenfieldreams

Gopher,

you basically restated all of what I said Obama would do. Thanks for the emphasis...Lol--with one exception. You are incorrect in the views that the Iranians and other dictators around the world have in our political process. By and large, most of them heavily favor the democratic nominee over a republican one. Wonder why that could be? Hmmm.....

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Most overrated movies

by keyser soze in

i apologize in advance to those i may offend, but are some movies i've always thought were way overrated:.

apocalypse now- a three-hour boat ride (four if you watch the director's cut) with occasional shooting.

and what's the payoff?

owenfieldreams

Just a few that I was never impressed with--The Deer Hunter, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Sting, Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Emperor, Platoon, and, more recently, Crash....

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Suing the tower

by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/157788/1.ashx.

in the above thread, otwo made a comment about how someone might sue the wt based on their shunning policy.

i have not seen the topic discussed here and have been unsuccessful in getting the search function of the site to gather information about it, but i wonder if we as a group could sue the washtowel society.

owenfieldreams

Dream on. A private organization has a right to expel members under our constitutional form of government here in the US.