I would sell my soul. Any buyers?
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Only Got 12 Months To Live
by mysteriouslady ini've only got 12 months to live unless i make 100,000 ($142,000) in the next 12 months.. do you sincerely want to be wealthier than you are at present?.
you have been sentenced to death.
your execution will take place one year from today - unless you earn 100,000 in the next 12 months.
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Elect Your GB Member Here & Now.
by Englishman inthis is just for fun, but imagine if you will the following scenario.. the gb are dropping like flies and the remainder are desperate to find some replacements before the whole shebang is taken over by non-annointed ones.. news comes in of a middle-aged anointed bro who sounds as if he will fit the bill perfectly.
no-one at brooklyn has met him yet, so they send for him to be interviewed with a view to him sitting on the gb if approved.. on the flight to new york the prospective gb newbie suffers a heart attack, and as he expires he drops his wallet under the seat, the wallet also contains a letter with the details of his forthcoming interview.. by an amazing coincidence, the person sat immediately behind the victim is an active poster from jw discussion.
he spots the wallet, and upon reading its contents he decides that he will impersonate the defunct would-be gb member in the hope of eventually becoming part of the gb himself.
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Curly Joe"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
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Watchtower "Freedom"
by Quotes inam i the only one that appreciates the irony of the wtbts asking this question to their members?.
*** g90 3/22 25-7 should i get baptized?
young people ask .
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Does the Bible Discourage Freedom of Thought?
No, it encourages free but limited thought which is known as “true freedom of though”. You can think whatever you want, so long as it is limited.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Double Speak and Double Think detected!!!"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
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How many posters does it take..........
by closer2fine inhow many board members does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
answer: 422 1 to change the lightbulb and post it to the board that the bulb has been changed.
14 to respond and share similar experiences.
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Hmmm, I'm not sure that adds up... That's it!!! I'm emailing Simon to compain!!!
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INCREDIBLE STUFF SAID @ BOOK STUDY!
by Mister Biggs inironically, we were discussing the watchman who stays awake night and day.. anyway, something was said that made me awaken and pay careful attention.
please, if anyone else who got this same information at their book study, please share it.. here goes:.
there was a picture of a man standing on the watchtower keeping on the look out.
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This is assuming that "God can resurrect people from the dead".
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Holy permits batman!!!
by Elsewhere ini was just reading through the codes for my city (irving, tx) and discovered something interesting: a person or organization must register with the city secretary's office before they can go house-to-house for religious reasons (aka, jehovah's witnesses going door-to-door).. .
article iv.
religious solicitations .
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
Sec. 27-1. Definitions.* Solicit * shall mean selling or attempting to sell goods or merchandise, services or anything of value, or to take or attempt to take orders for the future delivery of goods or merchandise, or anything of value, or take or attempt to take orders for services to be furnished or performed in the future when the solicitation occurs upon the premises of another or upon any public property.
* Religious solicitation * and solicitations for a religious purpose shall mean and include any course of conduct whereby any person, organization, society, association or corporation, or any agent, member or representative thereof, solicits property or financial assistance of any kind or sells or offers for sale any article, tag, service, emblem, publication, ticket, advertisement, subscription or anything of value on the plea or representation that such sale or solicitation or the proceeds therefrom are for a religious purpose, on the streets, in any office building or any other public or private place, or by house-to-house canvassing.
If they mention "financial assistance of any kind" (Donation) then they are soliciting. All I have to do is ask "how much does the publication cost?", and they will say, "Oh, it is on a donation basis".
Here is a hyperlink to the full text:
http://fws.municode.com/CGI-BIN/om_isapi.dll?advquery=solicitor&aquery=solicitor&headingswithhits=on&headingswithhits=on&hitsperheading=on&hitsperheading=on&infobase=10943x.nfo&record={3372}&record=dochitfirst&softpage=newtestchapterviewnonframe&submit1=Search&{3378}="As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
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Just In: Andrea Yates To Be Executed
by Candle inthe state of texas will execute andrea yates for the murder of her children.
the jury decision was just announced.
she had choked and drowned her children to death, five in all.
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http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/03/12/yates.verdict/index.html
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A jury of eight women and four men found Andrea Yates guilty Tuesday of two counts of murder for drowning her children in the family bathtub.
She now faces the death penalty or life in prison.
The jury surprised practically everyone by deliberating only three hours and 40 minutes before reaching a verdict in the murder trial of the Houston area woman.
Yates was found guilty of two counts of capital murder for the deaths last summer of Noah, 7, John, 5, and Mary, 6 months. One of the counts covers the two eldest children. She was not on trial for the drownings of Luke, 3, and Paul, 2.
One charge covers the intentional deaths of two people in the same event or scheme; the other covers the death of a child under 6.
Under Texas law, if jurors believed Yates knew right from wrong at the time of the killings, they could not have found her legally insane.
The prosecution did not contest that Yates suffered from a severe mental disease, but contended she knew killing her children was wrong and that the acts were premeditated."This is a crime of horrific proportions. This is a crime where she made a choice, knowing it was a sin, she had to conceal this act because others would stop her from doing it," prosecutor Kaylynn Williford said in her closing argument.
"It was wrong in the eyes of God and it was wrong in the eyes of the law."
Prosecutors also suggested that Yates might have killed the children to get back at her husband, Russell.
"I think anyone who has a mental illness [and] who watched that should be offended," Russell Yates said after the closing arguments.
Andrea Yates confessed to killing the children but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
"If this woman doesn't meet the test of insanity in this state, then nobody does," defense attorney George Parnham told the jury. "We might as well wipe it from the books."
Yates attorney Wendell Odom argued that Yates was an "extremely sick woman" when she drowned the children.
"The state is looking for a technicality on how to convict her, because some people simply do not want to accept the fact that you can be so mentally ill that you kill five people," he said.
Odom said a number of the medical experts who testified Yates was the sickest patient they had ever seen, suffering from schizophrenia, depression and other mental conditions.
He said those conditions, combined with postpartum depression following Mary's birth, cause a "full-blown psychosis."
Odom also challenged the credibility of several prosecution witnesses, including high-profile UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz whose testimony Odom implied might have been for sale.
"I know one thing, that if we had between $50,000 and $100,000 and we called him first, Park Dietz might have been testifying for the defense," Odom said.
Dietz testified Yates was mentally ill but still knew her actions were legally and morally wrong.
Prosecutors also played video and audio tapes in which Yates confessed to the killings and said what she did was wrong.
Williford described the steps Yates took in preparation to drown the children and said it took about three minutes for Paul to lose consciousness.
"I would ask that you take at least three minutes of silence, and sit there in silence and realize, realize how long it takes for a child to lose voluntary control of their body," she said.
Yates' attorneys asked for a mistrial Tuesday after prosecutor Joseph Owmby told jurors "there was no question" Yates acted knowingly and intentionally when she drowned her five children.
Odom argued a new trial should be granted because Owmby inappropriately defined the charges.
The arguments came after three weeks of testimony from police, medical experts and family members. The defense rested Monday after calling rebuttal witnesses in the trial of Andrea Yates. The prosecution rested over the weekend.
The prosecution has not charged Yates in the deaths of two children, preserving its right to charge her later. Legal analysts have speculated whether or not this would constitute double jeopardy -- trying a person twice for the same crime -- which is unconstitutional.
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The Brick Testament
by Elsewhere inthe bible according to lego!.
http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament/index.html.
"as every one knows, there are mistakes in the bible" - the watchtower, april 15, 1928, p. 126 .
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The bible according to Lego!
http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament/index.html"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
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Watchtower Study NOV 12-18, 2001--Barf alert!!
by dungbeetle indraw close to god.
5 "draw close to god," wrote the disciple james, "and he will draw close to you.
must be helped to cultivate a taste for the word of god.
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These people are SICK!
Why Some Decide to Leave:
It is THEIR fault, not the bOrg’s. Because they mistakenly think that the bOrg is hypocritical, are self centered, wont submit to our authority, feel guilty, are horny, peer pressure, rebellious attitude, spiritual weakness, bad heart
(Obviously there are no “good” reasons to leave)What is the solution?
More study, more prayer.The irony is that my family has admitted to me that I am a better and kinder person since leaving the bOrg.
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Kissing....Lips or Cheeks?
by teenyuck inat my dad's funeral i realized something...all the jw relatives on my mother's side of the family "lip" kiss.
this means that when you are greeting that person, male or female, young or old, you grasp them, pull them forward, hug and kiss...on the lips!!!
uuuggghhh!!!
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"So that's how it is in their family" - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
My grandma always says: "Give me cheek" and rubs her cheek on mine. Hehe
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
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