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  Your name for God

  by ashitaka in

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  2. friends

  rename god for what he means to you.

  would he be just, joe, so pal?.

  would you give him a derragatory name?.

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  Mythology

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  Bush considering use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

  by Elsewhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i placed this news article in the "mental health & depression" area because bush must be crazy!.

  report: nuclear weapons policy review names potential targets.

  http://www.cnn.com/2002/us/03/09/nuclear.weapons/index.html.

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  I placed this news article in the "Mental Health & Depression" area because Bush must be crazy!

  Report: Nuclear weapons policy review names potential targets
  http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/09/nuclear.weapons/index.html

  WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration listed seven countries as possible targets for nuclear attacks in a military contingency plan, according to a report provided to Congress in January, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.

  The classified Pentagon information says nuclear weapons could be used against Libya, Syria, China, Russia, Iran, Iraq and North Korea in certain situations, the Times said.

  Nuclear targeting discussions have been a part of U.S. military strategy for some time, but analysts told CNN that the Times list, if accurate, would be the first official one to come to light.

  According to the Times report, nuclear weapons could be used against targets able to withstand non-nuclear attack, in retaliation for attacks by nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, or "in the event of surprising military developments."

  President Bush also has directed the military to build smaller nuclear weapons for use in some instances, the Times reports.

  Arms-control advocates told the Times that the development of smaller nuclear weapons may signal that the Bush administration is leaning toward overlooking a long-standing policy against the use of nuclear weapons except as a last resort.

  Conservative observers have said they believe the U.S. military should be prepared to use nuclear weapons if necessary. Others believe any plans for possible nuclear attacks will have destabilizing global effects.

  There was no response on the newspaper's report from the Pentagon or the White House, and no indication if the copy of the report obtained by the Times was a final or a draft version. The report, a congressionally mandated "nuclear posture review," is conducted every six years.

  Pentagon officials briefing reporters on the review in January indicated a lessening reliance on the massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons as a deterrent to attack.

  They said that findings called for increasing reliance on precision-guided weapons to deter attacks.

  They said the classified nuclear posture review showed that because of improvements in precision-guided weaponry -- as demonstrated in the Afghan war -- the U.S. military can now rely more on powerful, highly accurate conventional bombs and missiles.

  Increased missile threat predicted
  Also in January, the U.S. intelligence community issued a report projecting that before 2015, the United States most likely would face intercontinental ballistic missile threats from North Korea, Iran and possibly Iraq, barring significant changes in their politics.

  Bush named those three nations as an "axis of evil" during his State of the Union address earlier this year.

  The unclassified report by the National Intelligence Council also predicted that Chinese ballistic missile forces would increase sevenfold by 2015, rising to between 75 and 100 warheads deployed.

  Pentagon officials said the classified review showed that because of improvements in precision-guided weaponry -- as demonstrated in the Afghan war -- the U.S. military can now rely more on powerful, highly accurate conventional bombs and missiles to deter an enemy strike.

  J.D. Crouch, assistant secretary of defense for International Security Policy, said in January that the end of the Cold War and the improving relationship with Russia made the change in strategy possible, but that it was also guided by an analysis of potential future threats to national security.

  Crouch said many of the nuclear warheads the administration planned to remove from operational deployment would not be destroyed, but would be kept in an "active stockpile," which some future president could redeploy in the event of a major nuclear threat to this country.

  President Bush has said he wants to reduce the U.S. arsenal of deployed nuclear weapons from more than 6,000 to between 1,700 and 2,200.

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  The spring analogy

  by taoInitiate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think most witnesses (and ex-wits) will have heard of the "spring analogy" often used by witnesses in "youth talks".. it states that a young person who is "let on the loose" too quickly by his/her parents can be like a spring which is held tightly between the fingers and then suddenly released.

  both can fly off in any random direction.. i was just thinking this could probably be applied to those leaving any sort of constraining, or limiting, situation.

  (think cults, etc.).

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  You forgot the other half of the analogy – the spring that gets crushed and deformed by too much pressure. That was me.

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  Looking for name suggestions.

  by Tammie in

  1. social
  2. family

  i finally surprised my husband by getting him two parakeets.

  now i am trying to figgure out what to name them.

  when it comes to giving names that is something he does not want to do.

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  Tom and Jerry.

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  Bush is he crazy?

  by happy man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what happend inn the word now?.

  us is the word police doing what they want, putting peopel in prision and bombing innocent peopel,.

  and yesterday he come upp widh a crazy idea that other countrys must pay tax on 30% iff they want to sell steel to us, and what will happend, europe must akt inn the same way, perhaps 30% on evry car imported from us, i must say i think this man is a dissaster for us.

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  I think this is a poor characterization of Bush and the US in general. The UN and NATO both agreed that the US is well within its rights to self-defense after the brutal attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Also, consider the fact that the “innocent” people who are being killed are actively supporting, subsidizing, and protecting the terrorists. If you want to point out the few innocent people who are caught in the crossfire, that is an unfortunate consequence of war. If people want this to stop, then I suggest that they stop bombing non-combatant civilians in the US.

  Regarding the 30% taxes on imported steel, this is called a tariff and is very common. It is a well-known fact that the US has the lowest tariffs in the world - when we decide to raise one of them to the international norm, everyone cries foul.

  Happy man, I would suggest that you take a deep breath and relax. It is clear that you feel powerless and frustrated, my advice: Don't get all bent out of shape. This only leads to irrational anger and irrational anger leads to terrorism.

  This world does not revolve around you and your personal needs – if this is what you want, then feel free to (try to) take the title of Dictator.

  I don't say this to be mean or spiteful, I'm just trying to share with you the knowledge and wisdom I have gained in my life.

  Relax. “Anger leads to the dark side.” (Sorry couldn’t help myself.)

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  Can You Believe this crap?

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when caught red handed with 10 years of signed documents where your leaders swore to uphold and promote the interests of the very organization you have vilified as satan's instrument, you now say, "i don't see that as a sin.

  because you were caught?

  also, if the proof is only "supposed," then where's a solid rebuttal to that proof without the ad hominems and red herrings?.

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  I can see it now, someone in a JC defending their joining the YMCA:

  "You are assuming that my association with the YMCA was a gross sin and not an innocent act in order to take advantage of its resources."

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  Movie that could describe your experience as a jw?

  by Nicolas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personnally, i thing that the movie "the matrix" and the movie "the truman show" really describe my experience in the wbts.

  when i discovered the truth about the "truth", my perception of the reality became really different.

  all that i have been taught was just a big lie.

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  Powder
  Truman Show
  Pleasantville

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  Visit my CO-page

  by Carlo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi brothers and sisters.. i'm a circuit overseer.

  you are welcome to check my page.

  http://www.angelfire.com/ky/proclaimer/index.html.

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  LOL!

  Pbthththth!!!

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  How many of us have had issues with Blood??

  by lydia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many of us have had a problem with the blood issue when you were a dub??

  what help were the elders in the cong?.

  are you still opposed to taking blood??

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  I pissed of the elders by giving a blood donation.

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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  [Cough] [Cough] I've got the flu

  by Elsewhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  uggggg.

  i feel awful.. "as every one knows, there are mistakes in the bible" - the watchtower, april 15, 1928, p. 126 .

  believe in yourself, not mythology.. <x ><

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  Elsewhere

  [Snorts a big wet one back in the nose]

  T'anks for caring. [Snort]

  The irony is that I think I got it at a social gathering last Wednesday... apparently someone was double dipping.

  "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
  Believe in yourself, not mythology.
  <x ><