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  McVeigh vs Death Penalty

  by Amazing in

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  i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

  i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

  and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

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  I think that the way that we feel about the death penalty depends on the society that we have grown up with.

  I know that when my youngest son turned 15 he was suddenly made aware that the US still practised capital punishment. He was astonished and outraged, he thought that all the movies that depicted the death penalty were somehow historic. Although his belief was undoubtedly naive, his innocent reaction was very human.

  Sorry Amazing, I am totally, absolutely against the execution of McVeigh. Society must rise above the need for vengeance of this sort. If we uphold the death penalty we are no better than JW's who reckon that apostates must die at the hand of God, we are just extending the devaluing of human existence shown by the likes of McVeigh.

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  MORE FROM PROFITS OF DOOM

  by You Know in

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  whom do you trust?

  according to apostates, god and his word can't be trusted because the bible is unreliable and jehovah god is a baby killer and murderer of innocent people.

  trusting the watchtower is out of the question, because obviously, the whole thrust of the apostasy is aimed at discrediting the watchtower so as to create wicked suspicions and distrust in the minds of trusting ones, apparently with some success.

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  You Know,

  I've read your posts for some while now, and it is patently obvious to me that you have never travelled at length outside of the USA.

  You replies are so "Watchtowerish" that your lack of any experiences outside of your own countries recriminatory and vengeful policies cause us Europeans to fall about with laughter at your immature and vain attempts to explain the writings of the scriptures as though you were a CNN reporter. Truly, you have never discovered the meaning of the term "irony"!

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  What Caused Your First Doubt ?

  by Big Jim in

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  for me it was when i was about twelve years old and my best friends dad was disfellowshipped from the congregation.. i could not understand how a god of love would treat someone so coldly.. i used to think what if that was the way my parents would treat me if i had done something wrong, that would be so hard and cruel.. as i got older another thing that bothered me was the beard issue.

  it may sound pretty trivial however the society has always refused to make a good arguement as to why they would give you the old cold shoulder if you were to grow one.. two more items; first i could not understand why all the congregations and all the assemblys would give income reports.

  and the society never did.

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  Definitely the myth re the "Faithful and discreet slave".

  Absolutely no way that this parable can be linked to anything else, hence the whole facade just sort of folds up. No 144000, no earthly org. brothers and sisters we regret to announce:

  YOU'VE ALL BEEN CONNED!

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  Dins,

  We has a Texan lady staying with us once who was absolutely amazed to see a 3 wheeled vehicle as used in "Only fools and horses". Here it is:

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  PARANOIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by JW72 in

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  i've just had a really paranoid thought that maybe there's only a few people here pretending to be lots of people!!.

  please tell me it's not true coz it makes me feel sick!!.

  chris.

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  Englishman

  Take a peek at the chatroom sometime, you'd have to be able to type 1000 words a minute if there wasnt a lot of people in there.

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  Dental Hygene?

  Well, I've just spent 500 quid - thats £££S to you - on having me gnashers made luverly to see. Methinks that you are watching some 60's stuff - a la Austin Powers - to think that we Brits cant get our gums around our plums.

  Good grief, man, some of us even shower every month whether we need to or not. LOL!

  Englishman scratching his scrotum. Least we dont have cockroaches...

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  LATEST INSTALLMENT OF APOSTATE "DOOM"...

  by You Know in

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  as the last days wind down to their dramatic conclusion, prophecies that were heretofore obscure, over time have now come more sharply into focus.

  one such prophecy that bears review is the oft-quoted verse concerning the "increasing of lawlessness.

  " typically the watchtower has pointed to increasing criminal lawlessness in the world as evidence of the fulfillment of that particular feature of the sign of christ's imminent arrival.

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  Absolute balderdash.

  A complete hodge podge of bits and pieces from all over the Bible. No continuity, logic or even very much intelligence.

  Truly Ray Franz made an enlightened decision when he rejected the purveyors of such untruths.

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  Devolving Apostate Genera

  by Mishnah in

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  caput.

  caput inter nublia: kent.

  caput lupinum: philo.

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  Vienna,

  Thats very brave for the new boy in school. Kindly sit at the back of the class with both hands on your head and don't speak until spoken to.

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  LATEST INSTALLMENT OF APOSTATE "DOOM"...

  by You Know in

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  as the last days wind down to their dramatic conclusion, prophecies that were heretofore obscure, over time have now come more sharply into focus.

  one such prophecy that bears review is the oft-quoted verse concerning the "increasing of lawlessness.

  " typically the watchtower has pointed to increasing criminal lawlessness in the world as evidence of the fulfillment of that particular feature of the sign of christ's imminent arrival.

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  You Know,

  Putting aside all the doom and gloom for a moment, you have made much reference to the "Faithful slave".

  And yet there is nothing - nothing - written in the Bible to connect this parable with the 144,000, much less any reference to "Gods earthly organisation".

  As for you whether you get DF'd or not, I personally don't give a hoot. All enlightened persons know that this grubby little habit of pretending someone doesn't exist is ridiculous. Your presence here bears witness to the fact that you feel the same way, so on that score, congratulations.

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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  Issue Facing Apostates

  by Mishnah in

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  most of the stuff posted here is negative, hateful, and blasphemous against god.

  even if many of you are right in saying that the jws are wrong on many and important issues, that does not make you right.

  so unless you are convinced that there is no biblical god you are facing serious trouble when you die or if the lord comes during your lifetime.

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  Logical,

  Why you havin a pop at the gays lil breeches?

  I thought that you said that you wanted to have a sex change and then become a Lesbian?

  Englishman.

  ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.