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In the couple of hours it took for the ship to sink, I would have drunk 197 Vodka Martinis, thus making my body completely immune from freezing. Then I would have swum the rest of the way to New York.

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WWJD?

by expatbrit in

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found on the web....lol.

a new craze is sweeping the youth of our nation.

that craze takes the form of inspirational "wwjd" clothing and accessories.

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Found on the web....lol

A new craze is sweeping the youth of our nation. That craze takes the form of inspirational "WWJD" clothing and accessories. You can currently purchase bangles, bracelets, necklaces, T-shirts, baseball caps, sweaters and pretty much everything else emblazoned with the WWJD logo.

What's it all about? Well, whenever they are faced with a problem, crisis or personal difficulty, teens everywhere turn their attention to the WWJD item they are wearing. A brief moment of inner meditation on its message helps them to find a way around the problem, and overcome the situation in a spiritual, efficient and mostly humane manner.

Let's talk to some typical teens about their WWJD experiences.

'Dayv'

"It's, like, totally amazing. Without my WWJD bracelet, I just don't know what I would have done. It really helped me out. I was just walking home after school, minding my own business, y'know, when these two bigger kids came up and just started pushing me around for no reason. I'd seen them around before and I knew they were trouble. I was like "Oh wow, what am I gonna do?". Then I remembered my WWJD. I only took me a second to realise what must be done. After carefully dropping my bag on the grass, I yelled out a high-pitched "Oooooo-Aaaaaa-OOOOO", did a back-flip and managed to kick the first guy right in the neck. He went straight down, gasping for breath. I think his nose was bleeding, too. Before the second kid could react, I pulled the two chopsticks from my inside pocket and deftly flicked them at his eyes. He avoided them, as I expected, but by then I was behind him and delivered a roundhouse kick to his spine, and a punch to the back of head his as he went down. It was totally awesome. If I hadn't been inspired by my WWJD, it could have been me lying there in a broken heap."

'Martina'

"Yeah, so me and my girlfriends was sitting in McDonalds, having fries and shakes, when that bitch Melanie comes up and starts hassling me. I really hate her. Anyway, I looked down at my new WWJD purse and knew what had to be done. It just like, inspired me, you know? It was like I could hear His words telling me to do. I pretended to ignore her but she started pushing me. I leapt onto the table, grabbed the balcony overhead, and wrapped my legs around her neck. Swinging hard, I threw her across the room, jumped down and threw about twenty of those little tin ashtrays at her in rapid succession. They weren't sharpened, unfortunately, but they got the message across as they bounced off her stupid face. Thinking about What He Would Do really paid off. She keeps her big dumb ass away from me now."

It really works!

Ha ha, indeed. Yes, the wild Kung-Fu antics of Jackie Chan have helped out no end of youngsters. A dizzying display of perfectly co-ordinated martial-arts violence has proven time and again to be the solution to most of lifes little troubles. Whenever teens are being picked on, bullied, made to tidy their room or just plain stressed out, a moment's contemplation on What Would Jackie Do is all that's required to find a quick, effective and brutally violent solution.

So remember, kids, next time you're having trouble at home, school or in the street and need some Higher Guidance, just ask yourself:

WWJD?

Hee-Yaaa!

Adrian Barnett 1999

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How Do You Measure Your Self Worth?

by minimus in

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how do you feel about yourself?

do you struggle with what kind of person that you are?

do you feel happy, empty, or are are you apathetic?

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Mouthy even had the worth to get a card thrown at her by Glen Howe....lolol

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WWI Xmas

by Skeptic in

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i have heard of this event before, and it was referred to in an xmas song.

it is consistent with what i know of that era.. in 1914, on christmas eve, british and german soldiers laid down their arms (they were in a battle) and celebrated christmas.

they exchanged gifts and celebrated together.

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As I recall they also played a game of soccer together. Unfortunately some trouble broke out in the crowd and it lasted another four years.

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Are there too many EX-JW Born agains?

by sleepy in

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i dont wish to offend anyone but this is what i think.a large number of people who leave the jehovahs witness movment become born again christians or join other religious groups.but is this a sign that many who have learnt that "gods chosen organisation" is wrong have not learnt anything at all?.

maybe the prospect of facing a future without a god , a divine purpose , and a faith just too much for some people to bear.but in joining another religious group are they not making the same or similar mistakes as before?they are still putting their trust in a ancient book written by people they have never met, interpretted by other people or by themselves, they have not maybe learnt to be analytical in their thinking and to withhold trust until reasonably solid evidence is provided on an issue.. although other religious may or may not be more harmful than jehovahs witnesses if lessons on thinking and reasoning have not been learnt then we could be open to many more errors of judgment in our lives.. so does the fact that many jehovahs witnesses join other religons show that they are just moving on rather than understanding why jehovahs witness are wrong and learning from it?.

maybe they dont fully grasp that the fudamental flaw to jehovahs witness , is belief in the bible as gods word only the second being following that through an organistation .if the bible is not gods word then all religions who follow it are flawed.. of course what other people choose to think or follow is none of my buisness and i fully respect other peoples right to believe what they want, but if this world is to progress and mankind to improve in thier dealings with one another then we can not all go round living in our own little fantasy worlds , we must be brutal with ourselves in checking why we believe the things we do and trying to align our minds with reality not fantasy.. this apllies to all aspects of our lives.but if we are not honest or open minded and reasonable enough to see there are some massive problems to the bibles authenticity and divine declerations how will we be able to make reasonable decisions in other areas of our lives?

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Perhaps looking in another bath is the same as migrating to a different corner of the same box?

Why not think outside the box?

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Athiests and Christmas?

by clash_city_rockers in

i was just thinking.

since christmas is about the birth of christ, i know dec 25 was not his birthday, probly born around late sept or early oct. i guess he wanted to be born right before the baseball playoffs and world series, just kidding.

it was the early christian church that appointed dec 25th.

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LOL!

Clash says, in a contradiction of universally accepted history (apart from fanatical Calvinists):

Christians did not adopted the pagan religious day, no they did much more, the eliminated it, this includes the meaning of that religious day with its false religious doctrines and definitions and abrogate the celebration from the lands. In its place was a completely new and different holiday to celebrate the birth of God the Son come in human flesh.

Clash then quotes an article which says:

No wonder so many people miss Christmas. The simplicity of the birth of Christ is drowned in a sea of traditions, many being pagan in origin.

Clash is having difficulty understanding the concept of consistency. If Christians can adopt an existing celebration and many of its traditions without compromising their Christian principles or giving credence to the previous doctrines, so can Atheists.

If the celebration of December 25 is a pagan holiday to pagans, and the celebration of December 25 is a Christian holiday to Christians, then the celebration of December 25 can be a secular holiday to Atheists.

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9/11 & WTS - Out of Public View!

by metatron in

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few people outside of publishers will ever read a jw yearbook,.

so the society is able to be more honest about their true feelings.

as published in them.. a case in point: the latest yearbook and what it says about 9-11.. here's some quotes:.

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'Everyone brings us food,
hot coffee, and dry clothes, but you are the first to read a
scripture.'

That they print this as a self-recommendation shows just how skewed thier sensibilities are. Unbelievable.

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I have a question about Jesus :)

by Rockmangames in

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i need a scripture of the bible that prove jesus's hair is not a long hair but a short hair.

and also a scripture of jesus has 5 brothers (if i remembered correct), please ?

two scriptues that .

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There is a theory that one of Jesus disciples was in fact his hairdresser and should not have been called Mark, but Marc. This is contained in the newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll entitled "Permin' On The Mount."

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