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  Crisis of Conscience as an e-book?

  by Mickey mouse in

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  this is a suggestion really, i don't know if it's in the right sub-forum.

  i have read the chapters available online via wikipedia but the risk involved in ordering the book to read the rest is just too great.

  does anyone who knows ray franz feel that they could approach him about getting the book made available to purchase online as an e-book?

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  RollerDave

  I know I have Captives of a Concept by Don Cameron as an e-book.

  I paid and downloaded it from a legit site.

  I could very easily put it up on file-sharing sites, but wouldn't consider it.

  I mean, it's a peasley five buck, I'll be damned if I'm gonna cheat the guy out of his five bucks after all that book has meant to me and all he's put into it.

  Maybe pricing is a factor?

  Nah, even then there are those who would pay the five, and put it up just to increase the number of files they can share.

  Paper copies are easier to curl up in an overstuffed chair with anyways.

  RD
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  I think I just became an unbaptized bible study student apostate

  by AddaGirl in

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  i had some major questions regarding 607 bce which directly affect the doctrine of 1914. my teacher, admitting being weak on history, could not answer my questions.

  i started researching and found that the appropriate dates for the "seventy years" were appearing to be 609 bce to 539 bce, the ruling period of babylon.

  this meant that everything i was being taught based on 1914 was in effect, a lie.

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  RollerDave

  AWESOME!

  You RAWK!

  I'm an unbaptised apostate myself, but I was raised around it.

  You know thw type, perpetually studying, never getting baptised, right up til my thirties....

  Obviously something wrong with the boy.

  But you, omg!

  You don't linger around, you go in for the kill!

  You achieved in such a short time an aliernation it took me a lifetime to create.

  I hake my hat off to you, (please ignore the bald spot).

  RD
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  Debunking the Reagan Myth

  by nvrgnbk in

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  debunking the reagan mythby paul krugmanpublished: january 21, 2008historical narratives matter.

  thats why conservatives are still writing books denouncing f.d.r.

  and the new deal; they understand that the way americans perceive bygone eras, even eras from the seemingly distant past, affects politics today.. and its also why the furor over barack obamas praise for ronald reagan is not, as some think, overblown.

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  RollerDave

  You're funny, I like you.

  Thanks for twisting everything in such a silly way so I can get a good laugh, I needed it!

  Some of the stuff you guys quote is just not true, others are true, but I don't see them the way you do.

  So, I agree to disagree, and I also agree that you are basically wrong and funny. :)

  Now will you kindly explain how Carter was a great president and was the guy REALLY responsible for defeating communism?

  I could use another good laugh from the gut!

  Have a nice day!

  RD
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  If You Were Wrong About The JWs, Maybe Your Current Beliefs Aren't True

  by serotonin_wraith in

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  if you're here, it's likely you were once fooled by what the jws believe.. back then, i expect you thought you were smart.

  you thought you could tell if you were being lied to.

  yet, they got past your mental defenses and sucked you in.. knowing this, how can you be sure your current religious beliefs are true?.

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  RollerDave

  Evolution has no explanation for the subjective, first person experience, it shrugs it's useless shoulders and vanishes.

  Evolution also can't explain the existence of moral standards, which exists universally whether you like it or not.

  If I punch you in the mouth, which I assure you I am unlikely to do, you would say I shouldn't have done that.

  Not 'I don't like that' but that it was wrong of me. This 'should' or 'should not' is a moral judgement that will often make someone act against their very own best interests from a purely Darwinist perspective.

  Evolution cannot explain it.

  Where did the universe come from?

  Scientists postulate a 'big bang' and are of the opinion that not only the universe, but also the laws of physics and time itself also began in that moment in an unimaginable burst of light.

  Causation would indicate that since all of these things had a beginning, they had a cause.

  If you want to be an atheist, so be it. If you want to be a Darwinist, have at it.

  But stop pretending that your choice is the sole choice of reason and logic because it takes as much faith to embrace your godless universe of pure chance that somehow resulted in morality and altruism as it does to accept my belief in a God who has, for reasons of his own made all you see.

  Point out inconsistencies in my worldview, I point out inconsistencies in yours, and Kant laughs at both of us from wherever in the Noumenon he went.

  We both believe what we want to believe, but deride me as a fool for my faith while disingenuously claiming that you are solely based on reason and you reveal the true insecurity of your position.

  Peace out,

  RD
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  Debunking the Reagan Myth

  by nvrgnbk in

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  debunking the reagan mythby paul krugmanpublished: january 21, 2008historical narratives matter.

  thats why conservatives are still writing books denouncing f.d.r.

  and the new deal; they understand that the way americans perceive bygone eras, even eras from the seemingly distant past, affects politics today.. and its also why the furor over barack obamas praise for ronald reagan is not, as some think, overblown.

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  RollerDave

  Historical revisionism amuses me.

  So now Krugman, a hack if there ever was one, takes another stab at the Gipper. Predictable.

  A while back, weren't the libs trying to say that Reagan didn't defeat the USSR, but that it was Carter and all his humanitarian work since washing out as president?

  Facts are facts, the eighties saw such a boom in our economy, such an increase in our prestige, and it felt good to be American again and it took two full terms of Bill Clinton to wreck it.

  I think the myth that needs debunking is that we conservatives are 'cold hearted' for wanting folks to be responsible for themselves if at all possible and that the Libs are somehow 'compassionate' for keeping people dependant on the REAL opiate that is deluding the masses; government largess stole from one segment of the populace to buy the support of another segment.

  How is it compassionate to focus on the minutest difference as the politically correct and phony diversity crowd do?

  How is it compassionate to tell people that there is no hope in America for the lower classes as the socialistic class warfare people do?

  I'm sure all you libs are nice people and mean well, but your ideas are a cancer on our society and make me seriously ill.

  If you want to debunk a myth, start with your own foolish, cynical, and delusional bull-puckey.

  RD
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  If You Were Wrong About The JWs, Maybe Your Current Beliefs Aren't True

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. watchtower
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  if you're here, it's likely you were once fooled by what the jws believe.. back then, i expect you thought you were smart.

  you thought you could tell if you were being lied to.

  yet, they got past your mental defenses and sucked you in.. knowing this, how can you be sure your current religious beliefs are true?.

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  RollerDave

  As a JW I maintained a regimen of constant self-checking to ensure I remained firmly deluded, and towards that end I carefully limited the sources I allowed myself to consider to those permitted.

  The goal was to simultaneously keep a central assertion from being assailed and deny that it was being propped up by any such means.

  As a Christian, I self check just as often, but now I allow myself to consider ANY source and refuse to prop up my assertions. If they cannot be supported by reason and evidence, I don't need 'em.

  It was the limitation and protectionism that ensured I stayed wrong as a JW; and the lack of them that stands me in good stead as a Christian.

  RD
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  You have a favorite coffee/tea/beer cup or mug?

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

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  you have one you use all the time?

  despite a cupboard full of cups, there's one or two you always reach for?

  i have two in my house that i use most often.

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  RollerDave

  I am a creature of habit.

  I sit in the same place, park in the same place, use the same things, and do the same things whenever possible.

  I had a favorite coffee cup I had driven a rascal scooter through snow to get from Wal Mart, but it broke, then I had another, one of those big, round, deep ones like you could sip soup from, it had a pewter Harley logo and was orange inside which always made me feel like my coffee was particularly high-octane. It also had a double finger loop for enhanced control while drinking coffee near my keyboard and reading the latest drama on JWD.

  Alas, the pewter insignia parted ways with the mug and a spiderweb of cracks progressed across the lovely orange interior.

  Now I have a taller Harley mug for my coffee that is more like a beer stein.

  I also have my specific 'go-cup' for taking my coffee in the truck without getting it ON the truck.

  Folks around here know not to use my stuff or they could wind up wearing my coffee.

  RD
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  From Lurker to Leech? (an odd expression of gratitude)

  by inkling in

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  i was a lurker here for a few weeks before breaking keyboard silence,.

  and the warmth and support i have received since has been remarkable.. i feel my posts are carefully read, accurately understood, and .

  thoughtfully responded to.. the odd thing is that even though i feel i am now an active part of.

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  RollerDave

  Don't feel bad.

  Everybody has their own way.

  Even I have not felt much like posting at all, at least you're still out there slogging away, whereas I am just stuck in a winter 'blah.'

  sometimes defying death isn't in the prose, it's just in making yourself get up and face each day, so count that in your favor.

  You're doing fine.

  RD
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  Confused and upset

  by Matilda Wormwood in

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  behind me is a beast .

  composed of doubt .

  it is huge and mighty .

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  RollerDave

  She reports to me a feeling of utter emotional exhaustion, weariness, somnolence....

  I advised her to getr the fire in her belly, stand in front of a mirror and tell 'em off for all they've done.

  I don't know if all of you know that Tildy here is the daughter I wrote my ass headed brother this letter:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/148566/1.ashx

  Wherin I enumerate his gross errors in detail. It's long, but clears up so much about tildy and is worth it.

  Also Tildy, you can read it again if you need the spark to restart the fire of outrage.

  Meanwhile, we're all here with you, and the whole Point Crew is turning out in your support when you go before the county commissioner and plead your case.

  I know you will do awesome.

  We love you.

  Uncle RD
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  Requeim for a friend

  by RollerDave in

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  i counted on you, and every day you came through.

  helping me start my day and face another set of challenges in this hard life of herding cats.

  i fell back on you when it was tough and you never failed to pick me up.. you were usually the first thought on my mind when waking up, and the first thing i would do was laughingly push your buttons.. but it's been tough lately, i could sense there was something wrong.

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  RollerDave

  Abandoned, you got a PM.