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  marijuana

  by Honeybucket in

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  update from an elder:.

  you cannot be a witness if you grow pot.

  they say the fed government on growing squashes state law or iniatives.

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  kurtbethel

  Genesis 1:29

  King James Version (KJV)

  29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

  
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  damn, double damn, triple damn, hell

  by Hortensia in

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  kim stanley robinson gave a talk at our local library and i missed it!

  i didn't know about it until it was too late.

  he wrote one of the funniest books i ever read about kathmandu.

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  You screwed up there.

  
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  Just Sharing: I Visited Chuck Taze Russells Gravesite

  by daringhart13 in

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  just nothing more than a 'share'..... i was in pittsburgh on business and took a day off and paid a visit to russells grave.. i haven't stopped laughing since.

  i'm worried i'm going to break ribs.. had i seen this as a young kid/adult.....i surely would have thought "wtf???".

  folks...if you ever needed confirmation this whole thing is a laughable cult......make your way to pittsburgh and see chuck's resting spot.......its worth it just get pictures with his pyramid.. lol.

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  Charlie comes out and speaks from beyond the grave.
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  What Nobody Notices About John 1:1

  by metatron in

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  "god", "a god", "divine", blah, blah, blah............... no one ever seems to notice that the whole idea of a "logos" is pagan, pagan, pagan.

  yup, pagan greek philosophy:.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/logos.

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  Yes. That's why mainstream Jews of the time, and now, don't track well with it.
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  What happened to the 1st century FDS

  by Freeof1914 in

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  i was giving this new understanding from the annual meeting some thought and several things struck me as odd.

  first and foremost the gb has now essentially set themselves up to be even superior to the twelve apostles, handpicked by jesus!

  according to this new understanding the fds did not come about into existenced until 1918/19... i forget the exact year.

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  kurtbethel

  Did someone mention the 1st century FDS?

  
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  Wife's FS report for last month... Zero!

  by Captain Obvious in

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  i could just be reading too far into this but... even with plenty of opportunities and time to go, she didn't seem to make it out last month.

  last night she said she was gonna go out today (the 1st) but... she's downstairs at the moment sipping coffee watching tv.

  a few weeks ago on the long drive back from the assembly we talked about fs.

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  kurtbethel

  If you want to find converts for your religion, field service is a waste of time.

  If you enjoy going door to door and telling people that their religion is false and yours is true, then field service is a wonderful way to spend your time and you should do it as much as possible.
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  DO THE Governing Body fit the criteria for FDS ?

  by Phizzy in

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  2. beliefs

  from jw.org report of 2012 a.g.m :.

  "the evidence points to the following conclusion: "the faithful and discreet slave" was appointed over jesus' domestics in 1919. that slave is the small, composite group of anointed brothers serving at world headquarters during christ's presence who are directly involved in preparing and dispensing spiritual food.

  when this group work together as the governing body, they act as "the faithful and discreet slave."".

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  Even if you accept the claim that the faithful and discrete slave was appointed in 1919, despite there being not a single bit of evidence, you have to face the fact that those men are all dead. Since the reasoning book teaches that apostolic succession is "not a Biblical teaching", then once those men all died there would be no way for other men to come in and replace them. The governing body is merely a group of men making false claims about themselves that are contrary to their own doctines.
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  Crush Videos

  by minimus in

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  i just read about a couple who crush smaller animals, bind them, blind them, cut their legs off and squish them for----sexual arousal.. how disgusting!.

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  I rest my case.

  
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  Shattering The Myth Of Mother Teresa

  by Bangalore in

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  shattering the myth of mother teresa.. http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/05/mother-teresa.html.

  http://indianrealist.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/the-squalid-truth-behind-the-legacy-of-mother-teresa/.

  bangalore.

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  kurtbethel

  I have considered the possibility that she was a soul scalper, feeding off of the anguish there in India.
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  The Cove - A documentary about the Slaughter of Dolphins.

  by LouBelle in

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  i watched a very disturbing doccie yesturday.

  in japan, come september, dolphin season opens.

  23 000 dolphins are hearded into a trap.

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  kurtbethel

  kurt - those are absolutely lovely! now that is a real dolphin show!!

  I am very fortunate to have seen interesting things and got photos. Those will be on my site eventually. I pulled these from the archive just for your thread though, since they are relevent to it.