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The Myth of the Eternal Return by Eliade
by monophonic in
1. watchtower
2. bible
anyone who has read this book have any comments?.

i'm ordering it right now, coppola mentioned it briefly in his q&a in today's ny times magazine and it seems like a great read on religion.
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oh, i'm a pioneer and jehovah gave me $10 for gas
by monophonic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm drawing a huge blank..

there was a thread here a while back on the bogus experiences at the assemblies about how jehovah stepped in just when a pioneer has $0, and oh, boy, were we blessed.......yet whenver bad things happen, even when praying for help, like someone gets killed, the 'we put in 75 hours of service and jehovah fed us' theory turns idiotic..

anyone remember that thread...or wanna give me some word power over those pathetic experiences....just got one via email from a relative and really want to throw back a doozy to make him think..
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Wings of Desire
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1. jw
2. friends
someone just spoke of angels in another discussion and it reminded me of the film "wings of desire" by wim wenders..

i remember when i came out in the late 80's and how people were saying what a horrible film it was b/c it was about angels wanting to be human and then they'd quote, what, was it noah's day.

(the former things are passing away from my mind, yay!
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Amazing Krut Vonnegut quote
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2. friends
"and lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been.

but she did look back, and i love her for that, because it was so human.

"
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Gratitude
by monophonic in
1. jw
2. friends
tonite i've just really felt peace of mind.

i was thinking of some of my so-called old best friends who will have nothing to do with me because i won't drone with them in the borg.

it just feels so good to be away from them and the lame judgements regarding the music i listened to, the running commentary of every move i made because i was on my way to being successful, and anything above an uneducated janitor was a complete threat..
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Religious magazines
by monophonic in
1. watchtower
2. bible
are there any religious magazines that have similar print run stats and distribution as the watchtower and awake?

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this story popped up on the google news search:
by monophonic in
1. jw
2. friends
racism in the jehovah's witness watchtower.

it turns out to be a blog, but it got picked up by google news and the comments other than the writer's seem to be from jws just discrediting the post.. while he seems a little off his nut, since google picked it up, it might be a good idea to post informational comments for people who pass through..
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Universal Sovereignty
by monophonic in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i can't remember if i read this here, but i was reminded from another thread..

universal sovereignty is pretty much the whole explanation for why god permits suffering, correct?.

why would a god of love make it last so long?
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old pink songbook / pamphlet style one
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1. jw
2. friends
anyone have one of the old pink songbooks?.

or know how much they pop up for on ebay?.
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Easy Field Service time, oh yeah baby!
by monophonic in
1. jw
2. friends
i hope these images work below.. i was at the laundermat, watching this lady do her "street witnessing".

these photos were actually the most attentive she was b/c she was wondering what the hell i was doing taking photos of her.. for the hour i watched her, she talked to nobody.

when i walked by earlier i made eye contact and smiled and she avoided my eyes.