He might sue me for copyright violations!
lol! Fark, you've been using 'Al' so long...you just might win. they do say, '...possession is 9/10ths of the law'.
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by Flip infarkel, well be hearing more about a wonderful inventor named dean kamen this coming monday.
once we've become more familiar with his extraordinary accomplishments, many should be grateful this particular individual didnt spend his youth listening to the wtbts to pursue the moronic behavior of going door to door as a jehovahs witness.. the reason i singled you out farkel is because of the current icon you use, ... his father helped start mad magazine -- kamen is ... alfred e. neuman.. * http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/22/991122opmetcalfe.xml.
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Free Tibet & Peace In The Middle East
by Celtic inwhat is it about peace that it is such a difficult thing for man to understand?
by your definition, what exactly is peace?
and how might we go about teaching peace, throughout our lives?.
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Mark, I'm truly puzzled by your remark.
Possibly, when I speak of...'you', I'm using it in the context of people in general and not specifically you as Mark.
Actually I thought yours was a very good question which got me thinking out loud. I apologize if I offended you by my response that certainly was not my intent.
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Free Tibet & Peace In The Middle East
by Celtic inwhat is it about peace that it is such a difficult thing for man to understand?
by your definition, what exactly is peace?
and how might we go about teaching peace, throughout our lives?.
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What is it about peace that it is such a difficult thing for man to understand? By your definition, what exactly is peace?
"...By your definition...", you answered your own question, Celtic.
Individuals, groups, organizations and governments have their own definition of peace. Unfortunately many would not include your life in their vision of peace and for whatever reason believe you feel the same way about them.
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What...me worry?
by Flip infarkel, well be hearing more about a wonderful inventor named dean kamen this coming monday.
once we've become more familiar with his extraordinary accomplishments, many should be grateful this particular individual didnt spend his youth listening to the wtbts to pursue the moronic behavior of going door to door as a jehovahs witness.. the reason i singled you out farkel is because of the current icon you use, ... his father helped start mad magazine -- kamen is ... alfred e. neuman.. * http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/22/991122opmetcalfe.xml.
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Farkel, we’ll be hearing more about a wonderful inventor named Dean Kamen this coming Monday.
Once we've become more familiar with his extraordinary accomplishments, many should be grateful this particular individual didn’t spend his youth listening to the WTBTS to pursue the moronic behavior of going door to door as a Jehovah’s Witness.
The reason I singled you out Farkel is because of the current icon you use, “… his father helped start Mad Magazine -- Kamen is ... Alfred E. Neuman.”
* http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/22/991122opmetcalfe.xmlFlip
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wasasister returns to Kingdom Hall
by wasasister indon't worry, folks...it's only for an hour.
my son-in-law has his first public talk today, and i was invited to attend the event.
it seemed to be very important to him and to my daughter that i be there, so i agreed.
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...I noticed a certain repetitiveness...all the men have pretty much the same things to say...so much so that I could practically recite what they were going to say along with them...anyone ever notice that?
~W~
It appeared to me the amount of discretionary flair one used when giving a prayer was proportional to ones position on the congregational pecking order.
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WTS TO END MAILED SUBSCRIPTIONS
by Seeker4 injust heard that the society is going to stop mailed subscriptions.
magazines will all have to be picked up at the kingdom hall.
not sure when it's starting, but soon, i suppose.. sorry if this has been posted before, but i think this is very new info.
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The WTBTS may be concerned about 'tainted' mail that's been taking place since 911. The 'effort' simply not being worth the worse case scenario.
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Another place we can do some witnessing
by ballistic infound an aol message board about jehovah's witnesses:.
* http://aolsvc.cc.aol.com/peopleconnection/ccenters/vl/go.jsp?ccbrand=aol&ccname=christianity&component=msgboards.
however they must have their own form of sensorship:.
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Ballistic, You need a lot of witnessing.
It appears, Fred, Ballistic needs being ‘witnessed’ to…like you need a lobotomy.
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(Gawd, I couldn't restrain myself)
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is WTS a company or an association?
by Klaus Vollmer inthe witnesses in europe get to hear the story, that "inc" ( in wachtower .... inc "stands for corporated association and not for a company based on stocks.
in french it would be called sa, societe anonyme, what means "inc" on stocks.. does anybody have the ability to explain the whole situation.. thanks from the grand duchy of luxemburg.
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Hello Luxembourg and Hello Klaus!
Inc., as you probably already know, is simply the North American abbreviated form of the liability designation, Incorporated. The Canadian equivalent is, Ltd. (Limited).
A Company with the designation, Inc., can be either publicly owned (shares sold on the open stock market i.e. NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange) or privately owned (shares not sold on the broader open market) where shares are designated and controlled internally.
In North America, it’s my understanding that the WTBTS Inc. or Ltd. and most of its affiliate companies are the latter.
A few of the compelling reasons for a corporation (Inc.) that’s confident raising their own monies independently rather than through the 'stock market', is that the corporation is not required to publicly divulge it’s financial resources, much greater autonomy and less accountability.
This is a huge monetary advantage, especially over time when coupled with a government sanctioned tax-free status such as the WTBTS enjoys along with almost every other religious organization originating in North America.
However, the question is, are we, as a community that has sanctioned this tax-free status, getting our money’s worth for the privilege given?
Hope this simple explanation suffices, and that others have more to add.
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Help me out here, I'm having an argument
by ballistic inwhat i'm debating is this.... and creationist probably wont be able to help.
reproduction is the driving forve of evolution, so why does evolution not simply favour the genes of those that reproduce the most...i.e.
not the most fit, intelligent, etc.. and if this is the case, why does the world not fill up with rampant nyphomaniacs?
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...and if this is the case, why does the world not fill up with rampant nyphomaniacs?
The world does...however, we call them bacteria.
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Call for Posters re Charitable Status....
by ISP incharitable status is the obvious point of weakness re the wts.
it in no way deserves it.
i am interested in forming a discussion group or similar regarding it...away from public view.
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The trick is finding out how an organization actually applies for charitable and tax free status as a religious corporation because if the WTBTS can receive authorization, any body exhibiting the least criteria should be able to.
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