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  The Golden Compass--What is your Daemon?

  by blondie in

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  http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/?274692.

  i am a bengal tiger named didimon..

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  tula

  I am a ding LADY BUG!

  I didn't know it would be an insect. But guess what. I love caterpillars and I do study bugs...a lot.

  This is wierd.
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  I'm Fading.... From This Board

  by rocketman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as 2004 winds down and my 4th year of association at this board winds down as well, my posting stats accurately reflect a transitition that been going on for me with respect to the jw religion, a process that is quite natural and healthy.

  i'm sure that many members have had a similar experience.

  here's a rundown of four years here for me: .

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  tula

  Rocketman, I just have to ask a few questions. Please indulge me.

  During your fade, did you ever have altruistic moments?

  Did you ever try to help others see the inconsistencies? Did you ever sort of throw out hints about the REAL TRUTH to others who asked questions?

  During the time you served as elder and saw through the sham....did you ever "sway the jury" to keep from harassing or dividing other families?

  Did you ever feel a connection with others you saw fading...or a connection with others that you saw who weere questioning things and not buying the anwers given?

  Do you think your fade will have had a positive affect on any of the others in your family or congregation? Or will anyone notice?

  Do you feel the fade was strictly for your own sense of principles and being true to yourself or did you try to make a difference "for the cause" of seeking real truths?

  Thank you. Tula
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  Chipped LIke DOGS! Takes effect MAY 1984, I mean 2008 in the USA

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=clsgverp3fg.

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=oxmwpel_-gc.

  http://www.cnn.com/2005/law/08/12/ramasastry.ids/index.html.

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  tula

  Unfortunately, the growth of RFID technology has occurred mostly without notice - people aren't aware of what is coming. This makes it all too likely that it will hit without enough of a public outcry to force legal restrictions that could protect privacy and personal autonomy.

  http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/phil/blphil_eth_rfid_future.htm

  While corporate giants tout the merits of RFID technology, civil liberties advocates point out that the ability to track people, products, vehicles, and even currency would create an Orwellian world where law enforcement officials and nosy retailers could read the contents of a handbag—perhaps without a person's knowledge—simply by installing RFID readers nearby. Such a fear is not unfounded. Currently, some RFID readers have the capacity to read data transmitted by many different RFID tag. This means that if a person enters a store carrying several RFID tags—for example, in articles of clothing or cards carried in a wallet—one RFID reader can read the data emitted by all of the tags, and not simply the signal relayed by in-store products. This capacity enables retailers with RFID readers to compile a more complete profile of shoppers than would be possible by simply scanning the bar codes of products a consumer purchases.

  http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/

  The Food and Drug Administration in the US has approved the use of RFID chips in humans. [45] Some business establishments have also started to chip customers, such as the Baja Beach nightclub in Barcelona. This has provoked concerns into privacy of individuals as they can potentially be tracked wherever they go by an identifier unique to them. There are some concerns this could lead to abuse by an authoritarian government or lead to removal of other freedoms. [46]

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification#Human_implants

  RFID now with GPS

  Big Brother's next weapon: Tracking your letters with microchip stampsSending an anonymous love letter or an angry note to your congressman? The U.S. Postal Service will soon know who you are.
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  Has WTS abandoned "house to house" ministry?

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many years ago now i remember hearing harold king sing the song he had composed whilst incarcerated for his beliefs in china; it was called "house to house".. nowadays it doesn't seem as though it's in favor.

  notice its own description of its ministry which the wts has placed on its website:.

  jehovah's witnesses are probably best known for their person-to-person ministry.

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  tula

  Says Jeffreywhat: There are so many forms of media not being utilized, the only reason Jesus did door to door is because that was the only option.

  Do you really believe that Jesus actually went door to door.....knocking at strangers houses? Is this really part of WTS teachings?

  I absolutely find it hard to believe that people would believe that is how Jesus conducted himself.

  From what I have read in Bible scripture, the crowds came to him, he did not go out one to one looking for people.

  When news of his mountainside talks got around, he was invited into people's home.

  His disciples often went ahead of him into a new area and scouted things out.

  Of course they met folks in the park, at the wells, public areas, etc. and mentioned that Jesus would be coming to town soon. They made themselves available to answer their questions. They gave announcement and advance publicity.

  People would talk it about.

  There would already be some excitement about it before his arrival, and disciples made arrangements when people offered to host dinner or offer their homes for bed and breakfast.

  That's how celebrities were treated back then.

  The disciples were his publicity and business agents.........they kept his schedule, his agenda, made notes of special interest cases in the area, and special needs folks who seemed receptive to hearing what Jesus might have to say. They kept tract of requests for visitations. I think the disciples acted as our present day media does today.

  I just don't see Jesus as being pushy and arrogant enough to barge in on someone uninvited nor waste his time trying to convince people of his greatness one-on- one. Why would a son of God need to humiliate himself like that?
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  New Light Extravagansa!!

  by jefferywhat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a lot of people are in a little fuss about the generation change, which as far as im concerned, doesn't change anything, it could be step one of a bigger adjustment down the track, but on its own, its been done.

  but at the annual meeting of the wtbs, there wasn't 1 but 5 changes of thought, the light has literally exploded.

  one that has caught my attention is the the change on the dragnet of matthew 13. if you have wt 92 6/15 read it!

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  tula

  snowblind.
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  Sharing the 'real' truth by commenting at meetings

  by skeeder in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  having recently gotten my commenting 'privleges' back i try to sow seeds of truth with them.. here are two tidbits i have shared:.

  1----- the bible highlights-------when the older men judged legal cases, they did it at the city gates where the proceedings could be observed.. 2-----wt study yesterday-----the world was judged wicked and noah was judged righteous---he was a 'preacher of righteousness' before he started on the ark.

  there is no indication that god ever intended for anyone else other than noah and his family to get on the ark.

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  tula

  Well you little boat-rocker!

  Nice to see you posting again.

  You are such an idealist.

  But these people are under a powerful spell......
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  If you are a Jehovah's Witness,

  by rmcgill_leader in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you are a jehovah's witness please understand that i am not against you as an individual.

  i am not an apostate from the watchtower organization and, of course, i was never baptized as a jehovah's witness.

  however, when i was 17, i studied with the jehovah's witnesses for a couple of months, but quit.

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  tula

  A MUST SEE!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNSe5XYp6E
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  Confirmed! Watchtower Feb 15 08 brings the "generation" change

  by observador in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  friends,.

  i just confirmed the "generation" change from another forum in portuguese.

  the following is the text in portuguese:.

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  tula

  To make such a stark change as this, so subtly, in only one small sentence....

  and downplaying the significance of it is......

  TIP TOE TOTALITARISM
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  The Rise of the Apostates

  by KW13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems recently that jwd has seen a huge increase in lurkers, most of them seem cool and obviously the odd one who wants to stir.

  bye bye watchtower lol.

  a lot of negative media coverage recently also!

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  tula

  Mark 4:22

  For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.

  23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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  Movie "The Mist"

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw the movie the mist this weekend.. i was surprized at how good it was.. it is based on a novel by stephen king, how does that guy continue to crank out novels and movies?.

  if you like thrillers this is a good movie to see.. i won't spoil it for you, but the ending is a shocker!.

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  tula

  I would compare it to the gore in the movie "Carrie".

  In an early scene in the movie Carrie, her mother is taking religious literature to a neighbors house and the neighbor woman gives her a couple of dollars for it to get rid of her and get her out the door. Was Carrie's mother supposed to be a Jehovahs Witness? Is it based on religious implication as to why they dumped the bucket of blood on Carrie?