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  CAN A JW HAVE A CLONED CHILD?

  by badboy in

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  what would jw position be on this?

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  AnneB

  As long as the process doesn't involve "misuse" of blood or require cells from a non-marriage partner, I imagine it would be a "matter of conscience"!

  If the parent(s) of the cloned "child" are baptized, would the clone automatically be a JW?
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  You Feel Free to Discuss Politics NOW.

  by compound complex in

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  greetings fellow members,.

  because of some convoluted reasoning based on so-called christian neutrality, jws do not discuss the taboo "political issues.

  " accordingly, there are supposed true accounts in awake!

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  AnneB

  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:politics&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

  Definitions of politics on the Web:

  • social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power; "office politics is often counterproductive"
  • the study of government of states and other political units
  • the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
  • the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
  • the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government; "unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years"; "government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics"

  I'll go for Door #4: "the opinion you hold with respect to political questions":

  I don't think voting does a bit of good. I think it's something of a placebo; it allows people to think they have a voice, an effect, when, in fact, they have nothing of the kind.

  Remember the old story about the householder refusing the magazines because he just knew the publisher was getting rich peddling them door to door? I heard it back when the magazines were going for $.05. Even after a thorough explanation of the expenses incurred by the publisher in bringing the magazines to the public, the householder's logic was that all those nickels add up, so the publisher must be getting rich!

  Carry that "logic" over to the matter of voting: Do all those votes really add up to a force that sways governmental affairs?

  I think not, therefore I have no interest in participating in that aspect of the political system.
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  The Kingdumb Melody is not an American Idol audition

  by DoomVoyager in

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  keeping a straight face during the song is hard enough given the wacky lyrical content; the last thing i need is the "new sister" standing right behind me and loudly delivering a breathy, lispy, over-dramatic rendition of "stay asleep stand firm grow culty".

  simon cowell is not listening in.

  or how about that one guy every hall has who bawls the songs out, painfully out of tune, way louder than anyone else.

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  AnneB

  Some folks at the hall stand out because they want to appear more whole-hearted in their singing than others are.

  And some folks at the hall just give it the best they have, "Good" or "Bad". "Whole-souled *as to Jehovah* and not to men"....remember?

  Judge not...
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  HOW MANY JWS ON RICH LIST?

  by badboy in

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  any ideas of how many?

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  Loans, marriage offers, alimony, palimony, lawsuits, con games, pure nosiness.....So many thoughts arise when I read badboy's inquiry into someone else's financial status!
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  HOW MANY JWS ON RICH LIST?

  by badboy in

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  any ideas of how many?

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  I do not think he needs loan, I think he wants some more free money!

  Oh...you mean the AA (After Armageddon) Repayment Plan?
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  HOW MANY JWS ON RICH LIST?

  by badboy in

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  any ideas of how many?

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  Are you in need of a loan, Badboy?
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  If you don't believe in conspiracies................

  by Warlock in

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  then i guess you believe that president bush was a legitimately elected president.. oil companies don't manipulate the price of oil.. all of the female gymnasts on the chinese team were at least 16 years old.. warlock .

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  AnneB

  Are you suggesting that "rolling power outages" don't have to happen? And that automobiles could get more mpg than they do at present???
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  The Kingdumb Melody is not an American Idol audition

  by DoomVoyager in

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  keeping a straight face during the song is hard enough given the wacky lyrical content; the last thing i need is the "new sister" standing right behind me and loudly delivering a breathy, lispy, over-dramatic rendition of "stay asleep stand firm grow culty".

  simon cowell is not listening in.

  or how about that one guy every hall has who bawls the songs out, painfully out of tune, way louder than anyone else.

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  Are you saying that you want other singers to be as dull, boring, and uninspired as you apparently are?
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  If You Were "In" A Religion, Which One would You Want To Be A Member Of?

  by minimus in

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  personally, i'm not into any religion but i think that most protestants are ok. catholicism isn't my thing at all.

  judaism, i've always been interested in.

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  Flip Wilson's "Church of What's Happening Now" might be a good choice.
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  Recent Literature Letter Sent out -Bound Volumes

  by stillajwexelder in

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  briefly it stated that all those who make extensive use of the cd-rom should seriously consider whether or not they need bound volumes.

  these have to be next on the hit list of things cut imho

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  As soon as JW's get rid of paper literature and go to electronic media Satan will cause a power failure just so they can't get their spiritual food.

  Keep the bound volumes!