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  Who Here Believes in God?

  by The_Bad_Seed in

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  personally, i do not believe god ever has or ever will exist.

  i have my reasons -- i guess i could be considered an agnostic, rather than an athiest.

  i was curious to see what the larger part of the former borg community believed, now looking from the outside in, rather than the opposite.

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  funkyderek

  NO (one word, only two letters!!! - consider yourself beaten, onacruse!)
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  WHICH MEETING WAS THE MOST BORING?

  by minimus in

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  the more meetings you go to the more drivel you hear.

  elder's meetings were terrible because all you ever did was gossip about how everyone wasn't doing this or that.

  meetings for field service sucked.....enough said on that.

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  funkyderek

  The Rotten Review, for sheer pointlessness. You prestudied, i.e. looked up all the answers, went to the meeting, spent 25 minutes filling the answers in, and then another 20 minutes, ticking all the boxes correct.

  The Watchtower Stupor was deathly boring as well, especially those ones that were about things like the Zerubabel class, had 25 paragraphs and always went overtime.

  Conventions were almost interminable - with all the "experiences" and "symposiums - translation: three long boring talks instead of one - and the clapping, oh god the clapping! Trained seals don't clap that much! And the closing prayer on the final day always seemed to last about an hour and a half followed by more clapping.

  And we had to pretend we enjoyed it all, even to ourselves. That was possibly the worst thing.
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  Pregnant, HIV+ Woman " No Meds, Rely on God

  by Cassiline in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i found this article of interest, because the jw's were mentioned by the senator from ireland.

  i wonder how much of an impact this will have on the blood policy in ireland, if any at all?

  the article does not say the woman was a jw or what faith she practiced.. any medical professional's see any reason for a jw to deny the use of retroviral drugs?

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  funkyderek

  An Irish woman with HIV going to England to have an abortion is hardly news. unless a judge were to have her confined so she could not leave the state until her baby is born

  Believe it or not, that happened and made huge headlines here about ten years ago, leading to a referendum which enshrined the right to information and the right to travel in the Irish constitution.

  Forcing someone to have medical treatment against her will - on the basis that she's pregnant - opens up an ethical can of worms. Should pregnant women be banned from smoking? Drinking? Eating unhealthily? Working too hard? Being vegetarian/vegan? At what point - if ever - do the rights of a foetus/embryo supercede the rights of the host parent?
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  Pregnant, HIV+ Woman " No Meds, Rely on God

  by Cassiline in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i found this article of interest, because the jw's were mentioned by the senator from ireland.

  i wonder how much of an impact this will have on the blood policy in ireland, if any at all?

  the article does not say the woman was a jw or what faith she practiced.. any medical professional's see any reason for a jw to deny the use of retroviral drugs?

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  funkyderek

  what if she had said the hell with it I'll just kill it know, would we see it on the net? no, that would be fine

  No, it wouldn't be fine. Abortion is still illegal in Ireland. The decision does raise a host of ethical questions though.
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  Can Non-Jehovah's Witness Resurrect?

  by ApostleJon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a question on resurrection after christ's 2nd coming... let say that some of my family has passed away without any knowledge of jw gospel or whatever in this case.

  can they resurrect and join us in the paradise to live forever?

  can they decide that they have nothing to do with jw but profess that they believes in christ and live in paradise with all of us?

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  funkyderek

  OK, Double Edge, I can accept that the scripture I quoted doesn't necessarily prove that the Christian god wants families to be apart, as your interpretation is a plausible one, but where are the scriptures to support your claim?
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  Short doctrine

  by Bang in

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  can you briefly sum up the teachings of the wtbts?.

  eg "boo" or "god is actually an asshole, this way out" .

  bang

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  funkyderek

  There are only two rules:

  1. The Governing Body is always right.

  2. If the governing body is wrong, see Rule Number 1.
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  Brain Sex Test

  by patio34 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  brain sex test .

  introduction .

  it is possible to text how male or female your own mind is.

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  funkyderek

  Unanswered questions count for 5 points.
  Most males will score between 0 and 60.
  Most females will score between 50 and 100.
  The overlap scores between 50 and 60 indicates a thought compatibility between the sexes.

  I didn't answer any of the questions so I get 50 points. Male with "a thought compatibility between the sexes". Cool!
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  Do wicked spirits prove a creator exists?

  by haujobbz in

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  i was in town today and spoke to a woman i knew and to my surprise she told me she was a satanist member,i then discussed things dealing with god,spirit forces,occult etc.this then made me think if theres no god where do these active forces come from,is there really a realm of spirit creatures called demons,she then told me that these forces are very powerful and can harm those who interfere with there operations,also she said they have a vast amount of knowledge at their disposal and can give her information which couldnt be known otherwise.

  but does this prove theres a creator ?

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  funkyderek

  The existence of spirits, wicked or otherwise, would not prove the existence of a creator. They could have evolved from more primitive life forms, in the same way we did. Of course, as there's no real evidence that such spirits exist, the question is largely academic.

  Edited by - funkyderek on 1 August 2002 11:5:58
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  Why are people racist?

  by MrMoe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  something on the song thread that i posted, song by tu pac, got me to thinking about racisim.

  why do people discriminate against people that have different color skin?

  i understand it is a learned response, but my "elder" father is very racist... and this is how i was raised.. i don't get it.

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  funkyderek

  Hence the quotation marks bucko """"""""""

  Quotation marks are not a substitute for providing a reference to the source. Next time you copy and paste a quote, it would be helpful - and ethical - if you could copy and paste the source too.
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  A quiz: name the following movies....

  by Preston in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  below are some scenes from various films.

  name the movies that contain these scenes.

  btw, it's a very tough quiz .

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  funkyderek

  27.)A rubber vagina falls on the womans lap

  East is East

  That's the only one I knew, I'm ashamed to say!

  Edited by - funkyderek on 31 July 2002 11:46:58