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  Since Armageddon Hasn't Come Yet, What Are Your Plans?

  by minimus in

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  garybuss

  Guess I'll just keep laughing and die of old age.
  
  
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  reading "The Demon-Haunted World"

  by inkling in

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  i'm more than halfway though my first ever reading of carl sagan's skeptical classic: .

  "the demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark".

  i am deeply enjoying it, and i might post a review when i finish, but until then .

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  Yup
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  Are you automatically disfellowshipped if you join the Military?

  by pratt1 in

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  does anyone know?

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  garybuss

  Just remember that it's not the Watch Tower Society that disfellowships and shuns and snubs, It's your friends and relatives. I've never personally seen the Watch Tower Society itself punish one single person.
  
  
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  German Government "Scientology Unconstitutional"

  by skeeter1 in

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  german ministers say scientology unconstitutional by louis charbonneau 1 hour, 26 minutes ago .

  berlin (reuters) - german federal and state interior ministers declared the church of scientology unconstitutional on friday, opening the door for a possible ban on the organization.

  federal interior minister wolfgang schaeuble and 16 state interior chiefs agreed "that we do not consider scientology an organization that is compatible with the constitution," ehrhart koerting, berlin's interior minister and chairman of a ministers' conference in berlin, told reporters.. germany does not recognize scientology as a religion.

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  garybuss

  Think what happens to Patterson and Wallkill when Witness compound members register and vote.
  
  Witnesses could do what Bhagwhan Shree Rajneesh did in Wasco County, Oregon in 1984.
  
  Rajneesh Commune had more votes than the county residents had and they took over the county legally (sort of).
  
  http://www.rickross.com/reference/rajneesh/rajneesh4.html
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  Congress to religion..wheres the money? cnn report

  by candidlynuts in

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  it's a start.. hopefully they'll start scrutinizing all religions finances.

  if there's nothing to hide there's no reason not to make it all public.. .

  http://www.cnn.com/2007/politics/12/07/prosperity.preachers/index.html.

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  garybuss

  We have 5 top businesses here with big buildings and the appearance of wealth.
  1). Government
  2). Medical
  3). Finance
  4). Religion
  5). Food processing / sales
  
  
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  Randy Watters, thank you!

  by onacruse in

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  this may seem like a shameless plug for www.freeminds.org.

  but it's not.. randy has been a source of significant information for me (and countless others) over the last decade(s), and very recently sent me (at his expense) some additional information about the wts.. now, one thing i must say is that randy and i do not share the same ideologies about religious perspectives.

  but, ya know what?

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  Feb 15th Watchtower Study Edition - NEW LIGHT - Article in PDF

  by AlphaOmega in

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  2. bible

  the generation seeing the sign .

  ' previously, this journal has explained that in the first century, "this generation" mentioned at matthew 24:34 meant "the contemporaneous generation of unbelieving jews.

  not the whole magazine, but this is the new light article.. .

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  garybuss

  Many still apparently don't understand how Witness Bible logic works. Here's how it works: The Bible tells a story, the Society calls the original story the "type". Original stories have a first application (typical) and a second application applied to the Society today (the atypical). Whatever the Society applies the second application to is called the "antitype".
  
  Here's an example:
  
  The Watchtower December 1, 1970 p. 714 par. 4 The Desolator of Christendom Historically Prefigured
  4 Thus modern Christendom had an ancient pattern in an ancient organization to which she corresponds and which she resembles. Christendom follows the example of that ancient pattern and thus she has similar things befall her. That ancient pattern is called the "type." Because of resembling that ancient pattern, Christendom is called the "antitype." For that reason Bible prophecies that were fulfilled upon the ancient type have already been fulfilled or will yet be fulfilled upon the modern antitype, namely, upon Christendom. The Christian apostle Peter, when writing his inspired letters in first-century Greek, used the word "antitype." So, in 1Peter 3:21 we read: "That which corresponds to this [or, literally, which thing is an antitype] is also now saving you, namely, baptism." Consequently, the ancient type shows us what its modern antitype will be like; and what befell the ancient type indicates prophetically what must befall its modern antitype, namely, Christendom, in this case.
  
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  The "generation" doctrine is the current guess at who the "antitype" generation is.
  
  Religious Witnesses aren't smart enough to understand what the last change means, and social Witnesses won't care.
  
  
  
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  Do you think DOCTRINE matters to most JW's? Did it matter to you?

  by nicolaou in

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  there's so much 'new light' coming out recently but i wonder if any of it really hits home to the average dub.

  i think a good deal of those who leave do so because of a lack of real, honest love.

  they get sick of the judgemental attitude and the continual grind.

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  Do you think DOCTRINE matters to most JW's? Yes, And they like it when doctrine changes.
  
  Did it matter to you? Stage 1). I liked doctrine and looked forward to changes.
  
  Stage 2). Changed doctrine and bad treatment by Witness people are the reasons I left (plus somewhere along the line I got two brain cells firing at the same time).
  
  
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  What's the best way to break in cowboy boots?

  by avishai in

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  garybuss

  
  The best way to break in boots I found was to first buy soft leather boots. Never cow hide. My favorites is water buffalo. Never buy off the rack, always have boots custom made. Nocona are my favorite. Put the boots on, soak feet in boots in a tub of hot water until they squish when you walk. Then wear them until they are dry. Don't do much walking. This is best done on a warm summer day. After soaking boots, get on a large motorcycle and ride 350 miles. Sioux Falls to Rapid City in August is ideal.
  
  Now wash boots with saddle soap, spray boots with leather relaxer, and ride back home.
  
  http://www.nocona.com/
  
  
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  Question about "Status" in WTS

  by GoodnessGracious in

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  so if a witness has an ubm .

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  does that limit how high they can go in the society ??

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  garybuss

  Look for two videos to buy or rent.
  1). The Wave. http://www.xenutv.com/us/wave.htm
  
  2). Ticket to Heaven (1981) Starring: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek Director:
  
  

  Don't let the JW see them.