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  Bethell-monastery

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. beliefs

  anybody believe these places are just modern day monasteries with all their inherent problems of cooping up a bunch of folks who aint supposed to think about sex

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  Religious Experience

  by martinwellborne in

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  "most religions do not make men better, only warier!

  " elias canetti.

  "to die for a religion is easier than to live it absloutely" jorge luis borges.

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  Pet Blood transfusions

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. medical

  this is the most comical answer to a question from readers w64 2/15 127/128.

  woulditbeaviolationofthescripturesforachristiantopermitaveterinariantogivebloodtransfusionstoapet?andwhatofanimalfood?mayitbeusedifthereisreasontobelievethereis.

  bloodinit?also,isitpermissibletousefertilizerthathasbloodinit?.

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  HOW can a Jdub accept BLOOD FRACTIONS?? hmm?

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. medical

  i thought the main thing with the blood issue was that it was to be viewed from god's point of view.

  not that it would be up to individual choice and conscience.

  my point that i am trying to get to is this, how can a jdub accept blood fractions if they want to view blood in the same light as god would.. am i making this clear?

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  talk of the town

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. friends

  dear all.

  talking to my mother today, who is still a witless, it seems everybody is so surprised that i plus wife and kids have decided we aint going anymore.

  doh?.

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  This is what JWs really want you to do.

  by martinwellborne in

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  join our shiny happy religion.

  resign from that well paying job you have and get out round the doors.

  dont get married that way youll have more time to work for us.

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  The Index of forbidden books and suppressing free thought.

  by martinwellborne in

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  boy oh boy how we used to slate the roman catholic church for having a banned books list.

  john peter carafa was a cardinal of the church in the mid 16th century, elected pope paul iv in may 1555 he then started to spread his own brand of fanaticism.

  an ascetic like the dominican friar thomas de torquemada, he hated jews and shut them in ghettos, hated sodomites whom he burned, hated women and banned them from the vatican.

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  The sneetches on the beaches

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. friends

  hi all, just finished reading this story to my kid.

  now, the star-bell sneetches had bellies with stars.

  they were really so small.

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  I've been invited to a birthday party

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. beliefs

  it must be 35+ years since i have been to one.

  i can't believe the timing, i stop going to meetings and up pops an invitation, is it satan?

  or am i messed up?

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  Pedophile in the hall

  by martinwellborne in

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  2. child-abuse

  there's a pedophile in our hall i aint going back, i've had enough.

  why wont the elders disfellowship him, or tell him he aint welcome anymore?

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