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  It's official: I'm a man who carries a purse

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  this evening i was walking into the local fourth of july celebration grounds and had to pass through the security point where they check everyones' bag to make sure no one brings in any potentially explosive coca-cola, chips, hot dogs or other dangerous outside food.. one guy looked in my back pack while another guy told me that no back packs are allowed inside.

  i pointed to the woman directly in front of me who passed through with a hugh purse that was literally bigger than my back pack and asked why she was allowed in.

  the guy said that purses are allowed, but not back packs.. "well, hell, this isn't a back pack!

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  LockedChaos

  Man Bag
  
  Better than a
  
  Bag Man
  
  I guess
  
  BTW, quick thinking
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  What determined the path you took once you came to your senses?

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have been reading a lot of posts over the past few weeks and noticed how some folks have taken the atheist/agnostic path, while others have replaced their zeal for the society into one of another faith.

  what led you to take the path you did?.

  for me, i just began doing a lot of deep thinking and trying to come to the most logical conclusion based on the facts that i had before me.. as a result, i have taken the agnostic path because it makes the most sense to me.

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  LockedChaos

  Soon after I left I lost ALL faith
  IN everything
  Very cynical
  Very cautious
  Very emotionless
  
  Became an Objectivist, agnostic & Capitalist
  
  Reality is that which exists. It is absolute.
  It is the standard of the true, the false, and the arbitrary.
  
  Things are what they are, independent of our or anyone else's feelings, ideas, wishes, desires, and emotions.
  
  Reason is man's only means of knowing reality, upon which his survival in reality depends.
  
  Whether man is alone on a desert island, scurrying around with a pack of savages, or living in a city of billions: man must think -- and then act on his thinking, if life is his goal.
  
  Man is a rational animal, and reality dictates that to survive, man must be rational -- by choice.
  
  Man is a being of free will. Man can choose to think, drift, or evade -- but choose he must. His thoughts determine: his character, his values, his emotions, and his actions, and so his thoughts determine his destiny.
  
  As reason is solely the attribute of an individual, and man's thinking determines his choices and actions, then each man is the master of his own destiny. The individual sovereign.
  
  Man can gain immense values from living with other men in society -- namely knowledge and trade -- if it is a human society.
  
  A human society is one in which each man holds as an absolute: that every man is an end in himself, and that other men are not his pawns, nor is he theirs.
  
  Individualism is not opposed to man living in society. Individualism is opposed to man living in society as a slave.
  
  To live rationally in society, man requires only one thing from his fellow men: freedom of action. Freedom of action does not mean freedom to act by permission, which may be revoked at a dictator's, or a democratic mob's, whim, but the freedom to act as an absolute -- by right.
  
  Man requires rights to those actions necessary to support his own life, the most fundamental right being the right to life, from which all other rights, including the right to liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness, derive.
  
  Rights are moral principles defining a man's freedom of action in a social context.
  
  Rights are inalienable -- they may not be morally infringed upon, i.e., a thief may rob you, but morally he is in the wrong, and you are in the right.
  
  Rights are not guarantees to things, but only guarantees to freedom of action (right to liberty) -- and a guarantee to the results of those actions (right to property).
  
  The only obligation one's rights impose on others is for them to leave you alone, i.e. free to act within your sphere of rights.
  
  In a political context, freedom has only one meaning -- freedom from the initiation of force by other men.
  
  Only by the initiation of force can a man be: prevented from speaking, or robbed of his possessions, or brutally murdered. Only by the initiation of force can a man's rights be violated. Only the initiation of force against a man can stop his mind, thus rendering it useless as a means of survival.
  
  It is for this reason -- that force renders a man's mind useless -- that every man has the right to self-defense -- the right to use force to retaliate against those who first start the use of force, but never may one morally initiate it.
  
  The use of force, in and of itself, is not evil; but, to initiate (start) force is evil. To use force in retaliation -- in self- defense against those who initiate it -- is not a moral option, but a moral requirement. A moral man has nothing to gain when a man tries to kill him, but he has much to lose if he does not defend himself. For this reason it is right, just, and proper to use force in retaliation and self-defense. Contrary to the vile doctrines of the pacifists, force used in self-defense is a species of the good.
  
  Man's state in nature, where all men are allowed complete discretion in the use of force, according to the laws of the jungle, is nothing more than a state of anarchy -- perpetual civil war and gang warfare. To place the retaliatory use of force under objective legal control -- under clearly defined laws that are logically based on the principle of rights -- a society of men delegate to government, their right to retaliate against those who initiate force.
  
  Government is an agency which has a monopoly on the use of physical force.
  
  This legal power -- to use physical force -- only may be used for one purpose: to retaliate against those who initiate force, according to objectively defined laws.
  
  Never is this power to be used to initiate force, but government is only permitted to retaliate and defend against those who initiate force.
  
  As no individual in his private capacity -- as a citizen -- may morally initiate force against others, neither may he in his public capacity -- as a state official -- initiate force either.
  
  Morally, no one may initiate force for any reason whatsoever, even if that reason claims to be for the "public good". (For is not the individual, whose rights are being violated for the "public good", a member of the "public" also?)
  
  What then does a proper government consist of? In order to protect rights, a government requires three things: an army -- to protect against foreign invaders, a police force -- to protect against domestic criminals, and a court system -- to settle honest disputes that arise, enforce contracts, and to punish criminals, according to objectively predefined laws.
  
  To ensure that no despot -- whether that despot be a single dictator, a political pressure-group, or a befuddled "democratic" majority of the moment -- may usurp the powers of government, and turn its machinery upon any of its citizens, each and every aspect of government action is codified, and carried out, according to objectively defined laws.
  
  In a free society each and every man lives under a rule of law, as opposed to a whim-ridden rule of men. The rule of law has only one proper purpose: to protect the rights of the smallest minority that has ever existed -- the individual.
  
  Such a body of integrated, codified, and non-contradictory laws form objective legislation, which hold a man innocent until he can be proven guilty, as opposed to a library of irrational regulations which hold a man guilty until he can somehow prove himself innocent, to the gratification of some misanthrope able to gain a foothold in public office.
  
  The supreme legal document of a proper society is the constitution -- a citizen's protection against both private criminals and public officials who seek to imitate the criminal's methods.
  
  The purpose of the constitution is not to grant unlimited power to government, or to limit the rights of an individual, but to limit the power of government to its only valid purpose: the protection of individual rights. In other words, a citizen is free to do whatever he is not explicitly forbidden (under a proper legal system the only act forbidden is the violation of the rights); whereas, a state official is only allowed to carry out what is explicitly permitted.
  
  Then I got older
  Started looking at things again
  I am in the process of changing again
  Still believe in most of the above
  Now find it necessary to add a spiritual component
  It can all work todether
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  Praying over food - JW/Christians self-centred nonsense

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "dear jehovah.

  thank you for providing this food for us.

  my family & i are hungry & it's lovely to fill ourselves with your provisions.

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  LockedChaos

  Personally
  I have no problem with prayer before eating
  Or anything else for that matter.
  I do object to showy public displays meant to bring attention
  There is an appropriate time and place
  Course......
  That's just me and I could be wrong
  
  Hey let's have some pie
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  Why is reading apostate publications similar to reading pornographic litera

  by tartarus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower, march 15, 1986 issue, page 12: .

  do you wisely destroy apostate material?

  page 14: .

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  LockedChaos

  Good points so far
  
  WTS literature contains articles illustrations/photos that
  I consider degrading to women, children and men alike
  
  I mean women with hankies on head, in dresses, picking vegetables
  Woman denied speaking and teaching
  Young children in ties handing tracts out door to door
  Men in suits getting rebuked by other men in suits for .........whatever
  Double standards between the elite and rank and file
  Faithful (deceived) people dying because of arbitrary rules
  
  These things are harmful and truly pornographic
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  BROTHER RANDO... THE EXPERT, OR MAYBE NOT

  by whereami in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found this very amusing.

  this guy claims to be of the annointed.

  michael and satan.

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  LockedChaos

  Well................That was interesting
  
  A lot of words there
  No real meaning
  Flogging a dead horse will not bring it to life
  Very flawed reasoning
  The credentials mean nothing
  Proves one thing though
  Anyone can feel free here to post - even nonsense
  
  Thank you for your audition
  Next please
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  What do JWs usually do on the 4th?

  by A-Team in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it seems like they are not big on the big family holidays.

  also, as a jw, what did you think people did on the 4th?

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  LockedChaos

  Did what we always did
  Service
  Worked around the hall
  Home
  Worked around home
  Studied
  Then to bed
  
  Never any fireworks!!
  Devils light show
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  Ask Happy Homemaker!

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you in a muddle over domestic chores?

  ask happy homemaker for practical and up-to-the-minute advice.

  you won't be disappointed!.

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  LockedChaos

  That made me smile!
  
  Knock on door
  Offer FREE books/magazines (waste paper?)
  Offer turned down (In a heartbeat)
  Leave a business card (Pioneer Cleaning)
  Get discount on services
  
  PRICELESS
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  In honor of the 4th,

  by John Doe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what's your favorite cut of meat for grilling?

  mine is ribeye, by far.

  always tender and juicy, it's hard to get a bad ribeye!.

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  LockedChaos

  One of my favorite steaks is the "Flat Iron"
  
  Read about it here: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/flatironsteak.htm
  
  Fantastic cut
  
  Tender
  
  Succulent
  
  Juicy
  
  Marinade then grill
  
  Inexpensive
  
  Yum
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  I just can't pick up my pieces and continue with my life...

  by justhuman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm feeling so down lately my psycology has reached to the bottom.

  sometimes i wish i never been born.

  looking back my life all there is left is pain.

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  LockedChaos

  My heart feels for you
  The pain and confusion you feel is one felt by most of us
  I too was born-in
  I too felt I was denied choices
  I too felt trapped
  I lost youth
  I lost young adulthood
  I can never get them back
  Now at almost 53 years I am energized
  There is always a way
  There is always hope
  It is YOUR LIFE
  Shrug off everyone that would deny you what is yours
  Rise up and live it!!
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  Time for Formal Introductions

  by LockedChaos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello to everyone here at jwd.

  i've been lurking about and tossing out a few .

  comments since i joined up a few weeks ago.

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  LockedChaos

  Thanks all
  
  BTW
  succinctness - terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
  
  Most don't understand
  
  LOC