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  The Office, Season Premiere

  by leavingwt in

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  excellent episode.

  usually, i feel that the one-hour episodes are a bit much, and i prefer the 30-minute format.

  this particular long episode worked..

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  leavingwt

  Excellent episode. Usually, I feel that the one-hour episodes are a bit much, and I prefer the 30-minute format. This particular long episode worked.
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  Do economic worries make JWs joyful?

  by undercover in

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  with the us economy tanking and on the verge of a major collapse if the right steps aren't taken, the average person is probably a little concerned.

  i haven't seen anything like a panic yet, but it has been a source of discussion with collegues and neighbors.

  to be honest, i'm a bit worried.

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  leavingwt

  I spoke with some that felt is was a sign that Armageddon was not far off. Unreal.
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  HELP – need some hard hitting pdfs

  by song19 in

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  (fyi i am not dfed or daed) i am being shunned by my mom and yesterday my dad told me he would shun me if i became apostate.

  i swear he has no idea what he is talking about since i asked him who told him that and he asked, doesnt the bible?.

  although i have sent numerous emails, i think i need to finally face my father face to face.

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  leavingwt

  You may discover what many of us have discovered. Unless a JW has decided to open his mind (rather than repeating responses implanted into their heads by the indoctrination), nothing will have an effect on them. You could literally show them a video of the entire Governing Body participating in a Satanic ritual or celebrating Christmas, and it would have zero effect on their opinion of 'God's Organization'. To the person under the spell of the mind control, no one single fact or error will shake their faith.

  They live in the 'Now' and have no historical perspective of Christianity or of Watchtower history. The 'organization' is the wonderful, trusting friends that they can see and talk to. They honestly believe that a person who dares criticize Watchtower is an agent of the Devil.

  Just something to keep in mind.
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  A Mother's Story of loss of her son..............

  by Balsam in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  some names have been changed or removed to protect those in the family who would not want their names known, or are still active jw's.

  ruth .

  a mothers regret for a religious devotion.

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  leavingwt

  Thank you for sharing your story.
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  School massacre reopens gun law debate

  by hamilcarr in

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  2. current

  due to its hunting tradition, finland ranks fifth in civilian gun ownership.

  finland school massacre brings day of mourning and review of gun lawsprime minister says he is 'very critical' of easy access to handguns after gunman kills 10 at vocational collegerachel stevenson .

  the finnish prime minister today said he will push for stricter gun laws as police began to identify the victims of the country's second school shooting in less than a year.. on a visit to the college where 10 people and their killer died yesterday, matti vanhanen said the government would consider if "people should get access to handguns so freely".. police today named the gunman as matti juhani saari, a trainee chef aged 22. he used a handgun and petrol bombs on his fellow pupils at a vocational college in kauhajoki town, then fatally shot himself in the head.. police said the dead were eight female students, a male student and a male teacher.

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  leavingwt

  Excellent question, dawg.

  Regulations are fine. No 'right' is absolute. I don't believe that you or I should be allowed to construct a nuclear weapon in our basement.

  I'm fine with mandatory weapons handling courses for permit holders, as well.

  Scalia had some very practical, and I believe reasonable, things to say about the individual right, in his recent Heller opinion.

  How do you feel about this issue?
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  School massacre reopens gun law debate

  by hamilcarr in

  1. social
  2. current

  due to its hunting tradition, finland ranks fifth in civilian gun ownership.

  finland school massacre brings day of mourning and review of gun lawsprime minister says he is 'very critical' of easy access to handguns after gunman kills 10 at vocational collegerachel stevenson .

  the finnish prime minister today said he will push for stricter gun laws as police began to identify the victims of the country's second school shooting in less than a year.. on a visit to the college where 10 people and their killer died yesterday, matti vanhanen said the government would consider if "people should get access to handguns so freely".. police today named the gunman as matti juhani saari, a trainee chef aged 22. he used a handgun and petrol bombs on his fellow pupils at a vocational college in kauhajoki town, then fatally shot himself in the head.. police said the dead were eight female students, a male student and a male teacher.

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  leavingwt

  "When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws have guns."

  "An armed society is a polite society."

  "Register criminals, not guns."

  "Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun."

  We could argue this all day. The only person on this planet responsible for protecting my wife and children from harm is me. I'm a permit holder and I go to a local shooting range to practice using this modern tool. It could potentially save my life or the life of an innocent person.
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  Should Prostitution Be Legalized???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, in the news were reports of 90 plus year old men being arrested for soliciting prostitutes.

  i believe the charges were dropped.

  and the vast majority of people polled thought that police should worry less about prostitutes and johns and more about city government waste.. your thoughts?.

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  leavingwt

  In the United States, prostitution is legal in Nevada.

  So, what exactly is the question? Should it be legal in all 50 States?

  It would appear that it's up to each State to decide. Good enough for me.
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  Since you on the right won't answer this question. Abortion

  by dawg in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i posed this question on another thread... namely burns and hooberus...wouldn't answer, so i thought i'd ask it again in an open thread..., .

  you on the right disagree with roe v wade... so that means that you want to redefine when a zygote, embryo, or a fetus has what anyone would rule for lack of better words "the right to life"... .

  exactly when is life, human as per your definition?

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  leavingwt

  I agree almost 100% with everything StAnn has written on the topic.
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  Sweet Poison? My experience quitting Nutrasweet

  by cabasilas in

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  my doctor has been ragging on me to lose weight for quite awhile.

  the last visit i was in he also railed against nutrasweet.

  he gave me one of those mass mailing testimonies about nutrasweet which called it "sweet poison.

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  leavingwt

  I converted to unsweetened tea. After about two months, I actually started liking it.
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  Wrecking of United States of America

  by BurnTheShips in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am almost shaking as i write this for what is happening to the capital markets, this country, and the free world.

  the impact of the past two weeks' action in the financial markets, if not reversed by cooler heads, will have irreparably changed the world in a way that only terrorist attacks and acts of war have in the past.. .

  nationalizing fannie mae and freddie mac, providing an emergency quasi-legal bridge loan to aig, temporarily banning short-selling on all stocks in the us, and instituting an rtc-type entity to handle the toxic waste of the financial system is economic violence on a grand scale.. .

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  leavingwt

  I want to thank all of you for your charitable works.

  Beks, the ideals you mentioned in your post sound good to me.