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  Playing For Change

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  amazing music, recorded globally, check them out.

  great music is universal.. the weight | featuring robbie robertson.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1gu1qq1zq.

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  stillin

  https://youtu.be/Us-TVg40ExM
  

  My favorite
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  Spinoza

  by Hairtrigger in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did you know that when einstein attended some conferences in the numerous universities of the usa, the recurring question that the students asked him was:.

  - do you believe in god?.

  and he always answered:.

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  stillin

  I studied Spinoza in college. One of the students, a hard-core Christian, was offended by Spinoza. He chimed in to the discussion, trying to make a point for Jesus and God. The teacher says, "if your God is so perfect, why is there tooth decay?" The kid was shattered.

  Unfortunately for me, a few years later the Witnesses came along with a pseudo-answer to that question and I got hooked in.
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  Eddie Money and Ric Ocasek RIP

  by peacefulpete in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  while i enjoyed eddie's music, ric was quite important to me.

  my best memories of my youth were to a cars soundtrack.

  my first "naughty" car (tr7) had a cassette player precariously balanced in the hole in the dash and the cars were in it more than anything else..

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  stillin

  I had a TR-4. Wish I still did! I missed the cars when they were hot, but once I discovered them I played their music all the time.
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  FAKE-NEWS.JW.ORG

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the current “news” on jw.borg.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/.

  look closely at he picture of “russian” police breaking in to what appears to be a utility shed.. first, you’d have to be a complete moron to believe anything you see.. the “police” are shown using a garden pic to open a door.

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  stillin

  Last man, I came to realize that ALL of the pictures in the WT publications are staged. They all have subtle little aspects that he Witnesses pick apart as though it had been a candid , spontaneous picture. Spontaneity is not welcome among the Witnesses. You might even say that the pictures are dishonest.
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  AP Article: Jehovah's Witnesses ask court to reverse $35M abuse verdict

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses ask court to reverse $35m abuse verdict.

  by the associated press.

  posted sep 13, 2019 12:34 pm pdt.

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  stillin

  Wow. "They were instructed not to report, and (the girl) continued to be abused."

  what's left to deliberate about?
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  leonard cohen

  by peacefulpete in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i admit i have a soft spot for leonard cohen's music.

  i had a customer come in who sings for funerals, he just told me his most requested is cohen's "hallelujah".

  a good friend used to sing it at christmas in her church!

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  stillin

  Like a bird on a wire

  like a drunk in a midnight choir

  I have tried in my way to be free.
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  Do You Think People Should Be Scorned For Wearing A Red MAGA Hat?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?

  if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?

  ?.

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  stillin

  Hey, Min, I see that there is now a nice red t-shirt that says MAGA across it! Beneath that it says, "Mexicans Always Get Across."

  I want one of those.
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  Old belief quietly discontinued

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of jws oldest beliefs, going back to the bible students, was quietly turned to old light in the latest wt.

  in questions from readers, it explains that when satan told eve 'you certainly will not die', he wasn't starting the doctrine of the immortal soul, but that rather came later, after the flood..

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  stillin

  Right. Despite what it sounds like he was saying, it actually MEANT something else.
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  highlights from Circuit Overseer Guidelines

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just finished looking through the circuit overseer manual, so here are some highlights.

  first up, regarding circuit assemblies:.

  if a brother is so extremely overweight that others would be distracted if he had a part on the program, good judgment would need to be used in deciding whether to give him an assignment.

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  stillin

  Data-Dog, "idiocracy!" I love it! So true that the best and brightest would eventually leave. (I think many of them pass through here)

  Here's another social structure that works for the JW's: mediocracy. Don't shine too brightly or you'll be called in on the carpet.
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  I was surprised today by what I saw a JW driving

  by days of future passed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was out thrift shopping where my sister lives.

  before i went in to the store, i went to donut shop a few doors down.

  as i walked up, there by the window was a family and others eating donuts.

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  stillin

  Well, good. Maybe he will "stumble" some by his worldliness.