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  Play the Devil's Advocate

  by nbernat in

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  so my family wants to talk to me about my "doubts" and i know they'll try to defend everything they can in any way that they can so i just want to be prepared and see what they might say (what you would have said as a witness or what you've heard others say) so that i could rebut it on the spot.. if the fds is directed by the holy spirit why have they been wrong before?

  "light gets brighter...." but that's not the case because there would be no reason to go back to old policies after changing them...the light certainly doesn't get brighter, then darker, then brighter, etc.if god is omniscient why did he create satan knowing he would rebel or adam and eve knowing they would sin?

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  nbernat, you have a pm
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  A perspective on Professor Gates' arrest

  by SixofNine in

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  taken from another db i frequent: link.

  a perspective on professor gates' arrest google_ad_section_end .

  edited on thu jul-23-09 06:30 pm by empowerer google_ad_section_start the events leading up to professor gates' arrest, the arrest itself and reaction thereto - from the president and others - cannot be fully understood without considering it within the larger context.

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  I accept that racism is alive in America. What I don't understand is what I, as a non-racist individual, am supposed to do about it. On another site I regularly visit, people post secrets. One woman's secret was that she always feels inferior around white men. I get that impression from some of the black friends I've had.

  For instance, one good friend constantly makes jokes in which he refers to himself as "nigger." None of our friends would ever use that term. It feels like he's making jokes and putting himself down to fit in with the white people. But none of the white people would think anything of the racial difference if he didn't keep bringing it up. It's like when fat people put themselves down to be liked.

  It's a catch-22. Most of the white people I know--us little guys who neither make policy nor enforce it--just want everyone to get along and be colorblind. But the people of other races have had to live with so much crap that they're constantly on the defensive and won't let us let it go. And it's frustrating when you feel like you can't have an open, honest discussion because anything you say can and will be used against you to prove that all white people are just racist.
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  Did you ever make the wrong career choices?

  by Quirky1 in

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  i know i have had several opportunities to transfer with a prominent position intact and turned them down to family logistics and such.

  now that i am older i regret the decisions i made.

  i may not have been on easy street but it would have made things a whole lot better.

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  Yeah, when the company I worked for (past tense) asked us to tell them if we saw instances of exclusion I should have kept my trap shut. You'd think I worked for the GB.
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  Smoking tobacco- ex-JW's have a warped view, so what should we do?

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  i used to smoke cigarettes.

  i quit as i was learning the lies of the watchtower organization.. i used to smoke between 1 and 3 packs a day depending on whether i went drinking or not.. .

  i didn't really quit for the religion, but as i was learning it.. i swore to quit when cigarettes got to cost me more than a buck a pack.

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  Just wanted to post a funny saying: Having a non-smoking section in a restaurant is like having a non-peeing section in a swimming pool.

  I am strongly libertarian, leaning toward anarchism (the self-government kind, not the chaos kind). As far as I'm concerned, government has no business interfering in people's freedom of choice. If a person or business doesn't want smoking on their property, they have every right to make and enforce that rule. If they want smoking to be allowed, they should have that right, too.

  Fighting taxes on one area like cigarettes is like fighting the head of a hydra. You can chop it off but three more will take its place. As long as government interferes more and more in our lives and creates more and more useless programs and spends more and more money, they're going to take more taxes. We don't pay taxes. They take taxes.

  I've never smoked but I'm damn glad I have the right to.
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  Would you want to live an entire life

  by John Doe in

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  without ever have experienced a hatred for someone or something?

  is hatred always bad?

  can it be an inspiring or motivating force?.

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  WTWizard, I love your posts. Have you gotten laid yet? The built up frustration might rupture something.
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  Does it Matter my friends?

  by whathehadas in

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  paradise paradise a new world with no pain and suffering.

  everlasting enjoyment filled with sugarcoated wishes and chocolate dreams.

  cut the crap man!

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  In the Paradise, God is supposed to selectively erase all negative memories. So if you don't make it there to be with them, they either won't remember you or won't care that you aren't there. Problem solved by a loving God who never tampers with free will.
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  Did you participate in STREET WITNESSING in your area? What was it like?

  by BonaFide in

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  here in southern california, the witnesses still do streetwork.

  i did it since i was a kid.

  i used to spend two hours every saturday morning from 7 to 9 am walking down the street near my house with my brother or sister.

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  When I was a teen my mother and I would do Mall witnessing. We would go and do our shopping, place one tract and count the whole time. I love that woman.
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  "Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??

  by Kudra in

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  2. friends

  this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

  what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

  a women of jwn calendar??.

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  New Light: Firemen must wear no shirts. Thank you for your attention to this new arrangement, brothers.

  Freakin' hilarious.
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  Another cultural icon has passed away

  by keyser soze in

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  gidget, the taco bell chihuahua, is dead at the age of 15. first mj, then gidget.

  who's next, the geico lizard?.

  http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/pets/51479522.html?elr=karksi8cyaiuo8cyaiuid3apc:_yyc:auu.

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  Who's next, the Geico lizard?

  We can only hope.
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  Would you want to live an entire life

  by John Doe in

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  without ever have experienced a hatred for someone or something?

  is hatred always bad?

  can it be an inspiring or motivating force?.

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  I absolutely believe that all emotions can be useful if directed properly. Hatred of something like wife battery or cancer can lead you to take positive action against it.

  That being said, it would be interesting to experience a hate-free life and compare. I do not believe such a thing is possible for an adult with all their faculties.