I had switched to using 'expulsion' as the replacement word, but 'manumission' sounds so much better. I was manumitted almost 3 years ago. And sadly, no, that is not what she said, in this case.
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15Learn the word MANUMISSION; use it instead of DISFELLOWSHIP
by Terry inwhat a huge favor the watchtower religion does for those who awaken to its phoney cartoon theology!.
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn"he/she/it manumitted" - tense past.
"he/she/it had manumitted" - tense past perfect.
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CLOUD ATLAS: a movie or a life experience?
by Terry inmy 19 year old daughter lily and i attended the opening day of cloud atlas.. .
i would suggest you watch this little "overview" before continuing.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubk647t944a&feature=bfa&list=plvfin74qx3twq2dnqx5f4wlrrr5b-pez7.
movies can be a lot of things ranging from mindless entertainment, spectacle, diversion, exploitation and such to straight storytelling.. what movies almost never are is what cloud atlas is.. what is it?.
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Well, 'War Horse' was a pretty good movie.
Would love to see 'Cloud Atlas', though. Well, okay, the theme speaks to me very strongly, and Halle Berry doesn't hurt, either. So...pretty much I'm in, but I'll have to wait for the Blu-ray. I like movies that make you think or, as a guy in another 'Atlas'-named story once said, "Check your premises."
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Anyone see the Today Show segment on Scientology this mornign 1/17?
by dreamgolfer invery good publicity to what a cult is... (ssshhhh i have a crush on savannah guthrie )she is soooo smart!.
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I didn't, sadly. I do remember the Today Show episode a year or two ago, about the article in 'The New Yorker' that covered Paul Haggis and his leaving Scientology. I thought it was very well done. Glad to see this issue is still being kept out there. Matt Lauer was interviewing the writer of the article during that interview, and he seemed a bit disinclined to believe people can fall prey to 'destructive influence' and end up in a cult. Best for more people to understand what cults really do and not just think that being smart alone will protect you.
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Secular forum reacts to FDS "new light"
by cedars init's a short discussion, but it's interesting to see an outsider's perspective on the "new light.".
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=251464.
cedars.
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It's just like Lot's sons-in-law. They think it's all a joke. Soon they'll be filling up my post-Armageddon salt shaker!
But that really is a good thread there. It's kind of surprising that they don't just go ahead and capitalize Faithful and Discreet Slave at this point. I doubt anyone would notice.
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THE SLAVE WHO LIVED TO SEE THE SIGN !!!!!!
by DATA-DOG inchapter 17 " god's kingdom has approached " 1973 .
highlights and ( domestics ) added.
21 although raising the question about the "faithful and discreet slave," jesus was in no doubt about who this "slave" was.
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that which was light one or two or six years ago would be regarded as darkness now
"Oh, so you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it."
"Sometimes, a man rises from the darkness."
Couldn't resist...
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A treacherous heart might decieve a Christian making him unable to see that his family is actually, Moloch.
by Theocratic Sedition infrom this week's congregation bible study, the first 8 paragraphs of chapter 4 in the jeremiah book.
page 44 as follows.. in our case, we certainly do not think of ourselves as worshippers of idol gods.
however, under the heading of "god", one dictionary says: a person or thing of supreme value.
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Ah. There it is--the whole point of the joke! A Moloch comic! Still gotta read this one!
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A treacherous heart might decieve a Christian making him unable to see that his family is actually, Moloch.
by Theocratic Sedition infrom this week's congregation bible study, the first 8 paragraphs of chapter 4 in the jeremiah book.
page 44 as follows.. in our case, we certainly do not think of ourselves as worshippers of idol gods.
however, under the heading of "god", one dictionary says: a person or thing of supreme value.
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JW caption: "Like worshippers of Moloch, those who put their families above serving God may end up serving Satan"
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Crazy Weird Quotes in 1/15 WT Article - WT Society Opinions-Nothing More
by flipper ini won't follow a theme on this thread .
i'm just going to supply weird quotes from the current 1/15 wt article " keep drawing close to jehovah " and then you can draw your own takes and conclusions on these insane " opinions " from the wt society.. paragraph 3 : " marketers cleverly convince people that they must have the latest products.
one young man so passionately desired a particular tablet computer that he secretly sold one of his kidneys to buy it.
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And if we die, we cannot serve him at all.
This may also be an unintentional slip of the tongue. What happened to the resurrection, guys? Or "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"? Looks like dying really is it, after all...in which case, I really need to not waste 5 hours a week at meetings, 'cause that's like, what, let me see here...whoa, 260 hours a year? 11 days of life per year spent just zombied out at meetings? No way, man.
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Watchtower REMOVES "Trinity" Booklet---ONLINE! Video
by BlindersOff1 inanother great catch by "the snarky apologist" on youtube......................................................i'm looking for this pdf can anyone give me a link.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihh1_uc9s4.
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This was one of the interesting things I learned about near the beginning of my research--the 'Trinity' brochure. I went to the University of Maryland's library to look up a quote from the John Rylands Library article, and found that this was a statement to my surprise that DENIED JESUS EVER CLAIMED TO BE CHRIST. The Society edited out that part of the sentence and used the quote. But if a regular JW was found to be reading this book, it would be classed as apostasy. Seeing it in black and white really helped settle the doubts. I might even still have a copy of that page.
So they took it down? And here I thought they weren't concerned about shielding themselves from criticism!
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JW Comic Books, eh, "Illustrated Bible Stories"--Seen 'Em?
by sd-7 inhttp://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/illustrated-bible-stories/.
my mom was showing these to my wife--kind of interesting.
haven't had any chance to look over them myself, though.
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The stories have a distinct animation style, and even the text is standardized in a way that seems a little too stale for the dynamic animation--it's like they dropped in the text from Microsoft Word without giving any thought to how the font would mix with the animation.
Two things I notice right away. One, they add thoughts and statements not found in the actual text, like the men of Sodom saying the angels would be sorry they ever came to Sodom. Two, they leave out specific, but important, details.
In Lot's story, as was mentioned, he offered his own daughters to a violent, horny mob rather than the men who were visiting. Of course, this underscores that women were not regarded very highly in that culture, as I can't see anyone of our time doing that without being seen as an epic coward. I remember always being told that it was very important for a host back then to protect his guests, even giving his life for them--except Lot didn't offer his life, he offered his virgin daughters' lives. No wonder they got him drunk and rode him like a rented mule until he knocked them both up. ...And that's how Lot became a dad AND a granddad all wrapped into one, kids! I can see the legal problems that could arise from THAT illustrated Bible story...
In the story of Jacob, they omit the fact that Jacob tricks Isaac into blessing him, when Isaac clearly thought he was blessing Esau. A situation that sets up animosity between the two of them--when your parent actively participates in sibling rivalry, it really creates a moral gray area; of course, Esau was probably a jerk and had it coming. Still, obviously teaching kids that it's okay to deceive your parents, since Jacob did it with his mom's approval, maaaybe not the best lesson to teach. They also omit the part where the angel (who is referred to only as a 'man' in the text, but for some reason he's an angel, I don't know why, to be honest, I'm sure I could find out if I cared) takes Jacob's socket out of joint, opting to show Jacob merely holding his side but not explaining why. Angel injures faithful servant of God, an old man, after wrestling him all night. Not exactly the kind of thing that makes you look forward to divine blessing--wrestling a random guy all night and then he injures you and you're limping for the rest of your days?
But that's probably nothing earth-shattering. I mean, it could have been worse. Although Lot's wife turning into salt was a little unsettling. But it's all safely PG, for thematic elements and a disturbing image.
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