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  promoting Satanism to the young

  by Weeping in

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  one of the top songs of the 70's was "hotel california" by the eagles.

  most people have no idea the song refers to the church of satan, which happens to be located in a converted hotel on california street.

  on the inside of the album cover, looking down on the festivities, is anton lavey, the founder of the church of satan and author of the satanic bible!

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  teel

  Lol Bohm, that's a perfect JW argument. Have you been reading WT lately perhaps?
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  promoting Satanism to the young

  by Weeping in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the top songs of the 70's was "hotel california" by the eagles.

  most people have no idea the song refers to the church of satan, which happens to be located in a converted hotel on california street.

  on the inside of the album cover, looking down on the festivities, is anton lavey, the founder of the church of satan and author of the satanic bible!

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  teel

  Have you actually listened or read the lyrics of "Hotel California"? Assigning satanism to that song is as far fetched as listening in reverse to songs and thinking you actually discern some hidden message. The song in my interpretation was always about drug abuse, a theme often found in many cryptic sounding songs. I take the courage to paste here some of these "satanic" verses which point to drugs:

  My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

  I was thinking to myself, / "this could be heaven or this could be hell"

  What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

  she said "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device"

  they just can't kill the beast - beast here being their addiction.

  You can checkout any time you like, / But you can never leave! - once again great allegory to the addiction

  It seems Wikipedia says it's generally about hedonism, and decadent lifestyle - as in describing its dark nature, not promoting it (the Wikipedia article mentions the urban legend of the Curch of Satan too). Serves right for the Eagles to actually speak in allegory Funny, but it reminds me of Jesus, the people thought he promoted cannibalism at one time. Some people seem to lack the capability to understand deeper meanings, and you have to say to them clearly what you mean, or they will never get it.
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  More UN Involvement August 2009

  by cantleave in

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  this appeared on a fb discussion board.

  i'm pretty certain its been on here before but in case you haven't seen it - .

  http://lib.ohchr.org/hrbodies/upr/documents/session7/eg/eajcw_upr_egy_s07_2010_theeuropeanassociationofjehovahschristianwitnesses.pdf.

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  teel

  I'm a bit unsure about this. It's not actually involvement, it's just an appeal to the authorities. Still, it's somewhat like when Jerusalem was attacked by Babylon, and Zedekiah went to Egypt (heh, just a coincidence, nothing more) to get help. If the UN is the tool of the devil, then its help would be at least partly from the devil himself.

  The document is a bit vague (or I'm too superficial reader?), I hope the UN won't jump at the first sign, and will ask for clarifications. For example, in the section "Accusations and Abuses" it says nothing about the current situation, only that in the 60s they were labeled Zionists. I would be quite surprised if this is why they are still banned, maybe it has more to do with, say the blood ban, the shunning, and extreme pushing of the religion?
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  "Welcome To The Best Way of Life" - WT Lesson for May 2nd

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  it's hard to even read this without bursting into laughter.

  and just think, we all used to agree with this.. damn, it feels good to be on the outside looking in.. .

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  teel

  Loz: thanks, in english it actually sounds less bizarre. In my language the song ends just like I said, no mention about "for you we would live", only "if needed we will die for you". How's that for weird?
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  "Welcome To The Best Way of Life" - WT Lesson for May 2nd

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  it's hard to even read this without bursting into laughter.

  and just think, we all used to agree with this.. damn, it feels good to be on the outside looking in.. .

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  teel

  and remember, we were actually ready to DIE for this stuff

  Do you remember the song that ended in "if needed, we will die for you"? Not sure of the exact words in english... I felt so awkward every time at the end of that song. I guess you could say I was "spiritually weak". And on topic, the best way of life is to face death for that way of life? Hm... sort of like the blood ban, because you respect the sanctity of life the blood represents, you're ready to die for it.
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  Ebert: Why I Hate 3-D (And You Should Too)

  by leavingwt in

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  roger ebert.

  why i hate 3-d (and you should too)3-d is a waste of a perfectly good dimension.

  hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal.

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  He's the same guy who made a big controversy saying video games can't be art, right? Does he have something agains modern technology in general or something?

  I say it's good to have it as an option. Black and white pictures, or even movies (see Schindler's list) are still produced, and some critics were against color pictures too back then. As long as they're used correctly, any new technology can expand the creativity.
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  What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?

  i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .

  read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.

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  oh I just remembered, I bungee-jumped once that must be high up in the no-no of extreme sports list.
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  What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?

  i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .

  read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.

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  I read any books I wanted, although not apostate ones, only novels.

  I skipped meetings when travelled somewhere on a holiday.

  I played World of Warcraft That game had everything the WT ever said about bad video games: it was online, it had magic, fighting, violence, foul language (from other players), it was an RPG. And it was rated 12+
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  Any cases you know of where an active JW donated blood?

  by lepermessiah in

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  i am so curious about that topic.. i would love a committee to drag someone in the back room to disfellowship them for giving blood, and then hope that the person simply says "well, i wanted my blood to be used to donate fractions for my brothers and sisters!".

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  Hm... I am still not DFd and I plan on giving blood as soon as I have a bit of free time from work. I was planning on doing this privately, but there's something about your plan that's appealing..
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  I made it!

  by sacolton in

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  in heaven ... everything is fine..

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  teel

  This is obviously fake... you're wearing glasses.