expatbrit:
Mommy:
Mind if I e-mail you?
She is already married.
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"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate." - Occam
Posts by JanH
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166BRITS v YANKS
by nicolaou inbrits v yanks.
this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.
[1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.
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BRITS v YANKS
by nicolaou inbrits v yanks.
this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.
[1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.
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Wendy,
If I lived on an island
Deduct a heck of a lot of points for ignorance about geography!- Jan
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Are JW women repressed in the org?
by Tina inin another thread titled why?
in the beliefs and practices forum,.
i have an exchange going on with another woman.
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Tina,
The facts speak for themselves.
Women are by direct rules prohibited from any position of power in the organization. It is ruled, from the elder bodies to the governing body, exclusively by men.
In family, husbands are supposed to have the final say in any question; he is merely "encouraged" to consider his wife's wishes. If he misuses his position, she is still obliged to be totally obedient.
This is a perfect climate for massive oppression and repression of women. And, of course, that is exactly what happens. Surely, many women don't feel "oppressed", they say, generally because they submit totally. Sure, and if you want to have sex, you can't be raped. But if you can't refuse, the difference may well be academic.
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BRITS v YANKS
by nicolaou inbrits v yanks.
this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.
[1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.
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LDH
Therefore, we didn't lose the war, because it never was a war to start with!
The last declaration of war was the ones between Germany and the U.S.A. during WWII. Declarations of war are outdated, and never used these days. The Vietnam war was a real war, as any historian and a heck of a lot of servicemen can comfirm.Deduct at least 10 points from the US score for having a population with a miniscule knowledge of even its own history.
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IS IT ALL BAD?
by hannibal inafter being on this site for about a month now,i have read many if not all "bashing" j/ws for obvious reasons.i am starting to come to the conclusion that this religion i was raised in is just another religion.but to bring a "thread" of objectivity,i was wonder what you all thought of of the religous freedom j/ws have fought for.i'm reading a book now called 'judging jehovahs witnesses'.some quotes:.
"i think the jehovahs witnesses ought to have an endowment in view of the aid which they give in solving the legel problems of civil liberties"--harlan fiske stone,u.s.
supreme court.
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JanH
Other groups that have also done a lot of good for American civil liberties are the Ku Klux Klan and the Hell's Angels. All have won important freedom-of-expression court cases.
I guess this puts the JW court victories in some perspective.
- Jan
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I am no longer a Ministerial Servant
by cocolocoii inyesterday was announced that i was not longer a ministerial servant.
to be honest i felt really good about it.
i literally was tired of been pretending.
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Scott Williams,
Name rings a bell. Were you involved in Usenet debates some time ago?
Anyway, welcome to this forum!
- Jan
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BRITS v YANKS
by nicolaou inbrits v yanks.
this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.
[1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.
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JanH
In fact, Britain has not lost a single war since 1783 (deduct one point for every American who don't know which war this was). The US has lost one (Vietnam) and has one draw (Korea). But then again, picking opponents like Grenada or Panama is a form of cheating.
Interesting parallels: The UK lost the war of American independence after winning every land battle except one. The US lost the Vietnam war even after winning every battle. France participarted in both wars, allied to the US in both cases. But while France has been sent packing in humiliating defeat from almost every colony it ever had, Britain has never run away from any colony in defeat since, you guessed it... the 1783.
As far as I can remember, British special forces has never suffered any serious defeat after WWII. American special forces have been far less successful. The most humiliating defeat for the American special forces was the failed attempt to free the hostages in the American embassy in Teheran, Iran, in 1979. One of the most famous successes of the British special forces, 22. SAS in this case, was successfully freeing all hostages in the Iranian embassy in London, in 1980. In these operations, the UK sent a strong message to all terrorists "don't f**k with us!" The US sent an equally strong message "we f**k it up ourselves!"
Anyone wants to do the point calculations here?
- Jan
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Great one!
It's a shocking fact that there exist people who don't like cats:
- Jan
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Jesus didn't invite everyone.
by apostate ini was thinking about this the first time today.
when jesus introduced the memorial celebration he didn't invite all his deciples.
only the apostoles were present.
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No doubt there were many baptised Chrisians by then.
If you want to base your life on what you find in an old book, please at least consider making yourself familiar with that book first.Nobody was baptised a Christian before Pentecost.
Baptism was at this time a common Jewish custom, especially in the Essene community. John the Baptist seems to have been one of these baptisers. Jesus was one of those he baptised, some of the others being his apostles. How many others were baptised of his followers, is anybody's guess. Many people were of course baptised while not being in any way associeted with the Christians.
What is notable, is that the women are excluded. They are elsewhere described as Jesus' most prominent (and sane) followers. It is exctremely unlike the Jesus-figure we see elsewhere in the gospels to exclude the women.
This strongly indicates that the eucharist narratives comes from a much later source, probably to justify the inclusion of the common mystery cult "love meal" in the Pauline-Christian religion.
- Jan
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What's Right about "Right?"
by Farkel inhang on, folks.
if a) is true then god is arbitrary: anything he says is right, is right.
so you admit that gods decisions are purely arbitrary?.
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How about this from a book I'm reading about Freemasonry?
Looks like complete fantasy to me.Freemasonry is not a religion. Neither, btw, is it very secret anymore. They do guided tours now. They play secret games, but they aren't very secret.
So it shouldn't be necessary to rely on such rubbish for information about the freemasons.
PS: When was the last time year heard about ex-masons forming support groups?
- Jan
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"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate." - Occam