One of my working titles, which I've since abandoned, was "Waiting for Armageddon."
Posts by JeffT
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53If you wrote book about JW's what title would you give it?
by LogCon inmany, after leaving or being cast out of 'the society,' have felt so strongly so as to write a book.
some well thought out and good reading.. my questions are the following:.
if you were to write such a book what title would you give it ?.
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Russian Parliament Approves Military Action in the Crimea
by ABibleStudent inwhy did russian president vladimir putin ask the russian parliament to approve using military forces to keep the peace in the crimea, instead of asking the un?
why did the russian parliment pass a law approving military force instead of asking for the un to send peace keeping forces to the crimea (http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/01/world/europe/ukraine-politics/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)?.
is russia spiralling into a totalitarian dictatorship like germany in the 1930's and the soviet union from 1920's - 1990's with information control and coercive tactics?
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JeffT
It is clear that Putin's goal is to rebuild either the Soviet Union or Imperial Russia, I don't think he cares which one it is as long as he's on top. Accordingly he does not want peace in Ukraine, he wants to take it over. Given President Obama's comments on lines in the sand in Syria and the like, I don't think he sees in downside to making the attempt. To be fair, I hope we stay out of this one, war with Russia will get ugly fast.
Band, do you have a picture of these guys? If they're wearing camo, take a close look for insigna, its there but also camouflaged.
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Facebook...friends?
by Angus Beef ini just made a new account, anyone like to add me as friend?.
jennette keslo.
or kesloj "at" yahoo.com.
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ALL JW's to be at the meeting this week...
by Newly Enlightened in.
we asked this person if it could be aqbout the terminology change and they said that was already read last week...... we remember the last time they did this.
got everyone all excited thinking the big "a" was coming and all it was about, was the literature would now be donated instead of charging for it.. .
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Is North Korea starting to prosper?
by fulltimestudent indr leonid petrov (one of my former teachers at sydney u) notes that there are increasing signs or prosperity in nk.
in the mid 1990's the dprk population suffered from an aggravated famine that was likely linked to an industrial collapse.
western trade embargoes probably made the situation even worse, but since the administration would not reveal information, it may be a long time before we know the details.. but strangely, there seem some to be some increasing signs of prosperity.. .
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DEEP SH*T. . .but interesting sh*t
by Terry inthink of greek philosophy as rock n' roll.. .
there is still classical music, but, rock and roll overtook and dominanted popular tastes and changed the marketplace.. .
now, think of hip hop in relation to rock and roll.. .
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Syncis....sounds like another MLM scheme
by whathehadas inmy sister who is 26 and a jw, recently quit her job to join this "company" that helps people invest for retirement.
she has a masters and was working in education.
now she's sold on syncis.
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22 questions from creationists to evolutionists, taken from the Nye/Ham debate
by adamah inhere's 22 questions asked by creationists of evolutionists, on the night of the nye/ham debate: we've got alot of people who can help these creationists out, right here on jwn, so it seems the neighborly thing to do, right?.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/messages-from-creationists-to-people-who-believe-in-evolutio.
i'll take the easy one..... #22: if we come from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?".
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JeffT
1 yes
2 no
3 yes
4 no
5 light obeys the laws of physics
6 they don't
7 what about it?
8 science
9 yes, by chance
10 OK
11 some of us don't
12 not true
13 they are two different things
14 go find out what "scientific theory" actually means
15 see above
16 um, look around
17 what purpose do you serve by just thinking whatever somebody else says to you
18 same reason we've only found one of you
19 yes
20 I think about stuff more than you do
21 read more about the Big Bang theory, then come talk to me
22 same reason your parents didn't disappear when you descended from them
There, I think that covers all of them.
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Syncis....sounds like another MLM scheme
by whathehadas inmy sister who is 26 and a jw, recently quit her job to join this "company" that helps people invest for retirement.
she has a masters and was working in education.
now she's sold on syncis.
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JeffT
I took a few minutes looking at their company website. I don't think its an MLM, its just a marketing group. All of their people seem to be paid on commission, which means there financial advice will be based on what is best for their commissions. And if they run off with your money you may or may not be able to get it back from Syncis, minus what you pay a lawyer.
Bottom line: you could walk into your bank and get a better deal. If you really want to save for the future, look up a good certified financial planner.
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Was There ANYTHING The Watchtower Taught You That Benefited You?
by minimus inbesides learning how to speak publicly, has the watchtower given you any benefits?
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JeffT
Somebody asked Thomas Edison about all the things he'd tried to build that didn't work, did they make him feel like a failure? His reply "I'm not a failure, I've proven that thousands of things can't be done."
Same way with being a witness, I learned that all kinds of things are really bullshit. That all became the motivation for the bad guys in two novels I still hope to get published.
I did quite smoking due to the influence of JW's, and I met my wife through friends at the KH.