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  College Basketball Question - Why is a 15th Seeded Team Reaching the "Sweet 16" so unusual ???

  by RubaDub in

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  first, i have very little interest in college basketball (or other college sports for that matter).. but why do i keep hearing on all news channels that it's the first time a 15th seeded team (florida gulf coast university) has made it to the "sweet 16.".

  if you're seeded 15th, what's so unusual about making it to the final 16?

  if you are seeded 50th or 60th then yes, it would be unusual.

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  Chaserious

  Well, there are 64 teams all together in the tournament, in four regions, each seeded 1-16. So really a 15 seed is ranked between 56-60 among the entire field of 64 teams.
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  how valid are commitments made while being a jw.

  by man in black in

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  several times on this board i have read comments from people who were considering joining a new religion.

  and how a jw baptism was not "valid", so there should be no problem while getting ready to join the new church.. if a baptism is not real, what about other aspects of life,, such as a marriage ?

  outside of the legal requirements that are written down and recorded, from a spiritual standpoint, is it just a bunch of nonsense ?.

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  Chaserious

  I think it depends on what your world view is once you leave. Based on their set of beliefs, people have all different kind of views toward marriage and the moral obligation one has to stick with one. My wife and I left together, but I never considered the idea that my marriage was in any way less valid than anyone else's. I'm having a little bit of trouble picturing what other kind of commitments you are referring to (if any) besides marriage and baptism, but setting baptism aside, my own opinion is that they are just as valid as any other promises that people might make, JW or not. It's not like people become mentally incompetent when they become jws.
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  Appeal dismissed for failure to file opening brief. 03/26/2013 ,,,,,LOL,,,,

  by maisha in

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  appeal dismissed for failure to file opening brief.

  http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/briefing.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.

  congratulations candice!!!!.

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  Chaserious

  It means they have until the 26th to file or get another extension.
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  Watchtower potentially receives at least $2.1 Billion a year in revenue by prohibiting holidays, etc...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we all know that the main reason the watchtower corporation prohibits holidays, extra-curricular sports, higher education, etc.

  is that this money could potentially become "voluntary donations" with just a little guilting and manipulation.

  in the minds of the brooklyn brass, money that isn't spent on all this worldly stuff is potential liquid revenue (at least some of it anyway).. now let's go extremely conservative for a minute and say that the average "worldly" person only spends a total of $300 a year on christmas, birthdays, st. valentines, father's day, mother's day, extracurricular school sports, higher education, and all the other stuff that the wt frowns upon.... we all know that the real number is much higher than $300.

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  Eh, I don't think money is the reason at all. They banned most of the holdays before they were really commercial like they are today. i think it's more about control and convincing members that they are in a special club that is the only one that knows these things are wrong. If it was just about economics, why would they tell people not to work overtime so they can peddle magazines instead? My father could have worked overtime every Saturday when I was growing up and made about $100-$150 per week extra, but he didn't so he could go knock on doors that nobody answered. The reality is that nobody is going to have a holiday pot of money and just donate it all to the WTS because of not celebrating holidays and other stuff. Never once in my time "in" did I make a donation because I saved money on something else. A lot of JWs are cheap and probably view it as a tradeoff with all the miles and gas they spend driving around in field service, money spend traveling to assemblies and conventions and all the other wastes of money for the WTS. For my family, we save more by not travelling to meetings, FS & conventions and donations than it costs us to celebrate holidays and birthdays.
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  Memorial Day for JW , is that a make or break day for jehovahs Witnesses who have suffered physical and sexual abuse in this organisation

  by smiddy in

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  2. child-abuse

  the jehovahs witnesses celebrate the lords evening meal this day ,are they also going to celebrate the vindication of a victim of child sexual abuse ?.

  or are they going to celebrate yet again a judicial system that fails to come to grips with a religous body that sexually /physically abuses children .. we wait with baited breath.

  smiddy.

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  Chaserious

  I think you will still be waiting after Tuesday - it's just a brief that's due. The judicial system isn't going to make a decision on the appeal until probably sometime towards the end of the year.
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  Big Bang Theory Confirmed with Planck Telescope...

  by mP in

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  2. friends

  for s&r.

  i'm not allowed to start a new thread for another 14 hours, can one of you lovely people do a thread based on this awesome news.... big bang theory confirmed with planck telescope.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9946222/new-images-confirm-big-bang-theory.html.

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  What does this discovery have to do with whether God is confirmed or not. It seems really off topic.
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  When did they do the swap at the DC's?

  by zed is dead in

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  i just notice in the 2013 district convention program that:.

  the public talk is in the sunday morning seesion.

  and the drama is sunday afternoon.

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  Chaserious

  They have been doing the drama in the afternoon for 5-6 years now. I think they figured out some people were leaving after the drama.
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  JW women in critical condition after being attacked by pit bull while out in service

  by JimmyPage in

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  http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20130319_11_0_twowom831238.

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  Chaserious

  No, the dog wasn't doing its duty as trained. If it was, it was trained recklessly. This homeowner will be hit with a negligence suit for sure, at least if she has homeowner's insurance. You can't have a dog trained to viciously attack anyone who the owner opens the door to without any sign of aggression. What if it had been the local girl scout troop or someone getting political petitions signed or a delivery man?
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  How do I as a future "Therapist" help ex-jws that won't move on from the WT?

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i am halfway through my master's program in psychology/sociology and plan on being a therapist/sounselor.

  i left jw's in 1988 and i have never looked back.

  i enjoy my life so much after getting my aa degree, then my ba degree, and now i will soon get my ma degree.

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  Chaserious

  My advice would be to stop diagnosing people with problems without having met them.
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  Are there more XJWs than JWs?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. bible

  ......well, that's my question.. i have no stats to back anything up.

  just putting it out there for thoughts/comments..

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  Chaserious

  Just my own guess... if you count born-in kids and faders, yes and it's not even close. If you only count DF'd/DA'd former JWs, no.