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  Witness history or As I See It

  by joelbear in

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  some guy reads the materials of some other guy and gets the idea of marketing it himself.

  adds pizazz "i am the faithful slave", dramatic effect, the end will come in 1914 and boom you have a product.

  advertise, advertise, advertise thee kingdom of god.

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  joelbear

  his name was Peter Lett. a real jerk.
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  why does the bible live while most other myths have died?

  by zen nudist in

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  apart from what believers claims....

  i think the main reason is not because of what they bible teaches, but rather what it leaves out.

  the other myths of mankind over explain everything to the point of absurdity in later generations....

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  joelbear

  well, the bible got support from some pretty vicious people early on. it gets lots of advertising too.
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  Are You Addicted To American Idol?

  by minimus in

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  the grammys were on last night and american idol got better numbers!!!

  i understand simon cowell has a similar show in britain.....love that guy!

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  joelbear

  i am not entertained by untalented people embarrassing themselves and then being insulted. at least the people on the gong show knew it was a joke. well, most of them did.

  even the people who get to the very end aren't that good. I like Kelly Clarkson's music, the rest have disappeared.

  Clay ticked me off when he denied he was gay, the big queen.

  i lost interest when the two young black girls who were wonderful, almost got kicked off and the show reminded voters this was not a popularity contest, uh huh, haven't watched it since.
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  Witness history or As I See It

  by joelbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some guy reads the materials of some other guy and gets the idea of marketing it himself.

  adds pizazz "i am the faithful slave", dramatic effect, the end will come in 1914 and boom you have a product.

  advertise, advertise, advertise thee kingdom of god.

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  joelbear

  it didn't start becoming clear to me until a Circuit Overseer told us that we shouldn't say the money covered the cost of printing because it didn't cost nearly that much to print a book, i was stunned.

  then i got a lesson in bureaucracy when i was at bethel.
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  ROFL! Is this desperation for SOMETHING to create urgency?

  by AuldSoul in

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  my wife got this by email.

  it passed through many channels getting to her, literally hundreds of others received it.

  it is unreal!subject: fw: daniel advancement of the stone... interesting.

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  joelbear

  that one was going around 20 years ago before i left.
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  Witness history or As I See It

  by joelbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some guy reads the materials of some other guy and gets the idea of marketing it himself.

  adds pizazz "i am the faithful slave", dramatic effect, the end will come in 1914 and boom you have a product.

  advertise, advertise, advertise thee kingdom of god.

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  joelbear

  some guy reads the materials of some other guy and gets the idea of marketing it himself. adds pizazz "I am the faithful slave", dramatic effect, the end will come in 1914 and boom you have a product. advertise, advertise, advertise thee kingdom of god. was it a mistake that business marketing lingo was used at this famous assembly. nifty record players to get people's attention. build a house for Moses, great publicity stunt. then power hungry guy comes along and wants growth growth growth, kind of a see what I did mentality. pushes his salesmen through guilt, emphasizing reporting of accomplishments, counseling of low producers by local managers. push push push, pressure is a good sales tool. wait, too much pressure, people getting tired. how bout bringing in a mystic philosopher type to calculate a more specific end date for the sales campaign. if you can just make it until .... you'll get your bonus. oops. no bonuses. convince sales team there is no better company to work for. you know your fellow salesmen now, you know the product, why risk everything now that you have put in so much time. retirement and pension is so close.
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  Do Black people have a monopoly on rhythm?

  by LDH in

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  ok i will admit to creating a horrible thread title just to get you to look!

  of course black people don't have a monopoly on rhythm.

  i just wanted to brag (a little late but still) that my daughter's high school won the percussion high honors trophy at western band championships in november in long beach.

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  joelbear

  i got rhythm, i got music, i got my guy who could ask for anything more.
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  I BELIEVE THIS IS AN OUT AND OUT LIE

  by Gill in

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  ok. i've just read this in the march 2006 - i reckon its an out and out lie and i challenge anyone to find a school where this is happening.. this is in the young people ask section:.

  'how can i say no to sex at school?'.

  "every day, kids are talking about sex.

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  joelbear

  from articles i've read oral sex has become quite prevalent in all sorts of public places between boy/girl and boy/boy combinations. it has especially caught on with the hets who have signed the abstain from sex agreement.
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  If Christians are 1/3 of the world's population....

  by joelbear in

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  then why do we have homeless people, millions starving, millions others living in poverty.

  seems like a mighty ineffective 2 billion believers.

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  joelbear

  seems like the great majority of christians don't care anything about being christlike.
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  Do you oppose Gay marriage?

  by LittleToe in

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  inspired by this thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/107010/1.ashx.

  personally i'm hetero, though a few of my gay friends would like me to be gay .

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  joelbear

  I think homosexuals should impose their views on the rest of the world because Plato started it.