Joseph Joachim

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  The Baby and the Bath Water

  by NeonMadman in

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  the other day, i was messaged by a young jw guy (using yahoo messenger, where i am breezyone2001; chat me up, gang!).

  his opening line to me was, "why are you attacking the witnesses?

  " i responded by asking him in what way i was attacking the witnesses, and he said that he saw my name in a yahoo club for ex-jw's.

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  Mommy Dark, you said:

  It's much harder to find an ethical baseline, a moral imperative, without buying one of the shrink-wrapped, tidy, but often hate-filled salvation packages offered by Churchianity.

  Actually, we all have a natural inclination to discern the good from the bad, even if we're atheists. This is because the fundamental ethical principles are products of biological evolution, not culture. Michael Ruse makes this point in his book "Taking Darwin seriously: a naturalistic approach to philosophy", which is highly recommendable for anyone interested on the scientific foundations of ethical behavior.
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  It'll be a COLD day in hell...

  by JanH in

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  ...before we see this happen in the usa, i fear:.

  norway minister marries gay partner.

  oslo, norway (ap) - finance minister per-kristian foss has married his gay companion, becoming the first member of a norwegian government to enter a binding homosexual partnership.

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  Could it be that we work harder than most to be where we are?

  I don't have to remind you that Norway and Switzerland are well above the US in the UN list of economic develpment, so I don't quite understand what you mean by "where we are". And we're not against the US, we just point out certain things that we perceive as peculiarities of the american culture.

  Joseph Joachim,
  an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  Employment Anyone?

  by Francois in

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  joel's post made me stop and think that we might give consideration to helping each other find jobs in this depressed economy.

  there's still jobs open and people being hired.

  finding them is the trick.

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  helping each other find jobs in this depressed economy

  What do you mean? This economy is doing great. We have only 86000 unemployed people in the country, and the Swiss Franc is going up every day with respect to the US Dollar.

  Oops ... sorry. Now that I think it better, perhaps by "this economy" you mean US economy. Sometimes I forget this is an amirikins-for-amirikins board.

  Joseph Joachim,
  an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  It'll be a COLD day in hell...

  by JanH in

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  ...before we see this happen in the usa, i fear:.

  norway minister marries gay partner.

  oslo, norway (ap) - finance minister per-kristian foss has married his gay companion, becoming the first member of a norwegian government to enter a binding homosexual partnership.

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  So you consider it normal to only be interested in your own corner of the world

  Jan, you've just given the best definition of the word AMERICAN that I've ever seen. I'm going to write it down in my "Famous Quotations" book.

  Joseph Joachim,
  an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  Can you be Df'ed without a JC?

  by BritBoy in

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  as most of you know, i quietly left the borg and moved countries.

  recently i heard from an ex jw back in my former country of residence that she had heard i had been df'ed and it was announced at a meeting... can they do this?

  if it is true that is!

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  Yes, they can, if they have two witnesses, although it's very unusual. Probably they found out that you're living with another man. Does your sister know about it? Maybe she gave you out.

  Joseph Joachim,
  an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  WHY DO WE DIE?? LEAFLET COMMENTS PLEASE

  by mark smith in

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  before we can attempt to answer this question, we must look at a few other areas and deal with them first.. .

  please read and let me know what you think it will be used in a out reach to jws and other sects and also un beliavers.cheers mark from england.

  theres only so much one can write in a leaflet, so please be patient, and examine the case put forward.

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  Please read and let me know what you think

  What is it now? Another method to square the circle? Another machine of perpetual movement?

  Sorry dude I have better things to do. Why don't YOU read some of the thousands of books that have been written about Christianity during the last 2000 years.

  Joseph Joachim,
  an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  Question Re The UN and The R & F.

  by Englishman in

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  is it common knowledge amongst the jw's about the wt being an ngo that was linked to the united nations?.

  or is this information just in the hands of a few elders?

  i'm intrigued as to whether this information about the un has begun to trickle through to the r & f yet, and i'm also wondering if publishers will have a ready made answer (other than a library ticket)should they be confronted with this objection during the door to door work.. englishman.. bring on the dancing girls!

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  I think it was a tactic mistake to induce WT's disassociation from the UN. Now they can cover up the whole thing more easily.

  Joseph Joachim,
  an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  All say it with me:"Shake the shackles off...

  by BritBoy in

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  it seems to me that this board of late is on fire!!

  almost every post has little fires burning outside it.

  what is going on, volatile posts and replies?

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  when are going to shake those JW shackles off

  It takes time. Coming out of JWdom is a long process. I had been out for 4 years when I discovered "apostate" sites, and even then I felt a certain uneasyness at first. And I have a thick skin! But we're dealing with very deep emotions here. That's why I reserve my most poisonous and insidious attacks (whoa!) for long-time apostates and spare the newbies

  Joseph Joachim, an overly-enthusiastic pundit of borderline reality
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  Quality of this Forum

  by stevieb1 in

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  just a quick thought - i am a firm believer in freedom of speech etc, but having been on this forum for some time i honestly can't say that i can introduce a doubting jw interested in true christianity to this board.

  some of the deep discussions on jw doctrine are excellent, but everything else seems to be nonsense in my opinion.

  why can't this site be more like the old www.witnesses.net which seemed to have more spiritual meat rather than backbiting, gossip, and rumour and even obscenity.. sorry for my frank opinion

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  you apologiesed for expressing an opinion

  Hey Abaddon, he's probably American. Apologizing is the second most practiced sport in the US (the first one is sueing each other).

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  Quality of this Forum

  by stevieb1 in

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  just a quick thought - i am a firm believer in freedom of speech etc, but having been on this forum for some time i honestly can't say that i can introduce a doubting jw interested in true christianity to this board.

  some of the deep discussions on jw doctrine are excellent, but everything else seems to be nonsense in my opinion.

  why can't this site be more like the old www.witnesses.net which seemed to have more spiritual meat rather than backbiting, gossip, and rumour and even obscenity.. sorry for my frank opinion

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  most of them are very skeptical of anything "religious,"

  WRONG

  Most of us are skeptical about everything, not just religion. Being skeptical does not mean you don't believe; it means that you demand sound proof before you believe. For instance, I don't believe in UFO's. Show me a flying saucer and I will believe; but don't tell me "that black spot in the garden was made by a spaceship yesterday" because that's not good enough for me. The same with religion; show me evidence that the Bible is inspired by God, and I will believe.