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  Brainteaser 1

  by Simon in

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  just a bit of fun.... try and come up with a meaningful english sentance that is gramatically correct that has the word 'and' 5 times in a row.. i'll post my version of the solution later.

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  josephus

  this subject has the potential to go on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on.

  ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  trying to forget

  josephus
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  PUT YOUR NAMES HERE

  by Rex B13 in

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  hi gang,.

  man, what a brouhaha we have going on now, eh?

  i wonder if all could please reply to this post with your list of log-on names.

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  josephus

  josephus is just josephus

  i couldnt remember the passwords for a lot of names.

  regards

  jo

  oops or sometimed jo
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  Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images

  by Simon in

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  some fantasic pictures: http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/gallery/galindex.html

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  josephus

  thanks simon

  i have that stuff bookmarked for quite a while now.

  brilliant stuff.

  never thought about the evil eye though

  "scary"

  regards

  josephus
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  Photo shock!

  by Marilyn in

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  my kids recently met my older brother.

  they took photo's.

  i had forgotten that they'd seen him and i was thumbing thru my daughter's pictures and came across a picture of my brother with my daugher and one with my son.

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  josephus

  fucked up bro

  sorry to hear i wish it were diferent

  regards

  josephus
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  which bible do you find most unbiased...?

  by Richie in

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  a question to those who are still interested in reading the bible; which translation would you prefer?

  the nwt or another - and if so, which one?.

  :* richie

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  josephus

  for whats its worth

  im a new english bible fan.

  regards

  josephus
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  LETS ALL TAKE A BIG BREATH

  by josephus in

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  it seems to me that we are searching continually for newer and better dirt on the wtbts.. now we hear about jw child abusers.

  child abuse is still a newish thing in the public eye.

  we see the same mistakes .

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  josephus

  hi waiting

  thank you for replying.

  i guess thats what i get for giving analogies without explaining them!!!

  what you said about removing straws from our own eyes is valid. i never thought that way.
  i will give it more thought.

  in future all my posts will be studied by a crack board of logical philosiphers to avoid trouble.

  it allso seems that silentlambs does offer help to any victims of abuse.

  so i stand corrected.

  i wish the subject was not so tabboo. i got a call to "shut the fuck up" from a guy posting
  in pakistan. this country practically abuses women and children as a sport.

  yet as we talk about thousands in the "truth" being abused, hundreds of thousands are abused
  by violence, and arranged marriage of children there.

  i will try to moderate my thoughts in future.

  thanks again

  josephus
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  LETS ALL TAKE A BIG BREATH

  by josephus in

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  it seems to me that we are searching continually for newer and better dirt on the wtbts.. now we hear about jw child abusers.

  child abuse is still a newish thing in the public eye.

  we see the same mistakes .

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  josephus

  thank you sir hilary

  after this i am going to get a few beers and think good thoughts about everyone here.

  regards

  jo

  ps i am going climbing tomorrow
  wanna come

  :)
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  LETS ALL TAKE A BIG BREATH

  by josephus in

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  it seems to me that we are searching continually for newer and better dirt on the wtbts.. now we hear about jw child abusers.

  child abuse is still a newish thing in the public eye.

  we see the same mistakes .

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  josephus

  hi outlaw

  i will be breif since im reading silentlambs sight.

  what i meant was this

  we read stuff about the wtbts. at first its enough

  then we read more, we buy all the books, we read the websites. looking for newer and
  more interesting things we didnt know before.

  eventually we learn all the wtbts dirty secrets, and we still want more. so along comes this new one.

  this is like needing something new to keep us angry. (hence the analogy to porn. allways searching for something new.)

  after reading even a bit of silentlambs i dont dought his sincerity.

  but i am sick of having every decision the wtbts make disected and probed for its evil intent.
  i have tried to make it clear that i hate abuse of children.

  i have tried to be polite about my concerns when i wrote this thread.

  but i do not beleive that the wtbts are full of evil perverts trying to avoid the issue.

  i read testimonies from abused people who say the watchtower ruined thier lives, but i would like to find out what
  safegaurds are used in preventing fraudulent claims.

  sadly it seems you cant mention this subject without first agreeing with everybody else on the matter.

  i was in the "truth" for 25 years, along with my family.

  we never heard of abusers in the cong.

  i know elders who have not dealt with the matter ever.

  you and others are correct. i was wrong to question motives. as wrong as they were to question mine.

  abusers should in my opinion be killed. people who hide them should face a simalar punishment.

  but what about the people who latch on to this subject because it gives them another stick to beat the witnesses with.

  regards

  jo

  ps thank you for wrinting silentlambs i feel better about it now. i was not trying to mitigate the evil that these people do.
  i was trying to question our headlong rush to attack the watchtower.

  you dont seem to be doing that and if you took offence im sorry.
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  did any of you read the entire bible once...?

  by Richie in

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  just wanted to know if any of you have read the entire bible?

  - i remember that it was mentioned in the congregation many times that this would be a requirement that we were to read the bible in its totality at least once and especially as elders!.

  i myself never had the time (or energy) to read the scriptures from cover to cover.

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  josephus

  i went to another church once,

  the greater church of divine yellow pages.

  now reading that was a bitch.

  josephus
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  did any of you read the entire bible once...?

  by Richie in

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  just wanted to know if any of you have read the entire bible?

  - i remember that it was mentioned in the congregation many times that this would be a requirement that we were to read the bible in its totality at least once and especially as elders!.

  i myself never had the time (or energy) to read the scriptures from cover to cover.

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  josephus

  tried a hundred times.

  managed new testament.

  failed old testament allways around numbers.

  quite like james and proverbs though.

  josephus