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  Should a Christian see the movie "AVATAR"?

  by skeeter1 in

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  i give the movie a 6.5 score.

  the scenery was wonderful, but the plot was not zipped up well.

  it sort of follows the story-line of "dances with wolves", but in space.. .

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  My wife wants to know if the information for the Sunday talk at the Circuit Assembly (our last one early this year) was an outline or one that had to be read from a script. The point being that if it was a script then several people at least would have to be complicit in shoddy reasearch or in knowlingly saying something outrageously false.

  Oh and did anyone else hear the same info at thier Circuit Assembly or did this brother just decide to go on a rant about Avatar himself? I kinda suspect he read the email going around and used the material almost word for word in his talk. Which would be telling in of itself for him since that material did not come thru the 'faithfull and discrete slave'.

  To sum up:

  1) Was the talk scripted or outline?

  2) Did any other CA public talks have the same info in it?
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  Is it okay for a JW to be hypocrite?

  by asilentone in

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  Ah, one of the great mysteries....It is both not okay and yet required.
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  What happens if you are unbaptised publisher for many years?

  by XPeterX in

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  are they going to kick you out of the congo if you don't get baptised?what is going to happen?.

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  Yep, go to see an R rated movie, be unrepentant about not following the 'recomendations' of the slave class and get DF'd. Don't do the one thing that is supposed to be the most important aspect of being a 'christain'/JW and oh well he's just weak.
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  Not preaching semi okay?

  by techdotcom in

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  so i havn't gone out in field service in something like 10 years.

  doesn't it seem wierd that for a religion and organization that stresses the importance of 'preaching the good news', that not doing so seems so low on the discipline list?

  seriously you can miss a couple of meetings and someone will probably feel you out to see if something (spirital or physical) is wrong.

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  Yeah, I just think it's funny that out of all the rules a witness is supposed to follow that going out in service gives you recognition as a publisher but no real punishment if you don't. Whereas so many other things that seem less important for a witness can result in a DF.
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  So what happens when you don't vote in Australia?

  by icer101 in

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  this is my first post, and to be honest, the main reason why i signed up here was to ask this very question:.

  "what happens when a jehova's witness doesn't vote in australia?

  do they get fined?

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  Of course, you could just go ahead and go the the ballot box according to the information from the society. What you do when you are there is up to your conscience. At least that is what the literature seems to say.

  WT Nov 1st 1999 (thx JW facts for that one)

  And one of the new publications from 2008, I'll have to look on the library CD and post that. If someone else has it handy have a go at it. These, of course completly contradicts what any witness I have asked believes to be true and what some of the other sited sources from the literature state. Search for "voting" on the cd rom and notice how wives of unbelievers are encouraged to go to the voting booth if thier unbelieving mate demands it.

  I wonder what the surviving brothers and sisters in Malawi think about this softend stance on showing christain neutrality?

  The link to JWfacts: http://www.jwfiles.com/vote.htm
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  Help: What percentage of your income do you pay on rent/mortgage?

  by daniel-p in

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  so i'm trying to find a place to rent on the other side of the country, sight unseen.

  i have a friend and real estate agent helping me, but it's pretty much a nightmare.

  they've done several walkthroughs and sent pictures of some places, but things are looking grim.

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  about 22% of gross. If I ever get rid of the old house I'm renting then about 17%
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  When was the last time somebody proved you wrong and you admitted it?

  by Terry in

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  intellectual honesty and personal integrity depend on a fine point.

  can you accept being wrong and admit it?.

  nobody wants to be wrong because we have to trust your view of things to survive and prosper.

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  All the stinking time....Anyone remember the scene with Will Ferrel from Land of the the Lost? "Do you ever get tired of being wrong." "YEAH I really do!" (running from dinasoar) lol I feel his pain.
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  Have your views on gays changed over the years?

  by laverite in

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  some questions....feel free to answer any or all of these.

  have your views of gay people changed over the years?

  do you have or have you ever had gay friends?

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  I've got no problem with someones preference unless it causes me some sort of problem. That being said I cannot understand as a male being attracted to another male. I mean, ewwww.... I'm just very suprised and gratefull that all women are not lesbians. THAT actually makes more sense to me... (only half joking)
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  If You Still "Had" To Go To Meetings What "Disrespectful" Things Might You Do?

  by minimus in

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  i know some who go to meetings because they feel they have to because of family or other considerations.. imagine going to a meeting and having your iphone with you!.

  how would it look if you had a watchtower in your hands along with a tv guide?.

  think about going to a meeting with strong booze breath.. any other suggestions?

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  Oh and on kid qoutes my littlest one has said a couple of different times pretty loud "Its taking forEVER". lol
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  If You Still "Had" To Go To Meetings What "Disrespectful" Things Might You Do?

  by minimus in

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  i know some who go to meetings because they feel they have to because of family or other considerations.. imagine going to a meeting and having your iphone with you!.

  how would it look if you had a watchtower in your hands along with a tv guide?.

  think about going to a meeting with strong booze breath.. any other suggestions?

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  Hell, I just want to sit there and read a kindle book on my iPhone but my wife considers that disrespectful and a bad example for the kids. I agree in principle but it helps if I can't hear what the speaker is saying. That way I don't have a OMG and WTF look on my face all the time and I don't accidently blurt out (not loud, but still rude) "Is he joking????" (actually did that one, at the assembly, sigh.... was alot of apologizing for that one)