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for you us citizens (and those whose nations have a similar patriotic oath), how do you feel about your children saying the pledge in school if it's customary?.

my daughter is in 3rd grade and part of her school's morning routine includes the pledge.

when we stopped attending meetings a year ago, my wife and i explained to her that we don't agree with the jw "idolatry" classification so, naturally, she started joining her class in the pledge.. fast forward to the present: my wife and i are both non-theists who want to raise ethical, caring, tolerant children, but also children who aren't afraid to stand apart, especially when that stand isn't popular.

d

Yes I do not salute the flag even though I am no longer a JW to me it is too cultish.Even though I am an American I consider myself just a human being.Think, is not the United States just a plot of land? nobody really owns it. Countries are just human constructs of the mind.Children are forced to do the pledge of allegiance as a form of brainwashing and indocrination.The powers that be, do not want critcal thinking people to realize how badly they are getting screwed over.So they indocrinate the children knowing that children lack the critical thinking skills needed to form a sound arguement.It is all an element of control

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College

by d in

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i am a college trying to maintain good grades.college is stressful especially this year.have any of you who are still in college, or went to college found it to be difficult in any way shape or form?.for me i am worried about finding a good career after i graduate.since the job market is still slow.. thanks.

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I don't party.I am really struggling, I have failed two major tests.I am really struggling and wondering is it all worth it?

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Obama

by free2beme in

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"the president does not have power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.".

senator barrack obama.

correct me if i am wrong, but did libya attack our nation???.

d

I am normally a Obama supporter but bombing Libya is where I draw the line.

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They really are pooping their pants over these latest "signs"...

by undercover in

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i've seen a few threads/posts where some of y'all have heard from jw contacts and how they've stepped up their 'the end is close' rhetoric because of the earthquake/tsunami in japan.

i usually take those things with a grain of salt.

there's always some jw whose cheese has slipped that reads prophecy into every little thing that happens.

d

Time will go on and people will claim the end is near.If the world did not end during WW1 and WW2 what makes you think, it will today in 2011.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-20-11 WT Study (SINGLENESS)

by blondie in

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single christians make the most of their singleness?.

of christians, therefore, have come to.

singleness in youth.

d

I am a single young man.I take my education is that a bad thing in today's economy?Me personally relationships are overrated.You are better off single then you are married and miserable.

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