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  Anybody watching the show Resurrection?

  by mynameislame in

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  resurrection.

  the lives of the people of arcadia, missouri, are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return.. .

  so far it seems to be an interesting take on the subject.

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  mynameislame

  Resurrection

  The lives of the people of Arcadia, Missouri, are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return.

  So far it seems to be an interesting take on the subject. Anyone else watch it? If so what was your take?
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  AngloAmerican World Power Falls Behind

  by metatron in

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  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/16/1285080/-amazing-photos-show-us-why-the-american-transportation-network-has-fallen-off-the-rails.

  just another example of this world power fading away.

  while the us desperately tries to start wars in syria, iran and the ukraine, china ignores it all and keeps getting stronger.

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  mynameislame

  I don't really understand why we are in all the wars we are in lately but as for the high speed trains, I wouldn't set foot in one of those if it was built inside the USA. I would never feel safe. We are too concerned with profits over doing things right. Just look at the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston. Not to mention we can't even keep our 1950s style trains on the tracks. It would never be profitable anyway, we love are cars too much.
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  What do you love about being a JW?

  by FL_Panthers in

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  as the title says, share what you love about the truth!.

  we know that the gb or anything else in the truth is all true and nothing is false!.

  love u guys xxx.

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  mynameislame

  Me suspects a troll although the "Scriptures for brother taking field service group" thread seemed sincere.

  
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  Shocking similarities - LDS and WT

  by LogCon in

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  if you can stomach this, at times they could be talking about the wt society.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eao6fphmewm.

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  mynameislame

  The LDS are even more scary than the JWs because they have no problem with being political activists. Check out 8: The Mormon Proposition. If you think the JWs are wrong for their stance on gay people you will be appalled with the LDS

  I really think we may have dodged a bullet when Romney didn’t get elected. Not matter what he wanted to do he would have had to do what the church told him to do or risk getting kicked out.
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  Why JWs stay....

  by mynameislame in

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  and probably why a lot of us do what we do.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuvgh_n3i_m.

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  mynameislame

  And probably why a lot of us do what we do

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuvGh_n3I_M
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  Get ready for phone calls from Elders either this week or when the next CO visit happens.

  by EndofMysteries in

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  i got a call the other day, it looks like the gb is telling everyone to contact all inactive ones, let them know they are missed, etc, and to do it within a week.

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  mynameislame

  I got a voice mail a couple weeks back inviting me to the KH. I wonder if that was my annual call?

  If so it would be the first one in 15+ years. I live in a condo which, along with apartments in ruralish areas, seems to be JW repellent.

  I have often wondered if living in an apartment building was the unforgivable sin.
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  Simon, I love the new CAPTCHA

  by pixel in

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  simon,.

  just for the records, good job with the captcha lately.

  numbers and cute texts like today's make it easy to log-in!.

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  mynameislame

  It is odd because most times I get numbers but sometimes I still get the PIN (pain in the neck) characters. It isn't just for this site though. I wonder if they keep track of your computer and once you use them enough they get easier.

  I have also read that computers are better at reading the captchas than humans so they are mostly a waste of time.
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  think London Bethel is worth a few pounds?

  by besty in

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  http://www.octagon.co.uk/homes/london/totteridge-common/48-totteridge-common/.

  this new home is being marketed as the 'finest new home in london' - my guess $50m.. its about 1/4 mile from london bethel - worked out the move to a dump in essex yet?.

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  Nah I just picked it up for £ 20m, feel free to stop by for a swim.

  I plan on setting up an x-JW meetup one of these days
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  Any active jws, without using the phrase "God must have..." Can you prove that Noah's ark actually happened

  by DuvanMuvan in

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  2. beliefs

  i have a number of problems with the noah's ark story that i could never find the answer to in the bible and so i thought i could ask here:.

  1.how did noah get animals that are indigenous to areas he could not get to (e,g penguins, koalas, kangaroos, moose etc) .

  2.the flood supposedly happened around 4000 years ago but there is evidence of civilisation dating back a lot further.

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  I want to know why Noah looks old in every illustration I have ever seen.

  Sure he was 600 years old but he lived to be 900. And I can't imagine that would be the equivalent of 60 and 90 in our day. Especially when you consider he was having children at 500.

  On a more serious note, what do people think about all the other flood stories that are out there? That is one of the things that religious people use to prove the flood must be true. Ignoring of course that many of these stories also have a Jesus like character as well.
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  Over 7yrs as a JW and I just found out I'm not supposed to buy Girl Scout Cookies?

  by Maat13 in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm still in the matrix(the truth), but 'morpheus' and his team are valiantly working on a way to get me out.

  in the meantime, everyday i am discovering so much about being a jw i never knew, like don't buy girl scout cookies, that i keep asking myself "what have i got myself into".. maat.

  really lame for a first post, but i figure i should start some where.

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  mynameislame

  Maat13 I'm pretty sure Gregor's comment on yard sales was a bit tongue in cheek. At least it made me laugh.

  Yard Sales are the source of many JW urban legends where someone would experience strange happenings around their house after buying the odd item from a yard sale. Putting the item in the car usually took care of the the strange happenings until it was convenient to dispose of it properly. Burning it was always a good option. I don't know why you couldn't just say jehovah at it a couple times.

  Strangely I know of 3 people who claim to have had these experiences. They included a bird cage, a hobbit book and a set of candlesticks. I know the bird cage was from a yard sale, not sure about the other two. One was a “ friend” of mine that I suspect may have been exaggerating. Another was an ex-hippie who may have been having a flashback. The third was from my Mom with one of her bible studies. I’ll have to ask her about that next time I talk to her. I remember hearing about how they smashed them up and threw them away.