we've been talking about this lately on this board... this is yet another article from msn.com.. http://slate.msn.com/id/2077874/.
"much of the french opposition to american power arose after the fall of the soviet union made the united states the only power in a unipolar world: according to one poll, the percentage of the french who viewed the united states "with sympathy" dropped from 54 to 35 percent between 1988 and 1996. but french grumbling over u.s. power predates the end of the cold war, too.
as philip h. gordon outlined in the national interest in 2000 (during the clinton administration), "resentment and frustration" have marked french-american relations since the end of world war ii.
Thank you Celia!!!! Well said!
I'm getting sick of seeing all these prejudiced remarks. You have no basis for your hatred, and you have no clue what it's really like in France. So if you can't say anything intelligent without being bigoted, then perhaps you shouldn't say anything at all.
And no, I'm not French. I'm American.
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another sad story of their cover up and lack of care:.
Look at him, walking in their with his NWT. Sick asdl;kgjawe;oithkaw;ldkfnm (substituted for angry words I really want to say). Replace his name with my father's and you'd have almost the exact same story. Except my father isn't in jail.
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the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such is no law.. did you have all these when you were a witness?
I tried to work on them, but I was never good enough. I still try to be a good person, but I don't put so much pressure on myself.
I really hated it when my parents said, "OK, this week, we're going to work on "kindness." We never seemed to work on joy or love.
below are several threads i have posted on this website -- i hope they help you!
the two-witness rule: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=39906&site=3.
the old testament shows that there was a one-witness policy for rape: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35547&site=3.
Saved in favourites for the day when I think my sister might listen...
I'm really annoyed that I can't see 5th estate. Streaming stuff and big downloads don't work with my terrible French connection. (We live in the mountains.) I need a script.
when you were a jehovah's witness did "jehovah" ever ask something of you?.
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http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com
I never heard a damn thing from him. I never ever felt like he was answering, or even listening to, my prayers. Never felt blessed. Didn't feel a bloody thing.
do you think that the pedophile problem in the watchtower organization is just as important as in the catholic church?
if we knew the statistics, and found out that there were a lot fewer pedophiles in the watchtower org.
than in other religions, would this be a victory on their part?
Both are disgusting, but in my mind, JWs are worse because they condemned the Catholic church for doing the same thing they did.
the active jw's watching tv tonight will be surprised when they see themselves in the spotlight.
how do you think the average jw will react when watching the program?
will they think that it's all lies, or do you think they will believe a good part of it?
I second that. Due to my really bad connection, it would take me all day to download it. Anyone got a script online?
at the district convention, the highlight was always said to be the dramas.
did you really look forward to them?
was there one that ever stood out?
I used to like them when they were more Bible-based, like someone said before. The older ones. I do remember the Sodom and Gommorrah one, and how everyone was all "wow!" about Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt. I can't remember how they did it at our assembly, but you'd think that they should be nominated for an Academy Award the way they were going on about it.
I think I liked them because they were a change of pace...something to break up the monotony. I remember when they used to have more than one in a DC, usually one modern day one, and one "ancient" one.
comments you will not hear at the 2-2-03 wt study
december 15, 2002.
use the bible, not wt publications.
Astute as always.
Has 3 prominent tattoosUh-oh. I'm doomed.
the common leader and his followers work mainly off of the desire to end isolation but the fanatical leader and his disciples incorporate the second primal fear, the fear of death, into the equation.
and by death i mean annihilation the utter obliteration of any and every bit of a persons earthly existence and legacy.
the leader who promises his people that adherence to his laws and teachings will not only relieve the pain of their isolation but also allow them to defy death, to achieve some kind of spiritual immortality through worthy deeds, that type of leader achieves a supreme control that the first type cant match and creates an entirely different kind of follower in the process.
I'll keep an eye out for that book, Francois. English language libraries are few and far between, and we don't have a lot of spare cash for buying stuff, like most people these days. The book I'm reading was a Christmas pressie.
