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  It's official, women are finally equal to men. I concede.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  http://exministries.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/error-of-man-stand-up-and-pee-like-a-man/.

  for a long time, samantha fountain had one missionfigure out a way to allow women to pee like men.

  what she came up with may give you the giggles.

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  Mum

  Very Freudian. No more penis envy.
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  "Did Jesus Die For Klingons, Too?"

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2044730/did-jesus-die-klingons-christian-weidemanns-speech-100-year-starship-symposium.html.

  yes, the pentagon did pay for a lecture on this subject.

  does darpa take this et stuff seriously?

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  Mum

  I don't care about Klingons. I don't know any. If Jesus died for humans, however, I hope he also died for animals. They are more important than we are.
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  Controversial essay- cull 20% of the poor.

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  a controversial essay is part of aussie news today.. the essence of it is that the state needs to kill about 20% of the poorest in the community, to fix its financial problems.

  it is, of course, claimed to be 'tongue-in-cheek,' but is there a sound basis to the concept?

  i sound very right-wing in saying that, but i live opposite a boarding house that is full of people who, i guess, would be prime candidates for the cull.

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  What a concept to devalue a human being based on how much money he/she has. In the U.S., there is a lot of hatred of the poor. Rush Limbaugh fans this hatred every day on his radio show. I understand that no one ever went broke putting down those without the power to defend themselves.

  In a political speech a few years ago, Jesse Jackson pointed out who the working poor were and are: The people who take the early bus to come and clean your house, the people who do the laundry, clean your room and leave a mint on your pillow at the hotels, the people who serve you in restaurants, the people who are caring for your children, caring for your elderly relatives in nursing homes, and performing many other services the rich may think are their birthright.

  There was a story on national news a couple of years ago about a town in New Jersey that expelled all of the Mexicans (the "out" group in the U.S. for some time now). After the Mexicans left, there was no one to do the dirty work that still has to be done. So, the town had to humble itself and ask the Mexicans to come back.

  We don't need a group of people to look down upon, to feel superior to. What evil thing in human nature makes us do this?
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  Good vs Evil

  by DeWandelaar in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was wondering lately... what i do not really understand:.

  if there was only perfectness and goodness in the beginning of the world, why was there even knowledge about good and evil in the heavens?.

  genesis 3:5 says: .

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  Could there be a concept of "good" without its opposite?
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  Well an old friend found me. Now I'm in her cross hairs to get active again.

  by wha happened? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ugh.

  on one hand i'm glad she's ok. rather sickly.

  but once she got word i've been inactive, she's all hot and bothered to get me back to meetings.. "did you attend the memorial this year?".

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  When I was a JW teenager, and a brand new publisher, not even baptized yet, one of the elders (a relative of the JW who converted me) told me that there were people who could never be accepted back into the organization, namely, those who went so far as to speak against it. I think he gave me this warning (although he did not say it in a way that sounded like a warning) because I told him someone was trying to get me to read 30 Years a Watchtower Slave by William Schnell.

  Apparently, his warning no longer applies. Was anyone else told this?
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  BBC Documentary on North Korea - "Its like being inside a doomsday cult"

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  bbc panorama has just broadcast an undercover documentary on north korea.

  john sweeney - who previously went postal on scientologist tommy davis - joined a group from the london school of economics to secretly film inside the country.. the film showed hospitals with no patients, farms with no fields or animals and factories with modern looking equipment sitting idle.

  the electricity works sporadically.

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  The story of the NK prison escapee was on 60 Minutes, I believe. I believe he was a very lucky man, but he is really messed up in certain ways. He doesn't understand the concept of love. He had the courage to escape because he was told that people on the outside get to choose whatever kind of food they want.

  I agree, vg, that, as the Declaration of Independence says, all humans are born with certain inalienable rights. I do not believe, however, that one world government would be a good thing. That's like putting all of your eggs in one basket. If there is corruption in that government (and there always is), then there is nowhere else to turn until we find another planet we can go to to get away.
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  My View and Bobby Dylan's View of AntiWatchtower Special Groups

  by Band on the Run in

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  2. friends

  my computer crashed so i am not fully informed of the recent antiwatchtower organization.

  i must vent, however.

  perhaps i am the only one on the face of the earth (or the entire universe) but i found cedar's opening announcement insulting.

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  therevealer: It is my understanding that AAWA has no issue with anyone who wants to be a JW. But they want JW's to have the same rights as everybody else on this planet: family support (i.e., no shunning), life-saving medical treatment when necessary (blood transfusions), education and the same degree of freedom of thought as anyone else.

  At least, that's my understanding. Please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong.
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  25 YEARS of compiled yearbook statistics

  by 88JM in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello again folks - as promised in my last thread here, i've been working on turning yearbook statistics into excel spreadsheets.. coincidentally, today is my 25th birthday (spare a thought for a fader).. i've now updated the spreadsheet with yearbook data all the way back to 1988 (the year i was born), therefore it now contains 25 years of statistics.. there were a lot of countries changing around and for some it was possible to create a continuation of data.

  some are a simple change of name like south-west africa to namibia.

  others, for example - in 1993 with czechoslovakia splitting into two countries (czech republic and slovakia) i have added an extra row that provides a continuation of the data, combining czech republic and slovakia back together as if they were still one country.

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  Mum

  Happy Birthday!
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  I need some serious advice...

  by confusedteenager in

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  2. friends

  i'm almost a year out of high school and of course, i'm not in college.

  i'm a pioneer (sigh) with little to no work experience and having a really hard time finding any work.

  i want to go back to college, but it's going to be difficult now that i'm a pioneer, and my parents cannot really afford the loans that will incur should i pursue going to college.

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  Mum

  Is there a community college where you live? That would be a good place to get started.

  I recommend that you go to your high school guidance counselor or an officer at the nearest community college or university and ask them to administer some vocational interest tests, such as the Strong's Interest Inventory. There may be some tests online that you can take for free as well. Google "vocational interest tests" and "free online MBTI." The MBTI is like a personality test, telling you what you're likely to be good at as well.

  There is a lot of financial aid available, some of which does not have to be paid back. Do not go deeply into debt to get your degree. It would be better to work part-time and go to school part-time.

  You can start slowly by taking just one or two core curriculum classes, such as English and History. Everyone has to take those, so it's good to get them out of the way while you're deciding on what your major will be.

  Warning: Do not go to a proprietary school, but do go to a state-run college or university. Those schools that advertise a lot and promise you the world have low academic standards, and I've seen people graduate from them knowling no mare than they did when they started. They are also super expensive, whereas your state university is publicly funded and tuition is kept as low as possible.

  A poster on this board who calls himself Balaamsass has stated that he would like to start a fund to help JW's go to college. I don't know him personally, but you might want to PM him to see if he can help you get started. Also contact AAWA (jwactivists.org). They are a new association set up to help JW's. They are brand new, and may not have much money in their coffers yet.

  Above all, don't get discouraged and don't give up. I graduated from college at age 37, after leaving the JW's at 32 and starting over. I had some help - lots of it.

  I hope what I've said will get you started
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  What if most of the R&F Jdubs upped and left ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know a mass exodus is about as likely as peace between the arabs and israelis, but just imagine if it did happen, most of the r&f jdubs, and in fact most of the r&f of any religion.. the nasty guys at the top would be left up the proverbial creek with no paddle.. therefore it is the rank and file members of any religion that keep it going, so they are, if ignorantly and without malice, supporting the nasty guys.. the gb of the wt, the mad mullahs, the pope and his coterie of kiddy-fiddlers would all come crashing down.. therefore i shall no longer make excuses for the r&f of any movement that is rotten, they may be ignorant, but that is no excuse, and by supporting the edifice they are as guilty as the perpetrators who suicide bomb, murder abortion performing doctors, and all the child abusers within these organizations.. if you give your support just a little bit you have to carry some of the blame.. .

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  It is mostly women who support churches, i.e., attend and do the dirty work. Without the support of women to give the men something / someone to be in charge of, almost all churches would implode.