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peterstride
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POLL - Who has it tougher?
by JW72 inhi everyone, this is a simple (well, fairly) survey.. which sex has the toughest time, men or women?.
women.
carry on.......
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Online Archive Watchtowers?
by philo incould anyone remind me where i can get old watchtowers online?
it was on the board recently, but i lost the link.
i'm trying to research the shunning policy.. thanks.
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peterstride
Hi Philo,
To save a website that I like, I go to FILE > SAVE AS... > choose the Format of WEB ARCHIVE, then under Options tell it to Save 1 Link deep, meaning everything on the main page, plus any links will be automatically saved to your hard drive!
All the above works on my Mac running Internet Explorer 5. I'm not sure if it works the same way on the Wintel platform.
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Getting to Know You
by Prisca inthis is a continuation of the "singles" thread i started.
i may have been a bit vague about how to describe ourselves, and introspection suggested a questionaire-type thing, so below are some questions to get us started.
freel free to say how much or how little you want.
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peterstride
Here goes:
* How old are you and where do you live?
I'm 35 and I live in Toronto, Canada* Have you ever been married and do you have any children?
Married once, divorced in 96, no children.* What do you like best about being single?
Who says I like being single?* What do you dislike the most about being single?
Not having someone to share life with.* Do you like dating or would you rather have a root canal?
Dating is fine...if I could find a lady that I would enjoy dating!* Do you like to read? Watch movies? Participate in any sports?
I read everyday...on the internet! Maybe read the editorial articles in the Sunday New York Times on occasion. As for movies, I hardly watch any (I just rented the "Family Man" last week), but I do try to follow a few TV shows. I used to downhill ski quite a bit, and play football (the real football where you actually kick the ball around, not hold it in your hands and run like a pantsy out of town), but now I seem to be way toooo busy to do any of that.* What is your favorite book, movie, song?
Fave book: The Bible (everytime I read it, I learn something new).
Fave modern book: The Aquitane Progression by Robert Ludlum.Fave Movie: Le Grand Blue (The Big Blue) from 1988.
Fave Song: "Don't break my heart" by Den Harrow.
* What is your favorite quote?
"Honey, when I'm good, I'm good...but when I'm bad, I'm better", by Mae West, 1932.Peter Stride
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The Nations Shall Know False Prophecy
by bluesapphire inin the book "the nations shall know that i am jehovah" they prophecied the end to come in the "20th century".
there is also a page where they claim to be prophets but i cannot find it.
does anyone know what page this is on?
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peterstride
In many past WTS publications, from magazines, to books, to KMs, the WTS had at one point or another said that the world wide preaching work would be reaching its conclusion during the 20th Century and that Armageddon would certainly come during the 20th Century.
Hmmm....maybe if we show the "faithfull" JWs those quotes, they might decide that they don't have to go out in the door to door service anymore! Just a thought. LOL
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Online Archive Watchtowers?
by philo incould anyone remind me where i can get old watchtowers online?
it was on the board recently, but i lost the link.
i'm trying to research the shunning policy.. thanks.
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peterstride
I guess I should be thanking Nic for that link since he provided it first! :-)
Peter Stride
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Online Archive Watchtowers?
by philo incould anyone remind me where i can get old watchtowers online?
it was on the board recently, but i lost the link.
i'm trying to research the shunning policy.. thanks.
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peterstride
Hi Philo,
That link you provided is great. I was able to download the entire Watchtower articles from 1879 to 1916 in web browser format onto my hard drive (I'll be burning it on CD soon)...then by indexing the entire 72MB download using the Sherlock application (Mac only) I can find (almost) anything that was written in there.
Thanks again,
Peter Stride
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Reagan Picture
by slipnslidemaster inno, peter, unfortunately -- it's a shot of debra messing from "will & grace.
" i'm not skinny (much more curvaceous than she) but i have the hair (and i'm a natural redhead, thankyouveddymuch).. maybe someday if you all ask nicely, i'll post a real pic... .
reagan posted this in one of the threads, so i figured that if we all ask very nicely then she would post a picture for us to see.
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peterstride
I'll second that!
Ppppppllllllleeeeeeaaaaaassssseeeeee!!!!!!!
Pretty ppppllllleeeeaaaaaasssseeee!!!!!!!
LOL
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Are't You Sick of This??
by Explorer inaren't you sick of being filled with so much hate ?
i think hate is one of the greatest sins.
satan hates jehovah, and his people.
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peterstride
Hmmm.....like I said, I hope he proves me wrong and that he is still lurking and reading the responses.
By the way Reagan, I've been wondering. Is that really a picture of you?
Peter Stride
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Are't You Sick of This??
by Explorer inaren't you sick of being filled with so much hate ?
i think hate is one of the greatest sins.
satan hates jehovah, and his people.
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peterstride
I wonder if Explorer did a hit & run on us. He posts one message, possibly without even reading other posts, stating his preconceived ideas (or at least what the society has told him to think), and then doesn't come back to read the responses, or respond to any of them himself.
Maybe he's just happy being under the control of the Borg!
Prove me wrong Explorer. Tell us that you've read through the responses that people took time to write back to you.
Back to the top!
Peter Stride
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POLL - Who has it tougher?
by JW72 inhi everyone, this is a simple (well, fairly) survey.. which sex has the toughest time, men or women?.
women.
carry on.......
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peterstride
Hi Waiting,
Unfortunately, like you, I also grew up with an alcoholic, abusive father that beat me and my sister up simply out of anger. I remember when my little brother was 2 years old, sitting at the table on a high chair, trying to drink a glass of milk and spilling it...and my father slapping him so hard that he fell backwards off his high chair. My mom got beaten up many times, sometimes in front of us, and that has scarred me for life. Even today, I cannot watch any movies where there's violence, especially against women. If I hear a woman screaming on the TV, I have to turn off the TV (usually to the consternation of my friends that may be watching), or I have to run out of the room. How does that grab you for a mid-30s guy?
I also know of many other examples of female abuse, especially when I was volunteering at a women's shelter where my mom was on the board.
However, after my experience with my ex (and with the other couple I mentioned), I realized that it's a two way street.
After posting my initial post, I did look for those articles, so that I could post the URLs...but all I could find were the two articles from Detroit (one posted, the other a URL). Perhaps you might have more luck with your search engine locating them...if they were ever put on-line.
You asked me:
The "same cases" as the 40% which are males? Or "same cases" where the woman is beaten?
Are you suggesting that when men are beaten 40% of the time, 60% of the time in the same cases, the emotional woman is the instigator?Yes, that's what the article pointed out. The women started the fights in 60% of the cases, with the result that most of them also abused their male mate. I also found it hard to believe when I read it, because in my experience in the women's shelters, I was made to believe that it's always the man that always starts the fight and beats up the woman. Mind you, in the shelter, you are only made aware of just one side of the story.
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Would it then follow that if women are "emotional" when institagating violent - that men are also? How inconvenient for women to be singled out for the only sex to have emotions.No, don't put words in my mouth, please. All that was stated is that overall women are more emotional than men. It's part of their make-up. And it wasn't said in a negative way. And again, no, the women weren't singled out as the only sex to have emotions. If 40% of the men in the statistics are the ones receiving the abuse, I'm sure it's because their emotions aren't allowing them to hit a female...something that also prevented me from hitting my wife, with the result that she took advantage of me.
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Btw - in your statistics, where does drinking and generational violence come into play? Or is it just the "emotions of the woman?" It's the only thing you brought out as causing violence in women.Interesting about the drinking. I remember reading somewhere in some other statistics (and I'm sure you're going to ask me to produce them, which I can't at the moment..they are just a memory) that in overall percentages, women and men were tied when it came to drinking. Just as many women hit the bottle as men do. And I'm sure that would also contribute to the woman being the agressor, "emotions" aside.
By the way...even though you're trying to tell me that you're not trying to appear antagonistic, from where I'm sitting, that's how it appears, since you're questioning me as if I wrote those things, when in fact, just like I stated several times....all I did was talk about some statistics that were recorded, and then said that violence is a two way street. (Because usually it's the women's rights groups that try to make it look all one-sided, violence against women, period).
You said that "both sides sling statistics". Well, most people reading this will have to agree that they had probably never heard about violence against men by their partners, or about male shelters, before my post. Usually, only the women sling statistics against men, and all I tried to do, "like lawyers do", is present another side to the story.
Peter Stride
Toronto, Canada