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  Little Free Library

  by pbrow in

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  hey all,.

  almost finished with a "little free library" to set up in front of the house and was wondering if anyone else has put one of these up?

  got to thinking that it may get filled up with my tots fav periodicals, watchtower and awake.. anyone else had any experience with this?

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  Dan Sydlik

  by done4good in

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  morning warship - he was the only restraint and i'm not saying that lightly.

  i know there are a dozen others here who were in bethel back in the early 2000's who know what i'm talking about.

  he actually kept me thinking this was jehovah's org because of his sincerity as if the holy spirit was operating in him.

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  Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

  by WingCommander in

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  someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

  i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

  apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

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  2nd amendment right ... where should it end?

  by Simon in

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  one thing i like to do to test a theory is to take things to extremes or to their logical conclusion to see if the premises still hold.

  very often, a claim that seems to make sense at a superficial level falls apart when you start to stretch it a little.. so let's play a game.. suppose the 2nd amendment is valid, that some "well regulated militia" really is necessary to hold the government to account.. obviously when this was drafted the government had access to the weapons of it's day which would be muskets!

  so muskets all round.

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  Advice help

  by Undercoverbrother in

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  2. relationships

  but i have been undercover for about 3 years.

  recently i stopped going and faded(close to a year without stepping into the hall) .

  an old flame of mine (who is active witness) came back into the picture.

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  The Truth is not an ORG.....It's inside of you

  by tor1500 in

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  the truth, the org is the truth...ummm...let's think about that...i was thinking that the bible is the truth & what it does is that it reveals the truth about you...the more you read the bible the more you may see yourself & your actions.

  you may be a person who judges people, the bible will show you what's wrong with that...viola, another truth revealed about you.

  you may be a prideful person, you read a story in the bible about that...again, it's another truth revealed about you.

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  Mama Jackson Cashes in Ice Cream Money

  by OrphanCrow in

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  michael jackson's estate sells stake in sony/atv music catalogue for $750m.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sony-michael-jackson-music-catalog-1.3491828.

  michael jackson's estate has agreed to sell its remaining stake in a lucrative music catalogue to sony corp. for $750 million us, the entities announced monday.the agreement for jackson's half-share of the sony/atv music publishing catalogue will give the company sole ownership of works by the beatles, bob dylan and other hit making musicians, including eminem and taylor swift.the deal is another posthumous blockbuster deal for jackson, whose estate has erased the singer's massive debts through a mixture of new music and movie ventures and re-releases of the singer's most popular music.jackson's estate benefits his mother and three children, known as prince, paris and blanket.. read full article at link.

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  Why ExJW's should care about the FBI vs. Apple encryption case

  by juandefiero in

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  many people that don't keep up with technology news are, at best, vaguely aware that apple is fighting a court order to create a tool for the government to unlock one of the san bernadino terrorist's iphone.. what the fbi is asking for could jeopardize the security of all iphones.

  besides the obvious possible slippery slope leading to governmental abuse of this technology they're asking apple to create, there is a more personal reason for many exjw's to be concerned about.. anytime you create a weakness in information security, there is always the possibility of that weakness being exploited.

  sometimes, those weaknesses are difficult to exploit, sometimes they are easy.

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  Caitlyn Jenner has cognitive Dissonance

  by sherrie11 in

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  i have just finished watching the latest episode of i am cait!

  lol yes i watch it!!!

  they were discussing politics.

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  Worthy of imitation?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  the society says that ancient biblical characters (and their faith) are worthy of imitation right?.

  so let's start a list of examples:.

  - lot.

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