what happend inn the word now?.
us is the word police doing what they want, putting peopel in prision and bombing innocent peopel,.
and yesterday he come upp widh a crazy idea that other countrys must pay tax on 30% iff they want to sell steel to us, and what will happend, europe must akt inn the same way, perhaps 30% on evry car imported from us, i must say i think this man is a dissaster for us.
Hilary, if the US doesn't stomp these guys flat you'll see something new in the line of bloodletting based on jihad.
Gutless wonder Clinton, who was very popular with the effete left and Europe, is directly responsible for the aggressiveness of the terrorist movement. I do know a little history, and I know Muslims fairly well. I can tell you, even more than Germans, they're either at your throat or at your feet. Bush is going to do what it takes.
are we copping out if we blame the watchtower for almost everything that went wrong in our watchtower life?.
most of us knew the rules.
most of us had the opportunity to read and study their publications and the bible.
IslandWoman you're a mystery to me. Sometimes I think you're a nutter and a polemicist, and then you start a fine thread like this one. I think you're line of reasoning is very sound, and very healthy. Real life begins when you start to take responsibility for your own actions.
I've studied "high control" groups quite a bit and in my opinion the WTBS is not very high control. I know many prefer not to look at it that way but to me that just seems to be an excuse for saying "It's not my fault!" Very, very common in those that leave a religion and feel antagonistic toward it.
what happend inn the word now?.
us is the word police doing what they want, putting peopel in prision and bombing innocent peopel,.
and yesterday he come upp widh a crazy idea that other countrys must pay tax on 30% iff they want to sell steel to us, and what will happend, europe must akt inn the same way, perhaps 30% on evry car imported from us, i must say i think this man is a dissaster for us.
The impressive thing about Bush is that what he says he's going to do, he does. Even whenmost people don't give him much chance for success.
As for not understanding other people's culture's, etc. Maybe it's time other people understood the dominant culture on this planet.
hello randy,.
the human rights organization i am affiliated is sending out this press release on human rights violation by the jehovah's witnesses.
it cites several united nation human rights documents.---john brown.
Yeah I bet the telemarketers are calling you all the time.
the letter is on the way.
it will arrive at every home in stratton oh about midweek next.. fyi ...use this link to view.. http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/23d1f005/bc/stratton/letter+to+stratton.doc?bcmkj28aybh5a0jg
The good people of Stratton are going to think you're just as nutty as the Witnesses.
i placed this news article in the "mental health & depression" area because bush must be crazy!.
report: nuclear weapons policy review names potential targets.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/us/03/09/nuclear.weapons/index.html.
It's just stupid to make a big deal of this. The Pentagon war games this stuff all the time. That's their job. Want them to wait until something actually happens and then make things up as they go along? This is such a tempest in a teapot.
since there are new people coming to this board on fairly regular basis with questions about the jw religion, i thought i'd pose this topic.. many, upon leaving the organization, don't really know where to turn for guidance.
"look to yourself" doesn't really cut it when you've been told how to think your whole life.. many choose atheism, which is fine.
however, for those still looking for a religion, here is a site that lists many of the worlds major religious movements.
Wow, Orthodox Judaism closely followed by Islam. That's weird!
you may find this professional paper done by rodney stark & laurence r.iannaccone on why the jehovah's witnesses grow so rapidly:a theoretical application that appeared in the journal of contemporary religionto well be worth your time to read through carefully.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:3ta2px7hy6ec:lsb.scu.edu/econrel/downloads/jwgrow-o.pdf+future+growth+of+jehovah%27s+witnesses&hl=en&ie=utf-8.
the abstract:.
This is a great paper. I'd think the Organization would love it because it validates everything they do.
Looks to me like it also outlines what you can do to change the status quo:
Hang around and turn in one hour a month.
Hang around and attend one meeting a week.
Hang around and push the limits of acceptable behaviour just as hard as you can.
I'm wondering if the mechanisms described in the paper are breaking down even now because the growth rate is certainly not holding.
op-ed piece in the times: http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/03/02/opinion/02rich.html.
an excerpt:.
"the president's sentiments were no doubt sincere, as is his muscular pursuit of the killers.
Well, it's an OpEd piece you're quoting from.
I believe it was Mr. Pearl tha had a gun put to his head, not the reporter from the other liberal bastion, the Post. Note that this whole deal is a matter of allegation by a reporter that didn't get his way and as usual threw a tantrum.
op-ed piece in the times: http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/03/02/opinion/02rich.html.
an excerpt:.
"the president's sentiments were no doubt sincere, as is his muscular pursuit of the killers.
Now if I wanted to insult you, I'd call you a liberal.
Just so you'll know why I think the Times is biased, it's because I read it every day. Particularly the editorials. If you want some specifics, I'll dig them out for you.
I bet you like Paul Krugman.
