"so-called private networks have been used ... to speculate regarding spiritual matters"
...sounds pretty dangerous to me, especially since the Society has been doing this from day one and has miserably failed.
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If the WTBTS knew then what it knows now...
by Pwned inwould the internet have been banned ouright from the beginning?
it seems like they have been trying to reign in control of jw's use of the internet for the last few years but pandora's box has already been opened.
if they had just banned it from the beginning many dubs would have been afraid that if they went on the ineternet they would immediately be possesed by demons.
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Total fluff-Ebay purchases and shipping charges
by CaptainSchmideo inhas anybody noticed the trend of a lot of sellers to lure you in with a low price, only to find, in very tiny print at the bottom, the cost of shipping "and handling" usually being as much as the product itself?
i have seen sellers charge $70.00 to send a "buy it now" item that costs $100.00.
insanity!.
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One reason sellers move their profit into s/h is that eBay takes a percentage of each sale as their cut. By putting a low price but high s/h, they are reducing eBay's cut. That's why eBay has a policy against unreasonably high s/h. They don't seem to enforce that rule, however.
Some sellers are straightforward about this in bold print at the top of their ad. Others are not.
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Word of the Year
by Leolaia intonight i'm voting in the official "word of the year" election held at the annual american dialect society conference.
what words do you think should merit being considered the best word of 2004?
as defined by the ads, the word of the year is the word that "most colored the nation's lexicon, or otherwise dominated the national discourse.
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That is soooooo fetch.
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Would you buy this XJW coffee mug?
by coult9056 inbecause i have a sense of humor about the many failed prophecies of the jw's, i've always wanted some ex-jw merchandise with some class and humor to go with it.
i've considered marketing a few of my ideas.....coffee mugs, shirts, etc.
there are so many areas to go (no blood, no military service, college = devil's propaganda, etc.
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The mug should add "and they leave a magazine at a laundromat early in the day to get their time started!"
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Cabbage Patch Dolls?
by KKLUV155 inlooking at the smurf thread i was wondering, in my congregation in the 80's there were also storys of demonic cabbage patch dolls attacking jw kids.
i wasn't allowed to have one because they might be demonized.
was it just my cong.
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Are the old Watchtowers that had the cross on them demonized?
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Did you pray because you felt like it or because you were told to?
by JH inwitnesses pray many times a day.
at the field service, at the meetings, before each meal and even more.. i don't know if you're like me, but i didn't pray because i felt like it, but because i was told to.. personally, 1 long honest prayer a week would have been much better than 20 routine prayers.
did you feel that it was natural to pray 3 times a day or more?.
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The only thing that keeps me from being an atheist is prayer. As illogical as it may seem, I do feel a presence when I pray. I am convinced that someone is listening.
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What Are Things That Make You Feel Uncomfortable???
by minimus inyou know what i hate??
when you're talking to someone and instead of acknowledging you or whatever you're saying, they just stare.
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I have 3 toddlers running around my house, so, it's usually strewn with toys and crumbs. I hate it when relatives find it necessary to barge in, usually, it seems, when the mess has reached it's climax!
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The 80's anthem: "The Breakfast Club"
by AlmostAtheist ini just watched the breakfast club for the bazillionth time.
i always turn 15 again when i watch it.
i need to score the dvd, it isn't the same when they clip out scenes and rewrite the "naughty words".
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Sweets, you couldn't ignore me if you tried. So... so. Are you guys like boyfriend-girlfriend? Steady dates? Lovers? Come on, sporto, level with me. Do you slip her the hot beef injection?
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Name Things That You Can Be Counseled For
by minimus ini'll start.......a woman wearing a skirt higher than her knee and a child crying during a meeting
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1. Asking Elders if they were ready for a pre-batism meeting in a too impatient way (I can't believe I was actually excited about being baptized.)
2. Coming up with my own date for Armageddon and presenting my idea to the circuit overseer (yes I did some dumb things.)
3. Circulating a joke in print making fun of the presiding overseer
4. I did a demonstration on the platform about persecution at school. (I guess instructing other kids to shoot rubberbands at me was inapproriate.)
5. Making my own return visit sheets that were easier to use (the society's way is always best)
6. Making a telephone directory for the congregation (In the great tribulation it would be used to track down the Witnesses.)
7. Speaking with too much authority in my meeting comments (I was supposed to sound more humble)
8. Missing a spot on my face when I shaved
9. Taking No-Doze (some kids go right from that to hard drugs)
Now that I look at all of this, I guess I was kind of a bad Witness.
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Is this legal?
by IronGland inif a former jw decided to put on a suit and tie and go door to door trying to place old wt magazines and books they had laying around, and asking for a small donation, but using the proceeds to buy beer, is that illegal in any way?
i figure they at least owe me a beer.edited by - irongland on 4 november 2002 21:28:23.
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In our congregation we had a sister who was disfellowshipped but continued to go door-to-door with the Watchtower and Awake! One time we saw her in our territory doing so and the elder in our car group told us the story. He said there was nothing that could be done to stop her. I don't know if she had been asking for donations or not.