I want to know where these cults are that young people can join for sex!
You'd want the Raelians for that: www.rael.org
?This new philosophy, where spirituality, sensuality, and science come together ..."
They're also into extraterrestrials.
Posts by acsot
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by seesthesky inas odd as this may sound i believe that your continual struggle with your past life as a jw is in fact a cover for something else - i do not know what that something else is but i am almost 100 percent certain that somehow someone or something has used your jw experience to disguise some greater violation of your souls - any thoughts?
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When you see a JW or two on the street, do you ignore them or speak tothem?
by Rod P inmost of the time i just walk on by.
i just can't be bothered, and they are not going to believe what i say anyway.
besides, should i tell them i am disfellowshipped, which may scare them away?
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You know, I use to believe exactly what you do; and now I don't anymore. Someday, if you have the good fortune, you'll be able to say the same." I smile and they leave.
What a great response! May I steal it for future reference??
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Cultural Aspects of Spanking--Countries Other than US
by blondie inculturally, i wonder how spanking plays out.. canada.
mexico.
uk.
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acsot
Corporal punishment within the family (school corporal punishment is illegal here in Quebec):
Date: January 2004
Canada's Supreme Court limits but fails to remove parents' "reasonable force" defence
By six to three, Canada's Supreme Court judges have strictly limited the legality of parental corporal punishment and ruled out school corporal punishment. But they rejected an application by the Canadian Foundation for Youth, Children and the Law that section 43 of Canada's criminal code should be struck down as unconstitutional. The judgment was issued on January 30 2004.
The majority judgment ruled that section 43 only justifies "minor corrective force of a transitory and trifling nature." It ruled out "on the basis of current expert consensus", corporal punishment of children under two or over 12; degrading, inhuman or harmful conduct; discipline using objects such as rulers or belts, and blows or slaps to the head. And the judgment states that teachers cannot use corporal punishment, although they may use reasonable force to remove a child from a classroom or secure compliance with instructions:
"Substantial societal consensus, supported by expert evidence and Canada's treaty obligations, indicates that corporal punishment by teachers is unreasonable."
Section 43 of the Code, under the heading "Protection of Persons in Authority" provides that:
"Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances."
School corporal punishment has been prohibited in Canada in state schools only in British Columbia, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Yukon, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The judgment implies that corporal punishment is now unlawful in all private and public schools throughout Canada."
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Off to the Holy land
by stevenyc inwell, i'm off to jerusalem in a few hours and wanted to know if anyone would like some pictures of anything in particular.
you know, a certain temple or the old wall or two, or anything you may be doing some research on.. i'm also going to be in jordan for a few days while i'm out there as well.. if so, add it to this post and i'll see what i can do.. .
steve.
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acsot
Have you been before? Years ago I went on a dub organized tour of Israel and Egypt, there were about 200 in the group. It was absolutely fascinating, Israel even more so than Egypt, to my great surprise.
Make sure you walk through Hezekiah's tunnel, for me that was one of the highlights of the trip. And floating on the Dead Sea.
I would love to go to Jordan one day and see Petra - please take pics!
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My second anti-witness...what a rush!
by cheeseman inoh my god...i am so f****** pumped.
excuse my language.
the two witnesses who came to my door a while ago to tell me how scientific the bible is came back.
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Great job. I read about your first anti-witness and the dubs mentioned something about animals being vegetarian before the Flood or some such nonsense. If they ever do return (or if some other dubs call on you), how about asking them about certain carnivorous plants? I mean, why should lions need to munch on grass if the Dionaea (Venus flytrap) can eat meat (insects) ?
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well I'm online for one whole week
by Lady Lee in.
my two daughters have gone to jamaica for the wedding of the youngest one.. and i'm at the oldest one's house watching the two kids.. and i have internet access full time!!!.
yippee
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acsot
Hey Lee! Glad to see you posting. I hope to make it to your neck of the woods one day soon to see you and Scully. End of May probably, I have some time off then. Ac
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Montrealers?
by Quyrah in.
well, just wondering if there are any montrealers on this board?
also am looking for someone from the novato, ca area who can help me find a long lost friends daughter.
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving ini find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.
do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?
with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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It seems that 1968 was a busy year for false prophecy for the WTS. I didn't find a scanned copy (one of the sites is inaccessible now), but I found this tidbit:
The cover of Awake Oct. 8, 1968 states "Is it later than you think"
"Because time is rapidly running out for this wicked system of things, it is very close to plunging into the chasm of Armageddon." (pg.29)
"We sincerely hope that you are the one who will open-mindedly consider the facts, and that your faith in God's justice and love and in the truth of his Word continues unaffected by the doubts and scoffing's of a world that blindly rushes on in a disastrous course. (2 Cor. 4:4; Matt. 15:14) This system of things is picking up speed in its downward plunge. Will you stay with it and take the consequences, or will you listen to the counsel of God's Word and abandon it? The time remaining for a decision is short. The opportunity is still before you, like the open door of the ark built by Noah before the flood, and like the open gates of Jerusalem when Rome's armies temporarily withdrew. But that door of opportunity will soon close for all time. Prompt action is vital if you would be among the happy survivors of this present system destruction. What can you do and what will it require of you?...LIKE a train about to plunge into an abyss, this system of things is about to plunge into destruction. Time is fast running out for it! If you had the right opportunity to jump from a train that was heading for certain destruction, would you not do so? True, it might cost you a severe bruising; you might leave behind some of your possessions and the people on the train, but you would save your life. What will cost you to have the hope of living through the end of this wicked system of things? What will you have to pay to gain life in God's new order?...Similarly, eternal life in God's new order will be a gift...That is the key to eternal life, the doing of God's will. All the conditions that must be met are included in that framework. So then, if you want to survive the end of this wicked world and be given the gift of eternal life in God's new system, you need to do God's will."
If someone has the 1968 Awake volume I think that's the one.
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving ini find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.
do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?
with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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Do any of you have a scan of the front page of that Watchtower with the train falling into the 1975 precipice?
I saw it scanned on one of the xjw boards but can't remember which one now. Randy's maybe?
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving ini find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.
do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?
with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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acsot
The book Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God (or something like that) has a chronological chart, with 1975 indicating the "end of 6000 years since Adam's creation", then right beside it: "beginning of the 1000 year reign of Christ". To me that sounds like predicting the end of the world in 1975.
As well, there was a magazine cover (don't know if it was the Awake or WT) with a train about to fall into a precipice because the tracks were torn away and the mention "1975" written where the precipice was and the train, being the world, about to hurtle to its destruction. That also sounds like predicting the end of the world in 1975; doesn't leave the WTS a lot of wriggle room.