The sign language congregation in manhattan had a problem with homeless people sleeping on the concrete step going into the Kingdom Hall. Solution: help them ......Nah! The elders decided to build an iron gate up to the side walk and thats what was done.
Siddhashunyata
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During my two trips to Bethel in the early 90's. MR. Coffee
by PaNiCAtTaCk intheir was this guy that we saw on the sidewalk yelling things at the witnesses that were walking by.
they called him mr. coffee.
rumor had it that the demons wouldnt leave him alone unless he did this everyday and that his wife was a reg.
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Life...
by Elsewhere in.
life is paradoxically coincidental to the ironic tyranny applicable the unparalleled definition of reverse entropy.. what are your thoughts on this?
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Siddhashunyata
So you believe in the ressurection.
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Lucid dreams and OBE
by IP_SEC incrumpet's post prompted me to go ahead and post something i've wanted to talk about for some time now.
has anyone here had lucid dreams or oobes?
i've started focusing on remembering my dreams and keeping a dream journal for about 6 months now and have had some groovy experinces.
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Siddhashunyata
I have had 7 lucid dreams . About 1 year ago I had 5 over a period of 2 months. Before that I had 2 in 1968. Interestingly , the latest dreams were so vivid that when I woke up I could not tell if I was awake or still dreaming. That is how "real" a lucid dream is.
I was confused by the fact that there could be another reality just as real as this one. There was a strange "comfort' in knowing this. I noted that the lucid dream reality did not have the same feel as this one in that energy seemed boundless. I thought about it and concluded that I was noticing the difference between a reality where matter and energy were constant ( and changing into one another) and a reality where energy took on form without becoming matter . In any event I was confused. I had been seeking "Ultimate Reality" and here I had found two local realities from which to escape , pass through , transform , transcend etc.
Ken Wilber (search engine) has something to say about where lucid dreams fit in the landscape of "enlightenment". According to him they are a stage of waking up , becoming fully conscious and being able to enter these various levels of reality at will.
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Billboard Contest Now!
by Perry ini have long thought that a billboard campaign might be effective in reaching many jw's, especially those without a computer.
imagine a large donation to jwd with the stipulation that it support a message billboard near every assembly hall and summer convention center.
what would you write?
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Siddhashunyata
jehovah loves dumb people more
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Can 'the truth' survive the Internet?
by Noumenon in.
great article here, from some university prof. doesn't seem he was ever a jw either.. http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html
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HERE'S THE REST OF MY INTENDED POST: QUOTE
"Meanwhile, the Society's foes continued building their own institutions. H2O remains, and it has been joined by other well-mounted message boards, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses Discussion Forum (jehovahs-witness.com). The conflict between the Internet and the Society is decidedly unequal. The Society's task is, first, to convince people that it has a comprehensive and fully consistent explanation of reality; then, to organize these people into a force that can support a vast profusion of things: printing plants, assembly halls, local churches, mortgages, investments, legal offices. The task of the Internet dissidents is simply to show that the Society's ideas aren't true, and to organize such inexpensive virtual institutions as may be useful in spreading that message. The dissidents have a considerable economic advantage".
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Can 'the truth' survive the Internet?
by Noumenon in.
great article here, from some university prof. doesn't seem he was ever a jw either.. http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html
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Siddhashunyata
CAN'T FAIL !!!! QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE
?In the last year or so, the Watchtower Society has encountered additional threats, and it has tried some new responses, most of them feckless?.
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Can 'the truth' survive the Internet?
by Noumenon in.
great article here, from some university prof. doesn't seem he was ever a jw either.. http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html
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dostprefer , consider just how relevent is the article by noting the following quote :
" But you can also tell it to patrons of the Internet who threaten other patrons, call them morons and fools, distract them with irrelevant issues, or simply lie about the facts. On H2O, as on any other website, people who kept doing these things suffered the worst civil penalty that an individualist society can inflict: they stopped being taken seriously."
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Can 'the truth' survive the Internet?
by Noumenon in.
great article here, from some university prof. doesn't seem he was ever a jw either.. http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html
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Siddhashunyata
In my opiniont this article should be brought to the top for a while. Although it is a long article it is on target and a must read. Truly the best description of what is going on and where it is going. A measured, insightful summary of how lethal the internet is to authoritative structures and ,in particular, the WTBTS.
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Can 'the truth' survive the Internet?
by Noumenon in.
great article here, from some university prof. doesn't seem he was ever a jw either.. http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html
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Siddhashunyata
Its happening faster than most of us thought. Best article yet . Does not appear to be a way out for the WTBTS. Excellent writer.
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The Society showed the first real signs of back pedaling in June 1975 when the WT mag came out. Deeply distressed, I pointed it out to one of the Annointed friends of Knorr and asked , after all these years, why not wait until October. He scowled and said he was dissapointed in me. I stressed that It was hurting me to see them backing up and not waiting until October. (How could they have been so certain for so many years and not wait until October? ) At that point this highly respected remnant of Christ's brothers shouted " Satan's got you, ohhh he's got you". After pointing he turned and hurridly walked away, I was weeping.This was my first direct contact with God's Kingdom under the rulership of his Chosen Ones, Heavenly Elders, Spiritual Israel, The New Jerusalem, The Bride Class, The Anti-Typical Levitical Priesthood.... I reached out . The highest authority on Earth responded.