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  Why did Satan get to live so long?

  by larc in

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  now this question about satan and his longevity, is a farkel type question.

  farkel, if you have covered this before, then i hope i did not plagerize.

  well, anyway, we have this spirit creature who turns against god.

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  I wondered about Satan's longevity myself.

  No doubt the manner in which God created angels is8 different than the way he created humans. I do not believe angels have energy that comes from within. Much like oursleves they must take something in (food, or some other energy creating source) to be sustained; otherwise, they would be immortal, like the 144,000's club.

  Satan and his demons actually require destruction, no doubt from beings stronger than themselves or by ones given the authority to do so.

  I don't believe the angels have free reign to enter God's presence either (to come and go as they please). -I mean what if God is using the throne. I believe there is some kind of protocol.

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  Another question that has perplexed me, is why did God take so long to create us? -I guess the starting point really doesn't matter then does it? -think about it.
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  Update on me

  by joelbear in

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  2. bible

  hi friends.. lots going on in my life.

  i've been busy and thus post seldom these days.. my health -- my right leg is still giving me trouble but not nearly as bad as it was.

  i see a chiropractor once a week and that helps a great deal.

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  http://www.math.temple.edu/~cow/ http://math.stcc.mass.edu/mcdonald/excredit%20work.htm

  Edited by - thewiz on 13 June 2002 19:25:23
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  What are some of the lousiest jobs out there?

  by Soledad in

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  2. friends

  i think that any job that involves customer service or dealing with the public really sucks!

  i used to be a bank teller for 4 years, i finally got fired for letting this one obnoxious customer really have it!

  some of the worst type of customers were the ones who left their brains who knows where.

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  I've seen these jobs on TV

  jerking-off bulls, horses, pigs, and pinching turkeys for their semen for artificial insemination.

  another guy gets dunked in the waste water treatment plant to inspect things down there. A towering 50 ft bowl of pure shit. Imagine that.

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  Being the person who has to sweep up the floor at a porn palace. A Guy told me personnally, that it was a draw back but a $7 bucks an hour he could tolerate it. -I swear that this is true. ahh the sweet smell of wood shavings and cum.

  fluffers.

  there are others but I don't think I need to go further... or do I?
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  Where were you in 1975?

  by dins in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a vivid memory of 1975 even though i was only 6 years old.

  i remember the whispers and the fervor surrounding the year.

  i even had an uncle who marked his calendar every day with big red xs proclaiming that he couldn't wait for "this evil system of things to end.".

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  (not me personnaly)

  dreaming about pioneering until this wicked system of the things came to end

  not having children

  forsaking much needed medical attention (you know, that kidney transplant I could now have and not be accused of being a cannibal)

  Not worrying about a higher education (why do I need that when all I have to do is read the mags and get the equivalent of a college ed)

  Sellin' off the house.

  taking out a huge loan I would never have to pay back (dirty ol' commerical system of Satan's, why should they get paid back)

  Retirement? -what's that? who needs that 17% 401K plan. My riches are with God. I'm sleepin with a stone pillow to prove my righteousness.

  Burning all my porn. ...I mean, someone else's porn.

  Acting like St. Augustine.

  and last of all, shitting my pants
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  Where were you in 1975?

  by dins in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a vivid memory of 1975 even though i was only 6 years old.

  i remember the whispers and the fervor surrounding the year.

  i even had an uncle who marked his calendar every day with big red xs proclaiming that he couldn't wait for "this evil system of things to end.".

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  Right where the WTB&TS wanted me to be, with my head up my ass. (I think TR has a great pic of that, how 'bout makin' that post TR)

  or masterbating.
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  Calling all scientists

  by gsx1138 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm in my communications class and i'm listening to all the speeches.

  we have 2 christian fundamentalists in the class which was why i chose wicca as my topic.

  anyway, the first one gave a speech on how carbon 14 dating is a hoax because the isotope that they measure only has a full life of 50,000 years.

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  http://www.c14dating.com/int.html
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  HELLO! From Ketchican ALASKA

  by zev in

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  2. friends

  i got to say i am having jwd withdrawals really bad .

  my mom has been lurking here!!!!.

  what a shock that was!!!.

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  zev if you get to Ancourage

  go to the triple hall quick build I went to back in @1985? -I do good work don't I? Along with 2500 others. It was a real meat/meet market at the time. Brothers looking for tacos and Sisters looking for sausgae. , , ,

  I really love the hard work on those bldgs. Something about physical labor that is better than sitting on my butt all day long in front of all sorts of servers and configuration problems.
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  Elder School and trained to believe about c.1980

  by thewiz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have only suspicions about this, and an elder at the hall over 2 -1/2 years ago tipped me off to this and kind of semi-verified my long held suspicions.

  i never did get to elder school or even ms school because i never kissed enough ass, so i can't emphatically prove it myself.. he basically inferred or implied that nearly all the wtb&ts late 20th century problems had something to do with the "great" apostacy (witch hunt) of c.1980.. i have also talked to my brother-in-law about this matter a couple of times and he seems to be of the same bend or thinking.

  it's kind of like the borginazational culture that everyone "believes" or it's "known" that the troubles were rooted out when ray franz and friends were booted.. .

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  I have only suspicions about this, and an elder at the hall over 2 -1/2 years ago tipped me off to this and kind of semi-verified my long held suspicions. I never did get to Elder school or even MS school because I never kissed enough ass, so I can't emphatically prove it myself.

  He basically inferred or implied that nearly ALL the WTB&TS late 20th century problems had something to do with the "great" apostacy (witch hunt) of c.1980.

  I have also talked to my brother-in-law about this matter a couple of times and he seems to be of the same bend or thinking.

  It's kind of like the borginazational culture that everyone "believes" or it's "known" that the troubles were rooted out when Ray Franz and friends were booted.

  Can anyone verify this? Exactly what do they teach at those schools about what happened and who is to blame for c.1980 and similar problems?

  My Dad even said that the "1975" problem was probably caused by Raymond Franz (rather than the true culprit, Fred Franz).
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  Raymond Franz

  by obiwan in

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  2. beliefs

  has anyone read the book crisis of conscience?i want to get it,but i would like to know if the information is helpful.. wow it's a wide open world,use your.

  own thoughts.

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  A dream, a real dream, I believe, ONLY comes ONCE in a lifetime. It's the ONE thing, for you, that your very existence hinges on.

  I did go to College starting when I was about 30 or so. Got a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Programming/MIS/IT with a 3.98 GPA -yeah I'm Mr. Big Shit.

  It's not what I really wanted. What I wanted was something different and required much more investment (monetarily) than I could give. It all boiled down to one line ("oh, well they won't need Dr's in the new system anyway." -who the "they" were and are at the time I guess I never really thought about) that ultimately defines my life of repeated failures. Thanks to Mr. Franz and the rest of his buddies at the time. I'm 1 of 10,000.

  About time he got treated like he treated others at the time, without mercy. He was part of the club.

  Nothing, I mean nothing gets me more upset (crying/tearing someone's throat out/getting tipsy/punching my fists into a wall/and especially when my kids get sick) than THIS one topic. My dream was tied deeply to higher education. Posters here have heard me stand on my soapbox before on this subject.

  A once in a lifetime dream. Fu$%in' GONE!!!

  Now I give up on just about everything I undertake. It's all part of the deal I guess. Weak-mind, weak-soul. Turn the other check. Passive bastard. Ultimately I blame myself for caving.

  And although I understand his point and agree on many, Mr. Franz's whole book is HIS catharsis NOT mine. His whole book is about making himself a pariah -if that is the proper usage of the term. A living martyr.

  Mr. Franz can kiss my ass. He, and his buds ruined MY life, I didn't ruin his.
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  What's the one thing you miss about the WTS?

  by Naeblis in

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  2. friends

  there are times when ilook back fondly on my days in the witnesses, especially when i think on the congregation get togethers we would have every once in awhile (not too often) people from our hall and sometimes others would show up (not too many) and good times were had by all.

  this is how the schedule usually went.. 8pm: arrive at the community centre.

  8:05pm: scope the room.

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  the ignorance