William Penwell

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  For all you still going to meeting, the best way to bring the society down!

  by DaCheech in

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  order special literature, and order a weekly quota of 50 mags and them leave no contribution.. if everyone does this, they will loose so much money, they will not last more than 5 years!

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  I remember the stack of Watchtower and Awake's sitting on the coffee table that never got read. I always wondered how many of the actual millions that were published were ever read. I know the WT would brag about how many millions of magizines that were placed but we all know how many of those people only took them to be polite or get rid of the Jdubs. I know a lot of non Jdub friends that told me that they would take them to be nice. I would tell them that it was a bad idea and if you do that you are then put on their to "call back list".

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  Eating weird things in China

  by Leolaia in

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  well, i guess i can say that on my asian trip i knowingly consumed three new animals i had not eaten before (my apologies to vegetarians on the board who might cringe at the way that was worded).

  first off, pigeon.

  on my birthday in beijing we ate at a very pricey, fancy restaurant at the hotel and we thought we'd try to pigeon to see what it was like.

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  I recall watching a show on either "Ripley's Believe it or not" or "Guinness's Records" about the only restaurant in the world that serves rat. It was somewhere in China and they showed the rats in a cage out front of the restraint and when you would go in you would pick out the rat you wanted. They would take it in the back, kill and skin it and make dishes out of it. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

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  I Get To Meet The Next President of the United States of America

  by gitasatsangha in

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  if things go well this week, i should be able to have lunch with libertarian party candidate michael badnarik this week.

  (not a fundraiser, just lunch, before he does a radio interview later in the day).

  i will try and deliver photos of it.

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  Oh I thought you were gong to say, Ralph Nader...

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  Nuclear Arms Reportedly Found In Iraq!!!

  by minimus in

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  from reuters and upi......hmmmm....

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  How do you figure this is "right wing" propoganda. The source is an Iraqi newspaper, and it was picked up by Rueters, which is a VERY LIBERAL news agency.

  Hey Yeru,

  Anything left of Attila the Hun is Liberal to you.

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  Nuclear Arms Reportedly Found In Iraq!!!

  by minimus in

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  from reuters and upi......hmmmm....

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  The Story is garbage. If Saddam had them, why would he not use them when he had the chance? Some right wing propaganda.

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  Non-Religious rises from 9% to 14%

  by Elsewhere in

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  good news for all of us non-religious people!

  this is the largest jump for a given time period that i have ever seen.

  the washington times.

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  This does not surprise me as people are seeing through the lies and getting tired of all the BS.

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  If the far "left" are communist then the far "right" is...

  by confusedjw in

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  i've thought about this.. when the "left" go to the very end we get communism.

  i think you get the vikings!.

  no or little government, everyone for themselves.

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  I have heard it said that the 5% special interest groups on both sides of the political spectrum are the ones that push and set the policies for the other 90%. I believe most people are happy and content with doing their own thing and not interfering in other peoples business. The far right is just as dangerous as the far left.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses really are JERKS

  by roybatty in

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  very early this morning i was driving to work.

  i live out in the country so usually it's rare to see anyone walking down the road esp.

  at 6:30 in the morning.

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  I think the guy is an idiot. I mean turning down a ride at 6:30 in the morning. Under the circumstances he could have taken the ride. Sounds like he was just trying to be a martyr.

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  What is faith?

  by onacruse in

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  of course, as jws it was automatic: read hebrews 11:1-- .

  "faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.

  so, just because one has an "assured expectation of things hoped for," that constitutes faith?

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  I never have had anyone that can explain what that scripture means. It comes down to blind faith. You are correct that passage in Hebrews is a contradiction in terms. I mean how can you put trust in something that you don't know exists?? How can you know something exists unless you have had experiences to prove it exists? So like you said it is all circular arguments.

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  Do you believe the Bible is the inspired word of God?

  by desib77 in

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  do you believe the bible is the inspired word of god?

  have you somehow attempted to prove this to yourself or have you just accepted it?

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  No I do not believe it is the word of God. Outside of the bible there is no proof that it is authentic. It is full of old myths and stories that have been handed down through oral traditions that were eventually written down. Unless you have blind faith in believing what it says there is no proof. It is a book that is divisive where wars, crusades and inquisitions have been done in its name over the last few thousand years. It is for weak minded individuals that cannot face reality and live in a dream world. I challenge any believer in it, here and now to proof to me without a shadow of a doubt and without resorting to "it is inspired because it says so" that it is God's word.

  Will