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  WoMD ... so where are they?

  by Simon in

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  now, the war is over, the weapons were not used and of course have not been found.. how threatening could they be if they did not even use them when being invaded by a massive force (of the countries they hate)?!

  perhaps, as many suspect, they didn't use them because they didn't have them?.

  now we're being told that we'll have to be patient and give them time to find them.

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  Hell no we need that oil for our gas guzzling SUV's.

  As the situation day by day in Iraq is getting out of hand.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4145585.stm

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  I took the "1914 Generation" prophecy seriously. Did you?

  by nicolaou in

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  i was born in 1964, a convenient 50 years after 1914. even in my early teens i was doing the sums.

  i had a worse case scenario figured out - if the 1914 generation could apply to babies and even if they lived to be a 120, i would still only be about 70 years old after they'd all died!

  i figured that i was part of the first wave of 'jehovah's people' that really would live to see the new order - guaranteed!!

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  unclebruce,

  I can relate to what you are saying.

  In the early 70's the push was on from the WT to not to get a higher education but to go into the full time preaching work. In 1974 I quit school in grade 12 and went preaching because we were convinced that the new system would be here by the end of 1975. I can't say it completely ruined my life because as an adult I have taken responsiblity for my own actions but it did set me back a few years. I went on to take part time studies and upgrade my skills. I may not have the "dream job" but I do OK financailly.

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  I took the "1914 Generation" prophecy seriously. Did you?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was born in 1964, a convenient 50 years after 1914. even in my early teens i was doing the sums.

  i had a worse case scenario figured out - if the 1914 generation could apply to babies and even if they lived to be a 120, i would still only be about 70 years old after they'd all died!

  i figured that i was part of the first wave of 'jehovah's people' that really would live to see the new order - guaranteed!!

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  Same with me and the 1975 hype. I know so many ex dubs that put all their faith in the 1914/1975 dates. I am sure if you asked them they would say the same thing as me that they fell away due to the WT broken proficies.

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  paedophilia, FBI, rebublican party, larry king

  by Pleasuredome in

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  this is a program that was made by yorkshire television (uk) exposing a child sex ring run by larry king, how it was covered up by the fbi aswell as the media, and how it linked into the top politicians at the time.

  this documentary exposed a network of religious leaders and washington politicians who flew children to washington d.c. for sex orgies.

  listed for viewing in tv guide magazine was to be aired on the discovery channel, on may 3, 1994. at the last minute before airing, unknown congressmen threatened the tv cable industry with restrictive legislation if this documentary was aired.

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  Interesting program. The ones that were involved with the cover-up are just as guilty as those that commited the acts.

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  Cross or torture stake.....

  by snakeizz in

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  this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?

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  In around 40 BC, in Rome, a historian recorded that 2,000 people were crucified in a single day, for the entertainment of Quintilius Varus! About 40 years after Jesus' Crucifixion, the Romans crucified around 500 per day in 70 AD.

  Yeah like in Monnty Python's, "Life of Brian" they were crucifying dozens of people and the one on the crosses started singing, "Always look on the Bright side of Life".

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  Big Brother UK - I'm not nornally a prude ... but ...

  by Faolan in

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  apparently, on the next uk big brother, the first contestants to have sex with each other have been offered 50,000 .

  i'd be interested to know what other people think!.

  claire, x

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  It is about time reality shows go into the trash bin. Never watched them and never will. They are created for about 13 year old mentality.

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  Westboro Baptist Church

  by lazyslob in

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  really sick religious guys here http://www.godhatesfags.com/main/index.html they seem to hate sweden for some reason.

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  I read this a few days ago and was going to post about it but wasn't sure if it was some sort of hoax. I mean I can't believe anyone this day and age would be that "red neck". Even if they were I can't believe that anyone would be that stupid to post their true feelings.

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  My Phone Conversation With Watchtower on Tsunami Disaster!

  by Voyager in

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  my telephone conversation with the watchtower society, was a sincere attempt to find out what active role the watchtower is taking to help the tsunami victims.

  thursday dec. 30, 2004 / approx.

  watchtower call on tsunami disaster.. 1-718-560-5000. wt-recording--thank you for calling jehovah's witnesses.. wt rep--jehovah's witnesses, may i help you?.

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  WT rep--Sure, let me give you the latest information that we have. As of Monday the reports are: India, Malaysia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand report that there was no great loss of life among the local brothers. Sadly in Thailand (2) brothers who were vacationing were known to have been killed. There have been of course loss of homes, personal possessions, and Kingdom Halls have damage. We are asking that if individuals would like to donate to the relief work, if they would please donate to the (Watchtower Worldwide Work), and it will be distributed from there.

  Translation, all we care about is the Jdubs and kingdum halls and to hell with the rest of those poor bastards.

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  Should You Believe Voices from the Unknown,,Assume It's God's???

  by frankiespeakin in

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  isn't that what a prophet is doing???

  how can he be so sure he is speaking with the almighty???

  could just be a over active ego??

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  Most of the early religious inspirations were because of a self induced drug state. Like today I am sure you can get a real spiritual enlightenment with a little hallucinate drugs.

  Will
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  link from society website "donate to disaster relief"

  by core in

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  https://www.jwgift.org/main.asp?page=0

  not sure if this has been noted here before but the uk jw donations website has a link described as " click here to donate to disaster relief.

  who gets this then and what disaster will it benefit - bandwagon anyone ?.

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  If it's used in the disaster area, it'll be to rebuild kingdumb halls.

  That would be the WT idea of disaster relief aid, who cares if the poor people need food or medical aid as long as they have a Kingdum hall to go and listen to the societies BS.

  Will