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  "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown

  by William Penwell in

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  with all the controversy lately about the book.

  "the da vinci code" by dan brown, who here has read it?

  i just bought a copy of it the other day.

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  Oops sorry people looks like there is another thread going about this topic. The reason why I asked was a friend of mine took me down to a seminar on the book the other day. She says it was advertised in the paper and made out that it was put on by the author Dan Brown. What it was all about and we sat through 1 1/2 hours, was a scholar from the Catholic Church pointing out all the errors in the book. It was kind of a misleading add according to my friend. She claims it made out it was presented by the author. We were not too overly impressed by being mislead like that.

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  "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown

  by William Penwell in

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  with all the controversy lately about the book.

  "the da vinci code" by dan brown, who here has read it?

  i just bought a copy of it the other day.

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  William Penwell

  With all the controversy lately about the book. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, who here has read it? What did you think of it? I just bought a copy of it the other day.
  
  Will
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  It is official-Awake to be monthly-PDF scan of KM for your review....

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  i will post this as a link for download, it's about 3.5 meg (searchable!).

  http://members.cox.net/captainschmideo/km-e_us_3-05-march%202005.pdf.

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  Typical WT BS. They take a whole page to say what they could have said in about 2 sentences. "Dear borthers and sisters, as of January 1, 2006 the Awake will now be a monthly issue." I sure am glad I don't have to sit thorugh all those boring service meetings anymore.

  Will
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  Trying to find an old picture

  by stevenyc in

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  i wonder if anyone can remember a drawing, i think it was in the old children book (pink/orange hard cover if i remember correctly), of babies being offered up as sacrifies to a false god.

  the god looked like a huge chair/alter with flames ( i think) and horns.. .

  steve.

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  I bought a copy of the Paradise book at a used book sale in the mall. I wanted a copy for reference. I recall studying that when I was small but don't recall having any adverse night mares over it. Also I think that was one book that was reedited over the years. Someone else might know but it seems like they took put some objectionable material out of the later issues.

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  Ref of a SONG ... Help please

  by frenchbabyface in

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  ok i can say that much about it but it's a dance music.

  actually it says what you have to do (to dance on it - i like those songs ... yes) - .

  and all i catch and remember is : jump to the left !

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  All I did was put the key words in a Google search tried different combinations and finally made a hit.

  Your welcome French, my pleasure.

  Will
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  861,000 Left WT since 2000

  by Bluegrass Tom in

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  the following is a summary of peak publishers vs. amount of people baptized since the 6 million mark was hit.. peak publishers.

  here is what the average publisher numbers look like.. average publishers.

  something happened to 526,989 avg.

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  Before the internet I thought I was the only one that had these feelings and doubts. The last 5 to 10 years after reading ex-JW sites I have come to realize I was not alone in my thinking. Before the internet that was the big thing that the WT had over any ex-JW was the fear of being alone and not having a support network to fall back on.

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  Ref of a SONG ... Help please

  by frenchbabyface in

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  ok i can say that much about it but it's a dance music.

  actually it says what you have to do (to dance on it - i like those songs ... yes) - .

  and all i catch and remember is : jump to the left !

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  Hey Frenchbaby,

  Is this what your looking for:

  DJ CASPER LYRICS Cha Cha Slide
  
  Clap your hands everybody
  Slide to the left
  take it back now yal
  One hop this time
  Right foot lets stomp
  Left foot lets stomp
  Cha Cha now yal
  To the left
  Take it back now yal
  Two hops this time
  Two on the left
  Two on the right
  Cha Cha now yal
  Slide to the right
  Slide to the left
  Take it back now yal
  One hop this time
  Right foot lets stomp
  Left foot lets stomp
  Charlie Brown
  Cha Cha now yal
  Five hops this time
  Touch your knees
  how low can you go
  can go down low
  All the way to floor
  Can you bring it the top
  like you never never stop
  One hop this time
  Right foot lets stomp
  Left lets stomp
  Reverse Reverse
  Reverse Reverse
  Cha Cha now y'all
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  Spirit appointed elders reveal information. Elders are disfellowshipped

  by garybuss in

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  elders meet scriptural requirements before being 'appointed .

  by holy spirit.

  ' knowing this will strengthen your confidence.

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  I had a boss that did that all the time but it got to a point where you knew he was planting information because he would lead off by saying, "Just between you and me".....

  I know their is a lot of game playing, gossipy people in the organization. My problem is I am too trusting and would get burnt by these type of people.

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  Spirit appointed elders reveal information. Elders are disfellowshipped

  by garybuss in

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  elders meet scriptural requirements before being 'appointed .

  by holy spirit.

  ' knowing this will strengthen your confidence.

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  I'd advise every Witness to think twice before confessing ANYTHING to a Witness elder. Your information is not safe according to the Society.
  
  According to the Society the elders are untrained volunteers. Part of the lack of training must be confidentiality with sensitive information.

  I learned that the hard way. I confided in the elders personal information thinking they were genuinely interested in me as a person only to find out they later used my words against me to DF me.

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  KM in 1974 praising people for selling all their stuff and pioneering?

  by ithinkisee in

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  someone on this site mentioned they got a km off ebay that praised those that sold all their belongings and preached.. does anyone know which km that was?.

  interesting, when going through the society's cd-rom i noticed that the drama for the district convention in 1975 was about noah's ark and was something along the lines of "there's still time left!

  " (i'm paraphrasing).. -dm

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  The evidence is clear that Jehovah has used and is continuing to use his one organization, with "the faithful and discreet slave" taking the lead.

  It gets back to, if Jehovah is perfect why would he use an imperfect organization?

  Will