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  Eeeeeeewe !!

  by Simon in

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  gross !

  interesting question though: would anyone ever be able to get close enough to the president to do that?

  at least our politicians are still quite accessible ... you can punch 'em or kiss 'em if you really want to.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4224357.stm.

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  an admiring Miss Peterson said: "He's got lips like a baby, they're very soft."

  That's the same comment George W. said when Tony was kissing his ass.
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  Only Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Yvonne A in

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  i'm just new to this internet stuff and am studying with the jehovah's witnesses at present.please don't take my lack of knowledge as cheek.

  i just want to know if it's meant to be only jehovah's witnesses using this site.

  i fully intend to become baptised but was wondering if there's any security to prevent people who shouldn't be using the site and are maybe abusing it from doing so.

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  Yvonne. Welcome and Don't let us frighten you away. You've heard from 2 posters on this thread, who like yourself, were considering dedicating their life to God/Jehovah.

  On close observation though you will find yourself dieicating your self to an organization / business / religion of men, who insert themselves between you and the God you wish to worship.

  I suggest you take a look at Rebellious Spirits threads, as she muses out loud as to her predicament.

  Take Care....

  "Religion is the worship and service of the Devil and his associate demons .... Religion is the chief means that puts fear into the minds of the people and leads them into the Devil's snare .... Truly then, as stated, 'religion is a snare and a racket,' employed to collect money from them under false representations." Joseph Rutherford Watchtower, Jan. 15 1940, Page 29
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  'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits'

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/wgerm30.xml

  'if you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits'

  by clare chapman .

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  The article concentrated on women. Surely this law would apply equally to men as well.
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  tug of war ensuing

  by And1 in

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  ladies and gents, how are you all?

  great...now thats out of the way, i need you guys to do me a favour, i have been reading up on jws for the past three/four years, the people are pleasent enough and live fairly ordinary lives....some could say boring....(lets call up susie for a game of cards!!!!!

  i come here with a problem....my problem is simple and clear cut, it could even be summed up in one word..."hope".

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  1) I began to look at this child as being perfect in his innocence and beauty, as opposed to being "born a sinner" as Christianity in general teaches.

  2) Since I was disfellowshipped, my brother told me that if I didn't get reinstated, my son would die at Armageddon, since I was supposedly the head of the household.

  How beautiful life, especially my son, was beginning to look to me, contrasted by my brother's swift and unsympathetic condemnation to death for him, was too much. I was done.

  Brad

  Hopefully some day your brother will take those words back and apolagize.
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  tug of war ensuing

  by And1 in

  1. jw
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  ladies and gents, how are you all?

  great...now thats out of the way, i need you guys to do me a favour, i have been reading up on jws for the past three/four years, the people are pleasent enough and live fairly ordinary lives....some could say boring....(lets call up susie for a game of cards!!!!!

  i come here with a problem....my problem is simple and clear cut, it could even be summed up in one word..."hope".

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  Why did you fall out of the truth and how?

  I fell into the truth, when I left JWism.

  "Religion is the worship and service of the Devil and his associate demons .... Religion is the chief means that puts fear into the minds of the people and leads them into the Devil's snare .... Truly then, as stated, 'religion is a snare and a racket,' employed to collect money from them under false representations." Joseph Rutherford Watchtower, Jan. 15 1940, Page 29
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  I never thought I'd have to tell my kids....

  by FreedomFrog in

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  what are some of the things you had to say to your kids you didn't think you'd ever have to say?

  if you don't have kids you can give some examples of any family member or friends.. here are mine to my 6 year old:.

  "quit licking the car.

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  There IS a Santa Claus !
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  So How Does The New Avatar Grab you?

  by Englishman in

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  <----------------------- it has a certain je ne sais croix to it, does it not?.

  englishman, speaker of franglais and execrable deutsch.

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  I liked the original actually, if you can rememeber what that was.

  xjw_b12 who associates feelings/emotions to avatars and dosen't like it when people change the avatars he is comfortable with.
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  My God Complex

  by xjw_b12 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i left jwism i still believed in god.

  i even ordered other bible editions and literature from religious book clubs.

  but the more i researched, especially on the internet, and some of the thesises i read, i've begrudgingly come to the conclusion that the bible is nothing more than a series of stories, genelogies, and fables passed down from generation to generation.

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  seven. you make me cry and laugh at the same time. I have always admired how well you put thought to print. You say a lot of the things I think.

  holly. hello. I don't think I've welcomed you yet...so WELCOME to JWD. We will have to encourage Almost Athiest to write that story.

  Carmel Is "God passes By" written from a jews perspective? That piques my curiosity.

  Czar. Did you copy that out of a book or sumthin? (joking) My reason for being here? Hhmm. I have a few I think. None of them divine. All of them important, at least to my friends and family.
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  FOND FAREWELL TO THE BI-MONTHLY AWAKE!

  by steve2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the jw congregations about to be informed that the ubiquitous awake!

  magazine is to be issued just once a month from january 2006, now is an apt time for interested parties to share brief memories and/or impressions about the bi-monthly awake!

  magazines, whether poignant, hard-hitting or humorous.

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  Awake 1990 4/8 page 27

  "Good prostate health seems also to relate to the Bible?s high moral standard. All males would do well to note two principles in particular:

  Faithful

  to wife: Hebrews 13:4 admonishes: "Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement." Since infection of the prostate gland may be the result of venereal disease, promiscuous sexual activity may lead to prostate trouble as well as other problems.

  Guarding

  one?s thoughts: At Matthew 5:28 Jesus Christ counsels: "But I say to you that everyone that keeps on looking at a woman so as to have a passion for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Following Jesus? advice can contribute to good prostate health. How? When passion is aroused in a man, the prostate gland prepares for intercourse. Dr. Brosman writes that repeated episodes of arousal without accompanying ejaculation cause an accumulation of fluid in the prostate and the seminal vesicles and can lead to prostate trouble.

  And masturbation is taboo.

  There you have it Ladies and Gentlemen..The leading cause of prostate cancer is the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
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  My God Complex

  by xjw_b12 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i left jwism i still believed in god.

  i even ordered other bible editions and literature from religious book clubs.

  but the more i researched, especially on the internet, and some of the thesises i read, i've begrudgingly come to the conclusion that the bible is nothing more than a series of stories, genelogies, and fables passed down from generation to generation.

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  AA

  How long have you been out of the JW's?

  Coming up on 10 years now.

  I thought I had this out of my system, long time ago. I think my hangup is this creation vs evolution thing. When I was in school, I was very aggressive in presenting the creation sceanrio vs evolution. I would present my arguments in class and during debates and public speaking competitions. I was very passionate about it, and imho very good at it. I took some ridicule for it, but I had both students, and teachers come up to me and commend me on my stand. I even had a few tell me that they were convinced my position was the correct one.

  The sticking point for me, is when I look around and see what I preceive as the perfection and beauty of all that lives and breathes. (In nature anyways, us humans can be pretty ugly on an emotional level)

  Can I attribute that to a creator who has a flair for the magnificent, and a sense of humour (giraffes)? Yet how do I reconcile that against the Father who has abandoned his children?

  When I was a kid (had never heard of JW's yet) I had an idea for a story about God being "sick" and close to death. The world had to be told, and it had to work together to save him. Of course, when they did do it, he would bless them and the world would become a paradise. Maybe a better story would be that the world in fact did NOT save him, he died off, and there they were.

  That sounds like an awesome idea for a story and a movie. Seriously.

  Come to think of it, Scott Adams did this even better in God's Debris. If you've never read, you should give it a try. Quite a cool read.

  I'll have to check it out, thank you.