Yeah, I think I could. If I had the training, and the conditioning, and whatnot. It would be a rough experience, but I'd do it for my country.
CZAR
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how would you feel if you had to go to war and kill people?
would your spiritual background stop you from doing this, or would you see this as a patriotic thing to do?
Yeah, I think I could. If I had the training, and the conditioning, and whatnot. It would be a rough experience, but I'd do it for my country.
CZAR
i read this quote at tom's site (thanks tom!
) and then looked it up for myself on the wt cd.
this is truly disturbing and shows their true mindset....this is from the nov. !5th 1952 question from readers.
I'd like to see 'em try to exterminate us... That'd be so funny - tonight a judicial committee and stoning!
Can't you just see those old farts heaving rocks with their flaccid, trembling arms. It'd take forever to get a fatal hit!
CZAR
dear all,.
... well, it's a friday, right?.
this is significant.
Thank you. I can't tell you how enlightened I feel right now.
Or is that just gas?
CZAR
disfellowshippingpracticing a bible standard.
disfellowshipping is a procedure which is laid down in the bible .
a young girl who was disfellowshipped and later reinstated said: "i am happy that jehovah loves his people enough to see that his organization is kept clean.
I found disfellowshipping to be a very loving act - it set me free from their inane chatter!
CZAR
consider earth as one of the sources for the force that drives evolution.
this hypothesis would of necessity require an infintesimally small mote of intelligence or consciousness at the atomic level, and below that, if there was something lower.
atomic inteligence would explain why atomic hydrogen, the lowest form of known matter in the universe, forms itself into into clouds, that are called nebulae.
I have a friend who is a tribalist - she keeps saying there are too many people, and that modern agriculture is a bad thing. I say screw it, and give me a martini.
CZAR
you know, living forever sounds really great.
but really, what would life be like without death?
death really helps to define who we are.
Farks - you should become a wise mystic, playing your piano on a mountaintop somewhere...
I'd like to live forever, but only if I could keep trying to conquer the world.
CZAR
i don't think so, but the turks aren't known for being nice.. despite a barrage of criticism from the media, england are odds on favourites to win their next euro 2004 qualifying match against turkey at the sunderland stadium of light.
the visitors have won their opening three group games and anything other than a defeat would put them in a very strong position.
the hosts are currently at around evens to win group 7.. .
Nope, I'm a big fan of England and the English - even lived there for a while. I'm an American, but I'd cheer for you over Germany any day.
CZAR
a journalist's account of the killing of a car full of iraqi civilians by us soldiers differs widely from the official military version, says brian whitaker .
tuesday april 1, 2003 .
the invasion forces suffered another self-inflicted disaster in the battle for hearts and minds yesterday when soldiers from the us 3rd infantry division shot dead iraqi seven women and children.
Liberal, lefty, coward, and now socialist
Did I mention charming with an ingratiating online personality and a flair for poignant, powerful script? I didn't? Why not, I wonder?
How did I know you lived in Seattle? Blackblock wannabe!
Tell you what, come to Seattle you dipf&*^'s, and get into a ring with me, for a UTF style bout, and we'll see who taps out first
A UTF style fight? Weren't you the peacenik hippie type just a second ago? Anyway, it sounds like fun. We could set up an apostafest event surrounding it, sell tickets, maybe some of your chai crap in the stands. Hoo ah! I can see it now, the lights, the crowd, the sight of your broken battered body being dragged away as your feeble voice threatens legal action from what remains of your larynx. Oh yeah, even though you cowardly deleted all of that thread, I remember that little incident!
Rent the ring, set the date, preferably for the end of summer so I'll look good in my spandex suit, and I'll be on the next flight for Seattle!
CZAR
first, i never was a jw, but since a dear friend of mine is one, i'm here to learn from the human elements in order to give her quiet assistance in leaving someday (soon, i hope).... i love reading.
my favorite author thru the years has been cs lewis.
i read narnia in hs, and loved the last book the best (last battle).
Terry Pratchett. Britain's best and most popular writer.
George R. R. Martin. For you fantasy fans out there, his "Song of Ice and Fire" series is the most intriguing, spell-binding set of books since LOTR. No kidding.
jewel - her book of poems touched my heart
CZAR
i have to visit various in-laws this weekend.. i'm getting prepared mentally for it.
most of them are witnesses, to varying degrees.
i promise to keep my mouth shut.
I think that Farkel's point is valid. People believe in crap because they WANT to believe in crap. I mean, there are still people who claim to be "samaritans" living in Palestine! Still practicing what is left of their millennia old religion - and they are dying off.
I really can't see another Rutherford, though - there just isn't anyone that charismatic in the organization! They've all been disfellowshipped or have sought better opportunities.
The status quo will continue - mediocre growth in developed lands, even declines, and continued growth in the Third World, because they really don't have anything else going on.
CZAR