Posts by Pleasuredome

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What's the big deal about a Circuit Overseer visit?

by jaffacake in

jw
friends

according to the son of my newly baptised jw friends, they re-decorating their house for a visit and 'inspection' by the circuit overseer.

can anyone explain what the circuit overseer's visit is all about?

does he or she normally visit the homes of people in the congregation?

Pleasuredome

he usually goes to peoples houses to ungratefully scoff food thats been provided for him. there's always a big 'song and dance' put on for the bishop, although there is no rank in the JWs just like there's no rules.

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Why do people hate Americans?

by dorayakii in

maybe the correct word is not "hate", but "distain" or "dislike"... .

many people were against the war in iraq and dilike president bush, has this had a baring on how people view americans?

when america flexes its military muscles how do you feel?

Pleasuredome

Why do people hate Americans?
Because it saves time??

best argument i've read so far.

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Would you bend over to pick up a penny on the ground? Or maybe a nickel?

by JH in

jw
friends

yesterday evening i was taking a long walk, and then i saw a nickel (5 cents) on the sidewalk, so i didn't even bother to pick it up.

then walking away i was surprised that i didnt even pick it up.

i know that i would never pick up a penny, but a nickel, usually i do pick that up.

Pleasuredome

it would depend where i was and what sort of company i was with.

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Is Clairvoyance evil or a human trait?

by Amazing1914 in

jw
friends

the society taught that psychic ability and clairvoyance were of satan and the demons.

they equated these characteristics as unchristian and to be avoided.

therefore, they are linked to ouiji board, wiccan activities, and even the seer that saul visited to conjure up samuel in a vision.

Pleasuredome

Can you tell me what the link between Quantum Physics and these capabilities are?

Danny

that will be the Bohm's holographic model, i think. it's only theory, but very interesting nonetheless.

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The Island

by Pleasuredome in

has anyone seen this new film and symbolically compared it to the jws?

Pleasuredome

has anyone seen this new film and symbolically compared it to the JWs?

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Why did the WTBTS not sue Ray Franz?

by Gill in

jw
friends

if ray franz had been lying in anything he said in both of his books, c of c and in search of christian freedom, surely the wtbts would have sued him.

why did they take no legal action against him?.

could it be that this legalistic corportion realised he had lied about nothing?

Pleasuredome

CoC is a nice read, but i cant help but feel its a sort of 'bethel memoirs lite'.

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Ouija boards Do you feel they are real or not?Any personal experiences?

by Ticker in

i've had several expereiences with ouija boards, some interesting, some disturbing, and as skeptical as i try to be i have to admit i have seen it personally say things and do things that i can not logically explain.

some say its your sub-conscience, some say its spirits, others say its demons.

i am just wondering if any of you have had experiences with the ouija board, what they were, and what you believe about them, supernatural or just another simple amusement?

Pleasuredome

i've tried table tilting a few times. first few times it didn't work. but the last couple of times we managed to get it to stand on one leg, which was very wierd to see.

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MI5...covered up systematic child abuse

by ISP in

members have any evidence they should submit it to the appropriate authorities and it will be fully investigated.

mcgrath--presided over the kincora boys home for the best part of two decades and had a record of systematic, year-by-year child abuse of the most violent kind.

it will be raised again and again because it is a disgrace to the british state.