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  Question for Brits

  by Francois in

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  i've always wanted to know: what is a moor?.

  please & thanks.

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  Bowling for Colombine

  by scotsman in

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  raised some good questions but kind of got lost because of the evidence moore uncovers along the way, but it was nice to see marylin manson appearing as a paragon of virtue when compared to charlton heston.. wt content?

  has the same tacky infomercial style that wt videos tend towards with tacky muzak over corny acting.. sad thing is that its target audience will probably never see it.

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  Should America Start Closing the Borders?

  by pettygrudger in

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  my hubby & i had a debate tonight, so i'm kinda taking a poll..... my hubby says we should stop immigrations and start closing up the borders - except in cases of political asylum or a family member.

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  JW/HLC visit to our hospital

  by ScoobySnax in

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  2. medical

  yesterday jehovahs witnesses and the hospital liason committee visited our hospital to donate a blood cell saver machine which had been funded by the local congregations in our county of kent in england.

  a buffet lunch was provided, along with 4 talks to a large audience of surgical and medical consultants, anaetheologists, paedatricians, and obstetraticians (sp!

  ) about the future of blood and the transfusion of such products.

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  Were You At One Time, A Devout Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  when you look back, were you considered by others a "devout" jw?

  ( michael jackson and family as well as the williams sisters have been charecterized as being "devout").

  did you consider yourself sincere and devoted?

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  The Sleeping Dragon is Awakening

  by Perry in

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  us officials are signalling that a deal has been reached with france and russia to overcome their objections to a new resolution against iraq.

  senior diplomats are discussing the latest resolution drafted by the united states at a closed-door meeting of the un security council.

  iraq... will face serious consequences as a result of its continued violations of its obligations .

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  Oh God, I Hate That Tune.

  by Englishman in

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  2. friends

  last week, i was gurgling merrily at an episode of the simpsons.

  it was the one that is a parody of the "thelma and louise" film where marge and her chum are being pursued by homer and chief wiggum.. marge's chum is trying to impress her with her cool music, but when she turns on the car radio, it begins to play one of her less cool tunes, something that i have never heard before called "sunshine and lollipops".

  this repeated itself several times in different vehicles, whenever anyone turned on the radio, sunshine and lollipops came blaring out.

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  UK & IRELAND MAP

  by ballistic in

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  i had an idea that i could build a uk map of everyones location which would show you instantly who is in your area from jwd.. (it might be an idea to do a seperate us one aswell but i'll wait and see if this one takes off first, or if anyone from the us wants to volunteer to do that one).

  (and australia but you are all in the same backyard anyway - literally!!!).

  anyway, all you have to do is post or email me your username and town and i will draw you on the map above which will change gradually to include everyone!.

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  Pioneer School Book

  by Eyebrow in

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  2. experiences

  ever since i was a kid i wanted to be a pioneer and go to pioneer school.

  i remember how every summer a crop of pioneers would come back all excited from the school with a "pioneer book" that no one was allowed to read except pioneers that had gone to school.

  seriously, even as an adult a good friend of mine would not even let me take a peak, as it was taboo.

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  Restrictions

  by ozziepost in

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  there is a practice among jws of applying restrictions to individual members.

  it forms part of the judicial process and, although having no scriptural basis, is applied automatically to erring ones who are judged to be repentant.. so, for a period of time, usually up to 12 months, the individual is not allowed to share in commenting at meetings, offering public prayer, appearing on the platform in congregation meetings, or in serving as an auxiliary pioneer.. as with any man-made law, difficulties arise from this practice.

  although no announcement has been made to the congregation, individual congregation members can have their curiosity aroused.. for example, take the real-life situation where a sole parent has been placed on restrictions by a judicial committee.

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