CyrusThePersian

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  Just out of curiosity, how many elders (current & ex) do we have here?

  by mrquik in

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  me.

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  I was an elder for 12 years. I stepped down in 1996 and never looked back.

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  Here's IRONY for you

  by Hortensia in

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  http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/major-tech-companies-unite-to-call-for-new-limits-on-surveillance/2013/12/08/530f0fd4-6051-11e3-bf45-61f69f54fc5f_story.html.

  imagine -- google is protesting that the government spies too much.

  pot calling kettle black?.

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  When Google does it it's OK because it benefits the corporate big shots but when the NSA and the GCHQ does it, it makes Google look bad. So they have to try to make themselves look noble by protesting.

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  Here it is, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me you...

  by chapstick in

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  if all of the ex-watchtowerites and other critics of the religious bs we've been fed all our lives want to know and understand all the whys and hows of this monstrocity called the christian church, how it really came to be, what it is and what you can do about it, here it is on a neat platter.

  it will shock the sensitive ones among you (if there still are any) to your core.

  no fantacy and no bullshit here guys, this is the unadulterated truth.

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  Do a little research Cyrus

  No, I will not. When someone makes a presentation, I expect the presenter to do the research, not me.

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  Here it is, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me you...

  by chapstick in

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  if all of the ex-watchtowerites and other critics of the religious bs we've been fed all our lives want to know and understand all the whys and hows of this monstrocity called the christian church, how it really came to be, what it is and what you can do about it, here it is on a neat platter.

  it will shock the sensitive ones among you (if there still are any) to your core.

  no fantacy and no bullshit here guys, this is the unadulterated truth.

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  I'm with ya, WinstonSmith. As soon as I heard the part about the Phoenecians and the Suez canal I was like, "Nah." and shut it off. I have no time for people who can't keep their history straight and commit anacrhonisms like that.

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  HALF AND HALF or 50/50

  by Terry in

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  there are only a thousand people left on earth.. about ten percent of the survivors (of some unnamed disaster) have professional expertise of some kind.. 80 per cent have some education, but not any practical grasp of how things operate.. 10 per cent are extremists of varying kinds; a sort of lunatic fringe with knee-jerk "solutions" they propose to carry out.. a temporary leader/spokesman acts as a referee to sort things out.. a meeting is conducted with all 1000 present.. after much arguing, a vote is conducted.. 51 % want to carry out one set of plans while 49% want know part of it.. the thin majority start doing things their way and the minority get more and more outraged.. what happens next?.

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  I know. I grew up in the sixties. Back then, the rhetoric was all about ideology, this time it's about money - which is much nearer and dearer to people's hearts because cash flow is essential to people being able to eat and put a roof over their heads.

  That's important. Protesting the war in Viet Nam is one thing but yanking the spoon out of peoples' mouths is quite another, just ask the Bolsheviks.

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  HALF AND HALF or 50/50

  by Terry in

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  there are only a thousand people left on earth.. about ten percent of the survivors (of some unnamed disaster) have professional expertise of some kind.. 80 per cent have some education, but not any practical grasp of how things operate.. 10 per cent are extremists of varying kinds; a sort of lunatic fringe with knee-jerk "solutions" they propose to carry out.. a temporary leader/spokesman acts as a referee to sort things out.. a meeting is conducted with all 1000 present.. after much arguing, a vote is conducted.. 51 % want to carry out one set of plans while 49% want know part of it.. the thin majority start doing things their way and the minority get more and more outraged.. what happens next?.

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  I think that the problem in the USA is actually quite different than your scenario. I believe that America - especially the American economy is spiraling toward an almost medieval situation, wherein all the wealth and power is controlled by a tiny elite group and all the rest (the "99%") are slowly being stripped of their financial well-being.

  It's my opinion that soon the economy will become so unbalanced that an actual revolt could occur. I see the "Occupy Wall St" protests from a couple of years ago as the rumblings of massive discontent.

  The two party political system in the USA has become a joke. The politicians are bought and paid for by the elite and do their bidding.

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  Ever consider joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

  by rawe in

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  has anyone here left jehovah's witnesses to join the churuch of jesus christ of latter-day saints?

  what was your motivation for doing so and how has it worked out?.

  if you haven't joined the lds or considered it, as an ex-jw, what is your general view of the lds faith?.

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  I was about to post that I would never again be a part of a cult that was pretty much made up by someone, like Joseph Smith, C.T. Russell or L. Ron Hubbard or their ilk, but in reality all religions were basically made up by somebody.

  The only advantage that Christianity, Islam and Judaism have is that they are older, but in my mind the same rule still applies-somebody, at some time, made the whole thing up so I don't want or need to be a part of any of them.

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  Yay!! I got a valuable piece of garbage

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i got what could well be the craziest wbts book: the finished mystery!!.

  relatively cheap, 65 bucks.

  can't wait till i have it in my hands!!.

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  The Finished Mystery is awesome! I don't think any one book the society published can quite compare with this insane tome. Be sure to look up some of the crazier quotes from the internet and bookmark them to show your mother.

  I hope you got the 1917 edition. That one is the silliest of them all. The subsequent editions are more watered down in their rhetoric.

  And leaving_quietly, even though having the book in PDF format is cheap, there is nothing to compare with having the actual ink-and-paper book in your hands. That way no one can say that you got the info from "apostates."

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  HALF AND HALF or 50/50

  by Terry in

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  there are only a thousand people left on earth.. about ten percent of the survivors (of some unnamed disaster) have professional expertise of some kind.. 80 per cent have some education, but not any practical grasp of how things operate.. 10 per cent are extremists of varying kinds; a sort of lunatic fringe with knee-jerk "solutions" they propose to carry out.. a temporary leader/spokesman acts as a referee to sort things out.. a meeting is conducted with all 1000 present.. after much arguing, a vote is conducted.. 51 % want to carry out one set of plans while 49% want know part of it.. the thin majority start doing things their way and the minority get more and more outraged.. what happens next?.

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  A schism occurs and they have a war or they separate into two opposing groups. With only a thousand people left, it sounds like social suicide but such is human nature unfortunately.
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  Christmas - love it or leave it?

  by Xanthippe in

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  i am just watching my neighbours across the road putting up christmas lights while their children run around bursting with excitement.

  i am feeling all christmassy now.

  can't wait for my daughter to come home from uni next weekend so we can go and buy a tree from the garden centre.

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  Since I'm single and live alone and my kids are still stuck in the troof, my celebrations usually consist of hitting a few parties and watching my favorite Christmas movies like A Christmas Story, White Christmas and Holiday Inn.