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I HAD MY BICYCLE STOLEN!

by Terry in

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three months ago i had to stop driving my car.

it wouldn't pass inspection and it would cost about $3k to get it up to par.. well, it's a 98 honda accord with about 179 thousand miles on it, what did i expect?.

.. i decided i would switch to riding a bicycle instead.. it has worked out fairly well.. i put about 10 miles a day on it.

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That indeed really sucks Terry, very sorry to hear this story especially when it's one's main mode of transport. I know just has this feels as have had a few nice bikes stolen in my time.

I had a completely hand built Claude Butler Specialised Touring bike get stolen once.. in today's terms it would be maybe a £3,000 bike. I left it inside a public library while I dropped my books off for less then 30 seconds and it was gone. I was utterly gutted.

Your not an idiot at all, these things happen, sadly we have to develop often the painful way the awareness that we are surrounded often by not very honest or nicest of people. Hope you manage to get some kind of replacement soon.

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If you still believe in God, what are your thoughts on the Bible?

by ilikecheese in

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do you believe it's inerrant?

do you believe it's based on things that happened, but a lot of it may just be stories and it's not perfect because men wrote it?

do you think it's just a good guide?

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I think about God quite a bit... but not thinking about the Bible or reading it.

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If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

by minimus in

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supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

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By showing himself... That would solve every single problem that has ever plagued humanity since time began.

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Untheocratic!

by Atlantis in

how can it be said that gods visible organizationwas made strictly theocratic or was fully theocratic in structure by 1938, when there are revisions and changes from time to time in organization instructions?.

.. first of all, we must recognize what is meant when we say gods visible organization was made strictly or fully theocratic.

the term theocracy means god rule or rule by god.

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It amazes me how people can even be bothered with any of this. What's the fascination?

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Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents

by Fernando in

your thoughts on such a poster?.

(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").

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Well that was a waste of time...

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Do you like the people in the Bible?

by Dis-Member in

the society always speaks about all the wonderful people and characters in the bible.. they always too speak of many of them as being so humble, faithful, loyal, diligent, loving, kind, wise, merciful etc, and worthy of imitation.

also of how god blessed them followed by endless examples and reasons why we today should imitate them.. .

they also speak of how wonderful it would be to meet some of these people in the future 'new system' and have often depicted scenes where the the survivors of armageddon would be gathered around some ancient resurrected faithful asking them questions and listening to their stories of times past.

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Interesting to hear who people would like to meet.. but rather then just that I'd like to know peoples feelings good or bad on all those Bible characters.. do you think you would even get on with maby of them? Like them? Make them your friends?

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Have you had a crisis of concience?

by new hope and happiness in

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my little boy has decided he wants to be a vegetarian and has been for over a year now.

i fully accepted and supported this.. my view however is no matter what you eat or how you eat it ....beings will die for you to eat.. i have noticed where we live we have the terms " free range" and " ecological".

if affordable i am sure most peoples preferrd option for their own health and the conditions of the animals.. i would say everyone has the right to eat what they want within reason.

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I have recently changed to a vegetarian diet for about the last 6 months. For the moment I still have milk, eggs and cheese and dairy products till I can find suitable protein alternatives but all meat has been removed from my shopping lists. Not for ethical reasons though.. just health ones.

I love and feel a great deal towards animals and am sure as time goes on and I learn more how animals are treated in the food industry that my motives will become more ethical and I will cut out eggs and dairy too.

I have to say though since quitting all meat I feel better, sleep better, feel lighter, have more energy, more stable moods and emotions, feel less anger and aggression too. My shopping bill is substantially cheaper as well.

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Come on! Tell it like it is. People are LYING when they tell you, "I've read the Bible."

by Terry in

go ahead.

tell me.. "i've read the bible cover to cover.

i don't believe you.. it is damned near impossible!.

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The NWT audio version is just awful. Old men with that 1950's overly exaggeratedly formal and grandiose style that I find condescending and wearisome. Sounds pretentious and artificial to me. No one on earth speaks like that except maybe the GB when giving a talk. I downloaded the whole thing once but deleted it after listening to just one sentence.

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Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents

by Fernando in

your thoughts on such a poster?.

(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").

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Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents

by Fernando in

your thoughts on such a poster?.

(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").

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