When the state cuts off the tax benefits (ie, starts taxing religion like any other business), that will be its demise, along with a lot of other snake-oil salesmen (ie, religions, cults, whatever one wishes to call them).
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The Watchtower is not invincible
by Coded Logic indespite claims to the contrary, there's no guarantee the watchtower will be around in a few decades time.
and it seems to me there's ever mounting evidence that the opposite may well be true.
but it's not just that recruitment is down and their defectors are up.
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Going to see Star Wars:The Force Awakens - What are you seeing?
by fulltimestudent inthis is not an attempt to 'straightjacket' anyone into a fixed interpretative perspective.
so set your mind free and see satan and his demons if you reallynwant to adopt a possible jw perspective.
or, just sit back and watch the show and the trick affects if you want.. or like the uk guardian you could see the movie in terms of dysfunction (personal and family).. quote: the original movies were always based on the most extraordinary nexus of personal and family dysfunction: a motor of guilt, shame and conflict.
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Oh, to answer the OP.
I just watched Straight Outta Compton and I highly recommend! It's the story from the people who lived it, and one of the best music biopics ever.
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Going to see Star Wars:The Force Awakens - What are you seeing?
by fulltimestudent inthis is not an attempt to 'straightjacket' anyone into a fixed interpretative perspective.
so set your mind free and see satan and his demons if you reallynwant to adopt a possible jw perspective.
or, just sit back and watch the show and the trick affects if you want.. or like the uk guardian you could see the movie in terms of dysfunction (personal and family).. quote: the original movies were always based on the most extraordinary nexus of personal and family dysfunction: a motor of guilt, shame and conflict.
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FTS
My only question to that premise would be that in the Force, duality is not seen in most of the characters. The Dark Side (Emperor) is totally evil. Anakin, too, is pure good, until he turns to the Dark Side and becomes Lord Vader, who (we are led to believe) is pure evil as well. This runs contrary to the balance of yin/yang in taoism, in which each entity would have a balance. On the other hand, we do see this balance in Anakin (Vader), death scene. Hmmm, it seems that the Emperor represents the pure evil, and the Jedi pure good. HA! Rather confusing, but I will have to look at this more. Now that I think about it, when Yoda was teaching Luke, we saw the beginnings of good vs. evil struggling in the young Jedi.
It's always been my feeling that the concepts of SW was simplistic - the age-old fairy tale where the forces of good battle the forces of evil. Such nuances did not occur to me. But filmography is the literature of the modern age, and I believe, invites such analyses. Interesting thread this is, for this SW geek.
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Dear Syrian Refugees
by Simon inwelcome to canada from one immigrant to another !.
calgary is welcoming it's first refugees from syria and iraq so tomorrow i'm going to take all the winter clothing that we have and donate it to a women / children's charity.
it's not much (well, actually, it's a huge pile ... everything from when we first moved over!
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Umm, the turbans are worn by Sikhs, who are NOT MUSLIM.
sheesh, don't make the rest of us look dumb, too.
*rolls eyes*
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Wire-Rim Glasses
by berrygerry instumbled upon www.towerwatch.com.
a ministry of misery.
depression.
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SIAR - I remember when it was a BIG deal to wear a coloured shirt - maybe the 70s? Very risque!
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Oh, I'm long out of the b'Org. I mean literally 'walk'........... : D Had an unfortunate fall on Nov. 1, and I am stuck in my flat, in a w/chair, hoping like hell that my results are good on Friday! I have one bad foot already, now I've shattered the other ankle, and hoping for no surgery, and the ability to walk in the new year.
So happy for you! It is one of the few things I get to enjoy nowadays,,, seeing folks like yourself get your freedom. It will all be worth the tears and heartbreak, especially as you have each other. Enjoy it!
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Wire-Rim Glasses
by berrygerry instumbled upon www.towerwatch.com.
a ministry of misery.
depression.
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lol, I'm not anti-Toronto, I am tired of national news broadcasts saying the East, in reference to Toronto and Quebec ,,,,,,,, as if we don't exist. That's all. We are only the seat of Confederation, but we "Down East" has been co-opted by Ontario and PQ.
It's kinda rude, don't you think?
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Wire-Rim Glasses
by berrygerry instumbled upon www.towerwatch.com.
a ministry of misery.
depression.
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We had an older elder (kind of a local patriarch) who wore them. Also, my grandfather (also an elder) wore the wire-rims. It really wasn't an issue 'down east' (remember, Toronto is not east! always get sick of that, but I digress hahaha). Must have been a regional thing.
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I don't make them, but for the New Year, I want to Walk!
dubstepped, I usually reflect on the past year, and think about what I will get into in the year to come, too. It's a great time for reflection, during the winter's sleep. Congratulations to you both on your "year of adventure".
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New TV gadget
by Dagney inso today i did it.
i cut my dish network programming to basic....$20 a month ty very much.
instead i have $60 streaming device that gives me everything i need.
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I just watched the last episode of Outlander. GET YOUR HANKIES READY!
Sabin, I did't watch the Vikings. Had to watch Outlander - read the books. *swoons*
Trevor Noah is da bomb, they couldn't have chosen anyone better. He cracks me up, laughing at his own jokes. :D
I'll have to check out that BBC.