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  Are Magicians Spawns of Satan the Devil?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was perusing the internet not long ago and came upon this series of videos by a guy calling himself xendrius.

  it declares that many of today's best magicians are in league with the devil.

  his claims are based on his observation that the tricks would be impossible to do unless the magicians had made unholy pacts with the devil.. so what's the take of the wtbts?

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  They say it's demonic. And that is one of their most fallacious teachings, because "everyone knows" that magic is tricks! Just watch "The Prestige".

  Eed-jits! :P
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  Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

  lol.

  i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

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  LOL!

  I guess you didn't know ----------- every DC is a beauty pageant! It's planned for months .. the outfits are bought / sewn, planned for every day. Stock is taken.

  It's kinda sad, the way JW gurls are pitted against each other for looks, even more than in regular western society. In the 'world', you can be an artist, a geek, a punk, or whatever, and find your niche. In the JWS, you have to be pretty, and 'spiritual', oh, and yes, if you want to snag the good-looking guy that comes from money and his father is an elder, fashion-forward. Ugh, glad I rejected that culture. xx
  
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  But Did You Die?

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. social
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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wqk4uhgtxa.

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  W-F - I heard that said and just told that ignorant person that if they care to educate themselves, CSA is called, by the experts "soul murder". It usually causes some consternation in the JW or other person that is trying to minimize the real effects of child sexual abuse.
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  Drink Driving

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  with the christmas almost upon us i would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.. as you may know the local police are having a serious go at drink drivers this year... well, a couple of days ago i was out for an evening with friends and had a small number of drinks before dinner, followed by some rather nice red wine.

  feeling jolly i still had the sense to know that i may be very slightly over the limit.. that's when i did something that i've never done before - i took a taxi home.. sure enough on the way home there was a police road check, but since it was a taxi they waved it past.

  i arrived home safely without incident.. this was a real surprise as i had never driven a taxi before, i don't know where i got it and now that it's in my garage i don't know what to do with it.. any ideas?.

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  Yes, nic, the bouquets were for redvip Simon..

  :P

  Great thread and reminder, though, that should be bumped! : ))
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  J.W. Women Should Stop Wearing Mascara!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wtbts/ org dictates to its subservient followers what constitutes a bible truth/principle and what does not.

  example: it-1 p. 319 birthday - ".....there is no indication in the scriptures that faithful worshipers of jehovah ever indulged in the pagan practice of annually celebrating birthdays.

  the bible makes direct reference to only two birthday celebrations, those of pharaoh of egypt and herod antipas.

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  The Searcher - I think that is a refreshing point of view! And held by more folks than one might think. My grt-grandfather told me, and I always remembered: "Make-up is like frosting on a cake. A little makes it better, but too much is sickening."
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  A little humor

  by Greybeard in

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  talesin

  hahaha! Nice. :D
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  About my avatar

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  questions from readers .

  say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?

  from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.

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  I'm sure SBF won't mind, and me neither! I'm gonna see what the library has; now my interest is piqued.

  The flick is late 90s, called Grey Owl, well done and worth watching. And interested. It's fascinating to hear Slim's family history and indeed, who knows?
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  Adult Coloring Books

  by littlerockguy in

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  2. entertainment

  anybody take up coloring?

  i got lost ocean by johanna basford and i got another coloring book mandalas and more.

  i just use crayola colored pencils and some gel pens and thin tipped markers.

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  Tks to the OP, it's great to see so many people doing art, and with friends and family.

  they are needlessly over priced.

  Check my comment on page one; there's a link to free printable -- also, google free printable adult coloring (your choice of subject), and you'll get thousands to print off.
  

  phaedra - I have a site with mandelas bookmarked for my library trip on Wednesday; that and some dragons. That's for my Xmas entertainment. : D
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  Why do animals suffer?

  by nicolaou in

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  2. beliefs

  bonnie is fourteen years old now and she's still fit and active, but she sleeps (and farts) a lot more and is definitely slowing down.. she loves us in her own dumb way and always comes to the door to greet me when i get home from work.

  she doesn't 'sin' but yeah, she'll steal biscuits and feel shame afterwards.

  she's loyal and intelligent and i dread the day when .

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  usually that death is quick, it's only when people get involved that real suffering happens.

  LisaRose

  Agreed. : (
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  Brave New W0rld of Education - The Regressive Left

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  i found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".

  please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.

  i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...

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  To the OP, haven't read the thread.

  The article was both thought-provoking and alarming. At one point, I stopped and thought "Brandeis?!", so I looked up its history, and sure enough, things have radically changed. The universities in the article, are not places I would expect to be using censorship.

  I think this quote from the article sums things up:

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  There’s a saying common in education circles: Don’t teach students what to think; teach them how to think. The idea goes back at least as far as Socrates. Today, what we call the Socratic method is a way of teaching that fosters critical thinking, in part by encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs, as well as the received wisdom of those around them. Such questioning sometimes leads to discomfort, and even to anger, on the way to understanding.
  But vindictive protectiveness teaches students to think in a very different way. It prepares them poorly for professional life, which often demands intellectual engagement with people and ideas one might find uncongenial or wrong. The harm may be more immediate, too. A campus culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by cognitive behavioral therapists as causes of depression and anxiety. The new protectiveness may be teaching students to think pathologically.

  Indeed.

  As for the term, regressive left (which I did not see in the article, but have researched already, and know from whence it came, I don't see that referenced in the OP, but it was coined to partly define the people who express anti-Muslim sentiment, which I find rather odd; it's not just the 'left' that embraces it, but I digress), I could see there being a fringe (reminds me of the "Tea Party") element that embraces these dangerous ways of thinking (or should I say, NOT thinking). I feel it is important to realize that some of the (briefly heard, in relative terms) loudest nutjobs, are bloggers, authors (often opportunistic columnists) who are cashing in, or religious people, who get exposure because their message is founded in some logic, then embellished and twisted, and at first, it seems to "have a point". People get sucked in. Time goes by, and the crazy really starts to show ... that's when the mainstream wakes up and says yikes, there are more of these people than we realized.

  Prominent mainstream liberal thinkers like Naomi Wolf, for example, would never endorse this school of thought.
  
  When I see an article in The Atlantic, I pay attention. It has journalistic integrity in this poster's opinion. It's good that educators are aware, and that it's being exposed NOW. A good read, and very informative, thanks Cofty, and Oub.