Topics Started by NewSense

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Whats so wrong with us
by brother devoted in
1. jw
2. friends
i have read the topic "no trespassing..." and can't keep frm asking "are you afraid of dialogue?".

i thought we were in america where we have freedom of speech, i have the freedom to approach my nieghbor oin conversation and he has the right to either continue the discussion or say "not interested" .

this whole thing about wanting to erect signs seem to cut off the freedom of speech that america says it prides itelf on...what happened?
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Library of Babel
by IronGland in
1. jw
2. friends
the universe (which others call the library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries, with vast air shafts between, surrounded by very low railings.

from any of the hexagons one can see, interminably, the upper and lower floors.

the distribution of the galleries is invariable.
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Jacques Derrida is dead
by Narkissos in
1. jw
2. friends
french philosopher jacques derrida died yesterday in paris, at the age of 74. .

he was a very original and profound thinker, widely known for his "deconstruction" theory which brought about some pretty fresh outlooks on philosophy, language and literature.

i unfortunately discovered his works much too late, but he was very helpful to me in my post-religious ramblings in the past few years.
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Something From Nothing?? Why Not??
by frankiespeakin in
1. jw
2. friends
a while ago i started a thread about ?should nothing exist??.

the reason i started that thread was because i was thinking about what we call ?laws?

that ?govern?
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Analyzing the American language.............
by Sunnygal41 in
1. social
2. entertainment
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when i got the idea for this thread, i struggled with which category i should put it under at first.........adult & heated debate was high on my list at first.
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Bonnie and Berta Go to France!
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
yep.

the saga of bonnie boyd and berta peale is now translated into french and about to invade the land of great food and crappy politics!.

rutherford demasque : l?affaire berta et bonnie.
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Favorite Long Song
by Nosferatu in
1. social
2. entertainment
what is your favorite long song?

here are some of mine:.

kashmir - led zeppelin (over 8:00).
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What is LDS ?
by Tyre in
1. watchtower
2. bible
sorry, that's a silly questions.. i would like to know what is lds/mormon.

and what's their doctrines.

any info ?.
36
Ethics, aesthetics, and morals
by onacruse in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, in the course of tonight's prolonged conversation with one of you jwd recalcitrants .

if, in fact, this life, this life, is all there is, and nothing remains after...no resurrection, no reincarnation, no transformation, no metamorphosis; that is to say--these bags of salt, water (and a few hydrocarbons and genetic variations thrown in for good measure) are all that we are, and all that we ever will be, and then "poof":.

why should we refrain from whatever brings the "greatest" personal pleasure to our measured and time-limited existence?
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An Apology Regarding "The Voice"...
by AGuest in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to the household of god that is israel... and all those who go with them... may you have peace!.

i have been coming here for some time (although not in recent months, my sincere apologies) to share with you various truths that i have received from the truth.

for some of you, there has been little or no doubt as to the "authority" by which i share such things, the true source of such understandings: i have not refrained from confessing to you time and again that they are not mine, but are what has been given me by my lord, jaheshua mischajah, son and christ of the most holy one of israel, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, whose name is jah or armies.