TJ - iAmCleared2Land
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I think that's called "irony"
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ina friend quoted on facebook something from etsd (which turned out to be "examining the scriptures daily"), i guess from today's text:.
life in this present system is too short to waste on endeavors that leave us empty-handed.... .
well, finally something from the wtbts i can agree with!.
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Four die out in service in Texas
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ina real tragedy here yesterday; regardless of our feelings about the religion itself, we lost some good friends and genuinely nice people yesterday; these were some of "the good ones"--why is it always them??.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/accident-80138632.html.
southlake four people died saturday after their car flipped over into a six-foot-deep pond in southlake, police said.. just before 11:20 a.m. saturday, the toyota sedan drove through the intersection of lonesome dove road and burney lane, crashed into a metal fence, hit a tree, and landed upside-down in a pond on the grounds of a mansion.. "they came through this stop sign and, from eyewitness accounts, they never slowed down," said neighbor byron copeland.. copeland said the residents of the property raced to try and help.
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Mudslide in El Salvador targets the Assembly Hall, mucho damage
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inif this has already been posted, i apologize-- a search for "mudslide", "mud slide" and "el salvador" didn't turn up any matches.. i've got 22 pictures in a pdf that i'll upload tonight when i can get to a site that allows it (blocked at work).
will post the pdf tonight!
(unless somebody will pm me with an email address i can send them to, and they can put them up on a filesharing site for me and post the url here).
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No gorillas in paradise!
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land infunny thought this morning, while seeing the movie trailer for robin williams and john travolta's new flick, old dogs.
in the movie, they accidentally end up in the gorilla enclosure at the zoo while trying to rescue a child who is stuck in the zoo after hours.
the trailer shows one of the men being cradled in the arms of the seated gorilla--the actor's "singing" soothes the gorilla.. it occurred to me then that the paradise pictures by the society always have lions and cheetahs and elephants... but no gorillas that i remember!!
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Would GB members succumb to financial temptation?
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inthere have been many threads about how to "bring down" the wt organization.
the conversation usually ends with the realization that a large religious organization is usually fairly self-sustaining, due to the believer's vested interests in preserving their "illusion", and the fact that the gb and long-term bethel members have nothing to fall back on--no retirement, no place to live, no skills.. so... do you think that any gb members would succumb to the temptation of a large financial reward (millions) to "give up the ruse" and "come out" with the truth about "the truth"?
say, if offered $5m, a nice place to live, etc., would any of them give up bethel life and come forward like franz did, spilling the beans?.
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Ranch life
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ina montana rancher got in his pickup and drove to a neighboring ranch and .
knocked at the door.. a young boy, about 9, opened the door.
"is your dad home?
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Internet Forum Complaint Form
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inyou know, just in case you get your feelers hurt on the web.
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forms shall be completed in triplicate and filed in the box labeled "donations for the www".. .
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Have you written your obituary?
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ini heard an interesting interview yesterday of british rower roz savage, who rowed across the atlantic and is targeting the pacific.
she has written a book called rowing the atlantic - lessons learned on the open ocean.
in the interview, she talked about how she was stuck in the corporate job rut and an unraveling marriage; she sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for.
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Did the sun stand still and go backwards up the steps?
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inbeen a while since i posted here, but driving into work the other day i recalled how "excited" we all were when it was announced that scientists had discovered "proof" that there is a full "day" missing astronomically, for the exact period of time covered by joshua's having the sun stand still, and isaiah having the sun move backwards, sending the shadow back up the steps for hezekiah.. that got me searching jwd for a thread about this topic, and i didn't find one, but i did find this snopes article.. http://www.snopes.com/religion/lostday.asp.
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100,000 topics in Friends!
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land injust saw the last one made 99,999 topics... we're at 100,000!.
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