I'm not a huge Whiskey fan, but there is one that I absolutely love when I feel like springing $60-70 for it.
Jameson 18Y Master. I love this one for the toffee and vanilla, for both nose and taste.
Oh, I'm sorry. Was this about US whiskey?
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Wild Turkey or Jim Beam?
by under74 ini think i'm partial to wild turkey but i do like jim beam (black label).
i used to like jack daniels but they've lowered the proof so i refuse to buy it now.
one of my friends is convinced they both taste like piss...i don't quite understand that...i mean they both do what they're supposed and they don't taste bad to me....any preferences out there?
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Anyone have Satellite Radio?
by DevonMcBride ini would like to buy a satellite radion but i'm completely confused about what type of equipment is necessary.
can anyone offer suggestions or informative web sites?.
devon.
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Fairly easy to choose. You can go to just about any electronics retailer. XM and Sirius are the two to pick from. I personally use XM because it was already built into my Honda. If someone likes to do road trips, it is definitely a lifesaver on the road. No more all-country or talk show stations while driving through Bunghole, USA.
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baptized at 12?
by pennycandy in.
i'm considering what to say to a friend who's thinking about letting her 12 year-old get baptized.
okay, guys, let 'em rip!
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Last reply, I promise.
Continuing with what DY said, the JW's say that the greatest life decision is the one to get baptized - even greater than getting married. If that's the case, then this little 12 year old child should also be ready for marriage I assume? I mean, c'mon, this child is mentally mature enough to serve God for the rest of their life right? It is the greatest life altering decision they will ever make(according to JW's) so this means that they should also be allowed to date and to find a marriage partner, correct? Or am I all wrong in my reasoning?
I hope you have enough ammo to take to your friend now.
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baptized at 12?
by pennycandy in.
i'm considering what to say to a friend who's thinking about letting her 12 year-old get baptized.
okay, guys, let 'em rip!
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a friend who's thinking about letting her 12 year-old get baptized
If the mother has to approve of them getting baptized, don't you think they are a little too young then? At what age is it acceptable for the child not to get approval first? Sounds like the mother is a little more worried about what the congregation will think rather than the spiritual interests the child may have.
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baptized at 12?
by pennycandy in.
i'm considering what to say to a friend who's thinking about letting her 12 year-old get baptized.
okay, guys, let 'em rip!
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1. Who's example should we closely follow?
2. If 30 years of age was the perfect time for Jesus to be baptized, should we not also wait at least that long? Do you think Jesus might have been trying to establish a point of reference for the proper age of baptism for someone who would be raised in the truth as he was?
Jesus taught the older men at the temple a thing or two before he was in his teens. That sort of teaching work is the main qualifier for becoming a baptized JW today - to be able to explain JW beliefs. So why wasn't Jesus baptized at an early age? There must have been a good reason, no? Maturity perhaps?
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Armenia goofs up
by catchthis inhttp://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_re_eu/armenia_jehovah_s_witnesses_1
they allowed jw's to register as a religion on the basis that they now accept alternative service over military duty.
what happened to the good old days where substituting any work for military conscription was against jah's law?
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_re_eu/armenia_jehovah_s_witnesses_1
They allowed JW's to register as a religion on the basis that they now accept alternative service over military duty.
What happened to the good old days where substituting ANY work for military conscription was against Jah's law? Oh, I'm sorry - New Light.
(that ampersand problem is there again - just delete the "amp;" in the link after clicking on it to get the page)
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What does the Society have against jeans?
by truthseeker inrarely will you find a picture of someone in the awake or watchtower wearing jeans.
even in there so-called paradise on earth illustrations, men can be doing dirty work in the farm, and be wearing slacks.. for example, in the november 15th wt entitled, "do you want to live forever?
", page 7 has another paradise illustration, which has to be one of the most socially-engineered pictures i have ever seen.. the caption, "love for god and neighbor will make living forever worthwhile".
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Regarding Blondie's quotes, I remember going out in service with the Keams Canyon, AZ congregation a while back. Their territory is smack in the middle of the Hopi indian reservation which is in the middle of the Navajo reservation in NE corner of AZ. Believe it or not, the brothers and sisters DO NOT dress up for field service. Both sexes wear jeans, not slacks. No meeting clothes are worn at all. In fact, they intentionally dress down to appear more acceptable to the indian people who live there.
They do dress up a little at the meetings, but not real spiffy. There were quite a few 'interested' ones that came on Sunday so that may be another reason why they do not dress up that much. The area could almost be compared to a 2nd or even a 3rd world country. But I will give them this - they have the coolest looking KH inside and out that I have ever seen. Very rustic. The ceiling inside has aspen logs all across it. Old wood floors. And they converted some old oil lamps to electrical for lighting.
p.s. you can see a few of the folks that attend that hall and the area they work when you watch the society's video on the worldwide brotherhood. the video starts out in the desert and then shows a mudhouse in the background with smoke coming out of it while a couple of sisters are talking to someone. heh, the PO was in the mudhouse throwing water on the fire to make it smoke for the video. I don't remember what those sisters were wearing, but if they had dresses on, it was only for the making of the video.
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E-watchman is not disfellowshipped!?
by Noumenon ini note that e-watchman has just confirmed that he is not disfellowshipped, despite running an 'apostate' website and having sent 1000's of letters around the us, canada, and bethels around the world.
this from his latest mailbag questions and answers:.
"as for any judicial action taken against me, no, there was none.
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Without disclosing information leading to incrimination, it is possible to remain "in good standing," a.k.a. not df'd or reproved. I know of one brother who is in a similar situation as e-watchman. The elders leave him alone. Calling e-watchman a liar without knowing the actual facts is premature. He very well could be in a so-called DMZ within his hall. My guess is, he does not attend the meetings. If he did, he would be associating with the brothers and sisters which the elders would then probably frown upon.
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Words to Live By - What are Yours?
by pettygrudger inin trying to deal with the everyday realities of our existence, we usually pick "catch phrases" or principles with which we use to try & guide our life, growth & development.
in my case, the #1 thing that i try to live by is to take what is mine & own it.
yep, i didn't have the best circumstances growing up, and had some pretty crappy things that happened to me as a child.
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p.s. forgot to add ---- Rhonda, are you now divorced??
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Words to Live By - What are Yours?
by pettygrudger inin trying to deal with the everyday realities of our existence, we usually pick "catch phrases" or principles with which we use to try & guide our life, growth & development.
in my case, the #1 thing that i try to live by is to take what is mine & own it.
yep, i didn't have the best circumstances growing up, and had some pretty crappy things that happened to me as a child.
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I can't say that I have a specific phrase, but here's my take on life -- Once you leave the JW's, either mentally or officially, you need to come to terms that you will die in your lifetime. You need to put out of your mind that you will live through armageddon into a paradise earth. It is hard to do because even I catch myself at times thinking about it. Immediately I have to tell myself that I am not thinking clearly and to remember 1975, the UN thing, etc. It helps to have a barrage of information like that to counter the old JW style of thinking to prove to yourself that the Org was always wrong in the first place. As soon as I began looking at my life this way, I found a new respect on life, primarily for other people that I am always around. Before, I always saw those same people as the living dead. What good would it do for me to bother caring for them if god was gonna kill them off anyways, right? These days, it is totally different.
I think most ex-JW's deep down wonder if armageddon will actually come in their lifetime. Some may even vocally oppose it saying it cannot happen since the bible is purely fictional. But since you lived the JW life before, it IS a part of your person, something you can never get rid of. There will always be that small, little nagging doubt if you made the right choice. But here again, if you die, you are going to know what is on the other side. Heaven, hell, ghost walking the earth, reincarnation, resurrection, or whatever your idea of rebirth is, it's going to happen if one of those unknowns actually exist. And if it just happens to be the JW version, well then guess what? Jehovah wipes your slate clean and you are resurrected.
catchthis, feeling the need to go do volunteer work now