Topics Started by Pole
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Why do you qoute dictionaries when making a point in a discussion?
by Pole ini've noticed a lot of people cut and paste dictionary entries when making a point in a discussion.
how do dictionaries help you get the message across?
do they make you sound more authoritative?
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The collapse of the Watchtower. Write your gloomy-doomy scenario here.
by Pole inhey, prophets of doom, if you were to write an abstract of a screenplay for a movie about the collapse of the watchtower what would be the final nail in the coffin?
make it as serious or as preposterous as you like.. here's two scenarios to begin with.
english is not my first language, so naturally yours may be much more entertaining.. .
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First love cooling off - how did you deal with it?
by Pole inin the witness world there is a label for everything.
that's how things work in many systems with distinct totalitarian traits.
as a zealuos witness i believed in the homemade psychology provided by the writing department.
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The system of privileges in WTS - any thoughts on how it works?
by Pole inwts has quite a few traits which are typical of totalitarian systems.
many of them have been demonstrated on this board (labeling, shunning, monopoly on truth, propaganda, indoctrination, polarization of reality etc.)..
there is one more aspect of the wts religion which can also be observed in most totalitarian systems and that is the system of granting privileges.
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John 18 Quid est veritas? - Who was right: Pilate or Jesus?
by Pole init's a doctrinal question.
of course the gospel of john may have been written by someone who made this conversation up.
but let's assume it really did take place between pilate and jesus christ.. john 1837"you are a king, then!
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Getting fed up with fading
by Pole inok, so here is my story in put a nutshell: .
1. i first had "nagging doubts" about the borg some three years ago (after 6 years of being a faithful witness).
2. i stopped avoiding "apostate" internet sites some 1.5 years ago, which really helped me confirm my doubts.
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What languages do you speak?
by Pole inwhat languages do you speak/write/read (can be ancient ones as well)??
i speak/write/read polish, english and russian.
i know basic swedish and some survival phrases in finnish as well.
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Opening flowers in Jehovah's Paradise
by Pole in"a man in west bengal who refused to provide a blood transfusion to his critically ill daughter because his religion forbade it has been arrested.".
"jehovah?s witnesses view life as god?s gift represented by blood.
they believe in the bible?s command that christians must ?abstain from blood (acts 15:28, 29).
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Is anyone watching the Poland-England match tonight?
by Pole inwhat's your bet?
i'd say england 1:0 poland.. .
(much as i'd like it to be the other way round...) .
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Did Jesus and Peter miss something in the story of Flood?
by Pole inyet another flood question.
jesus and peter used the story of flood to illustrate how god will destroy hundreds of millions of evil people again.
(let's assume they really said/wrote the things recorded in 2 peter 2:5 and mathew 24:38).. however, just after the flood god promised: .