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  OFFICIAL WORLD CUP THREAD! "here we go, here we go, here we go"!

  by nicolaou in

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  less than 2 hours before it all starts and a quarter of the earth's population will be watching!

  - c'mon you americans, get on board.

  germany kick-off against costa rica at 5pm to be followed by poland v ecuador at 8pm (bst)

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  Well, it's given me something to watch after real football season is over, and the good awful spring doldrums begin, ie. basketball & hockey seasons.
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  OFFICIAL WORLD CUP THREAD! "here we go, here we go, here we go"!

  by nicolaou in

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  less than 2 hours before it all starts and a quarter of the earth's population will be watching!

  - c'mon you americans, get on board.

  germany kick-off against costa rica at 5pm to be followed by poland v ecuador at 8pm (bst)

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  Spain looked very good this morning. At least during the part I was watching (I had to leave for work around the 15 minute mark in the 2nd half). And thye still weren't done scoring. I thought that the pnalty kick call was bad. But I'm sure that's obvious to you folks. Please be nice, btw, I am trying to learn. The more I watch this sport the more captivated I am by it's fluidity.
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  Marines

  by mariposa in

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  i thought this was too funny.... marines are taught:.

  1) keep your priorities in order, and.

  2) know when to act without hesitation.. a marine was attending a college course between missions in iraq and afganistan.

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  Simon, sometimes you really need to relax just a tad.
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  Some apostates are more equal than others...

  by slimboyfat in

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  ever noticed that the most cleverest apostates are the ones that were "brought up in the truth"?

  i mean people like little toe, leolaia and narkissos who provide the most intelligent dicsussions on the forum - they never chose the witnesses, but were dragged up in it.

  do you think maybe they can't help but look down on the rest of us who were stupid enough to actually choose to become witnesses?

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  I don't consider myself "more equal", and I was essentially raised in the "Truth." WHat I do know is that I don't take things at face value, especially when it comes to religion. In fact I have a certain reputation with the leadership of my church as being a person that will stretch them. You see I ask questions. I don't ask them in front of other people, nor do I say that they are wrong in those circumstances. I also don't correct every error I hear. Mainly, because people tend to get turned off by that. Think about do you want to be with someone that is constantly correcting everything you do or say. This is were tolerance comes in.
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  Time again for........ Congregation roll call

  by Jourles in

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  it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

  use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

  1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

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  1967-1972 Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, CA

  1972-1979 Taos, NM

  1979-1982 Red Bluff, CA

  1982-1986 Taos, NM

  1986-1988 Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, CA

  1988-1989 Taos, NM

  1989-1992 Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, CA
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  I hate going to the meetings!

  by slimboyfat in

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  got to shave, got to dress, got to sit through crap, got to answer up and smile and greet.

  it is 6.30pm on a tuesday night... here we go again.

  why do i have to go to the meetings!

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  I find it funny that just the other day you were claiming that you are not a JW.

  I am not an active JW.

  I don't believe in JWism.

  I am agnotic in matters of faith.

  I just believe that apostates should fairer, more honest and even handed in their criticisms of Jehovah's WItnesses. This making up stuff about "Theocratic Warfare" and satanic images, and UN nonsense and the whole lot simply will not do.

  We don't have to believe as JWs do, but let's be fair now.

  Slim

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/114754/1.ashx

  Yet on this thread you are bemoaning the getting up and going to the meetings.

  I guess you must be applying Theocratic warfare.
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  Intolerance - a new breed of ex-JW

  by LittleToe in

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  i cant help but think of the analogy of pendulum swings when i think about how vitriolic some are towards religion (of any description), the bible (and other scripture), and christianity (generally, regardless of there being a wide range of denominational flavours) in particular.. it seems to me, from my perspective of sitting here on a remote scottish island, that there are a fair number of folks who may have left an intolerant and generalising religion but forgot to leave those attitudes with it.. just my 2p, coz to be frank i'm getting sick of it.. by all means enjoy some self-expression, it's a relatively free planet, but have a heart....

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  I've been sitting at my PC for 15 minutes wondering if I should respond to this thread.Too many times in the past I have wound believers up and been accused of proseltysing for athiesm. I've been accused of intolerance and a lack of respect and all I've ever done is post honestly and, I believe, fairly.

  Should I throw my views in one more time? What difference would it make?

  Nicolaou,

  I, for one don't have a beef with atheists. Quite honestly I don't have a beef with anyone. What I have a beef with is the hypocrisy, scorn, ridicule, and condecension.

  If you post honestly, then good for you. However, I have seen too many acidic remarks from the "anti-God squad" to really believe that they are either honest or fair.
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  This Past Sunday My Wife Took Me To The Elders- Part 2

  by enlightenedcynic in

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  thanks for all of the kind words and advice, i appreciate it greatly and will look to use some of it.

  a special thank you to both cal and vitty for their pm's which gave me a different perspective to look from.. so the p.o.

  meets with us in one of the back rooms and my wife starts to speak.

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  ec,

  I am totally speechless. I am so sorry you had to go through this.
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  "You have a week to Move out" PLEASE HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!

  by stillAwitness in

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  yesterday morning was my bookstudy.

  but i had a runway show to do that night (i think i have mentioned before that i have been pursuing modeling) and so of course i had to skip out.

  my parents go to a differ bookstudy than me but in the same hall and so they were able to notice that i was not there.

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  Still,

  Get out. Get out before your life passes you by, and you wonder what happened.

  I was in the same position you are in, and I chose to stay in. This is the biggest regret I have in my life.
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  OFFICIAL WORLD CUP THREAD! "here we go, here we go, here we go"!

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  less than 2 hours before it all starts and a quarter of the earth's population will be watching!

  - c'mon you americans, get on board.

  germany kick-off against costa rica at 5pm to be followed by poland v ecuador at 8pm (bst)

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  I hate soccer and the world cup. Yesterday I had trouble driving home because there were too many crazy Italians in the streets waving their flags around.

  Thank God Mexico played on Sunday morning. Living in the little Tijauna that I do traffic would have been hell getting to work.