Topics Started by Gill
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The National Lottery, the WTBTS and the Scam!
by Gill inthere was a programme a few weeks ago on the radio, interviewing a woman who used to work for the national lottery, in the uk.. she said that the way the lottery preferred it was that, everyone in the country gave them one pound on a wednesday and a saturday and that people were not going 'overboard' giving massive bets and then getting flat broke.
now, there are at least 60 million people in the uk.
take away the children, let's say roughly 40 million.
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Who to blame.....
by Gill in.
so, if we're supposed to thank god for all the 'good things', food, clothes, rain, sun etc, who do we get to blame for all the bad things, war, crime, death, disease, etc?.
if he can make the 'sun shine on the righteous and unrighteous', why can't he give food to everyone, and water to everyone?.
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'Whoever changes religion - kill him.'
by Gill inthis morning's times had a article that reminded me a little of the jw view on apostates, or people who change their beliefs.. 'whoever changes religion - kill him'.
ruth gledhill (religious correspondent).
the koran is contradictory on the fate of those who deny the truth of islam.. fourteen passages refer to apostasy and, of these, seven refer to punishment, generally to be given in the next life.. sura 40 says that those who reject the scriptures will have iron collars and chains placed around their necks, be dragged into scalding water and burnt in the fire.
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E......! Please contact me! Let us help you and the children!
by Gill inthere was a couple that we knew very well, infact grew up with, more or less, when we were still jws.. the husband was always weird as a child.
he was a fantasist, hopelessly spoiled by his mother and father, so that he was so indulged he would believe all his fantasies and he grew stranger, and was known for lying and sometimes a violent temper.
he married a lovely young pioneer sister who he met at pioneer school.
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All those years as a JW have finally come in handy... :-D
by Cady in...when arguing against other fundamentalist dooms-dayers!.
not sure what the jw point was in mentioning it, but i remember reading in their lit a quote from plato about how degraded the youths were of his time.
(that doesn't help their "everything's getting worse" ideology so they must have been trying to counter it...) anyway, reading an article for class that says "it makes sense to recall the way morality was transmitted before youth disorder became such a distressing issue.
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A tragic loss of life
by Gill inmy mother was formerly a roman catholic in a roman catholic country.. she tells me sometimes about a cousin of hers who died after being in labour for nearly a week.
no hospitals to go to in those days to have babies.
anyway, the baby was still alive even though mum had just died and the doctor wanted to perform an emergency caesarian section to save the child, along with the childs father who agreed.
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How is 'filip'?
by Gill indoes any one remember young filip, who used to post on this site?.
he was the lad who didn't want to be a jw any more and had the militaristic, control freak father?.
he was worried his parents would be able to track his activities on the net.. if you're reading this 'filip' just let us know you're ok!.
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Another brother writes. brother Sutcliffe.
by avengers inhttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15134837&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=sutcliffe-walked--free--name_page.html
sutcliffe walked 'free' .
jan 31 2005. .
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On Cabinet Ministers, Intelligence and 11th century chinese poets...
by Gill indon't you sometimes wonder why the world is in such a mess?.
do you wonder why the lunatics are running the asylum?.
perhaps this 11th century chinese poet can shed light on these two pressing questions as s dongpo said:.
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Severus! I'm sending the money....NOW!
by Gill in.
i'm sending it off to london bethel and the local kh....might do some other khs too!.
is everyone else sending theirs?