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  Well the dirty piece of trash got off.

  by sooner7nc in

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  http://news.yahoo.com/casey-anthony-acquitted-killing-young-daughter-191600480.html .

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  AK - Jeff

  The verdict: NOT GUILTY. It is her constitutional right to be tried by a jury of her peers, the evidence weighed by that jury, and a verdict arrived at after jury deliberations, not emotional appeals by tv personalities.
  
  This RIGHT to a FAIR TRIAL is precious. Someday it may be YOUR life on the line, and likely you will be glad to have a justice system that relies only on the EVIDENCE weighed by a jury.

  Thank God that 'mob verdicts' are not justice in this land. Nancy Grace is not judge, or a member of the jury. I am not. You are not.

  The system is not perfect. But it beats the hell out of kangaroo courts in many lands. The prosecution failed to lay a preponderance of evidence that allowed the jury to find her guilty without substantial doubt. Someday that might be me on trial. Or you.

  There were two trials going on here. One in the media. And the REAL ONE, in the courtroom. I wasn't asked to decide this young woman's fate, but I find it imperitive to support the system that appointed twelve honorable members of my society and hers to do so.

  Jeff
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  magazine supply reduction

  by agent zero in

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  at the meeting tonight was read a letter to all congregations in canada.

  it explained that since most publishers end up with left-over public edition magazines that didn't get placed at the end of each month, they will now no longer continue to have an individual magazine order per publisher.

  instead, the entire congregation's supply of service edition magazines will be in a stack at the back of the kh, and they are to be taken according to need, with whatever is left over after service to be put back in the stack.

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  All that is good and well.

  But can anyone show numbers that indicate a real reduction in what they claim to distribute of the magazines? What I really want to see is that the sales numbers are shrinking - NOW that would be GOOD NEWS.

  Jeff
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  My wife and I are lonely....I know too bad....

  by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat in

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  AK - Jeff

  Have you tried shortening your 'name'? That's a doozy! LOL

  It is not easy. My wife and I have come to the very painful conclusion that we never had any. We just thought we did! In the meantime I think we had learned [sub-conscience] long before we left the value of peace and quiet. We have made a few friends, but we never have to worry that our driveway will fill up with people in suits and dresses wishing to use our bathroom and perhaps 'encourage' us for not being out in 100 degree weather with them that day.

  I can count my personal friends on one hand after 7 years. I am actually ok with it. Not all are. Drop in anytime - no suits and dresses please. LOL

  Jeff
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  How many of these 'Gods' do you believe exist?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  aken.

  osiris.

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  AK - Jeff

  Thank you unshackled for that.

  Carlin is without a doubt my favorite modern-day dead atheist! Interestingly enough, once I came to the conclusion that there was no sky-daddy paying attention, I too began to think that if someone needed something to 'worship' it made plenty of sense to worship the sun. Far more sense than worshiping an invisible being who as George said 'Loves you'. LOL I have not prayed to Pesci lately though.

  Jeff
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  Oh no, someone's dissed us to the FBI !!

  by Simon in

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  dear sir,.

  a complaint has been registered against you with the federal authorities in the usa.. the complaints center on slander and character assassination emanating from members posting on your jehovah's witnesses network forum, and online stalking.

  all details have now gone to the fbi on federal plaza in new york for their immediate attention.. ([email protected]).

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  AK - Jeff

  OMG!

  Simon, bar the doors and ditch all your servers and hard-drive files immediately!

  Jeff
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  I am a JWN apostate, I have been removed from here.

  by pedal power in

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  AK - Jeff

  Actually, the definition of apostate is:

  Apostasy ( / ? ' p ? s t ? s i / ; Greek: ?ποστασ?α (apostasia), a defection or revolt, from ?π?, apo, "away, apart", στ?σις, stasis, "stand", "standing") is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy apostatises and is an apostate. These terms have a pejorative implication in everyday use. The term is used by sociologists to mean renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, a person's former religion, in a technical sense and without pejorative connotation. The term is sometimes also used by extension to refer to renunciation of a non-religious belief or cause, such as a political party, brain trust, or, facetiously, a sports team.

  Being removed would relate to the actions of others - apostates remove themselves from an organization. Although you might be correct in stating that the anger that you displayed 'as an apostate of 'another group' was responsible for your removal here - you have not apostasized from JWN, as is evidenced by your continual desire to return.

  Jeff
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  How many of these 'Gods' do you believe exist?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  aken.

  osiris.

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  AK - Jeff

  Aken

  Osiris

  Apis

  Hu

  Kuk

  Min

  Ra

  Unut

  Kamrusepa

  Tilla

  Bagatulayan

  Dasal

  Gemang

  Elag

  Sedsed

  YeonOrang

  These are just the tip of the ancient iceberg of deities. There are tens of thousands more. All [or most] have been completely rejected by all of mankind today. Likely you too, are an atheist toward all these gods.

  In this regard, Richard Dawkins made a point that is hard to ignore, when he stated:

  "We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."

  It seems likely to me, that 10,000 years from now, the Judeo-Christian and the Islamic and most other 'gods' worshiped in this epoch of time will fall into the list above, and those asked at that time will barely recognize the name of him/her/it. Likely though, with the internal needs of man being what they are, some other, future-named 'god' of some sort will be the momentary idol of choice.

  Jeff
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  New here - hello!

  by sickandtired in

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  i can't believe i'm actually posting here.

  i've been lurking for a while and i've been having doubts about this being the "truth" for years and sometimes feel really stuck and hopeless about my situation.

  i'm married to an elder (who is 110% jw) and i was for the most part raised in the "truth".

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  AK - Jeff

  This is a tough one. Especially if you have children.

  My wife and I found out 'the truth about the Truth' together, seven years ago, and left without notice. Later, the zealous elders decided they needed to kick me out for my bold choice of leaving. LOL So they came after me, and I resigned.

  There is nothing easy about your journey. You have cracked open the shell, but most of the outside world remains. I suggest that you read, read, read. Everything in your path. Build some outside friends, for eventually you will likely feel trapped, and if nothing else you will need someone to talk to. I wish you well. You have taken the first step of a thousand mile journey, grasshopper.

  Namaste

  Jeff
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  "Why I don't sing the star spangled banner?"

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/26/my-faith-why-i-dont-sing-the-star-spangled-banner/.

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  I believe in 'freedom of religion' for everyone, no matter how stupid they are. All are entitled to believe they are making sense, though to most of us, they aren't making anything but noise. Like most cults, these people have a martyr complex.

  I live just down the road from this 'college' town. Most of the Mennonites I have ever met were very nice people. But they are in the same fog as the one I came out of as a Jw.

  Jeff
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  Motels in Amarillo TX . Raise rates for brothers, have consequences!

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  another email i got a couple of weeks ago.

  jehovah's spirit at work in amarillo, tx ....how do you like the comment from the chamber of commerce?.

  motels in amarillo tx .

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  The entire thing seems invented to me. [I am not suggesting that B_C invented it, but that some Jw did.] I can't imagine Amarillo sending a delegation to Bethel for such a thing. I was a part of that Amarillo 'convention scene' for several years, and believe me, the Jw tight-wads that came to town were not a gold-mine for the city.

  Still, I suppose they were welcome for the dollars they spent.

  We lived within walking distance of the convention site. When we had the space, we offered free room and board to other Jw families coming to the convention, thus reducing the local economic benefits.

  I would call Jw conventions an aid to 'cash flow', in that rooms are occupied and paid for. But the reduced rates that Jw's seek, and the number of people they pack into rooms, is likely not highly profitable to the individual hotels/motels. Besides, if you rent 100 rooms in your facility to them, who wants 200 cheap, lying 'journals' left as 'tips' for the maid and the desk attendant? LOL

  Jeff