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No more fiendish punishment could be devised
by slimboyfat inno more fiendish punishment could be devised, if such a thing were physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed by all the members thereof.
if no one turned around when we entered, answered when we spoke, or minded what we did, but if every person we met cut us dead and acted as if we were nonexistent things, a kind of rage and impotent despair would before long well up in us, from which the cruelest bodily torture would be a relief.
- william james, the principles of psychology.
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Might this explain why it's hard for older Witnesses to question the truth?
by slimboyfat inhave you heard of that famous book the tipping point by malcolm gladwell?
well i thought i would have a go at his more recent book called blink which is about subconscious split-second decisions.
generally i would say it is an overrated if entertainingly written book.
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Questions for the District Overseer
by slimboyfat inan elder is bringing the do over to see me, so has anyone got any good questions i can put to him?
the thought occurred to me that maybe my semi-apostate ways have somehow come to light and this is the big showdown.
however the mundane truth is that a local elder is fitting a straggling irregular publisher (that'll be me) into a rather desolate schedule for the visiting dignitary.
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Who here knows who "Joe Hill" is?
by slimboyfat inas in the contemporary author, without looking on www.google.com?
if you have heard about him, can i ask how long ago you heard about him, and where did you hear about who he is?
just curious.
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Who thought they would see they day?
by slimboyfat inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6494599.stm .
apparently the shape of the seat was much debated.
channel 4 even had an interview with dup and sinn fein mps engaged in cheerful banter.
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A person who partakes of the emblems "should not be judged"!
by slimboyfat inthe new qfr states:.
how should a person be viewed who has determined in his heart that he is now anointed and begins to partake of the emblems at the memorial?
he should not be judged.
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Why are angels always white?
by slimboyfat inin pictures of conventions or the new system they tend to show a mixture of races, but the angels always seem to be white.
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slim.
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Why didn't someone warn me?
by slimboyfat inmy god i thought i was going to have a heart attack!
why didn't someone warn me there was going to be a talk on "how to identify an apostate" tonight?.
well i am just lucky the brother didn't mention the tell tale signs of firstly, clutching your chest at the surprise when you hear title of the talk, then grabbing hold of the seat like you are on a nose-diving airplane for its duration.
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The Undiscovered Circuit
by slimboyfat inapparently this was the name of an extended essay written by a brother in britain a few years ago and circulated first around bethel in london and then passed on to the governing body.
does anyone know who compiled it, whether the governing body ever responded, and does anyone have access to a copy?.
slim.
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Convention Feedback
by slimboyfat inhas anyone been involved in convention feedback for the society?
apparently the society does actually seek a response from 'focus group' (if you will) after each convention to see how various aspects were received.
from what i heard many of the comments can be quite frank: i.e.