Posts by Enigma One

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Primetime show w/sick perverts

by kristyann in

okay, they sure are having a lot of television programs lately regarding sexual abuse/assault, etc... did anyone just see that primetime show on abc about the sick guy that was making phone calls to fast food places and saying he was a police officer and telling managers to strip search employees and hit them and make them perform sexual acts and stuff?

and the freaking managers and stuff actually did it!

i almost cried... it was really sick.

Enigma One

Here's the video link...there may be a commercial before it starts.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1299379

How stupid do you need to be people???? However, people should also read "News Flash" which is about our infotainment....inane human interest stories.

Order that at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787972851/002-5597863-3402440?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

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Anybody seen Ohiocowboy?

by littlerockguy in

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i havent noticed ohiocowboy on here in a while?

was he at the apostafest?

i sent him a pm and he hasn't responded.

Enigma One

Hey! That hurt! :) It's not my fault you live in a bad neighborhood.....I mean state.

From the FBI Crime Statistics:

In the year 2000 Texas had an estimated population of 20,851,820. For that year the State of Texas had a total Crime Index of 4,955.5 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 8th highest total Crime Index.

For Violent Crime Texas had a reported incident rate of 545.1 per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 13th highest occurrence for Violent Crime among the states.

For crimes against Property, the state had a reported incident rate of 4,410.4 per 100,000 people, which ranked as the state 10th highest. Also in the year 2000 Texas had 5.9 Murders per 100,000 people, ranking the state as having the 17th highest rate for Murder.

Texas’s 37.7 reported Forced Rapes per 100,000 people, ranked the state 17th highest. For Robbery, per 100,000 people, Texas’s rate was 145.1 which ranked the state as having the 16th highest for Robbery.

The state also had 356.3 Aggravated Assaults for every 100,000 people, which indexed the state as having the 13th highest position for this crime among the states. For every 100,000 people there were 906.3 Burglaries, which ranks Texas as having the 12th highest standing among the states. Larceny - Theft were reported 3,057.4 times per hundred thousand people in Texas which standing is the 10th highest among the states.

Vehicle Theft occurred 446.8 times per 100,000 people, which fixed the state as having the 13th highest for vehicle theft among the states

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Who Gives a Shyte if Russell was a Freemason or not?

by LittleToe in

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a poll, inspired by gumby.... one vote here for not giving a shyte..

Enigma One

Couldn't care less that he was a booze drinkin, card playing, funny hat wearin Mason or not.

A bunch of pudgy, over-the-hill, white guys that couldn't get over their fraternity days of secret handshakes, rituals, and dogma.

It's tripe.

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Anybody seen Ohiocowboy?

by littlerockguy in

jw
friends

i havent noticed ohiocowboy on here in a while?

was he at the apostafest?

i sent him a pm and he hasn't responded.

Enigma One

That or just get out of Texas.

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AWESOME ARTICLE

by toer5777 in

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discipline that can yield peaceable fruit.

Enigma One

I noticed on Toer's other thread that as soon as she/he was backed into a corner with questions they couldn't answer....the mad spamming ensued.

Maybe we got them to think for 5 mins? Unbelievable.

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I'm sorry but

by toer5777 in

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i have not yet to find another organization in the world that is like jw.

yes it has made mistakes, there imperfect humans, but what other organization in the world goes preaching house to house like jesus did.

why is that jw are persecuted all over the world?

Enigma One

You keep talking about an "organization". How many times did Jesus talk about Jehovah's organization? Jesus being son of God would know how important everything he said would be. Why wouldn't he address this? Where is the biblical exhortation to write down your hours on a time slip? What purpose does going out in field service Monday thru Friday during the day serve? Spending hours and hours of wasted time when no one is home. Why do the JW's not use nights and evenings to their utmost?

If they are trying to teach as many as possible about God, why not use radio and TV? Then when folks call in pass the bible study requests to the flock?

Why do you trust an organization on it's stand on blood when it used to call aluminium a curse from Satan, vaccinations as a pus & has never prevented a single sickness?

You bemoan the Catholic Church. Check out Catholic Charities. Check out all their other work. Look at all the Catholic & Lutheran hospitals. What are JW's doing for any sick or dying RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW? Handing them two lousy 32 pp magazines? How about Feed the Children Charity. How much work are JW's working on trying to solve world poverty and hunger?

Holidays. Who cares? Don't celebrate them if you don't want to. The JW's allow wedding rings yet these are pagan in origin. No different than Christmas. I could list 10's of examples of JW's allowing and encouraging formerly pagan things....but what difference does it make. JW's pick and choose what they want to follow. Never in the bible did Jesus say "Do not celebrate birthdays". There was no mention of guidelines. Yet JW's ban them. Doesn't this then make them guilty of adding to God's commandments as Jesus forewarned us?

Why have the Witnesses made so many changes to the New World Test? Christians should inquire as to why anyone would want to make numerous additions, deletions and changes to God’s word. True, some Christians allow paraphrases that interpretively present God’s word in order to make it plain for the current generation. What is indicated, however, when a paraphrase deliberately revises God’s Word? The belief that additions, deletions and changes need to be made is a clear sign of doctrinal weakness.

Next you are going to say...Enigma no group is perfect. Very true. Yet you seem to hold other Religions up to a different set of standards than you do for you own. Shouldn't they be the same? And in fact since the Witnesses preach they are the only true religion, shouldn't they actually be held to a higher standard? I think so.

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FEELING VERY DEPRESSED, EMPTY. LIFE IS CONFUSING...

by stillAwitness in

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meetings are dragging me down.

it sucks because i still live at home and have no choice but it has gotten to the point where i have left early at times just because i cannot stand to hear all the b.s from the platform.

how do i just keep doing what i have to do till i know i can leave?

Enigma One

Put a sock in it Leuese...or should I say BrownBoy.

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FEELING VERY DEPRESSED, EMPTY. LIFE IS CONFUSING...

by stillAwitness in

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meetings are dragging me down.

it sucks because i still live at home and have no choice but it has gotten to the point where i have left early at times just because i cannot stand to hear all the b.s from the platform.

how do i just keep doing what i have to do till i know i can leave?

Enigma One

I could tell you what I found to be helpful...but you and I are two different people. I'd suggest perusing the religion section of the library or Barnes & Noble. Find something that catchs your eye and makes you want to read it.

Books I liked:

Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz
The Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff (very easy reading - highly recommend)
The Te of Piglet - Benjamin Hoff (follow up book to the Tao of Pooh)
The Art of Living - by the Dali Lama
The Four Major Cults - Anthony Hoekema
Various books on Christianity and History
Koran and the Torah. (I haven't read the book of Mormon)

Hope this helps.

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Do you believe in Karma? Why or why not?

by AlmostAtheist in

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i haven't read up on it, and my only exposure to it is a few people that say they believe in it.

correct my amateurish view of it, please.. karma is the overriding force in the universe that keeps the good/evil scales in balance.

if you do something rotten, you'll get something rotten back on you.

Enigma One

Crazy...that's not karma....that's vindictive. LOL!

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I'm sorry but

by toer5777 in

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friends

i have not yet to find another organization in the world that is like jw.

yes it has made mistakes, there imperfect humans, but what other organization in the world goes preaching house to house like jesus did.

why is that jw are persecuted all over the world?

Enigma One

I do appreciate you answer my "studying" question. Thank you.

But one other thing...you said you feel sad for us. I know in my heart of hearts that the Witnesses DO NOT have the answers for me. I do not believe they are correct. I do not miss a single thing about the Witnesses...not one! I hated being a Witness because it made me feel so empty inside. Being a Witness was devoid of any pleasure. I was angry at God as a Witness. So why would you feel sad? I am at peace. I am happy. I love my life. It's not some decadant lifestyle either I might add.

My paradise earth is right here, right now. Life is very good.