The next town over from me was kind enough to send their sister city in the UK a very thoughtful gift, and THIS is the thanks they get!
ChuckD
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What is it with these Brits?
by ChuckD inthe next town over from me was kind enough to send their sister city in the uk a very thoughtful gift, and this is the thanks they get!.
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http://news.excite.com/news/r/010820/08/odd-potato-dc
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A Few Questions
by Amelia inhi, i've been lurking awhile and now i need some advice/answers to a couple of questions:.
one of my co-workers is a jehovah's witness, and we have become pretty good "at work friends.
" she doesn't push anything on anyone at work, but i knew that since we were getting to know each other pretty well there would probably come a time when she would "make her move" with the literature and whatnot.
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ChuckD
Amelia,
Your questions about what would happen with a resurrection are quite logical, and point out how simple common sense shows that many of their beliefs just don't hold water. There is nothing to explain how this would work – it is just a fantasy.
I think that you don't even have to go as far as telling her that you don't accept the teachings in this case. Just tell her something like "thank you for your concern and for thinking of me in this difficult time.” Then, don't mention the pamphlet. Chances are, she did want to express her condolences, but most witnesses don't know how to do that without introducing a "sales pitch" as well. It is often at times of crisis, such as the death of a loved one, that the organization is able to make inroads with someone. That is why the JW leadership encourages its members to speak with people at these times. Still, that does not mean she was not honestly saddened by your loss, so accept her gesture it in that spirit and ignore the rest.
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Here to vent !!!!!!!!!!!
by jurs inhello to anyone who cares,.
i am in the fowlest of moods.
last week i started cosmetology school ( i love it so much ), anyhow who did i see there but another sister from my kingdom hall.
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ChuckD
Not that it makes your situation at school any easier, but at least this "sister" is forced to perform her shunning in the open, in full view of the rest of the world, and can't get away with it with just you to see it. She - not you - will continue to look like a jerk in the eyes of the other students. When you say hello to her and act friendly (as you should), and she responds by pretending she does not hear or see you, what would any reasonable person think? They would rightly conclude that the organization's policies are absurd. And when they learn that your "offense" was simply choosing not to be a member any longer, she will appear even more out of line.
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Beautiful picture
by philo in... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010814/sc/flying_wing_10.html.
i wonder how the watchtower or awake would propagandise this?.
philo .
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ChuckD
I'm with you on that. And I always remember my first solo with either.
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Please join my religion...............
by JW72 init's called:-.
'everything is complete bullshit'.
you can do what the fuck you like, when you like, how you like.. the only rule is that you have to say 'i'm a fucking wanker' to yourself every morning.. .
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ChuckD
Sorry, I have started one of my own.
I am now a Frisbetarian.
We believe that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof, and you can't get it down.
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Would God really bother with such insignificance ?
by Simon inthere is a program on here at the moment called 'space' and last week was about the sheer number of stars.
for each grain of sand on every beach on the planet there are millions or billions of stars.. if there was a god, that would make us smaller than something minescule sat on an atom.
and yet they claim that he 'sent his firstborn son to die for us' (who incidentally created all this?)..
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ChuckD
Let's take it further - if God did happen to pay some attention to this tiny dust mote, would he get his knickers all in a twist if one of its 6 Billion inhabitants wanted to grow a beard? Or, might he have more important things to worry about, like keeping Plank's constant.
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Beautiful picture
by philo in... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010814/sc/flying_wing_10.html.
i wonder how the watchtower or awake would propagandise this?.
philo .
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ChuckD
It is very hard to get two planes at the same place at the same time even if you are trying to do so. It is only when they are on the ground or in the process of takeoff or landing where - if everything is done wrong - they possibly could bump into each other.
An aircraft like this would present no hazard to commercial aviation. Just like any aircraft in controlled flight, it would follow a specific path to its target altitude. This one would stay three times higher than any civil traffic doing circles for a long time. It would then descend along another closely controlled flight path when its mission is over. Just because it is unmanned doesn't mean it is just flying around willy-nilly. It is still closely controlled both from the ground and internally. All aircraft in controlled airspace (manned or unmanned) will follow the same flight rules, and these have very wide margins of safety built in.
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Memorial ultimatum
by Ranchette ini recieved this email and thought i'd share:.
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i heard a piece of gossip the other day from a friend in california that i thought was outrageous and right on par for the borg.... it seems a 20-something sister in a southern calafornia congregation has dedided she is one of the annointed much to the chagrin of her elder body.they have tried everything to disuade her from this path.in a last ditch effort to come up with arguments against her, the elders'wives were sic'd on her and they came up with a piece of information that they felt would be useful...it seems this sister is also pregnant with her first child and is very much looking forward to breast-feeding.so the brothers told her that if she wants to partake at the next memorial she can't breastfeed---because the wine would transfer to the milk and the baby is not annointed!this sister is heart-broken,she feels she must choose between her motherly obligation and her spiritual one!.the advice i passed on to her via my grape-vine was to think long and hard what decision she might make if for some reason her baby needed a life-saving blood transfusion...if the borg won't let her take a sip of wine it will surely not let her save her childs life with a transfusion!.
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ChuckD
This all sounds familiar - it is almost the same as one of the plotlines in the book DUNE, in which the mother drank the Water of Life while pregnant, and passed that along to her unborn child. I think the people at that Kingdom Hall are mixing their fictions.
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Beautiful picture
by philo in... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010814/sc/flying_wing_10.html.
i wonder how the watchtower or awake would propagandise this?.
philo .
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ChuckD
I just wonder who was able to get above it to take the picture!
Seriously, it really is a great accomplishment, and will pave the way for some great unmanned-aircraft-based communications systems at a fraction of the cost of putting up additional satellites.
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So THIS is where Friday gets his information....
by ChuckD in.
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0801/rectums.html
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