I think the society would be doing itself a favor by adding expiration dates to publications. For example, a Watchtower printed in August 2001 would have this notice on the cover:
Best if believed before: August 2004
ChuckD
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Demonology 101
by Nathan Natas inis it safe to buy old watchtower publication from garage sales or from on-line outlets like ebay?.
is it possible for demons to attach themselves to these "old light" publications?
what could be the effect?.
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get a life -- 10 facts
by joelbear ini thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.
1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.
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1. I am the youngest of three children, and I am still called “Chucky” by everyone in my family. Both of my older sisters managed to escape the onslaught of “the truth” allowing all of that cosmic energy to be focused my way. Lucky me.
2. I have been divorced since 1989, and have not lived with anyone since, although I have had a date or two along the way.
3. I have two great kids: a daughter (21) and a son (18). Pictures of both are on my website, www.chuckdoherty.com. The kids live year-round on Martha’s Vineyard when they are not away at school.
4. I was born and raised in East Providence, Rhode Island. After living in Massachusetts while married, I moved back to RI in 1990, and live there still. From 1992 through this spring, I also kept an apartment in northern New Jersey that I used during the week, to be closer to where I was working.
5. The last time I was in a Kingdom Hall was in 1993, for my mother’s memorial service. Before that, I had not been in one since around 1980. They have not gotten any more inviting over the years.
6. I am neither DF not DA, so those folks from my former life just don’t know what to make of me when they run into me at the supermarket. I am always friendly and cheerful, and have never had any of them snub me. I had only one friend offer to stop by for a “sheparding” call one time many years ago, but I told him not to waste his time.
7. I started a software-consulting firm in 1982, and am still in that line of work. Mostly, I design and install systems for state and national lotteries. I know all there is to know about scratch-off lottery tickets, especially the foolishness of purchasing them. My erstwhile job has permitted me to see most of this country as well as travel to a few interesting places overseas. This has allowed my having had more than one meal with Kent and Norm in Norway. Contrary to what you may think, Kent does indeed eat with a knife and fork, and does not use his hands and pointed sticks as utensils.
8. I love good food and wine, and have a modest wine cellar here at Casa Chuck. My most recent major purchase was one of those 36” stainless-steel commercial ranges that I have been lusting after for a few years. Some men my age may go for a Corvette and a 22-yo stripper, but my midlife crisis-driven purchases lean more toward major appliances.
9. For a few years I supported myself as a writer. I had one book published in 1987, and if you look up my name on Amazon.com you will still see it listed, although it is out of print.
10. I have a huge collection of hot sauces, and another large collection of giraffes. The giraffe collection stems from a childhood trauma in which my father threw away my beloved toy giraffe, saying I was “too old” for such a thing. I sure showed him, didn’t I?
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Remote Viewing
by funkyderek infollowing on from the anybody else had visions?
thread below ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=10144&site=3).
i have offered a prize of 50 american dollars or the equivalent in your currency of choice for whoever can guess (or envision or whatever) the contents of a picture i have chosen.. i will be emailing the picture, in password zip format to [email protected] along with unambiguous details of what qualifies as a correct guess.
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ChuckD
The police have NEVER gotten a truly useful piece of information from a psychic. Never. What they get is; "I see a wooded area near a body of water.... the letter "R".... I see a big car...." that sort of useless vague stuff. Put 100 psychic investigators on a single case, and you will get 100 different "leads". If one ends up being somewhat close to reality, that psychic will claim sucess and put it on their resume. Some superstitious cops may still believe in them, and may even use them, but it doesn't mean that it works.
A gullible aquaintance of mine hired a "psychic investigator" to help in the dissapearance of her husband a few years back. They "sensed" that he was living in Florida, in a "fugue state" (whatever that may mean). This sage advice cost her $800 and she considered it a bargain.
By the way, he was actually upside-down in his car, in a river in downtown Providence, and was found by a construction crew a year later. He was within a few hundered feet of the house all this time - pretty easy to find for a real psychic, I would think.
And, yes, the government did investigate remote viewing. They found it to be of no value and discontinued the research. The government looked into all sorts of things in the middle of the cold war, and were always concerned that the Russians had a leg-up on them in some area.
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Layed Off!
by Defender inno matter how you think you are ready for such an eventuality, it still remains stressful when it finally does happen.. until last friday, i worked as a systems engineer for a large canadian telecom equipment manufacturer that has been laying off thousands of employees.
their target was 30,000 and they are almost there.
i dont know, but maybe my number was 25,879...or something.. anyone out there works or used to work for this company?
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ChuckD
I invested a fairly large chuck of my retirement money in NT, and watched it climb, split, climb, split again, climb .... and then, (whisteling sound). Splat.
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Layed Off!
by Defender inno matter how you think you are ready for such an eventuality, it still remains stressful when it finally does happen.. until last friday, i worked as a systems engineer for a large canadian telecom equipment manufacturer that has been laying off thousands of employees.
their target was 30,000 and they are almost there.
i dont know, but maybe my number was 25,879...or something.. anyone out there works or used to work for this company?
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I am in the same situation. I am a consultant, and had been working for one client steadily since 1992. In the Spring, their new management made a few changes, including a decision to not renew any consulting agreements. Fortunately, I found another project fairly quickly, but that one was short-term. Since mid-July, I have been out of work and waiting for my phone to ring with something new.
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depression
by toddy inis it true statistically,j.w's suffer from depression far more than the rest of us?
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Pandora,
Although they may not openly seek out those people who are (for lack of a better word) gullible by nature, the society does make a point of targeting people when their emotions and resolve are compromised due to life circumstances, such as after experiencing the loss of a loved one. People who find it hard to process their grief in a healthy way are going to be more susceptible to their message. Also, the society's message that "the world is a mess" does not ring true with most people. For those for whom the world seems evil and foreboding, that is quite a reassuring siren song. Well-adjusted and happy people just do not see the destruction of the world by God as a positive action.
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depression
by toddy inis it true statistically,j.w's suffer from depression far more than the rest of us?
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I think it gets back to that oft-discussed topic, which is whether or not people who are already predisposed to depression and other mental illnesses are more likely to be recruited by the witnesses in the first place.
If there are any reliable statistics about depression among witnesses, I would find it interesting to see how these numbers break down between those who were "born into" the organization, and those who were brought in as adults.
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Have These People No Sense Of Humour At All?
by Englishman ini'd never fully realised it before, but jw's can't stand being laughed at.
they take themselves and their tinpot religion so seriously!.
oh, i know that they expect to be mocked and persecuted, they love all that because they think that prophesy is being fulfilled, but they do go bananas at the "what?
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ChuckD
Beer is much like blood in this regard. He has to consume the unavoidable beer "fractions" such as alcohol, to get to the "darker elements" of Guinness which are valued for their medicinal effect. Sadly, these are chemically linked with the alcohol, so it presents a problem to the bible-trained conscience such as his. Members of the society's Pub Liaison Committee are available to help with any questions you may have.
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Anybody else had visions?
by philo inwhen i was separating from my wife and leaving the jws, i had some visions.
for some strange reason, i decided not to eat for a day, then when i found my thinking clearer and my emotions mellower, i fasted for another two days.
so after the third day, i was walking down our street and i saw the houses burning after me, i felt this was an affirmation that marriage was decay and destruction, or wasteage.
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By all means, I think people should read all of the letters which came in reply to that study. One issue that seems common to them is a tendency to discount the study since it was conducted by a nine-year-old. Remember that the participants in this study all agreed that that test conditions were fair in advance, and found fault only after the study showed results that were disfavorable.
I don't for a moment beleive that these practitioners are insincere. I am sure that they are truly committed to helping people, are really really believe that what they do works. As one letter on the site you cited says;
"The experiment by Ms Rosa and colleagues does more than demonstrate that the practitioners of TT are unable to sense the HEF. It also shows that they genuinely believe they can. The practitioners would not have allowed themselves to be tested otherwise. Their public responses to the article indicate that they will continue to believe they can and will be wary of future critical investigators of any age."
By all means, if anyone can cite some evidence that shows that it DOES work, please do so.
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Some Witnesses Enjoy Witchcraft!
by metatron ini guess i've just been naive.. i was surprized to find that some 'super loyal'.
witnesses i know have been practising witchcraft.. of course, they'd never call it that - it seems that.
when various illnesses arise you get out an assortment.
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ChuckD
There have been studies showing that Chiropractic manipulation does provide relief from pain for people who are suffering from certain types of low back pain. These are studies that have stood up to review and are quite well accepted, even by the AMA. However, many (if not most) chiropracters go beyond this by claiming that their methods will help with all sorts of problems, from alergies to asthma, with little evidence to support such claims. That, more than anything else, is what has earned them a "fringe" label by many. My local phone book is replete with ads by chiropracters offering relief from dizziness, headaches, and arthritis, and every one mentions that they are willing to help you with your insurance company as well. One even offers "effective cellulite reduction" through her chiropractic treatment.