Topics Started by TopHat
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Public transport to space by 2009
by TopHat inlas cruces, new mexico for virgin galacticthe passenger-carrying spaceliner companyplans are rapidly taking shape to offer suborbital space flights in the near-term but also to eventually offer point-to-point rocket travel around the globe, as well as to space hotels, and trips to the moon.. .
while the business case for public space transportation has yet to be proven, sections of virgin galactics spaceliner already dot the factory floors at scaled composites in mojave, californiaall under the watchful eye of aerospace designer, burt rutan.
http://www.space.com/news/061110_tai_galactic.html.
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Society demands submission as a 'sacred responsibility'
by yaddayadda inthe society demands submission to them as equal to submission to christ.
nov 1, 2006 watchtower, page 22 of the first study article "do you share jehovah's view of sacred things?
" para 7:
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Hypothetical ? for u. What if armageddon really did come...
by *jeremiah* inok, here's a hypothetical that i'm curious about.. what if armageddon really did happen?
not necessarily according to jw terms or timetable, but at some point it happens in your lifetime.
would any of you return to the jws?.
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Katrina Relief Quickbuilds
by roflcopter inso i had a jw friend stay at my house the past few days after getting back from doing a couple months of work in new orleans on quickbuilds.
he told me all about whats going on there, etc.
but one thing really ticked me off, and its amazing the money the wts is making offa this.. from what he told me is the wts is quickbuilding new homes for all the jw's who lost their homes in the hurricane and collecting the insurance payments that the homeowners recieve.
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What would be something you'd like from secret santa?
by megsmomma ini am already thinking of ideas.
my sister had an online relationship with a man from holland (they are now married in the us) anyhow, they would send eachother packages and the coolest things he would send was different foods from there... cookies the us doesn't have, chocolate spread for toast.... this is my first gift exchange since i was a kid, so anyone have some ideas?
( is this kosher to ask?
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What if aliens are the reason we are here, and why the bible is?
by free2beme inokay, i have a very imaginative mind.
i have always loved the series star trek, until it went belly up in over kill.
i always loved the thoughts it brought up, with what would happen if an alien species encountered a less advance or primitive species.
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Anyone from London? Help
by Wordly Andre ini just booked a trip to london, also booked some theater tickets, but now i am looking for a good stonehenge 1-2 day tour, any suggestions?
this is not my first trip to london, but i've never been to stonehenge and my wife really wants to go.
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Heb. 10:26 Question...
by Confucious inhey guys.... ok... so my friend is saying that he wants to go back to the meetings because his conscience is killing him.. and he's quoting heb 10:26 that if you sin willfully.... any suggestions.. serious comments only please..
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THE UNSEEN MAGIC and THE MYSTERY of the MUNDANE
by Terry ini've known two professional magicians in my lifetime.. one was a friend and the other was a very close friend.. both would discuss magic with me at different times.
each was devoted to protecting the secrecy necessary to maintain the brotherhood of illusion.. however, i am a curious person.
i am challenged by the unknown.
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JW Reform, It will NEVER happen...
by AuldSoul ini have read several posts by posters who fervently hope jws will become a mainstream religion, or will become "the truth," or will stop teaching this doctrine, or tweak that one, and "oh, if they would only [fill in the blank].".
such dreaming will, in the end, come to naught.
there are practical reasons why.. (1) the rank and file have no authority over the governing body.. (2) the rank and file do not hold sway over any of the corporate interests.. (3) the vast majority of memorial partakers are not credible in the eyes of the governing body, nor do they have any authority over anything.. (4) the organization shows a willingness to publicly claim beliefs to which jehovah's witnesses do not actually subscribe in order to improve public image (see lisa's interview with j.r. brown), while retaining the same hard-line beliefs in reality.. (5) the governing body is unwilling to relinquish control over the organization, to share authority with underlings (e.g.