DannyBear
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10 movies > stuck on an island
by Bendrr into carry the island thing further, if you were stuck on an island what 10 movies would you have?.
1. superman.
2. airplane!.
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Is it right to get people out of the org?
by sleepy ini gather that most on this forum would agree that jehovah's witneeses do not have the truth they cliam to have.. but to what degree do we inform friends and relatives who are still belivers of this.. for many (assuming they come to the same conclution) it would come as a relief , but for others could it do more harm than good?.
for instance an elder in my hall recently died from cancer which he had suffered from for about a year.. what kept him going and happy through pain and suffering was the belief that he was in the true religion favored by god and would recieve a resurection.. imagine the heart break he would had suffered if people had convinced him that the society was a sham.. imagine others say like my parents who are in their 50's and have no pension who look forward to the future paradise.. would it be right for me to covince them that thier dreams for for future are all flawed.. i am still in my 20's and i'm not the type to get depreesed and all that, but i have to admit to being gutted when the truth dawned on me that all my hopeds and beliefs were likely wrong.. but can we be certain to such an absolute degree that all that witnesses belive is false?.
do we really have the right to preach with coviction to others that they are wrong, just like we preached when we belived?.
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Change another's views -- or not?
by CPiolo ina short while ago, maximus and a few others were discussing the ethics of tying to influence another regarding their belief system.
many came down on the side of caution, if not downright abstention.
if a person lived in a vacuum, i might be inclined to agree.
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Happy Neighbor Story
by Bendrr insince i moved into my new apartment, i've not had much to do with any neighbors except to say hello.
all but one have been friendly.
the one exception is the lady in the apartment closest to mine.
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SAW A PEDOPHILE TODAY
by TR intoday, while in a hardware store, i saw a guy that i know was a pedophile when i was a kid.
he was in a check out stand next to mine when i saw him.
i recognized him immediately, even after 30 years.
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How to Defeat Disfellowshipping
by metatron inpeople have a right to choose their own associates.. likewise, parents should have strong influence over.
who their minor children associate with.. these truths are a far cry, however from the inept and.
cruel actions of elders, in hunting down, stalking,.
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god is dead
by teejay inmy inactive sister who is very much a jw at heart recently discovered (i told her) that i was a budding agnostic.
she was quite intrigued and wondered why.
coming to an agnostic viewpoint has been a long journey.
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American Legal Eagles Where Are You?
by Englishman intheres been lots of posts recently concerning the american justice system.
to be fair, most of us europeans dont really understand it very well, and we have been giving you yanks a bit of a hard time lately, so i think that it would be great if we could all have some enlightenment on how it works.. for example, in the uk there is one law that applies to every citizen no matter who they are.
in the us, different states seem have different laws.
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America Bashing
by TR inwith all of the america bashing going on of late, i thought i'd mention the fact that america stands for freedom, as flawed as our system may be.
you're even free to be critical of the government and it's leaders.
the many men and women who have died defending this country did so to preserve the rights even of people who hate the u.s. there are many different cultures here, so there are many different attempts at creating laws for the land.