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Need Help From Computer Savvy Person
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i had a message come up on windows that said i have a "corrupted file".

the computer is still running ok, but i am not sure what to do about the corrupted file.

it didn't say what file?.
Blue October
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anyone like their music?

i saw them at a small venue recently.

up close and personal.
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Newbies
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when will this site be opened up again to new ones?

there don't seem to be any moderators here to annoy and the pace has really slowed down.. new ones often have fresh perspectives on things.

any news on when registration will reopen?.
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John Travolta's Son Dies
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it sounds like a parent's nightmare.

so tragic!

this is the first time i have seen pictures of his son.
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Are You Idealistic?
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in the past, i was pretty idealistic.

i believe this is what attracted me to the witnesses' idea of a perfect paradise on earth.

i was a teenager when i first was contacted by them and quite disillusioned with life.
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The Loyalty Question
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how many here have been asked the loyalty question by an elder.

i am referring to, "do you believe that jehovah is using the faithful and discreet slave class to accomplish his work?

" or something along this line?.
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Communicating With The Dead
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i studied in the "truth" book back in the 70's.

when we were talking about why it was wrong to communicate with the dead, the study conductor said it was because they were really demons posing as dead persons.

he also said that it would be mean on god's part if the dead were really still alive and god refused any communication with them.
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Slices of time
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think what it felt like to be a youth, learning to love, raising children, getting older and a little wiser, whatever you've experienced.

what if we could be in all slices at once?

would we be living inside of time or outside?.
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People Meant To Live Forever
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i was thinking about the reasoning the watchtower used as a proof that people were really meant to live forever.

they said that because our cells continually replace themselves, we really were made to live forever.

they even went so far as to say scientists could not figure out why this process didn't go on forever and were puzzled by this.. then i realized that all animals have the same mechanisms in place, yet the witnesses say they were not meant to live forever.
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Living With Limitations
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just curious how some have handled living with disabilities.

what do you do when you can no longer do what you want?

how do you learn to focus on the things you have left and not what you must leave behind?.