I was forced to go to the book group if i missed the service.
Paul
digderidoo
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I was waterboarded as a Jehovah's Witness
by I quit! inthis happened to me throughout my time as a jw.
this would often happen on saturday morning before service.
sometimes as early as 4 am because i was expected to go out in service afterward the waterboarding.
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Looking for books...rolf furuli, carl johnson...if anyone has any?
by digderidoo ini am looking for books on 607 v 587 date for jerusalem's destruction if anyone has anything?.
in particular rolf furuli's assyrian, babylonian, egyptian, and persian chronology compared with biblical chronology and carl johnson's gentile times reconsidered.. please pm if you have anything lying around that you want to get rid of.. paul.
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BTTT
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Looking for books...rolf furuli, carl johnson...if anyone has any?
by digderidoo ini am looking for books on 607 v 587 date for jerusalem's destruction if anyone has anything?.
in particular rolf furuli's assyrian, babylonian, egyptian, and persian chronology compared with biblical chronology and carl johnson's gentile times reconsidered.. please pm if you have anything lying around that you want to get rid of.. paul.
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I am looking for books on 607 v 587 date for Jerusalem's destruction if anyone has anything?
In particular Rolf Furuli's Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and Persian Chronology Compared with Biblical Chronology and Carl Johnson's Gentile Times reconsidered.
Please PM if you have anything lying around that you want to get rid of.
Paul
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Revolution in Iceland
by cameo-d inreykjavik, iceland: thousands of icelanders marked the 90th anniversary of their nations sovereignty with angry protest monday, and several hundred stormed the central bank to demand the ouster of bankers they blame for the countrys spectacular economic meltdown.. tiny iceland has seen its banks and currency collapse in just a few weeks while prices and unemployment soar leaving a country regarded as a model of scandinavian prosperity in a state of shock.. the government played roulette and the whole nation has lost, .
anti-government protests have been growing larger and angrier since icelands three main banks collapsed in october under the weight of huge debts amassed during years of rapid economic growth.. .
will all global reaction to this world wide economic crisis eventually follow suit?.
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digderidoo
I watched a report a couple of weeks, where they interviewed an Icelandic economic acedemic. He said the source of the Icelandic problem, lay with roughly 20 individual bankers. Obviously the government didn't give enough protection, but in a capitalist society and with the freedom of the markets, bankers have to hold their hands up and accept some sort of blame. Yet we have instances where countries now are bailing out the bankers. Which in my view is reverse Socialism, in Socialism money is taken from the rich and given to the poor, now we have the farsical situation where money is being taken from the poor and given to the rich.
Just my rant
Paul
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digderidoo
No. You just ain't my type
Paul
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let me get this straight...we ARE gonna grow OLD and Die???
by oompa inwhat a total mindfluck!.....this was not supposed to happen.....and i only (completely) woke up two years ago....so accepting my own mortality has not been easy.......i currently make good enough money....but damm....now i have to think about retirement?!?!?
?....and ya....just cause i have a touch of asthma ocassionally...i wont be able to get health insurance in a few years cause i am self-employed??
?....this just fluckkin sucks.................oompa.
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digderidoo
let me get this straight...we ARE gonna grow OLD and Die???
Yep...get used to it and make the most of your short life.
Paul
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Russell Not a Mason!
by johnnyc inthis is some research i did showing that russell, was not, in fact a freemason (aka mason).
it is from the website: .
http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html .
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digderidoo
So, David Icke says Russell was a Mason.
David Icke also says the Royal family, Tony Blair, Bush and Putin are lizards.
Mmm...must be true then.
Paul
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Goodbye to JWD ... hello to JWN !
by Simon inas i announced some time ago, jwd as it is will not continue .... ... but .... it's clear from people's comments that they do like the site and many would like it or something else like it to continue.. one issue was the forum software that was self-developed and not really in a good state to hand-over to anyone but i've been working on that and can now reveal the first release of what will probably be called jwn (son of jwd):.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/.
it is still work-in-progress so not all features are enabled yet but it will allow you to browse the site in a similar way to this one and it is pointing at the same database (although because of the way the caching works, new posts made on this site won't appear immediately).
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digderidoo
I am glad that this site is carrying on in some form.
Is there going to be new things for the site, as so far it basically looks the same as this one?
Paul
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Why isn't disfellowshipping a breach of contract?
by DT ini had some thoughts that might be relevant to the recent rumors and discussion about possible changes to the disfellowshipping arrangement.
(see this thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/168468/1.ashx).
most jehovah's witnesses think their baptism represents some kind of lifelong dedication to god.
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digderidoo
Speaking as my new found status as a law student Under English law there would be no contract.
Entering into a legally binding contract requires an 'intent to cause legal relations', or in other words an intention on the forming of the contract, that if there is a breach the courts would step in to rectify.
Under domestic agreements of any kind, agreements with friends, family members, before the courts act they want to see that, there was an intention of it being legally binding before they step in.
In the case of baptism, no person would say at the point of baptism that they intended the agreement to be legally binding. Therefore, an English court would not step in. Similarly as has been mentioned the American system requires an agreement to be legally binding before courts take action.
Paul
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Brothers who were Gay but couldn't admit/accept it! Did you have some?
by Witness 007 ini have come to realize that being gay is something you are just born with....so why judge them if it's like being born a certain race.. a brother g_____ i knew was a zealous pioneer pushing 43 years old.
he never married though the sisters thought he was dreamy and he had plenty of offers....."she's not for me" he would always, many times tell me some excuse.
he loved to give only brothers a big hug...say if you gave a public talk or something.
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I knew of two guys in my old cong.
One guy about 5 years older than me, so he was never really a close friend growing up. He was very ifeminate and camp, had lots of girlfriends. In his youth he went out a couple of girls, but never really got close enough for serious relationship. Everyone knew he was gay, occasionally he'd overhear someone say something and he'd go ballistic. The last i heard he comes and goes to the meetings, he's mid 40's now, still single.
Another guy who is now an elder. It's one of those worst kept secrets that he is, i think he mentioned it to one or two during his youth. But kept himself to himself, stayed single and now serves as an elder.
Paul