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  a couple of movies I don't get

  by Hortensia in

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  i watched "children of men" a couple of nights ago.

  it was pretty interesting, but i have to say i didn't get it completely.

  maybe because i missed the beginning.

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  I loved Children of Men. I think it was more a perspective on race and how easily we can loose our morals in troubled times. Easily one of the top five Sci-Fi movies ever made in my book.
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  If the G.B. and WTS don't have good motives, what is the point.....

  by Mightyone in

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  2. scandals

  this may be the topic of an old thread but, if the g.b.

  and wts don't have good motives, what is the point of the whole religion?

  i mean, it doesn't appear that anybody is getting rich or am i missing something.

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  I like how everyone is throwing around these motives the GB has that can't be proven. The only factually perspective we have to go on is that of Ray Franz, and he believed that the intentions were good in the sense that these people really believed what they were doing was good. That being said there has not been one scrap of evidence to suggest these men have evil motives or are intentionally and maliciously pulling the wool over peoples eyes.
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  John Safran Does The JW's (Prince Satire)

  by brinjen in

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  i had to hunt high and low for this video, finally found it.

  it's from his 2001 'music jamboree' series... hilarious!

  http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfi0vu9vyg.

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  Yea saw this on John Safran vs. God. Super hilarious.
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  If the G.B. and WTS don't have good motives, what is the point.....

  by Mightyone in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this may be the topic of an old thread but, if the g.b.

  and wts don't have good motives, what is the point of the whole religion?

  i mean, it doesn't appear that anybody is getting rich or am i missing something.

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  Burger Time

  I think it is safe to say there is no "evil" conspiracy in the WTS. That being said it takes a long time for things to change in any strict society. Just look at the British empire for god's sake. Some people on here would simply cream their panties if it came out there was an evil empire. This though I strongly doubt. Just a bunch of old people in the GB afraid of major change. Slowly it will turn in to another main stream casual religion.
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  Investigating Feasability of a Project: Can You Help?

  by AuldSoul in

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  (from internal revenue service).

  exempt purposes - internal revenue code section 501(c)(3).

  the exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, and preventing cruelty to children or animals.

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  I think a better idea would be for a member to sue over where the money is being spent. I could see this pickng up steam really fast. The news would junp all over the story and it would be (I think) uncharted legal territory. You could claim that since it is a donation you are legally entitled to see what and where your monies are being spent. This would open a whole can of orms for the WTS. Especially if it came out donations to the world wide work were being used to pay off the molestaion cases.

  Also you would public suport on your side. The question would be, "why is this charity fighting this? What are trying to hide". That in it's self is a win. I think nomatter what there would be good consequences for this. The question is do charities like the Sierre Club and PETA disclose where thier monies are spent? I would think the argument that they are tax exempt strps them of the right privacy of spendimg.
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  What is the best question to ask a witness

  by ImFreeatlast in

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  lets have a free for all .

  i would say why dont you have a book study anymore but that one is done to death... we had a witness recently and i asked for the latest jw only mag (he didn't realise i used to be in his cong... have i done that good a job at fading?

  ) it was a laugh to see the two of them struggle to come up with an answer.... ok lets here the best you can come up with, there has to be some better than mine, what question will leave them stuck for an answer...... .

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  Two of my favorites:

  If blood equals life (metaphorically) then why did Jesus say there was no greater act then giving your life for a friend, yet you are not allowed to donate blood?

  Jesus said the only way to everlasting life was through him. Paul and others taught that only through Jesus could we find everlasting life. Do you believe that the emphasis of what Paul and other apostles taught can be gleamed by reading the bible? If so how do you justify that you at the least must claim membership into your organization? Isn't this teaching a new gospel?
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  Wow this is amazing (could open the door for living hundreds of years)

  by Burger Time in

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  this guy's brother works in a regenerative tissue laboratory and when he lost an inch of his finger his brother sent him "pixie dust" which cause his finger to grow back.

  this is so f'n amazing!

  check out the video..... click here!

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  This guy's brother works in a regenerative tissue laboratory and when he lost an inch of his finger his brother sent him "pixie dust" which cause his finger to grow back. This is so f'n amazing! Check out the video....

  CLICK HERE!
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  Glossary of internet abbreviations - Chat Shorthand

  by caliber in

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  i thought this to be a useful tool.. http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/netiquette101/a/abbreviations.htm.

  caliber.

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  Burger Time

  You forgot:

  BTTP- Back to the top

  LULZ- Hacker speak for something funnier and stupider then your normal LOL
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  Old JW memories.

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  with all the talk about the book study recently i couldn't help recalling the old 'group' we used to go to from about 1970. i remember the smell of those books, the drone of the study conductor and the struggle - often in vain - to keep my eyes open.. i remember my old ministry briefcase and the kitchen of the sister where we used to meet for field service.

  she was my best friends mum.

  i can still feel the biting wind at twickenham conventions and the overheated, dehydrating stuffiness of bowes rd assembly hall.. i remember shuffling the snow with my shoes at the doors of homes i didn't want to be at.

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  Burger Time

  I remember the hot Columbia South Carolina days and how we had to roll the windows down with the air at full blast...it defied logic to me at the time. It really was that hot though. I also remember trying to stick a McDonald's Monopoly piece (Park Place) on the wall and it dropping and me not caring, then a week later getting Boardwalk needing that piece to win. My million dollar ticket, lost at a fucking District Convention...how poetic.
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  MAKE A YOUTUBE VIDEO - check this one out

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. friends

  leaving jehovah's witnesses can be a very rough experience, and.

  sometimes you find yourself becoming familiar with the language of.

  recovery.

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  Burger Time

  I had this idea a while a go. I thought it could be called something like, "happyexwitness.com" where people talk about how they are happy and have a good support network with out the JW's.