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  should prostitution be legalized?

  by John Doe in

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  think of all the unprotected prostitutes in the world.

  if their profession were legalized, they might have access to retirement plans, medical insurance, regular health exams that would protect not only the girl but the client also.

  courts and society have traditionally held the body as something sacred that should not be sold, but are people not selling their bodies when they make pornos or pose for pictures or make movies or any such things?

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  I really don't know the answer. But some have posted that "NO women" would ever want to do this. Last year I saw a documentary about a college girl writing a paper on the profession at one of the Mustang Ranches in Nevada. She spent a lot of time there learning, writing, and dang if when she finished school she didn't go to work there because she said she liked it so much. Not just the sex, the interesting people, stories, interaction and now she is writing a book.

  just for what its worth......oompa
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  How Jesus Says No to Watchtower Preaching

  by metatron in

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  it's very simple.

  in matt.7:1-5 jesus says "judge not" and that individuals will be judged according to what judgement they imposed .

  he also advised to remove the "rafter" in your own eye before you go removing a splinter from someone else.. take a good look at what witnesses preach door to door: the moral condemnation of others, how to be happy, how to.

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  secretly view porn

  Great post, but I could not help but think how if this was not done secretly, then porn would be viewed openly in public, where everyone can see it. lol Like on a jumbotron at times square.

  sick I know, sick....oompa
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  Your avatars least favorite Scripture....see what I mean?

  by oompa in

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  (leviticus 21:18-20) 18 in case there is any man in whom there is a defect, he may not come near: a man blind or lame or with his nose slit or with one member too long, 19 or a man in whom there proves to be a fracture of the foot or a fracture of the hand, 20or hunchback or thin or diseased in his eyes or scabby or having ringworms or having his testicles broken.. dang just lay it on me man.....thanks for the too long member.....oompa.

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  (Leviticus 21:18-20) 18 In case there is any man in whom there is a defect, he may not come near: a man blind or lame or with his nose slit or with one member too long, 19 or a man in whom there proves to be a fracture of the foot or a fracture of the hand, 20 or hunchback or thin or diseased in his eyes or scabby or having ringworms or having his testicles broken.

  dang just lay it on me man.....thanks for the too long member.....oompa
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  Bible Law encourages pedophilia-really, not a joke. See Deut. 22:25-29

  by oompa in

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  these sex laws have bothered me for some time.

  until coming here i was unaware of all the pedophilia problems in the org.

  the interesting thing about these two bible laws are that if a girl was engaged, and screamed during rape, the rapist only is executed.

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  oompa

  These sex laws have bothered me for some time. Until coming here I was unaware of all the pedophilia problems in the org. The interesting thing about these two Bible laws are that if a girl was engaged, and screamed during rape, the rapist only is executed. However, if it was an un-engaged virgin that was raped, then (oh my God) the poor girl gets to marry her rapist!!!! Now that in itself is horrible enough. But in a family and child driven society such as the Jews had, very young engagements were a protection, and very young marriages were common. That would induce rapists that did not want to get executed, or perhaps were ugly and wanted a beautiful young maiden, to go after younger and younger girls/victims (and yes children). And then gets her as a wife for fifty silver coins.

  I pointed this out to my book study conductor during a chapter on Jehovah being a God of Justice. He had no comment.

  Disturbing......oompa

  Deut. 22: 25 "If, however, it is in the field that the man found the girl who was engaged, and the man grabbed hold of her and lay down with her, the man who lay down with her must also die by himself, 26 and to the girl you must do nothing. The girl has no sin deserving of death, because just as when a man rises up against his fellowman and indeed murders him, even a soul, so it is with this case. 27 For it was in the field that he found her. The girl who was engaged screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.

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  "In case a man finds a girl, a virgin who has not been engaged, and he actually seizes her and lies down with her, and they have been found out, 29 the man who lay down with her must also give the girl’s father fifty silver shekels, and she will become his wife due to the fact that he humiliated her. He will not be allowed to divorce her all his days.
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  For Those Born 1930 - 1979 Remember The Good Old Days ?

  by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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  those born 1930-1979. .

  to all the kids who survived the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!.

  first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and or drank while they were pregnant.

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  Amen!!!!!

  and we walked to school.....amen.......oompa
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  Public Talk Intro on Youtube, picked apart and pathetic

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  someone uploaded a public talk on youtube.

  i don't know which one it is because i quit listening after the introduction.

  i thought it was the perfect example of how negative the whole thing is.

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  Wasa I am sure this was a good effort but I could only stand it for 18 seconds once he started speaking.

  sorry....oompa
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  I PRESUME THAT JWS DON'T BELIEVE IN PARALLEL UNIVERSES

  by badboy in

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  am i right?

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  oompa

  all of us that grew up on Star Trek feel it is plausable

  live long and prosper.....oompa
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  How can I help my JW son?

  by Maddie in

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  how can i help my son?.

  after speaking with my son (a jw) today, i realise that he has many hurt feelings that he hasn't dealt with.

  his childhood affected him more deeply than i realised because he hasn't really opened his heart like he did today.

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  Maddie, I have the same problem with my 19 year old pioneer son, so I appreciate this thread. We have discussed/argued a few things and he does not want his world rocked right now. How old is you son and is close to many boys/girls in the hall, and "worldly?"

  hand in there good parent.....oompa
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  Avatars

  by Vernon Williams in

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  to all,.

  i wish a thread would start where in everyone would explain why they picked the avatar they have.

  i have not found one, yet..... v.

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  oompa

  Excuuuuusssseeeee meeeeeeeee! We can't all have beautiful Avatars like Eclipse......or can we.....oompa

  ps...I now know I can not post them, but I have PM's saying they LOVE my Avatar
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  Looking for specific WT quotes...input appreciated!

  by deaconbluez in

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  hey guys, i've looked in the "best of" section and elsewhere, and i've found a few good ones, but i'm working on a project where i need quotes from literature where the gb/fds are said to be the "spokesman of god", "divine channel", and other things of that sort.

  any help would be most appreciated.

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  Third one is pretty good about Russell as the "mouthpiece." A miricle would occur if he kept silent!!!!!.....oompa

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  w555/15p.316par.34ChristianChannelofCommunication***

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  An official mouthpiece for this "slave" class is the Watchtower magazine, now in its seventy-sixth year of publication. This magazine makes no claim of inspiration but is guided by the inspired principles and prophecies recorded in the sacred Bible due for progressive fulfillment today. By means of this singular channel of reliable spiritual guidance all sincere, honest persons who love righteousness are being directed toward the "perfect day" in the post-Armageddon new world.

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  w9912/1p.9par.3"GladTidings"FromtheApocalypse***

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  As heralds of these glad tidings, Jehovah’s Witnesses are really the mouthpiece of a symbolic heavenly messenger whose mission is also described in Revelation.

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  jvchap.10p.143GrowinginAccurateKnowledgeoftheTruth***

  How did Brother Russell view his own role? Did he claim some special revelation from God? In the WatchTower of July 15, 1906 (page 229), Russell humbly replied: "No, dear friends, I claim nothing of superiority, nor supernatural power, dignity or authority; nor do I aspire to exalt myself in the estimation of my brethren of the household of faith, except in the sense that the Master urged it, saying, ‘Let him who would be great among you be your servant.’ (Matt. 20:27.) . . . The truths I present, as God’s mouthpiece, were not revealed in visions or dreams, nor by God’s audible voice, nor all at once, but gradually . . . Neither is this clear unfolding of truth due to any human ingenuity or acuteness of perception, but to the simple fact that God’s due time has come; and if I did not speak, and no other agent could be found, the very stones would cry out."