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  I'm Going Back To The Meetings

  by minimus in

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  ....just kidding..

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  VIII

  AA?
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  A Free House

  by EmptyInside in

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  a few congregations bought property to build a kingdom hall.

  a small house is on the property.

  they are giving it away,but the catch is,the house must be relocated.

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  Nice 'stache.
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  The Face Of Jehovah

  by PublishingCult in

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  i was one of the lucky ones (sarcasm).

  i was born into the cult of the publishing corporation.

  my earliest childhood memories are tangled horribly with the sights and sounds a kingdom hall.

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  I always imagined Jehovah looking like a cross between every Elder and CO along with Jesus thrown in. Add to the mix my very old great-grandfather and there you go. One Fugly God. And he had a beard. Had to have a beard. Old, very old. Never, ever smiled. Always grim.

  How Satan got to be like a serpent or similar creature and then the angels look, uh, angelic is pretty funny if you think about it. All a figment of someone's imagination.
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  The Authorized Ruling on the God Debate

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  at aude's suggestion i'm starting this thread from [one of] the point[s] i digressed on the brodan meltdown thread.. [cyber]jesus: sbc, you speak like a man!

  you are my here now.... i'd like the christians to note that a man who goes by the name of jesus just called me his hero.

  (actually, he said "here" but i'm taking the liberty, regardless.

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  Clap, Clap, Clap.

  I am so sick of this debate. And worrying that the FSM will get me. Or his Nephlim will come down and breed with me. (I know they want to----all bad Angels do--Yes, I am that hot. No pics are necessary. I run. Case closed. )

  So, I will just go on and be like all the great people everyone worships. I'll let the reader discern who that may be.
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  How to question their beliefs

  by Scarlouie in

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  i questioned my mom today about beth sarim.

  she of course had never heard of it, even after 40 years as a jw.

  neither of my sisters have every heard of the 1976 predictions either, they are both born in with elders as husbands.

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  It's hard not to. I have tried to death with my Mom.

  Her standard response to anything New System related: "Jehovah will take care of us"

  I stumped her on tooth brushing and flossing. How? She didn't have an answer. Even Jehovah hasn't figured that one out.

  All the above suggestions are very good. The moment you hear "you must have misunderstood" step back and let it go for the moment. She's shutting down.

  Try Steve Hassan's books on mind control and cults. Very helpful.

  Because, it's a C-U-L-T. Remember that.
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  If God exists and ordered a Purge how would you react?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason why god killed everyone in the days of noah was because of the demons who came to earth.

  according to the story their direct presence and impact on us had a poisening effect.

  we became corrupted and god felt the need for a total purge.. that's what the witnesses say is happening today.

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  And I wouldn't bother asking why he spared me. I'd know why.

  You're really good at pool?

  -Sab
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  "It will be like the days of Noah, the great Day of Jehovah will be!"

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
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  humans were eating and drinking and marrying when the flood came and swept them all away; sounds like what happened in japan doesn't it?.

  yet on the contrary, today is nothing like the alleged "days of noah" depicted in the bible.

  the bible states that when armageddon comes it will fall upon unsuspecting victims exactly as it did in noah's day... our world proves this passage false and i will tell you why.. how many end times cults are there right now?

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  I could post all the e-mails from my mom and relatives about the end coming the last years. Must be a long Great Tribulation. Slow start up.

  When Bill was hitting Monica I was hearing that it was like the End of Times. Just like Caesar and Cleo. Huh.

  Fast Forward. The e-mails all sound the same. Just like Watchtowers-Study editions. Same wording.

  Can you say C-U-L-T?

  I can.
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  If God exists and ordered a Purge how would you react?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason why god killed everyone in the days of noah was because of the demons who came to earth.

  according to the story their direct presence and impact on us had a poisening effect.

  we became corrupted and god felt the need for a total purge.. that's what the witnesses say is happening today.

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  Regarding Moses and the Burning Bush--don't you think maybe, just maybe, Moses was smoking something and it was dry season and POOF! There went the bush and he had to come up with a story. The man did seem full of himself. Just sayin'.
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  If God exists and ordered a Purge how would you react?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason why god killed everyone in the days of noah was because of the demons who came to earth.

  according to the story their direct presence and impact on us had a poisening effect.

  we became corrupted and god felt the need for a total purge.. that's what the witnesses say is happening today.

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  I don't want to live with a psycho ruler up in the sky who decides that *now* is the time to *purge* and just wipe out people.

  That said, if he decides I get to live, will he let me pick who I want to purge? There are some people still alive I really, really don't like.

  And I wouldn't bother asking why he spared me. I'd know why.
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  Ambien vs Temazepam

  by ssn587 in

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  friend of mine out west told me his spouse has been having trouble staying asleep with ambien and now she has been prescribed temazepam which they said would make her sleep better and longer.

  has anyone out here had those and what is the difference, and do you knjow if the temazepam really works or not?.

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  Isn't Ambien what that Kennedy dude (Patrick Kennedy) used when he slept walked, drove somewhere, crashed into a tree and blamed it on Ambien? He was a US Congressman at the time. I believe it is the *Ambien* defense if you do something really stupid in the middle of the night.

  I like Lunesta. Lets me sleep for 5-7 hours when I need to. Not too groggy the next morning.

  The "Ambien defense" is starting to rear its ugly head, thanks, in part, to Rep. Patrick Kennedy's nighttime excursion around Capitol Police barricades in Washington, DC. True to form, the Kennedy's dodged potential legal ramifications for their actions with clever lawyers and the novel notion that "the Ambien made him do it" as an excuse for getting behind the wheel of a 2,000 lb automobile and nearly mowing down a Capitol Police officer.

  http://www.kaydaly.com/2006/08/ambien-new-twinkie-defense.htm