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About to end a friendship, please help. How do you pronounce General Tso?
by MC RubberMallet ini say - general tee so.
friend 1 says - general chow su .
friend 2 insists - general cho.
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You know, when you really "Make the Truth your own" it changes everything
by gubberningbody inyou own it.. that is to say, you are the one who decides what is right and what is wrong.. now it's odd to realize that the so-called father of faith, abraham "made the truth his own" in condemning what he thought this being was planning on doing to the residents of sodom (including his own self-absorbed whiney nephew lot) with the words "is the judge of all the earth not going to do what is right?
" are words which meditating on would eventually lead me to condemn all religion including any being which may or may not be behind it all.. .
because in "making the truth my own" i learned to reject power as the basis for moral authority, and this power necessarily included intelligence.
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One Silly Little Comma = WT Idiocy
by Farkel inone would think that the god of gods, the creator of everything who wanted to give we puny little humans a handbook for salvation(tm), would make sure that handbook remained authentic.. one who thinks that way would be wrong.. since punctuation is critical to convey exact meanings, i find it strange that the god of gods would pick a written language for his handbook that has no punctuation!
oh, wait!
he also picked another language for that book that had no written vowels!
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You know when they said you should wait 2 years before you witness to anyone?
by gubberningbody in(at least i heard that from a lot when i came in, though only in jest).
i think it's true for those who leave.. you need time to be with your own thoughts, time to heal before you try to talk to anyone.. .
if you don't, you'll just confirm what's on the minds of those who fear where you've gone.. .
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Building Your Faith Upon the Sand...?
by tec inpeace to you all!.
i sometimes find that i empathise with paul.
with how frightened/concerned he might have been when he started out (and perhaps always), that he would do or say something wrong.
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Cats and Dogs should not be spayed or neutered!
by IMHO ina controversial subject that hasn't been talked about here for 10 years (or so it seems on my quick search).. .
i think it's wrong to spay or neuter.
i bet most of you will disagree.. my vet just called me an irresponsible owner for refusing to have my cat spayed..
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Any born-ins have this attitude about converts?
by Nambo inso there was this great gang of us, from south london, manchester and wolverhampton, went to socialise with a group in fishguard in wales.. amongst the conversations one of the single sisters stated, "i could never marry anybody who used to be in the world".. i guess a lifetime of knocking on doors had given her the impression there couldnt possibly be a convert in her midst, never mind later alone with her in her mgb.. so whats with this, did you think we had rat scabies or were possesed by demons or something?.
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Two Questions for the 'Governing Body'
by The Searcher ini'm pretty certain in my own mind that certain ones at brooklyn will have been 'assigned' to monitor websites such as this, despite warning the 'flock' that they musn't do the same.
therefore, i expect such ones to pass this on.. my questions may seem "rebellious" to certain ones, but they deserve scriptural, not organizational answers -.
why are we as a worldwide brotherhood, urged to expend ourselves as much as possible in the ministry, discussing and defending with complete strangers our bible based beliefs, (1 peter 3:15) and yet we are expressly forbidden from doing so with our brothers and sisters?
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New YouTube video - Anthony Morris warns us against the horrors of higher education
by cedars inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcneuuajvg.
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Rescuing a God who is blind to Evil
by Terry inhave you ever gone shopping in a department store for shoes or clothes?.
do you just walk over to the rack or shelf and select what you want without trying anything on to see if it fits?.
no.. what good would that do?