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  What do you get when you remove all the viruses from Windows 8?

  by JeffT in

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  a blank screen.

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  A blank screen.
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  A catholic court ordered to attend jehovah's witnesses kingdomhall???

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just saw this news piece, http://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2014/08/25/catholic-workers-ordered-to-attend-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witness-services#.u_uee_ldv8e.

  the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals has issued a ruling that workers at a home for the disabled must attend a jehovahs witness worship service with patients who wish to attend.. in 2009, california instructed san gabriel/pomona regional center to have staff escort a jehovah's witness patient to services, but two catholic employees objected and sued on the grounds that their faith requires they only attend catholic services.. brad dacus, founder of pacific justice institute, says it's an interesting case.. we have the rights of employees under title 7, which requires reasonable accommodation for the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees, he says.

  in this case, arguably that would mean not requiring these particular employees to have to sit in and attend a jehovahs witness church service.. the attorney says employers should do everything they can to meet employees faith needs, but also cannot forget the needs of the disabled in this situation.

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  How about we petition the court and have it ORDER the Witnesses to provide reasonable accomodation (like rides and caregivers) to their own members.
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  How would you summarize the basic message of the Watchtower versus the Bible?

  by Fernando in

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  2. beliefs

  for me personally:.

  watchtower - don't sin, don't question, don't think, don't reason, don't leave, or god will kill you in hell the big a.. bible - all dysfunction aka the "bad news" has been legally defeated by the "good news".. (i believe we are therefore free to begin naturally and progressively transitioning from a primitive type-0 civilisation if and when we choose to and when consensus reaches critical mass.

  we will become a more advanced type-1 civilisation in the next 100 years according to michio kaku in "physics of the future".).

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  Cofty: for me "imperfect" means we all make mistakes.

  If you want to get into morality, sometimes for some reason we do things we know we shouldn't do, or fail to do something we know we should. It's part of being human.
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  evil thought about jw.org

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so what happens if we start posting links on porn sites and the like?

  i don't usually suggest this sort of thing, but it would sure give somebody at hq pause for thought when he realizes where all their hits are originating.

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  Not so far fetched, a significant number of the hits on my blog have originated with a porn site in Russia. Somehow they get advertising credit for it.
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  evil thought about jw.org

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so what happens if we start posting links on porn sites and the like?

  i don't usually suggest this sort of thing, but it would sure give somebody at hq pause for thought when he realizes where all their hits are originating.

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  So what happens if we start posting links on porn sites and the like? I don't usually suggest this sort of thing, but it would sure give somebody at HQ pause for thought when he realizes where all their hits are originating.
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  How would you summarize the basic message of the Watchtower versus the Bible?

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for me personally:.

  watchtower - don't sin, don't question, don't think, don't reason, don't leave, or god will kill you in hell the big a.. bible - all dysfunction aka the "bad news" has been legally defeated by the "good news".. (i believe we are therefore free to begin naturally and progressively transitioning from a primitive type-0 civilisation if and when we choose to and when consensus reaches critical mass.

  we will become a more advanced type-1 civilisation in the next 100 years according to michio kaku in "physics of the future".).

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  Bible: God knows you're imperfect and loves you anyway, he will help you try to be better.

  Watchtower: We're the same as God, we don't like you, don't think you can be good and have to have one of us holding the other end of your leash. You're probably going to die anyway.
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  Westboro Baptists to Protest ISIS

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  get some popcorn, this might be entertaining.. .

  http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/.

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  Get some popcorn, this might be entertaining.
  
  http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/
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  So what was Microsoft thinking with Win 8?

  by TD in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i know some of you are in the field and many others are hobbyists and enthusiasts.. aside from a tablet/smart phone os, what were they thinking?.

  i don't know a single desktop user (e.g.

  architects, engineers running autocad, solid works, etc.

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  I don't know a single desktop user (e.g. Architects, Engineers running AutoCAD, Solid Works, etc.) that doesn't break into profanity when this subject comes up.

  Add accountants and freelance writers to that list. I'm using Windows 7 on my desktop and laptop, my wife has 8 on hers. I can't use it and it completely crashed about a month after we got it. I spent days restoring stuff from the backup I had on the desktop. I now have both computers on Carbonite (I transfer new stuff from my laptop to desktop right away).

  I think Microsoft is engaging in what used to be called "planned obsolesence," they have to sell new product every couple of years to stay in business. I was happy with XP, I will fight going to 8 as long as possible.
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  Do Witnesses still go door-to-door??

  by MsShockJock in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering if they still go door-to-door?

  i never see groups of people walking around the neighborhoods all dressed up or out in fastfood restaurants on saturday mornings or groups of people driving around in cars.

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  I've lived at my current location (condo in the suburbs) for seven years. I've never talked to them at the door, somebody left a tract in the door four or five years ago, I can't remember if it was JW's, Mormons, or somebody else.
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  The Time Is Coming For Progressive Governments To Make Laws Against Oppressive Cults To Protect It's Citizens, Making Lawsuits More Plentiful Against Them

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i think as black&white thinking becomes lesser governments will start makeing laws that will put cults open for more lawsuits.

  what do you think..

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  Band - Do you think requiring financial transparency would meet Constitutional muster? I would like to think so, but I don't know all the nuances of the 1st Amendment. I don't think it would be unduly burdensome to require non-profits (including, but not limited to churches) to publish their financial statements, and if gross receipts are above a certain amount the statements would have to be audited. At least people would have a better understanding of where their money is going.