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  Should Christians drink cappucino?

  by ozziepost in

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  should a true christian drink a cappucino?.

  perhaps you have never considered the matter, but what are the origins of this popular beverage?.

  the name cappucino is derived from the word to describe the bones of 4,000 capuchin friars in rome, italy.

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  Well,

  Old Sigmund did the best he knew how. He was aneurologist with hyterical female patients, and he, as a practioner had to try to figure out some way to help them, so in that sense he made a pioneering effort. He was a great writer. Unfortunately, most of what he wrote turned out to be wrong.

  I don't mean to be harsh, but how did you get sucked into seven years of study into obsolete ideas? There are many other models of human behavior, since the 1950's to the present day that have more explanatory power than Freud, Jung, and Adler.
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  NWT

  by amicus in

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  when reading the new world translation i used to sometimes think, who translated this gobbledygook?..

  i just read another passage where the nwt manages to slaughter the english language.. acts 21:30 .

  nwt ...., and a running together of the people occurred:.... kjv ..., and the people ran together:.... niv ..., and the people came running from all directions.. this is an excerpt from the foreword of the nwt; it is a very responsible thing to translate the holy scriptures........into modern speech.

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  Wow Grunt,

  Your work is one of the finest essays I have ever read! Just outstanding.

  I just checked the five modern versions. They all say burned. It didn't say everlasting hell fire, but it must have been close enough for the NWT translators to expunge the term for fear of interfering with their doctrine. I don't believe in Hell fire, but that is no reason for them to take the words out of that scripture.
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  Should Christians drink cappucino?

  by ozziepost in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  should a true christian drink a cappucino?.

  perhaps you have never considered the matter, but what are the origins of this popular beverage?.

  the name cappucino is derived from the word to describe the bones of 4,000 capuchin friars in rome, italy.

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  Waiting - Freud

  Much of what Freud taught was a giant mistake. His method of psychotherapy, Pychoanalysis, was ineffectual, and his theory of child developement is a total crock. His theory of personality can't be proved or disproved, much like MDS's ideas. His ideas of the Defense Mechanisms, which his daughter, Anna, put into print, not him, have merit, and Freud's idea of the unconscious has support. Hey, 2 out 5 ain't bad.

  I think the US as a "giant mistake" is a better place than Hitler's Germany that Freud escaped from with his life intact to live in our "giant mistake."
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  The Saga of Polly Nomial for Logical

  by ISP in

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  the saga of polly nomial - once upon a time, pretty polly nomial was skipping through a. field of vectors when she came to the edge of a singularly large matrix.

  now polly was.

  convergent, and her mother had made it an absolute condition that she never entered such an.

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  Logical,

  Being divided by zero, either makes you infinity are an undefined term, now which is it?
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  NWT

  by amicus in

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  when reading the new world translation i used to sometimes think, who translated this gobbledygook?..

  i just read another passage where the nwt manages to slaughter the english language.. acts 21:30 .

  nwt ...., and a running together of the people occurred:.... kjv ..., and the people ran together:.... niv ..., and the people came running from all directions.. this is an excerpt from the foreword of the nwt; it is a very responsible thing to translate the holy scriptures........into modern speech.

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  Scholar,

  You really do seem to be a scholar. I don't have the depth of knowledge on this subject to comment. As a layman, I would like ask some questions.

  I have a New Testament Bible that has six translations with verses side by side. The only old one is the King James. The other five are translations that were produced since 1950. These are: the Living Bible, the Phillips Modern Bible, the Revised Standard Version (updated), Today's English Version, the NIV, the Jerusalem Bible, ane the New English Bible. In the forward, it explains how each of these versions were created. I was impressed with the care, and the expertise that went into these works. I am sure that the authors of the NWT used care as well, but they strike me as not being as nearly as qualified as the authors of the other versions. Again, as a layman, I can only rely on the credentials of the translators. With this in mind, I have to ask why the NWT would be the "Rolles Royce" of translations compared to these other translations. In short, how do these other versions compare, and if they are inferior, as you imply, why do draw this conclusion?
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  Friday's Joke - adult G

  by waiting in

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  contributed by frenchy, although he doesn't know it yet.. the lone ranger and tonto are camping in the desert, .

  set up their tent, and are asleep.

  some hours later, the .

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  The Lone Ranger and Tonto were in the mountains. There were a 1000 indians coming from the east and a 1000 indian coming from the west. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, "I think we are going to die here, today," and Tonto replied, "What do you mean 'we' white man."
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  Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?

  by Englishman in

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  my kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.

  he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.

  my father said that tom was:.

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  Venice,

  There are many times that I have had those same thoughts, all those wasted years, and what could have been..but then I have to bring myself up short and ask what can I do today to make my life better and also what have I learned from all those years where I can help someone else, not waste those years. Venice, we have something very special.... a knowledge that we can use to help others get out of the pain and help others never get into it in the first place. God be with you.
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  Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?

  by Englishman in

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  my kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.

  he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.

  my father said that tom was:.

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  RHW,

  Years ago, there was a Psychiatrist, Harry Stack Sullivan, who coined a term, "consensual validation". It's when you discover that you're not nuts, but you have gone throught the same experiences and had the same emotions as many other people. That's why I took the time to go find the quote from Barbara Grizzui Harrison, to show you an example of how another bright, precosious (sp?) little girl felt. Wendy has talked about how bright and capable she was as a little girl. The stories go on and on. I do believe that it helps, as you said, RHW and wendy, to share those stories. Outsiders simply can't understand.
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  Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?

  by Englishman in

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  my kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.

  he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.

  my father said that tom was:.

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  Waiting,

  I don't think anyone would suggest that someone would replace you if you where Jim's daughter. Where and how we were born is the luck of the draw and you got dealt a bad hand, and you are getting over it, but it did have a whale of an impact on your life. Your father was a rotten no good SOB.

  That could happen to a JW, a Catholic, or an Atheist or any other type. It's tragic.

  Without detracting from your tragedy, we were talking about a low level, pervasive tragedy that is common to all that grow up in a particular culture.
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  Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?

  by Englishman in

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  my kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.

  he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.

  my father said that tom was:.

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  Waiting,

  The fact that your father was an atheist has nothing to do with it. He was an evil man. I know an atheist from the same bar that I mentioned. He has wife that's a school teacher. He has two brilliant daughters that he has nurtured to brilliance. He is a project manager for people who want to build a new home. He does everything for them from the the financing, to the blueprints to the hiring of the constuction crew. In short, he makes a point to help people have a better life. He is, by the way, one of the brightest individuals I have ever met, and one of the most honest. Atheism does not make one evil. Evil makes one evil.