Topics Started by Larry
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What Lies Have U Told?
by Larry inwhat lies have u told?.
i can recall telling several lies to 'wordly' folks for not attending holiday events, going out for drinks, taking a sick day for some 'spiritual' activity, eating birthday cake, etc.
in fact we use to take pride in telling 'white' lies for the sake of the kingdom service, including taking pride in the way our children told lies in the same manner.. what lies have you or your children told for 'sacred service?
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A 'cult start up course' in the mi...
by Larry inas i was reading " beyond mormonism: an elder's story" by james spencer(www.mazeministry.com/resources/books/beyondtext/aacontents.htm) i couldnt help notice the blazing similarities between the mormon and jws.
i was just wondering, was there a cult start up course in the mid 1800's, b/c it seems that many cults used the same rhetoric and techniques.
i know there were many mormon/jw comparisons posted already, so ill just add my two cents.
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Deliver Us From Evil
by Larry inare there any threads regarding the documentary entilted "deliver us from evil"?
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The Denial of Death
by Larry inanybody ever read the book "the denial of death" by ernest becker?
winner of the pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, the denial of death is ernest becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence.
in bold contrast to the predominant freudian school of thought, becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality.
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Seeing Islam as 'Evil' Faith, Evangelicals Seek Converts
by Larry insounds so familar :-( but the jdubs show try this one "do bring them chocolate chip cookies.".
seeing islam as 'evil' faith, evangelicals seek converts
by laurie goodstein - ny times - 05/27/03.
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Out on limb over Christmas trees
by Larry inby alison gendar.
daily news staff writer .
you can't dis the christmas tree and get away with it - at least, not if you are a city teacher.. ingrid attio, a brooklyn kindergarten teacher, is being hauled up on disciplinary charges because she refused to put up a holiday bulletin board outside her classroom at public school 179 in kensington.. as a jehovah's witness, the 25-year classroom veteran said her religion did not allow her to put up "pagan" symbols such as christmas trees.. "it is stupid," attio said of the school's action against her.
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You could witness to me under one condition...
by Larry insince departing from the borg, i've always wanted a non-jw to do the following: the next time a jw attempts to witness to you, tell them "ok, i'll allow you to witness to me if you agree not to report this as time.
" i would love to see the reaction from the jw :) .
this raises some questions: .
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144,000 & Employment
by Larry insaw this in the nyt - the number rung a bell :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/04/business/04econ.html?th
144,000 jobs were added in august, a bit of an uptick