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  Yugoslavia.

  by Snowboarder in

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  yugoslavia is my country and always will be.

  it was my motherland it represented peace, and a good future, family, joy.

  when it fell apart so did the start of falling apart of my life.

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  slovenija, croatia, srbia, bosnia, montenegro, kosovo etc. will never reunite in a yugo state, just as austria-hungary (including bohemia, moravia, south tyrol etc.) will not reunite. and most politicians should better be replaced with monkeys. but that just aint gonna happen. but you can keep dreaming of course...
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  Stop and consider God

  by StopTheTears in

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  is there really a god?

  is there really a divine creator or did the universe around us just "evolve?

  " what an incredible thought to even imagine that there could be a supernatural being so powerful as to create a universe.

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  classic
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  Yugoslavia.

  by Snowboarder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yugoslavia is my country and always will be.

  it was my motherland it represented peace, and a good future, family, joy.

  when it fell apart so did the start of falling apart of my life.

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  all of ex-yugoslavias countries will eventually join the european union (there still are some problems to sort out of course). split and join.
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  45 JW Rules/Teachings that "go beyond" writings of the Bible

  by oompa in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (1 corinthians 4:6) .

  .that in our case you may learn the [rule]: do not go beyond the things that are written,.

  .. 45 jw rules/teaching that "go beyond the things that are written" in the bible.

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  39 is not correct anymore (and hasn't been 3 years ago, when this list was compiled). some friends of mine still were doing time for this, but i already did civil service instead of military service some 14 years ago.
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  What percentage of young ones are leaving the JW's???

  by karter in

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  2. experiences

  in my area atleast 50% if not more..

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  i once heard an CO talk about some 60-70%. in my family it's almost 85%.
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  "Local Needs" Talks: The people who should really hear them are never there.

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my whole life as a jw i've heard this refrain.

  "too bad so-and-so wasn't here for that local needs talk.".

  as an elder i would have a hard time putting my heart into writing up a local needs talk that was targeting one or two congregation members, knowing full well they probably wouldn't be there to hear it.. .

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  they had a few local needs talks targetted at me and usually i was there (i was always there, with the exception of the odd heavy metal concert i didn't want to miss).

  a few talks where about haircuts, then music, then language, then independent thinking, one time an elder even stated that those who only read the bible would go apostate within a few weeks (now there's some truth to that...)
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  Could Russell be " disfellowshipped" one day?

  by jean-luc picard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in fact russell never was a jehovahs witness.. in the proclaimers book, page 40 they write:.

  stirrings of watchfulness.

  in the 19th century, though, the religious climate led to stirrings of.

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  they'd come up with something like jesus doing a returning visit to clean his organization in 1980 or something.
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  Translate The Bible Properly!

  by Mat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the trouble with english bible translations is none of them are correct!

  i know something is bound to be lost in any translation, but the bible has so much faith invested in it by religious groups that it is translated wrongly by all of them.

  what we need is a translation done by a team of atheists.

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  even worse: when a english "translation" like the NWT is translated back into say german, or any other language instead of translating from the source language.
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  Any videogamers here?

  by R.F. in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is my #1 hobby.

  i have a ps2, psp, and xbox.

  i was mainly an xbox kind of guy until they completely abandoned it soon after the 360 was released.

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  red dead redemption is one of the best single player games i have played recently. i also love uncharted 1+2.
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  Any videogamers here?

  by R.F. in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is my #1 hobby.

  i have a ps2, psp, and xbox.

  i was mainly an xbox kind of guy until they completely abandoned it soon after the 360 was released.

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  psn network has been down for more than 3 weeks now... no modern warfare for me at the moment... :(