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THE INTERNET - The Means For A Global Revolution?
by sizemik inwe recently had a tour here in new zealand from the musical legend herbie hancock.
during the tour he engaged in a media interview where he expressed himself about the effects of the internet on the global community.. he spoke with intelligence and refreshing optimism about the potential of the internet and the opportunities it opens up for the world community.. in short (and i'm going only from memory here), he expressed how he felt the drawing together of individuals through the internet, and the opportunity for large groups of people to speak with a combined voice, had the capacity to initiate major change.
he highlighted the further potential for large, instantaneous, interest groups, to both highlight issues and bring pressure on world leaders to initiate change.. a recent example is the petitioning of ugandan govt officials regarding the proposed harsh anti-gay legislation being presented before the ugandan parliament.
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Who pays for this?
by sizemik inthe precedent set here will mean a criminal record and a fine and/or other penalties for the legal caregiver of any jw minor who suffers injury or dies through not receiving blood.
with over 200,000 witnesses in russia, this could become a regular occurrance.. any loss of life as a result of this misguided belief should indeed be punished or deterred by law.. but i just wonder .
who will meet the cost for these ones?.
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Good Advice?
by sizemik inone day i hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
we were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
my taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
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How Do You Feel About Your Country?
by sizemik inthere is such an international flavour on this board .
and i really love that.. as an xjw .
how do you feel these day's about your country .
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RUTHERFORD - Alive and well?
by sizemik inmany here are familiar with this entry in wikipedia .
for those that aren't, here's a link;.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/joseph_franklin_rutherford.
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GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?
by sizemik inthis question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.
i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .
the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .
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JAPANS EARTHQUAKE - Aftershock Sequence
by sizemik inbelow is a link to an interactive map of the japanese earthquake and it's aftershock sequence.. there are a number of interactive tools enabling a close examination of what took place .
ie; you can speed up the sequence and select various periods of activity.
you can also pause the sequence and hover the pointer over specific quakes to determine depth, magnitude etc.. the map will open beginning with day one .
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June 15 W/T - "Should Youths Get Baptised?"
by sizemik inthe above mentioned article caught my eye for a couple of reasons .
.. it is obvious to most observers that the children of active jw's provide a potential "large army" and in spite of the attrition rate of jw youths (around 2/3's i believe), it's a resource the borg are keen to maximise.
there tactics appear to be encouraging baptism at an ever younger age.
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I don't belong here anymore
by sizemik inthese are some things i have been thinking about .
.. when i first found this site i registered immediately ... never was a "lurker" ... and i've been here about six months.. everyone was very warm welcoming and i felt at home very quickly ... very pleasant at the time, but as time has progressed i look back and feel a bit "love-bombed" ... much like a religion i used to belong to.. i have found that this site is a bit "cliquey" ... groups of posters frequent at similar times and enjoy their familiarity with each other and that's great ... but they also sometimes exhibit a coolness toward those outside their clique ... almost as if your 'post count' is the first thing by which you are "judged" ... much like a religion i used to belong to.
some posters develop a personal dislike for others and not only jump on their threads but even deliver the odd "slap" on unrelated threads to increase the discomfort for the object of their dislike ... not unlike a religion i once belonged to.. some posters even follow others around the board looking to counter or use snide or clever put downs at every opportunity ... a kind of intellectual "rivalry" that was common to those in that religion i used to belong to.. many posters like to use 'in-house' jargon and labels eg; "newbies" for those recently joined.
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Murray Smith says goodbye
by sizemik inhiyall .
don't panic, i know i've only been here a short while .
but i'm not really going.. when i joined i did so with such enthusiastic haste, i used my actual name.