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  Is there such a thing as sin?

  by sleepy in

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  is there such a thing as sin?.

  my dictionary defines sin as:1the breaking of a religious or moral law;an act that does this2a serious fault or offence.. but to have moral laws or religious codes you need to have a law maker, someone to define a sin.. if like me you doubt the existance of a creator , who decides what is moraly right or correct?.

  the majority vote?.

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  Missie Eff

  You are right. It is impossible to know for sure what is right and wrong. Supposing there is no creator - there is no one to make absolute rules for anyone. Supposing there is a creator - how can we know for sure what rules that creator has made? Who enforces the rules?

  After saying this, we all need to live in a community of some sort and the rules are there in order for us to be able to do this.

  As for sin - this ascribes to the idea that there is a very definate code of conduct as defined by a creator - an unstable idea in itself.
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  British music rocks, It's official (rebuttal)

  by Preston in

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  never ever, ever confuse greatness with popularity.

  compared to music here in the u.s. british music is as good as it gets.

  it's true that bands like pulp, suede, blur, oasis, manic street preachers, rarely get any airplay here in the states, but that's all i listen too.

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  Missie Eff

  Please, lets not forget where bands like Limp Bizkit, Creed and Nickelback got there sounds from. True, Iron Maiden are monsters of rock but I feel the need to pay homage to the one and only Led Zeppelin and the incredibly cheezy but hugely influencial (particularly the grunge sound) Black Sabbath.

  Can't say a lot for Oasis really - their sound is definately Beatles regurgitated but as for Pulp, Blur and Manic Street Preachers, I think they've had a few very good and very new ideas. Don't you just love Jarvis Cocker?
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  Increase my wordiness

  by sleepy in

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  can any one here teach me some new words to increase my wordiness?.

  thanks.

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  Missie Eff

  I learnt the word "palimpsest" today. It means a manuscript on which two or more texts have been written, each one being erased to make room for the next.

  Sounds a bit like the underwriting found in most JW publications!
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  The Organization Behind the Name

  by zev in

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  the bible has no word or phrase referring to gods organization.

  the insight books, has no specific entry for organization though 74 references are made through out the books to organization.

  there are 10,218 references to organization in the witchpickle magazine.

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  Missie Eff

  Wow, a real roller coaster of a post. I laughed, I got angry, I pondered.

  Its amazing that now I look at those quotes from the publications and viewing them from the outside I can see that the ones describing the rosey world of the JWs bear no resemblance to reality. The only love in the congregations is that which can be found in any human being - not just an indoctrinated Christian one. And yet, once upon a time I drank down those words and did not question them.

  This is one post that all those JWs still within the organization (see I used the word!) should read, in order to give them the nudge to break free and heal.
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  BREASTFEEDING IS EATING BLOOD!

  by metatron in

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  tell every witness sister!

  warn every pregnant publisher!.

  don't breastfeed your kids!

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  Missie Eff

  Wey hey Scully - with you there!

  The breastfeeding sisters in my Kingdom Hall were always ushered out into a cold little room, hidden out the back somewhere - not being allowed to discretely feed their children in the warm with the rest of their family. Something to do with brothers getting distracted from the meeting. Dirty bastards, if they got a kick out of that it should have been them going out to the cold little room out the back to pull themselves off and get rid of that obvious sexual frustration!

  I got kicked out shortly before my boy was born but if I had been a member of the congregation when he was young and I was feeding him, I would have created a stink, just like you did. Good for you!

  And incidentally, my boyfreind used to love the taste of breastmilk...
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  Compensation Claims

  by Celtic in

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  how many of you have considered at any time making compensation claims through legal channels for sufferings you have been through at the hands of the wt corporation/s?.

  if you were to consider such a claim, what would be the foundational basis for your claim?.

  and if you've never considered it, what is it that you find particularly daunting that stops you from accessing this avenue?.

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  Missie Eff

  Sexism.

  The JW would be slammed for segregating ethnic groups and yet half (or possibly more) of the total number of JW's are gagged and degrograted purely because of their genitalia.

  It would take many voices to make anything happen but this has to be some infringement of human rights and equality, surely. Yeh, sure there are many women who quietly accept the role they have been taught is their's but what about those like me brought up in the sect? I was victimised for opening my mouth (as have so many other sisters I know).

  Sexual discrimination is a crime in the work place, which I know is governed by specific legislation but women within the congregations are systematically programmed into believing that they are emotional, irrational beings with no sensible ideas or public voice. In any other sphere of life in the 21st century, surely this kind of absolute patricarchy would be frowned on, even condemned.

  There, I shall get down off my soap box now.

  Respect to all you free minded men out there by the way - I love you all!!

  Amanda
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  Special Dub Words That Make You Go YUK!

  by Englishman in

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  for me, the word was "loving".. great "loving" kindness.. great undeserved "loving" kindness!.

  disfellowshipping is a "loving" provision.. when the wtbts want their accolytes to swallow another bitter pill, another restriction, another rebuke, another demand on time, the buzz word is "loving".. the "loving" word, is, to the average jw, the same as the mccabe nod is to the salesman.

  the mccabe nod is used by salesman all the time to get the prospective customer to agree to something that he doesn't care for too much.

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  Missie Eff

  "Exclusive Devotion" was always a phrase that got me. To whom? Eight men in Brooklyn?
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  In reply to poetry corner

  by Missie Eff in

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  don't come to this corner of the site often, but wow!

  what a gem i found when i read this post this morning!.

  i am a practising writer of poetry (in that i have been writing for years).

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  Missie Eff

  Don't come to this corner of the site often, but wow! what a gem I found when I read this post this morning!
  I am a practising writer of poetry (in that I have been writing for years). I hope to publish some of my work soon - just sorting out my body of work.
  I loved Audrey's phrase "out of the kingdom". For me this was a really powerful image. One of the great things about poetry is that it is so immediate - feelings can be conveyed either covertly or intensely and a really good poem leaves me with the feeling that someone has been walking this road with me. This poem did it for me!

  Your comments about Genesis remined me of some lines by Carol Ann Duffy in her poem Mrs Darwin (from her anthology The World's Wife)

  7 April 1852.
  Went to the Zoo.
  I said to Him -
  Something about that Chimpanzee over there reminds me of you.

  Great 6 liner from Naeblis. Sums up a lot in a small space!

  Ashi and Bobsgirl also rang a bell with me. We have a real poet's community here!

  I'll leave you with an offering. Comments much appreciated.

  Where to the answers lie?
  Who holds the book?
  What is the reason why?
  Where do I look?

  Why do the questions come?
  Why no resolve?
  Why are the answers undone?
  Why no control?

  Can't I know the wider scheme?
  Am I not a soul?
  Can't I wake from this dream?
  Can I not be whole?

  Can't I find the open road?
  Can't I know the route?
  Can't I shed this uncertain load?
  Can I not know the truth?

  But could I handle the fabric of days?
  Could I know its size?
  Could I really understand the way
  the path of truth lies?

  Thanks for listening to me guys.

  Much love.
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  I need a release!!!!!

  by wonderwoman77 in

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  i have just finished what seems like the week from hell.

  at work we have been overwhelmed trying to make sure all the people in the area get xmas assistance.

  we have people trying to get through the system twice.

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  Missie Eff

  I'm on holiday from college but I've been working all week. When I've not been working, I've been looking after my 3-year old son. He's had a cough, so I've had no proper sleep for a week.

  Mum is looking after him tomorrow night so that I can go out on my work's Christmas party! My release!

  Hope you have great fun tonight! Sounds like you deserve it!
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  At Which Table Are You Feeding?

  by YoYoMama in

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  at which table are you feeding?.

  you cannot be partaking of the table of jehovah and the table of demons.1 corinthians 10:21.. these inspired words of the apostle paul show that two figurative tables are set before mankind.

  each table is identified by the kind of symbolic food placed upon it, and all of us are eating at one or the other.

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  Missie Eff

  Yo Yo, you've been a bit quiet. A bit full?