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  Something smells fishy in Iraq

  by unclebruce in

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  australia and the usa are great friends.

  our people have a similar history, culture and optimistic view of life.

  our world view is generally very different though, america being the self appointed policeman of the world and us being a piddling little nation floating free in the southern ocean.

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  I agree with most of your (well-written) post. I disagree on some points but that's OK.

  I do mind, though, when people who only experienced 9/11 as an abstraction on TV feel that it can be trivialized into a statement like blown up the twin phalic symbols in New York. I was here and had the smoke of cremating humans enter my home. I lost my cousin, a NYC firefighter to this horrible outrage. I saw the ruins and the devastation of families.

  NYC has also been devastated economically as a result. Insurance premiums, property taxes, subway and bus fares, all skyrocketing. Layoffs this week and the closing of firehouses. It costs us $5 million A WEEK for our Orange Level Terrorism safety. I wake up each morning to the sound of a military helicopter. I commute with bomb-sniffing dogs and air monitors in the subway, national guardsmen with machine guns everywhere. I'm scared of dying by writhing on a grimy subway platform from nerve gas.

  I wish Bush had pursued Osama harder. I can't believe he got away. I guess he's trying to use Saddam as an example. I don't know what the outcome will be.

  Peace, PurpleV
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  New funny WT and Awake pics!

  by greven in

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  2. friends

  this weekend i was feeling creative and since any effort to shake this nagging feeling utterly failed, i decided to do some wt covers.

  the result is now before you...they are somewhat simplistic because i did them in paint(tm), i still crave paintshop but haven't been able to get hold of it as of yet..... so here they are:.

  feel free to comment or add covers of your own to this thread!

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  Are cats for christians.... LMAO!!!

  That was funny.... do more!!!
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  'OUR KINGDOM MINISTRY' . . . . . . . . . . [scans]

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  well he's always asking for them so, kent, here they are.

  i'll add the new ones each month as i receive them.. i've got most of the km's going back a few years but please don't ask me to scan the lot!

  if there are specific issues you need however, just let me know.. posting them here so everyone can grab 'em as opposed to emailing out dozens of copies.. nic'.

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  In the one on the Memorial the word 'Jehovah' is used 12 times and 'Jesus' only 4 times.

  Ick.
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  ROLL CALL!!!!! How many people are on this forum?

  by NaruNaruChan in

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  i'm so curious!

  if you see this, sign your name and your location if you want, cuz i wanna know how many people actively view this!

  ^_^

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  Valerie, from the Big Apple
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  They Finally Did It

  by kelpie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my parents have finally disowned me.. my dad called yesturday and told me to get the "dogs of my mothers back" about my upcoming wedding.. i told him that i havent put anyone on mum's back and if they are saying it, its because they want to and don't agree with what he and mum are doing.

  i said that mum can speak for herself and he said that she and will and the next time you speak to your mother she will tell you that we dont want to ever speak to or see you again...".

  at this point in the conversation i hung up the phone in his ear.

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  K

  I'm sorry for your loss. I'm also sorry for your family for their loss is greater.

  ((((Kelpie))))

  Another notch for the FDS' belt.
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  Looking Back, What's The Stupidest Thing You Believed In As A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  for me, it's the "faithful and discreet slave class".

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  1. That the most important thing of all was to "vindicate Jehovah's name," like he needed our help to do it.

  2. All these stupid classes... what the hell was a Jonadab anyway?

  3. That it was 'normal' to use up your vacation days to go to a sweltering hot stadium and sit there for hours on end in the heat listeing to 'spiritual food'

  4. That I would never die
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  My Official Resignation....

  by dottie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone...i have had it!!!!!

  resignation i am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

  i have decided i would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

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  PurpleV

  PurpleV loads her Super Deluxe Super Soaker and takes aim at LyinEyes.......
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  Would you want to live in a Kingdom under the Duds?

  by Maverick in

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  one of the 'problems' i had before blackguard deprogrammed me was i could not reconcile the actions of the j-dud masters with a loving god.

  i felt if god was with these people i did not want to live in any new system under this power structure.

  if god was as phoney, vengeful, and petty a person as his faithful and discreet slave was i was better off dead.

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  NO WAY

  That would be my idea of hell

  Oh God, that's not what hell is, is it? Cause if it is I'm DOOMED
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  Survivor - Amazon

  by Mulan in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i forgot to watch survivor last night.

  i saw who got voted off, but what else happened?

  i was watching american idol, and forgot survivor was on at the same time.

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  They had a log rolling contest (who could stay on longest) for reward challenge. It was tied 5-5 and the final couple get on the log...and who wins it, CHRISTY!! The reward was fruit and spices!!

  Shawna and Alex were really getting hot and heavy. Amazing how she did a 360 as soon as the guys showed up! I'm not suprised she got the boot!!

  The immunity challenge was gross, they had their arms tied behind their backs and had to gnaw off huge chunks of a suspended piece of (cooked) meat and spit it out into a scale.... heaviest wins! It was all getting stuck in their teeth and they had to help each other out by pulling the meat out of each other's mouths with their own mouth and spitting it into the basket.

  How cruel was that? Giving starving people a contest where they can't eat any of it???

  I think it's on Wednesday again next week.
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  Living a lie?

  by Victorian sky in

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  2. scandals

  i've been inactive for several months.

  i know it's not the truth and mentally i've walked away.

  would it be living a lie to remain inactive?

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  Victorian Sky:

  Would it be living a lie if I don't Disassociate myself?

  Depends on whose perspective you are looking at it... if you look at it from a JW perspective then yes, you are living a lie. But you're not really a JW any more.... so it's only a lie if you feel that way. I agree with Rayzorblade on this one.

  Valis:

  End result: I was all good cuz even though I wasn't a JW or Episcopalian, I had done the one thing that was seen by him as a universal token...not something that any entity other than his god granted validity to...

  When I joined the Episcopal Church my vicar asked if I was baptized, and I gave him the same answer, "By the JWs at age 14." He looked at me and said solemnly, "That doesn't count." I was rebaptized as a real Christian and that was a much more joyful day then my WTS dunking.

  That is not to say that I believe that any one faith has the monopoly on baptism or anything else. But it was much more meaningful because I was baptized without an organization in the middle.