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Kissing Hank's Ass, THE MOVIE
by DevonMcBride in
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2. friends
there is now a short film version of kissing hank's ass.. http://www.starcantdead.com/sketches/kissinghanksass.html.

if you're not familiar with kissing hank's ass, the written version is here:.

http://www.jhuger.com/kisshank.php.
startingover

Reading Hank's Ass for the first time convinced me that alot of what I believed to be true was nothing but BS.
What a great rendition!
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70's Classic
by whyamihere in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.zeronews-fr.com/flash/70s.php

god that is so awesome!

i want to relive that era!.
startingover

So does anyone know who that was?
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Daniel's Prophecy
by startingover in
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2. beliefs
since i quit going to meetings some years ago, i was not familiar with the 1999 "pay attention to daniel's prophecy" book.

because of my interest in 607 etc.

i decided to read it.
startingover

Leolaia,
Thanks for the above. That link has a lot of great stuff in it. I will have to print out the last post and take it home tonight to try to absorb it.
Jula71,
It seems to me looking at the illustration in the book that was the twist they were now putting on it.
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Daniel's Prophecy
by startingover in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since i quit going to meetings some years ago, i was not familiar with the 1999 "pay attention to daniel's prophecy" book.

because of my interest in 607 etc.

i decided to read it.
startingover

Since I quit going to meetings some years ago, I was not familiar with the 1999 "Pay attention to Daniel's Prophecy" book. Because of my interest in 607 etc. I decided to read it. I found it interesting that the second chapter is spent trying to refute claims that the book was written after the fact. They even used their ridiculous argument that so far undiscovered evidence will prove it to be true. I didn't think their arguments held much weight but then again I no longer believe the bible is the inspired word of god.
My wife is a loyal dub and in our discussions she has brought up the image of Dan ch 2 and how the JW interpretation makes so much sense to her. Although I can refute the 607 argument (for myself but not with her unfortunately) I have never had too much of an answer for the image dream.
In the "Daniel" book there seems to be a change I was not aware of. I remember the feet of clay and iron were the anglo-american world power, and I thought that brought it up to our day, but now there is something else below that in the illustration on p56, the "politically divided world in the time of the end". That may not be new but it's new to me.
As I read I wondered what other interpretations of that there might be. So I began a search. It seems most interpretations are the same up to the legs being Rome. Below that there is varied interpretations, from the antichrist, to the European Union, even going so far as it interpret the 10 toes as 10 provinces of Rome.
As I searched the web about interpretations of ch 4, I found some real interesting interpretations of the 7 times. Here is one http://elijah.com/
I thought the interpretation given regarding the gentile times made more sense than the WT interpretation. They use the exact length of a solar year at 365.242 for their calculations instead of rounding it off to 360 to make it fit. And it ends up at the exact date of Israel's being recognized as a state May 14, 1948. They pin it down to the very day using exact figures, interesting.
Anyway, just wondering it anyone else had seen this and what they thought about it. How about you, Scholar?
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A question for Atheists
by IP_SEC in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you are an atheist, what are your thoughts on the afterlife?

mortality?

we are what we are until we die, then are no more?
startingover

This a real feel good thread for me. I almost get chills reading because the comments of so many of you describe the situation so well. For a long time I described myself as an agnostic, mainly because it sounded a bit less offensive than athiest.
For those struggling with that, consider this essay:
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Bushisms and misused phrases.
by IP_SEC in
1. social
2. humour
ohhkay, .

you ever hear someone use a word or phrase that?s out of context but sounds like they word or phrase they intended?

for all intensive purposes = (correctly) for all intents and purposes .
startingover

How about taking something for granite (granted)
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Is Organized Religion Something You'd Be Involved In Again?
by minimus in
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2. friends
do you believe in christianity, the bible, god-----or are you in the "i'm not sure what to think" class?
startingover

I think it's wise advice to never say never, but in this case I feel real safe in saying...
NEVER!!!!!
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Bushisms and misused phrases.
by IP_SEC in
1. social
2. humour
ohhkay, .

you ever hear someone use a word or phrase that?s out of context but sounds like they word or phrase they intended?

for all intensive purposes = (correctly) for all intents and purposes .
startingover

Reminds me of something I've wondered about:
Wild hair (or hare) up your a$$
Which one? I'm leaning toward hair but it could be both I suppose.
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Michael Jackson at Memorial again
by startingover in
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2. friends
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after reading this i'm certain he did attend.

note the comments about being a jw and jehovah god
startingover

I guess I didn't realize the connection he still has to the dubs. I thought he had left it all behind, but it appears he hasn't. If he did go to the memorial, it's really a shame it didn't hit the media.
Maybe Jah had a hand in preventing it.
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Michael Jackson at Memorial again
by startingover in
1. jw
2. friends
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after reading this i'm certain he did attend.

note the comments about being a jw and jehovah god
startingover

After reading this I'm certain he did attend. Note the comments about being a JW and Jehovah God