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  Going To A Luau Is Considered "A Conscience Matter Before Jehovah God"

  by minimus in

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  the april 8, 2003 awake states:"a specific gathering to which the word luau is applied may or may not be appropriate for a christian to attend.

  as in all aspects of life, christians should make decisions that will leave them with a clear conscience before jehovah god.

  " so, in case you are asked to go to a luau, you really should consider if there's any religious or spiritistic overtones and recognize that the origin of the luau is pagan.

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  one more thing they worry about
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  Is it bad?

  by Elsewhere in

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  i remember when i was a jw how everyone was constantly wondering whether certain things were bad or demonic or generally unacceptable to a true christian(tm).. it seems like they are completely obsessed with things like that... like the luau that minimus brought up in another thread or the smurfs.. when you were a jw, what were some of the "critical" things that everyone was obsessed with?.

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  One C.O was seemingly obsessed with phallic symbols, and his wife with paper towels with certain designs on them. Some were all bugged about Michael Jackson, and his song "Thriller". Some were bothered by certain movies like ET and Ferngully. Some were actually pretty cool and not much of anything bothered them. How I wish more would be like that.
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  "Shock and awe" . . . my butt

  by teejay in

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  that phrase -- along with "weapons of mass destruction" -- is a term that i hope soon passes out of popular use.

  i wonder who coined that phrase: "shock and awe.

  " i'm sure they are terribly proud of themselves... the idiots.

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  I just hope that such phrases do not turn into mere catch phrasing that fails to really describe what is happening. I also get the feeling that the phrase could one day be used in some stupid ways. For example, I am waiting for some athelete somewhere to say, after a big victory, 'yeah, man, it was shock and awe". While such a possibilty sounds preposterous, consider that one player for the Washington Wizards last week likened that teams' playoff chase to the war in Iraq.
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #42

  by ozziepost in

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  i guess you're rather preoccupied with other things this weekend but let's spend a moment or two in thinking about our yesterdays.

  yes, it's time for our weekend poll.

  it's number 42 this weekend.

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  Hours, period. It's hours by which one is mainly judged as to how they qualify for positions in the congregation. Most jws obssess about hours much more so than any other part of their reports.
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  Who is the current "King of the South"?

  by Azalo in

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  ever since the ussr fell it seems the jw's have been trying to find anyone to proclaim the king of the south (sorry if thats not how u say it but i'm just directly translating "rey del sur" ) just wondering if anyone knows who is the latest suspect, n korea maybe?

  by the way, another example of how elitist the wts is, albeit subtle, why isnt the us the king of the south?

  after all geographically speaking the former ussr is further north than the us.

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  As Blondie's helpful post indicates, it is the King of the North, not the King of the South, whose identity is evidently in question.
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  Helicopter just reported down

  by chachasmum in

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  it has just been reported that a helicopter has crashed all 16 people killed, near kuwait border.

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  I know Copters are needed for combat, for obvious reasons.....but they sure do crash a lot.
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  A clean joke

  by bikerchic in

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  a smile for today

  the female skier picabo street (pronounced peek-a-boo) the famous olympic skier picabo street is not just an athlete but is a nurse.

  she currently works at the interstate care unit of a large metropolitan hospital.

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  A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender asks: "why the long face?"
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  Breaking News

  by DJ in

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  cnn is reporting that the "shock and awe" campaign has begun.

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  I've just heard the same thing on the radio.
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  I am going to a meeting tomarrow

  by liquidsky in

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  my mother called me last night an begged me to go to the meeting tomarrow.

  she has asked me to go numerous times during the last year,and i have made excuses everytime of why i can't attend.

  last night she begged so i'm thinking that theres either a local needs talk that she wants me to hear or its the co visit.

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  It's sad, isn't it? You know where the Kingdom Hall is located, and if you really wantd to go, you'd go. But they never seem to be able to accept that.
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  Hello all-my first post

  by Chaosmama in

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  wow i joined a discussion board...

  first off, i have been lurking for about six months.

  how i came to this site is (and bear with me please).

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  Welcome to the board!