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  What are your feelings about War?

  by wantstoleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad brought out a good point today.

  he said how can for example, a catholic in one country go to war against a catholic in another country and both claim to have god on their side?

  for instance, the catholic priest on one side prays for that side, and the catholic priest on the other side prays for his side.

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  Big Tex

  What are your feelings about War?

  Not a bad band. I'm not really into the funk sound that they were about, but it's all right. "Low Rider" is a catchy little tune, and "Why Can't We Be Friends" is okay but gets wearisome after multiple listenings.
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  Newly fading and having morbid thoughts about dying....is that normal?!

  by 2pink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been having doubts for years about the org, but it's mostly been just the past couple of months that it's really all unravelled for me.

  i'm at that stage now where i don't know what i believe about anything...esp about what happens when you die.. and maybe it's just cause i never had to think about death before (was always countin' on that resurrection in paradise earth!

  ), but lately i can't stop thinking about it!

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  To leave that weird little sect, at some level you're going to believe you are leaving god, angering god, etc. And that sect teaches you an unhappy god is one that will kill you.

  I think it is natural to think about death after leaving. I know I did. Not killing myself, but when I left I thought I was screwed. Dead man walking and all that. Part of me still does, 20 years later.

  Call it an emotional scar, inflicted by the experience.

  Leaving and getting your head right takes time.

  And as far as death is concerned that is your own journey of discovery. We're all going to find out the answer one day. Until then you now can form your own beliefs.
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  Starting to write here after reading for years

  by deep-blue-sea in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i decided to join the group though im reading this forum since years now.

  i almost know you all....by nickname i mean..... my husband joined you a few years ago already.

  but i do not feel so free of speech because english is not my mother tongue, but i read a lot english books, have some relations with english speaking people, have a nice friend who is active on this forum and very known (because of her discoveries), so i will try to do my best.

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  Big Tex

  Howdy and welcome!
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  A little intro

  by stillin9 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well finallyyy i was able to create an account here after trying several times and being unsuccessful.

  thanks to the mods for helping me out.

  i have been hanging around this site for several months now.

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  Howdy and welcome!
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  Another groovy day in Gotham City

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will this show ever be released on dvd?

  i loved the reruns as a kid!.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzispmtfca.

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  Oh man, this show is right in my wheelhouse.

  I loved this when I was a kid. I so wanted a cape just like Robin's. One of things I loved about the show was that they would label things (VENT; CONVEYER BELT, etc.). I thought that was so helpful and I used wonder why more shows didn't do that.

  This show has got the second best theme of all-time.

  Yeah like you, I've looked for it and it's not out there.

  Meanwhile at stately Wayne Manor millionaire Bruce Wayne and his youthful ward Dick Grayson are playing nude Greco Roman wrestling . . .
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  Who does not like to have pets?

  by asilentone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, i don't, i like to keep the house clean of pet hairs, etc...., that does not mean i hate pets.

  i even watch the animal planet channel from time to time, no pets inside, all is good!

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  Big Tex

  I don't like pets. They are too much work, urinate everywhere and are annoying.

  But hell, I've been told many times how wrong I am, and how scary I am, so what the hell. If you're smart find out what side I'm on and go the other way.

  Go pets.
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  What do you think about David Letterman now?

  by asilentone in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i am sure all of you know about it by now..

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  He screwed up. Big time. He's going to have to deal with the consequences of his actions in his private life. It's none of my business to say one way or the other. I know I wouldn't have done it, but then I've not made a success of my life so what do I know?

  On the other hand, he's got big brass ones for (1) standing up to extortion; and (2) coming clean on national TV. Politicians would be well served to face up to their fuck ups this honestly.

  If someone in the public eye, or public service, has committed an "indiscretion", it is much better for them to come clean and face the music from the beginning rather than pull a Clinton and play word games and obfuscation.
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  Employer just made more layoffs

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it sucks.

  lots of very talented people were just laid off at the company i work for.

  lots of technology (software development) jobs going over seas.. i distinctly recall a meeting where leadership said, with a straight face, that jobs were not going to be sent overseas.

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  Having just dealt with some woman from India whose English was very poor and the phone connection was even worse, pushing jobs overseas is not just poor customer service it is nearly criminal in dealing with the consumer.

  I was trying to find a way to convert an MPEG file so that it would be acceptable to Powerpoint 2007, and even after telling her 5 times I was talking about a VIDEO file, she kept thinking it was audio related. Stupid, incompetent *#@#!!!!!

  Google is a better aide than any IT "support".

  An absolute waste of 30 minutes. I ended solving the damn problem by myself.

  Add to this the fact that executives, especially board members, who look to squeeze every dime out of the corporation for themselves and to hell with everyone else. Let's cut a penny at the bottom rather than thousands at the top. And quality of work, pride of a job well done is irrelevent.

  Seriously pisses me off. This is the dirty side of capitalism run amok.
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  Polanski moral equivocation makes me sick...

  by avishai in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-z-shore/polanskis-arrest-shame-on_b_301134.html.

  http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/09/the_outrageous_arrest_of_roman.html.

  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/aleqm5jsliygp7jjrlsryfva5vj_hzhlsgd9b0f3503.

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  Big Tex

  The interesting thing to me in this story is the change in 30+ years of the attitude toward adult/early teen sex. In the 70s the attitude seemed to be nearly anything goes. I remember reading this was the beginning of NAMBLA, and there was one pederast priest who espoused in Time magazine the benefits of gay sex between men and boys as being "healthy".

  Now, in 2009, the idea of a 40+ man having consensual sex with a 13 year old girl is repugnant. At least in America. Compounded on that are the dirty little details of drugging the girl with quaaludes (now it would be roofies) for the purpose of rape.

  In the 70's such a thing would have been looked at with a wink-and-a-nod, and really in this case it was, wasn't it? Polanski only received the lightest possible sentence and his ego and self-importance were such that even that small thing was too much and so he fled.

  Unfortunately for him, the attitudes have changed in the past 3 decades.

  I see no difference in him and any other adult male who drugs girls (or boys) for sex. I don't care if it was a one-time mistake either.

  And I have no doubt that makes people like me a small-minded "scary" American to the rest of Europe. Artistic ability and fame do not excuse criminal behaviour.
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  MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS DIED

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is one post i had always hoped i would never have to do, but after a long and brave battle, my beloved brother in law has died.

  i have done a couple of threads on this in the past, so many of you know the battles he was facing.

  he had been diagnosed earlier this year with myelodysplastic syndrome and the mortality rate of this disease is quite high.

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  Big Tex

  Mary I am so, so very sorry.

  When my father in law killed himself, I felt very much like you do. It does get better. But not now.

  Big hugs to you.