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  NHL Lockout... Whatever Shall We Dooooo?!?!

  by Scully in

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  so, it sounds like the nhl and the players association is deadlocked and there's no contract.

  the owners want to put a cap on the players' salaries and the players say no deal to that.

  if there's no hockey this season, have you thought about how you're going to occupy hockey nights??.

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  Hockey sucks! The NHL, that is.

  Minor hockey is better to watch and you don't have players making three figure sums of cash per game.
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  Should Anything Exist????Says Who???Should Nothing Exist?? Says Who?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  should anything exist?

  that is a question that nobody can answer with authority.

  if any one says they have the answer, i ask:"says who?

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  Nothing exists; nobody is truly alive; go smoke crack.
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  Where have all the DEMONS gone?

  by shamus in

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  so, where are all the stories?

  i was told that because one did not have 'jehovahs' protection, the demons would and could have a 'heyday' with you.

  so who here is plagued with demons now?

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  Watch out for candles!
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  The best of.............................Irongland

  by IronGland in

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  jwzone.........................http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/54194/1.ashx.

  prison of the future........http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/58323/1.ashx.

  christian album covers...http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/61230/1.ashx.

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  Dude,

  Your avatar is horrible.
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  Where have all the DEMONS gone?

  by shamus in

  1. jw
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  so, where are all the stories?

  i was told that because one did not have 'jehovahs' protection, the demons would and could have a 'heyday' with you.

  so who here is plagued with demons now?

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  shamus

  So, where are all the stories?

  I was told that because one did not have 'jehovahs' protection, the demons would and could have a 'heyday' with you.

  So who here is plagued with demons now?

  I'm not.
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  Why West is losing

  by William Penwell in

  1. social
  2. current

  a new book i thought some would be interested in reading it.

  sun, september 12, 2004 .

  why west is losing by eric margolis -- contributing foreign editor.

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  It's interesting to note that Al-Quaida (sp) was not in Iraq until the good old' boys from the United States went in, guns a blazin! Now they're everywhere. I wonder why?
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  As a JW youth, did you have a shared sense of history with other JW youths?

  by truthseeker in

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  during my school years, i was bullied almost every day at school due to my being a jw, and this did nothing for my self esteem and confidence.

  compounding this problem, was the fact that i had not a single friend my own age in the kingdom hall, i had no social life and nothing to do at the weekends.

  in short, i became a social recluse.. of course, admitting this is hard, and things are very much different now since i moved.. but not having any friends in my old kingdom hall, did not mean there was no one there my own age.

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  And one more thing;

  Remember, anything bad that happened, it was 'satan' tempting you. If you failed that test, then you were an asshole and bad assosiation. They shamed you even when you would get bullied in school, do your best to be a good person, have no friends, no life, and it was all your f**king fault. YOU were the problem, or so they told you.

  Now aren't you glad that you're away from that manipulative mind control? 'Worldly' friends are not perfect, but witness friends are just wacko's.
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  As a JW youth, did you have a shared sense of history with other JW youths?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
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  during my school years, i was bullied almost every day at school due to my being a jw, and this did nothing for my self esteem and confidence.

  compounding this problem, was the fact that i had not a single friend my own age in the kingdom hall, i had no social life and nothing to do at the weekends.

  in short, i became a social recluse.. of course, admitting this is hard, and things are very much different now since i moved.. but not having any friends in my old kingdom hall, did not mean there was no one there my own age.

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  Yes.

  When you try to do things comletely by the book, so to speak, the only friends that I had were horrible horrible self-rightcheous people. They rarely included me in anything.

  Once I got rid of my rightcheousness, I had oodles of friends. Not one was in my kingdumb hall. And yes, I was left out for some years, and was extremely lonely. I gave up all my 'worldly' friends, and spent my time in solitude. They would go downtown and do dumb things like go shopping, or whatever. Fact of the matter, I didn't fit in with them, I hated it at the time, but accepted it.

  Now woe be to anyone who has a 'worldly' friend! I grew tired of my solitary lifestyle, stopped being so self-rightcheous, started hanging with worldly people, and the witness friends started coming, albeit they were all 'extremely bad assosiation'. Many were disfellowshipped.

  But what can you do? If you're the extremely rightcheous type, and they're not in real life, that's where the problem probably lied, at least that's what I understand it as. People sure were different away from the kingdumb hall, especially the youth! And can you blame them?
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  And upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery:

  by myelaine in

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  rev.

  verse 18 .

  and the woman whom you saw means the great city that has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.

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  Oh, and one post script:

  I have read those dreary scriptures more than you can imagine. Bla bla bla... where's the beef?
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  And upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery:

  by myelaine in

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  rev.

  verse 18 .

  and the woman whom you saw means the great city that has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.

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  WAAAY too many scriptures for me to comprehend. Can you just go case by case to start? That's a typical JW tactic, and it doesn't work with me. Hopefully you didn't do that on purpose.

  Now what you have said makes no sense.

  You are telling me that I must believe in god before I can understand the bible. Now that's bullshit! I can completely understand Jesus teachings, and he taught with truth! There were no secret ins and outs... no flipping back and forth... nothing. Now sure, let's say that I need 'god's spirit' for the deeper understanding of you beliefs. That's great! I'm not talking about deeper understanding.

  You say that people in 'the end' MUST have god's holy spirit; yet in all the scriptures you showed me, your point is not at all proven.

  Don't give up on god?

  How many people do you think are 'christian' as opposed to buddist, and other religions? How do you know that Jesus was here on earth? Must I blindly believe these claims, that are completely unfounded, before I can believe? Sound funny?

  I much prefer FACTS. You have provided none.