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  Republicans Are Not Welcome!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.

  he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.

  it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..

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  What about purples?
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  Younger Witnesses less fanatical or fundamental

  by optimisticskeptic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am a born in jw for over 30 years now and have been in various positions in the organization.

  now i'm guessing most of us recognize that older generations tend to be more fundamental and less reasonable when it comes to their outlook and beliefs.

  i find this to mirror the differences you see outside of the organization as well (older people less tolerant of other religions, newer technology, lgbt, etc.).

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  If by "less fanatical" you mean less factual and not giving a f*** then, yes, I agree, they are. I doubt they could debate that water is wet, because they would be too afraid of getting wet to do so.

  But, to be fair the "less fanatical" 😉 thing isn't confined to JW young people it's everywhere. There seems to be an epidemic of mentally lazy and super-sensitive these days. Not a good combination I might add.
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  Republicans Are Not Welcome!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.

  he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.

  it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..

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  "...a psychic gateway to technology." ?

  Taking the mick-mick surely?
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  Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

  oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

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  Jehovah was the one who "instituted" facial hair - in fact all body hair!

  Lettsplain that why don't ya Stephen scary clown-face.
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  Republicans Are Not Welcome!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.

  he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.

  it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..

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  He can bar someone for "looking like a republican"?

  Me thinks the law might have something to say about that.

  If true, he's shit stirring for attention and media will be happy to oblige.
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  Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

  oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

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  I'm pro-beard but if a beard is so long it's a "stumbling beard" it probly needs a trim in the interests of public safety.
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  Is he interested?

  by Sunnybear in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

  on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

  it was not planned, it just happened.

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  This guy is an emotionally stunted man-child (eg. sends you to meet with his mum for explanation of his beliefs!) narcissist.

  Run, run like the wind and don't stop til you're far far away from him. Honestly no relationship would be better than a relationship with him.

  If you want to test what he is just say no to one of his requests or question his beliefs and see what happens.

  Good luck.
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  Cookthebooks--Here is your Leaked Elder Videos!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. bible

  cookthebooks:.

  there are several leaked elder videos in the zipped file.

  use 7-zip or whatever program you use to unzip the folder.. https://we.tl/p41inlwgxa.

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  Ugh 😣 the Splanesplaining actually hurts.
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  Shocking

  by Freedom rocks in

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  their version of helping people.

  totally shocking.

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  First rule of billionaire cult club? Never give anything away - ever.
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  Deliberately Avoiding the "G" and "L" words in their Videos

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now that we have had a "sneak" preview of some of the videos for the upcoming 2018 jw regional conventions, we have opportunity to stand back and ponder their content, including their use of language - or in this case, their avoidance of certain words.

  in this post, i focus on what i think is a "quaint", if not peculiar, avoidance of certain words that seems to have become a jw organization practice: they avoid use of the actual words "gay" or "lesbian" in any of the videos - even in people playing the roles of being gay- or lesbian-friendly.

  a case in point is the preview of the video featuring the jw woman purchasing an item in a store where wrist bands are given away with purchases.

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  You know WT always avoiding straight forward language, ever vague and ambiguous.

  Yes, I thought that the portrayal of the shop assistant being pushy about the bloody wristband to be a bit OTT and total scare mongering on the part of WT. It was a completely fictional scene after all scripted, directed and produced by WT to make normal "worldly" people look way worse than they actually are.

  Though from the last few years of videos I get the feeling WT in true WT narcissistic style thinks the next war will be gays against JWs.