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  Go Philosophical When The Unexpected Happens!

  by exWTslave in

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  when social net work giants like twitter and facebook rejected brian actonss job application, he was philosophical: thats ok, something better may be in the offing, looking forward to lifes next adventure.

  his dynamism worked!

  he just teamed up with another fantastic colleague from yahoo!, jan koum.

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  Hi exWTslave,

  That's the spirit, when the WT hands you lemons make lemonade.
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  Enter the Power Couple, assume the position .

  by sparrowdown in

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  i think there has always been your average garden variety pioneer couples and mr and mrs cobe and back in the day these tended to be a little bit dorky the wife -homely, the husband -fatherly, they shopped at thrift stores and lived in someone elses garage.

  but as competition for a slice of the power pie has ramped up over the years what we have now seems to be a whole new ball game.

  does ultimate power lie with the men, the "family heads"?

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  Thanks Robert, fading and loving it. sparrow
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  Enter the Power Couple, assume the position .

  by sparrowdown in

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  i think there has always been your average garden variety pioneer couples and mr and mrs cobe and back in the day these tended to be a little bit dorky the wife -homely, the husband -fatherly, they shopped at thrift stores and lived in someone elses garage.

  but as competition for a slice of the power pie has ramped up over the years what we have now seems to be a whole new ball game.

  does ultimate power lie with the men, the "family heads"?

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  I think there has always been your average garden variety pioneer couples and Mr and Mrs COBE and back in the day these tended to be a little bit dorky the wife -homely, the husband -fatherly, they shopped at thrift stores and lived in someone elses garage. But as competition for a slice of the power pie has ramped up over the years what we have now seems to be a whole new ball game.

  Does ultimate power lie with the men, the "family heads"? What about the so called "neck that turns the head" the women behind the men what part do they play? This question has always intrigued me and my personal journey has led me to my own conclusions on this but what brought this to my attention was a case in my own cong that I found disturbing to say the least.

  There was a young sis disfellowshipped in her teens for immorality with a worldly boy. They get married, she gets reinstated and "brings him in to the truth". Within a couple of short years he gets appointed,first ms then elder then service overseer. They are the darlings of the congregation. The ultimate power couple. Local heroes, at the top of the totem pole both socially and theocratically. A truly meteoric rise to "success" WT style.

  Before long though it becomes clear a monster has been created. A hungry beast that is always demanding its food, a steady diet of obeisance, praise and attention but this beast is never full. You are either for the beast or against it there is no neutral ground. So quickly it finds plenty of minions, sycophants and henchmen. Anyone not willing to supply the beast with praise is considered an enemy. The beast has a strangle hold on the cong and my heart breaks before, during and after every meeting.

  I realised though this is only possible because there is a much larger beast. The one which created the petrie dish needed to spawn this one. The beast we all refer to as Mother the GB.
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  Picking on Harold Camping- again

  by A.proclaimer in

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  sparrowdown

  When will they turn the finger of blame back on themselves? Morons.
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  My DA from the WBT$ 'membership'.

  by punkofnice in

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  i posted this on the private board 2 years ago but now don't care who sees this as i'm no longer in hiding from the wbt$ cult members.. these are transcripts of the 2 letters i recieved leading up to my being da'd (not df'd), for apostacy(tm).

  dear punk.

  i am aware that you have requested that there be no contact from the congregation, but there is an outstanding matter that needs to be resolved, and we would like to have your co-operation in resolving it.. .

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  I just love the way they state what a "fine spirit " the cong has, almost like a veiled threat.

  "so if you agree to this meeting don't even think about complaining that there is no love in the cong because we are telling

  you that there is and we have JHWH's blessing there to prove it"

  Like in the novel 1984 "how many fingers am I holding up?"
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  Your Most DREADED Dub Word

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  i wanna hear the word that made you either physically nauseous or burst out in uncontrolable laughter.

  please demonstrate it in a sentence as well.

  mine was 'enthused' (my fingers were shaking as i typed).

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  Granted

  Granted, you may experience some pain on being disciplined......so put up and shut up

  Granted, elders are'nt perfect.............so put up and shut up

  Granted, we all get tired at times.........so put up and shut up

  I HATE that invalidating word!
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  Suggestion for title of final Final Talk from GB

  by sparrowdown in

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  ok, so it's right before the big a.. gb are just about to depart heavenward but not before leaving us something to remember them by.. so after several rounds of rock, paper, scissors one of them goes up to the podium, adjusts his tie, clears his throat and says....... .

  "so long, and thanks for all the fish".

  now anyone familiar with hitch hikers guide to the galaxy would know that was.

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  Ok, so it's right before the big A.

  GB are just about to depart heavenward but not before leaving us something to remember them by.

  So after several rounds of rock, paper, scissors one of them goes up to the podium, adjusts his tie, clears his throat and says......

  "so long, and thanks for all the fish"

  Now anyone familiar with Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy would know that was

  the dolphins final message to the humans just before the end of the world.

  Now you have got to bear in mind that hypothetically this is the end of the world as we know it

  so hypothetically copyrights are about to cease to exist leaving them finally free to say anything.

  Plus GB own everything by now anyway because Jesus has already given it to them.

  Anyway thats my suggestion anyone got any better ideas I hear they just love to get suggestions from the little people.

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  Jehovah doesn't like laws!

  by Separation of Powers in

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  i was speaking to a friend who went to the circuit assembly a couple weeks ago.

  he actually taped a portion of the first talk cause he said the do was pretty entertaining.

  the do said something like - jehovah doesn't like laws.

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  I don't like the inlaws either.

  Oh thats laws you say I thought you were talking about inlaws.

  Matter of fact don't like outlaws much either.

  except for you outlaw
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  The purpose of changing JW names, titles and terms

  by gingerbread in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during a discussion over the weekend, we exchanged ideas about recent changes in terminology related to assembly days, conventions and new titles for the higher-ups.

  i commented that for years in 'security' at larger meetings we were told to talk to any that seemed out of place and ask questions that would indicate if they were apostates - antiquated terms like 'overseer' or a reference the 'truth' book.. another in our group brought up the character in the orwell book 1984 and how his job was to separate new and approved terms from old words.

  this was called doublethink and blackwhite.

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  Very true Oubilette.

  But for a chariot that aint goin anywhere it has left behind a lot of bodies with chariot wheel marks up there back.

  As for me I think it ran over me then stopped reversed and did a donut on my head. Mongrel chariot driver.
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  The purpose of changing JW names, titles and terms

  by gingerbread in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during a discussion over the weekend, we exchanged ideas about recent changes in terminology related to assembly days, conventions and new titles for the higher-ups.

  i commented that for years in 'security' at larger meetings we were told to talk to any that seemed out of place and ask questions that would indicate if they were apostates - antiquated terms like 'overseer' or a reference the 'truth' book.. another in our group brought up the character in the orwell book 1984 and how his job was to separate new and approved terms from old words.

  this was called doublethink and blackwhite.

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  Someone oughta give that chariot a speeding ticket