Posts by sparrowdown

i've posted these years ago and was reminiscing, so i thought i would share the laugh with you again.. top 10 signs that jehovah's witnesses want to disfellowship you:.

10. there's two guys in suits staying all night outside your home in a four-door sedan.. 9. an elder you spoke to on the phone calls and asks you to repeat what you said the other day, but asks you to speak slowly and clearly.. 8. suddenly, jw friends stop by and ask an awful lot of the same questions.. 7. your laptop computer was moved, left on, or is missing.. 6. you left your car unlocked, it was thoroughly searched by someone but absolutely nothing is missing including your gps which was searched too.. 5. your boss asks if you are in trouble with the law or someone, stating some really polite men were asking about you and left some "tracts.".

4. someone picked up the cigarette butts around your back porch.. 3. the bartender at your favorite nightspot asks if you have ever before seen the guys in the corner booth that have been ordering "cokes" all evening and pulling out a camera everytime you order a beer.. 2. you receive registered mail and you already served on a jury this year.. 1. your jw mother who finally had accepted that you will never go back starts begging you to either go back to the kingdom hall or move with no forwarding address.. .

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The local elders want to bring the CO around to "meet" you.

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Elders and priests what 's the difference?

by sparrowdown in

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is being a "good" elder the same as being a "good" catholic priest?.

is there any difference between representing the rcc and representing that other bastion of child abuse the wt?.

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Oubliette - the list of educational requirements for priests -quite frankly I am amazed, I had no idea it is so extensive,

the JW elder list of "qualifications" is embarrassing by comparison.

Thanks oubliette and fulltime for that info.

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Elders and priests what 's the difference?

by sparrowdown in

jw
friends

is being a "good" elder the same as being a "good" catholic priest?.

is there any difference between representing the rcc and representing that other bastion of child abuse the wt?.

.

sparrowdown

Smiddy - yes I am familiar with that court case where the societies lawyer calls the the WT a hierarical religion. Hierarchy when it suits them.

rory - you make some excellent points. I have known catholic priests who were more down to earth and easier to talk to than your average elder.

JW elders seem to have very fragile egos that are in need of constant stroking.

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After all, JWs were RIGHT!

by abiather in

1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.

2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).

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Excellent point smiddy.

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Origin of Black Skin - JW.org Noah Movie

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

i've never seen this discussed here, so thought i'd bring it up:.

as far as i can figure, jehovah's witnesses no longer teach that black skin is the result of a curse from god.

instead, they seem to teach that canaan was already dark skinned when his father, ham, brought the curse of servitude upon their family.

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He looks like Robert Downey jnr from Tropic Thunder.

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Origin of Black Skin - JW.org Noah Movie

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

i've never seen this discussed here, so thought i'd bring it up:.

as far as i can figure, jehovah's witnesses no longer teach that black skin is the result of a curse from god.

instead, they seem to teach that canaan was already dark skinned when his father, ham, brought the curse of servitude upon their family.

sparrowdown

Yeah, he looks like a real ham too, talk about over acting.

Was Prince not available?

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THE IMPONDERABLES TOPIC (Enter at your own risk)

by Terry in

i suggest taking this slowly .

.. consider the difference between taking a poll about an upcoming election and the actual vote itself on the day of the election.. the information gathered about what the vote will be is provisional.

the vote on the day of the election is actual and official.. it is the one that counts.. now, carefully ask yourself what the specific difference--if any--there is between the poll information and the election result as an identical knowledge of.

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Panhandlegirl- Terry said of God " if He cannot know, He does not exist".

I am merely pointing out that technically speaking, not knowing you exist, doesn't mean you don't exist.