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  Epsom derby

  by Hairtrigger in

  1. social
  2. physical

  can someone in england who is interested in thoroughbred racing tell when is the epsom derby?

  goodwood week too ?

  thank you in anticipation.

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  Hairtrigger

  Can someone in England who is interested in thoroughbred racing tell when is the Epsom derby? Goodwood week too ? Thank you in anticipation
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  It's Foolish to Believe the Watchtower Will Always Be Around.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  september 11, 2001. riding the bus to school that tuesday morning we discussed the implications of the monday night football game between the broncos and the dolphins.

  by lunchtime our entire world have changed dramatically.

  america had passed into a new era that would lead to major changes.

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  I'm not so sure. The Catholic church survived a similar cult like structure during the dark ages and subsequent centuries. Their survival was based on numerous makeovers and of course "miracles" and absorbtion of paganistic beliefs along the line . Much of their survival was dependent on changing their strict stance on many issues. Since the WTBTS is structured along similar lines, I'm betting they are going to dum down their bigotry when the going gets tough just to survive. Like the Catholic church they will begin to "evolve" a strategy to encourage their folowers to stay in. Jw's, largely, have a cult mind set .A few concessions here and there will win them over. Alternatively, a belief of theirs might coincide with a political reality - say a country or two banning religion -making it an exactitude which might do the trick. You can see from a recent post on the forum that congregations are lauding the new"donation" arrangement and fully believe that the FDS has their well being in mind.
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  Hello

  by venting in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanted to say hello.

  i have alot to say, but i'm not good at typeing.

  i'm still in the org.

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  Stay and keep the peace by all means . Live here and have fun in the meantime. Humor, Reason, Facts and info.

  Belly up to the bar and name your drink lady!
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  WHY NOT fire Jehovah and hire a BETTER God?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what kind of god are you looking for?.

  the one i want to hire has to fill these requirements:.

  1. kind to a fault without being a namby-pampy hippy.

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  I just texted. The industry's gone kaput. Ran outta ideas. No more new prototypes forthcoming.
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  Hi Everyone

  by DisArmed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i've been reading posts here off and on for years.

  i decided to go ahead and join in with a post.

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  Hairtrigger

  Welcome to a feast of reason and a song for the soul.

  HT
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  Scared I'll Never be Happy Again

  by Stumbeline in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so it's' been 8 months since i was disfellowshiped.

  i moved out of my mothers house accross the country to room with a friend.

  things have been going ok, it's just strange to be so far away from everything that felt familiar, even the meetings.

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  Hairtrigger

  Hello Stumbline,

  I sympathize with how you feel. We all go through a period of self examination where we feel we are worthless. And drifting. And guilty for no apparant reason. Thats the collateral damage that accompanies giving up the former lifestyle within the cult. And it needs to be sucked up.

  Heres a poem that helped me so much that it became my pillar, my backbone. Also it made a loner out of me. Standing alone makes you the strongest.I hope you like poetry. Please read and I hope it strengthens you.

  Rudyard Kipling
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  If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on"; If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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  ...The WBT$ Theft of Kingdom Hall Bank Accounts and JW Elders...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  .. the new wbt$ donation arrangement/ jw kingdom hall bank account theft... is a very hot topic right now... the wbt$ is literally going to clean out kingdom hall bank accounts,filled with donations from jws... that theft is going to happen world wide..the wbt$ is going to steal from 7 million plus jw`s... .. we have jw elders here on jwn,that know whats going on... they "serve" in kingdom halls,they are "supposed" to be looking after the welfare of the average jw... they know there is a 4 page letter,only one page will be read to the congregation..the rest will be kept secret... they know the wbt$ is about to steal jw donations..on a world wide scale!!!...

  .. i would like to know what you active jw elders are going to do about this??!!...

  are you going to let "your" congregation know about the other 3 secret pages?...

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  Hairtrigger

  Spot on OUTLAW. Love the humour!

  HT
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  Convicted paedophile allowed to grill his victims at Jehovah's Witness meeting

  by Sapphy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/convicted-paedophile-jonathan-rose-grilled-7151197.

  oh my goodness, i'm so angry i can't even speak!

  "women who complained that former jehovahs witness elder jonathan rose, 40, had molested them as children relived their nightmares in front of him after he was released from jail".

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  Hairtrigger

  Correction of the quote

  Pray upon what meat doth this Caesar feed that he grown so great"?
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  Convicted paedophile allowed to grill his victims at Jehovah's Witness meeting

  by Sapphy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/convicted-paedophile-jonathan-rose-grilled-7151197.

  oh my goodness, i'm so angry i can't even speak!

  "women who complained that former jehovahs witness elder jonathan rose, 40, had molested them as children relived their nightmares in front of him after he was released from jail".

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  Hairtrigger

  "Elders are allowed to investigate..." Juat what are their qualifications as investigators? Have they had any experience in really "investigating" a pedophile case before with irrefutable evidence that was instrumental in convicting the felon? So what is the special qualification that allows these worms to find themselves eligible to "investigate " a case of this magnitude? And after it ha ben proven in a court of law-of-the-land? 'Pray what meat doth this Caesar feed that he is grown so great?'
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  Convicted paedophile allowed to grill his victims at Jehovah's Witness meeting

  by Sapphy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/convicted-paedophile-jonathan-rose-grilled-7151197.

  oh my goodness, i'm so angry i can't even speak!

  "women who complained that former jehovahs witness elder jonathan rose, 40, had molested them as children relived their nightmares in front of him after he was released from jail".

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  Hairtrigger

  Wait a minute! Are you asking me to believe that a country that changed the face of the world and brought monarchs to their knees, is allowing a scumbag cult to chuck its jurisprudence out the door, override a judicial decision and set up a kangaroo court (affter the-proven-in the-kings-court fact) and then allow this guttersnipe, to interview his victims so that they( the victims) have to prove (to the worms who call themselves elders) that he indeed was guilty and they were innocent victims- just so they can "disfellowship"him?And is this now being condoned by the rank and file witnesses as well as the rest of the country?

  somebody please hit me on the head with a watchtower!