Posts by kairos
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Big Eyes Movie Article
by jerryjax99 inhey everyone, i am new here to the site and wanted to share this article along with a personal experience with her.. .
http://national.deseretnews.com/article/3089/the-real-life-artist-portrayed-in-big-eyes-credits-her-newfound-faith-for-helping-her-take-a-stand.html.
i was able to meet margaret keane in pittsburgh, pa at the corapolis congregation back around 2002 or so.
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After Six Months of Hiatus, I can tell you the Watchtower is Starting to Crumble Faster than you think!
by SanLuisObispoTruthSeeker ini took a hiatus from jwn because the wall started to collapse because i lost several people ive known almost my entire life.
these were people i thought would never die, the lies told by the watchtower is unforgivable!
there was a party i attended keeping a low profile while documenting what was said.
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kairos
Overlapping crumbling?
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"Big Eyes" the story of artist Margaret Keane
by designs inthe tim burton film is ready for release.. www.thewrap.com/big-eyes-premiere-finds-audience-howling-at-christoph-waltz-and-amy-adams-dueling-artists/.
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kairos
I've attended the bookstudy/meetings for service in her home...
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From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?
by Hidden-Window inas we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.
i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.
what about you?.
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kairos
I knew I needed to hit the road before I searched the internet.
The research was like slamming the door behind me.---
So, a 10.
Any previous times I've doubted my decision to exit, the internet tunes me back up in about 5 minutes.
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Illegal immigrants in the organization?
by silent ini had a thought today that might prove interesting.
i'm wondering if there are any illegal immigrants who are witnesses?
surely it would be a great position to be in as an illegal immigrant because you could play up your plight and prey on the sympathies of others within the congregation.
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kairos
Someone tell me how an illegal qualifies for JW baptism?
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Want to hear something funny ?
by troubled mind inmy husband just won the city wide holiday light display for christmas i am so proud .
just a few short years ago i was the one that put a strand of white lights around the porch railing ,and a couple of lighted deer in the yard ....that brought the elders around real quick (after three years of silence ) at that time my husband was still holding onto the notion his faith was not bond to a cult .
it didn't take long after the 'loving sheparding call' for him to see things in another light.
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kairos
Candy canes?
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life after the wtbts
by Hortensia inyou can't move forward to a new, more interesting, possibly much happier life, if you're still looking behind at the former life.. there is so much obsession on here about what the wtbts is doing, and discussing all the forms of injustice and bullshit in the wtbts, or how to bring down the wtbts.
yes, their doctrines are crazy and they are a cult and cruel to boot.
move on.
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kairos
These stories must be told.
People are leaving and they'll need comfort like we did.
Always good to check in and offer something if possible.
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Illegal immigrants in the organization?
by silent ini had a thought today that might prove interesting.
i'm wondering if there are any illegal immigrants who are witnesses?
surely it would be a great position to be in as an illegal immigrant because you could play up your plight and prey on the sympathies of others within the congregation.
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kairos
This issue may be what first started to open my eyes.
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I'm also in construction.
An illegal was doing work and literally taking my jobs by bidding at less than half my price.
I reported this to the elders and to a first then second CO.
After quite some time, maybe 18 months, I was out in service with an elder and I asked what was going on with the lawbreaker.
He said, "As a body of elders, we have decided to ignore this"...
I was furious. Almost asked to be taken home right then and there.
After this, I started plotting my escape.
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Hypocrisy. Illegals don't have state/local licenses, no insurance, no driver's license, no bond, no workman's comp, don't pay taxes and don't care one bit.
It's breaking the law(s).
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He moved back to the spanish hall, so "problem solved".
This is a guy that admitted to one of the elders that, he planned a vacation to the USA, but "decided not to go home".
He was an elder in Mexico, FYI.
Premeditated criminal activity. I'm sure I just misunderstood the situation...
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Q-tips and Coffee Filters helped me learn TTATT
by RedPillPopper inwell they didn't fully teach me ttatt but helped me on the way.............. first thing i do in the morning after waking up is grinding some nice coffee beans and getting the brew started while i take a hot shower.
after the shower i like to clean out all the nasty wax out of my ears with a q-tip (or cotton swab for those not familiar with that term).. while cleaning out my ears i would think about how nice it is we have things like q-tips and coffee filters that make life more enjoyable but at the same time realize that somebody somewhere is in a factory making these.. i can't imagine a child saying "when i grow up i want to work in a factory making coffee filters".
the people who end up really doing that as adults did not set that to be a life goal.
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kairos
It takes quite a bit of manpower to run the world.
Steel mining/refining ( steel is in nearly everything and it's widespread use since about 1874 is what built the industrial and tech revolutions ).
Who gets those jobs?
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Then there's the job of burying all the 8 billion bodies, but that's another story.
Good morning RPP!
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Is it worth it trying to wake up a friend and my parents?
by Mr. Self-Destruct inmy situation right now is trying that how my friend and parents that the jw's are not the true religion.
i've shown numerous examples of flip flopped doctrine, false predicions, the validity of the jesus choosing the bible students in 1919 and more.
but it seems that although the recognize these mistakes they ask me, "aren't you happy the organization is making progress?
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kairos
I'm trying to just ask them to prove they 100% have the truth using only the bible.
Their being unable to do this could make them start to think.