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  Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

  by freddo in

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  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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  As “John Cedars” once said regarding beards: It’s a “control mechanism.” And he is spot on. After all, that’s how cults operate: control!
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  Today's text caused a fight between myself and my "Still In" wife.

  by NikL in

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  she insisted on reading it to me and i just couldn't keep my freaking mouth shut.. see if you can tell why.... sunday, february 18.

  they would go where the spirit inclined them to go.​—ezek.

  jesus has appointed the ‘faithful slave’ to be the only channel for dispensing spiritual food.

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  Text of Sun., Feb. 18, 2018: “Jesus has appointed the ‘faithful slave’ to be the ONLY channel for dispensing spiritual food.”

  But when you really think of it, is the Governing Body of the Watch Tower corporation the one-and-only means of providing spiritual food in the entire globe of humanity? Considering their track record of contradictions – including freemasonry, pyramidology, Seventh Day Adventism, racism/antiSemitism, misogyny, many incorrect assumptions and false predictions, etc. – in comparison with the entire human population on earth, their claim is way beyond ridiculous. The “ONLY channel for dispensing spiritual food”? Really?

  When you put things in perspective like that, things become so obvious. By the process of elimination, whatever the case could be, the Watch Tower simply could NOT hold any credibility at all.
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  New Movie, "Confessions of A Teenage jesus Jerk"

  by NikL in

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  stumbled apon this.. apologies if this has already been posted.. here is a link to the trailer.... https://vimeo.com/215891572.

  here is one description of the plot.... certain right wing scolds love to claim that modern life would be so much better if organized religion was allowed to exert a greater presence.

  “confessions of a teenage jesus jerk” shows in one very tragicomic story how such everyday religious incursion would be a curse.. actor eric stoltz makes his directorial debut adapting san francisco author tony dushane’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.

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  Worth seeing, for sure.
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  New here...

  by Jacobi in

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  my name is jacobi, i am a born-in but mentally out for more or less a decade at this point (although it was cradual) and about 40yo.

  i don't want to say a lot about my family, but it is a mix of going-through-the-motions, semi-actives (but mentally in), some who have left for a few reasons and one really depressed pioneer.

  because people fade in and out i have managed to slide under the radar and i keep up apperances of not being all-out apostate but i completed my fade about years ago (it also helped i moved to another part of the country).. i might rub some of you the wrong way because of my views on different things like politics.. i am not a trump supporter at all and neither are most people in my country.

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  Welcome, “Jacobi”!

  You will find that there are many JWs here who have become mentally out (woken up) but remain physically in (practically held hostage) due to strong emotional and economic ties. This is my own current personal situation. I am a born-in (born in 1966) but woke up around 2001. I am kind of physically “stuck” in right now (family situation, stupid/frustrating story), but I am mentally completely out of it.

  My (former) friend Charlie used to always ask me, “Well, why don’t you just leave that religion?” But I would tell him that he doesn’t understand my situation because I don’t want to devestate my family, especially my parents. Some people just don’t get it, or don’t want to.

  Anyway, we all have to do whatever we know is the best thing for us, in our own unique situation. And we also have to just emotionally shut out the opinions and unsolicited advice from others who don’t really understand our situation or have our best interests in mind. (Which is really the hardest part!)
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  The Dark-Skinned Early Briton.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i'm sure many others noted in yesterday's news feeds, that scientists deciphering the dna of the skeleton remains of a man thought to have died some 10,000 years ago in the south of england, have presented him as:.

  as blue-eyed (now that's quite english) but as dark skinned.

  and, that's not very english, to the horror of many.. (link: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/ancient-face-cheddar-man-reconstructed-dna-spd/ ).

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  “fulltimestudent”: “This was the color that WT theorists imagined as Adam's skin color.”

  That must have certainly been outside the era of the Joseph Franklin (“Judge”) Rutherford regime because he had all the artwork depicting Adam, as well as Abraham, Moses, and Jesus Christ drawn as clean shaven, milk toast WHITE men.

  
  

  
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  Questions from readers: Pillow talk

  by truthseeker in

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  i can't believe they came out with this.... question from readers: should a youth who struggles with masturbation sleep with a pillow?.

  you young people know that it is wise to make such restrictions, especially during "the bloom of youth.

  " (1 corinthians 7:36).

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  “steve2”: “An old JW family friend once declared that self-abuse is sin because your seed is wasted. I told him I was not sinning because I saved mine in a jar.”

  LOL!!!
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  Immigration is not what you think it is...for a reason

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  if somebody knocks on your door and wants to enter your home (for whatever reason) you are faced with a decision process based, in part, on your ability to suss out why you do or do not allow entrance.. agreed?example:.

  "i'm being stalked by a madman--please let me hide inside" would be a strong emotional reason.

  ""i'm with a group of jehovah's witnesses, we want to brainwash you.

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  TO “resolute Bandicoot”:

  Thank you for your pic (at the bottom of page 3 herein) outlining the history of Muslim aggression preceding the Christian crusades beginning in 1095 A.D. Your point is well taken.

  My point is that the current Muslim refugee crisis in Myanmar and Syria is one of general humanitarian consideration, regardless of any old historical events. The Muslim, as well as the Mexican, refugees are ordinary people – men, women, and children – who are simply trying to escape their own personal “shitholes” in the countries of their recent origin. These refugees should be considered for emergency refuge on a case-by-case basis. I.e., these people who are holding a machine gun in their hands versus holding a baby in their arms should be considered accordingly, based on humanitarian merit as well as risk assessment.

  At the end of the day, it is our responsibility toward compassion and ultruism which defines us and distinguishes us as people of character.
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  Asking for someone.......

  by punkofnice in

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  what ex-jw groups are there in canada......lake toronto area?.

  please pm me if you know of any......ta..

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  There is this group on MeetUp.com, which I myself am a member of:

  Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses of Toronto

  https://www.meetup.com/oexjws/

  We usually meet at the Pickle Barrel restaurant at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue around downtown Toronto.

  Hope to see you soon!
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  Immigration is not what you think it is...for a reason

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  if somebody knocks on your door and wants to enter your home (for whatever reason) you are faced with a decision process based, in part, on your ability to suss out why you do or do not allow entrance.. agreed?example:.

  "i'm being stalked by a madman--please let me hide inside" would be a strong emotional reason.

  ""i'm with a group of jehovah's witnesses, we want to brainwash you.

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  Imagine for a moment that you own a little log cabin somewhere up north in the state of Alaska. One day, while you weren’t home, a couple of young hikers who were lost, starving, and nearly freezing to death come across your cabin. One of them breaks a window by the door to let him and his friend enter for some shelter from the cold wind. They eat a couple of cookies they find, and maybe even start a little fire in a wood-burning stove. But once they have been revived, they clean up after themselves and even leave a few dollars on the kitchen table for their troubles. Now, who would even consider having them arrested and prosecuted if they have even one empathetic bone in their body? If anything, you, as the owner of that cabin, would no doubt readily offer to make and serve them at least some chicken noodle soup and peanut butter sandwiches to ensure their complete revival.

  You have to be careful here about treating desperate (“illegal”) immigrants as some kind of vermin to be quickly disposed of. Don’t forget that there are many such people – families, including women and children – who, through no fault of their own, are simply trying to escape a sociopolitical environment which is toxic and morbidly dangerous to their survival. For example: there are people (families) from Mexico having to escape from the extremely brutal violence of the powerful drug cartels; there are people (families) trying to escape from the oppressive communist regime in Cuba; and then you also have people (families) in abject desperation trying to flee from countries (“shithole countries,” as so elegantly described by President Donald Trump) which are ignominiously plagued by wars and civil strife – “ethnic cleansing” – such as the Rohingya from Myanmar or the Muslims in Syria.
  

  Now, just put yourself in the place of such poor refugees desperately trying to flee brutal and inhumane persecution. Imagine that it is YOUR family forced to undergo such a nightmarish scenario. Just imagine that for a second.
  

  “LoveUniHateExams”: “Throughout history most, if not all, ethnic groups colonised other areas.”
  

  Well, let’s not forget about the Christian crusades and the Catholic inquisition. Our “kind” here in the western civilization has certainly not been immune to such evils.
  

  
  
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  I hope this is just a joke, because when reading this board, I thought this was'nt suppose to happen

  by Truth and Justice in

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  hi to all the board, .

  i am confused about something that i read on this board.

  it was the subject about the building and development of new kingdom halls.

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  Well, they say that there are two kinds of work: hard work, and smart work.

  The WTS does the “smart” (financially efficient) “work,” while the vast throngs of rank-and-file members do the hard work (pounding the pavement for zillions of hours scouring the community for each convert).

  The WTS will continue to pare down their monetary assets (Kingdom Halls) while consolidating (maximizing) their corporate assets.

  In a sense, the WTS are like Donald Trump and his New York skyline assets: Grow, grow, grow, and then, when the time is right, sell, sell, sell (cash in).

  I guess it takes one cold-hearted tycoon (opportunist) to be able to know another.