Well, I have an actual experience to tell: At the Canadian Bethel, in Georgetown, Ontario, there was around the late 1980s—as told to me by a couple of very prominent Bethelites in the area, Mark Sikorski (from Poland; his father is Ted Sikorski), and Brent Hollenbeck—a “still” used for winemaking (or whatever) which had (legal or otherwise) actually “exploded” during a tour! Whatever the case, there was apparently some consternation of the attendees of that Bethel tour, to be sure! Any any “consequences”? Certainly none at all, as it turned out. (Joseph Franklin Rutherford’s “spirit” is still apparently alive and well among the contemporary Bethel branches!)
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23Happy Alcoholic Jehovah's Witnesses
by The Bethelite infor many years since the witness organization, after i have told people that i'm no longer a jehovah's witness, people would say "oh the religion were people are not allowed to drink!".
"no they drink alright.....they can't do much of anything else but they do drink!".
in fact the first place i ever got drunk was bethel.
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Truth be told, there is NOT any such thing as 100% male or female. Why? Fact: Males have testosterone AND estrogen, and females have estrogen AND testosterone.
It’s not just the Yin OR the Yang but, rather, the Yin AND the Yang.
As we could all attest from experience, there ARE effeminate males AND there are masculine females (“Tomboys”).
Takeaway: Gender is NOT absolutely either/or, black-or-white. There are always elements of both concurrently. (If in doubt, ask a anthropomorphic-ologist/psychologist.)
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WT Teaching That You Can't Leave Behind
by jhine inafter posting on another thread it became apparent to me that it can be difficult for some ex jws to totally shake off all wt teaching , even after leaving the org.
do you still feel guilty going into a church for a wedding or a funeral .
can you bring yourself to celebrate birthdays or christmas .
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“snugglebunny”: “6 pints of blood”
Holy sh^t, Snuggle Bunny!
Between 8-12 pints of blood are in the body of an average adult. One unit of blood is ~525 mL, which is roughly the equivalent of one pint.
I’m glad you’re still alive, buddy. We
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What to do when you're PIMO and dont want to date a jw?
by nowawake14 inwhat are your thoughts on that?.
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“What to do when you're PIMO and dont want to date a jw?”
If you don’t want to expand your horizons beyond the JWs: Masturbate, preferably to Internet porn or with some personal satisfaction device.
If you do want to expand your horizons beyond the JWs: Start dating, but get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), secret phone number, post office box, or whatever you need to maintain secrecy if you are still Physically In (PI).
But if/when you become Physically Out, Mentally Out (POMO), then, well, f^ck it – you’ve finally got it made!
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Protesting Works. It is protests like this that is getting the media’s attention.
by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER infor years many former jehovah's witnesses criticized and attacked protesters for protesting at jehovah's witness events with signs and banners.
many thought that protesting feeds into the jw persecution complex.
it now appears that their efforts paid off.
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The cult grew bit by bit, steadily eroding people’s spiritual frame of reference in favor of the dictates of a man-made corporate hierarchy. And that is how it can be dismantled: exposure and resistance – bit by bit.
The protest in the above video may not in itself bring about the fall of the Watch Tower. But our collective voices worldwide will certainly open people’s eyes and make a very significant impact, especially in this age where facts can be accessed and shared with monumental efficiency.
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This week's Watchtower study - Really, really, really?
by eyeslice2 ininteresting to see how they home in doctrines that are impossible to defend, even solely from a bible point of view, and state them as facts that only satan would question.. no same sex marriages - really?.
don't celebrate christmas and birthdays - really?.
refuse a life-saving blood transfusion - really?
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@“rickroll”: Issues, me thinks.
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BLONDIE’S FIRST THOUGHTS REVIEW 8-18-19 (JUNE 2019)(PAGES 8-13)(OVERTURN REASONING)
by blondie inblondie’s first thoughts review 8-18-19 (june 2019)(pages 8-13)(overturn reasoning).
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2019441?q=overturn&p=sen.
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
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“sir82”: “So who lied - God or the Watchtower Organization? If it was God, why should we worship him?”
RIGHT ON!!
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Ever heard of this angel power?
by blondie inhttps://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1961047#h=16:285-23:710. we may also safely conclude that angels, god’s spirit messengers, travel at tremendous speeds.
thus once when daniel began to pray, god dispatched an angel to him in answer to his prayer.
this angel, although coming from beyond the realms of outer space, reached daniel before he had concluded his prayer.—dan.
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“JeffT”: “Do angels have mass? If not, then they can travel at infinite speeds.”
Actually, according to the proven mathematical principles of Albert Einstein, nothing can exceed the speed of light. That is because the massless particles of light, or photons, manifest as perturbations – i.e., waves – propagating throughout the Higgs field (the quantum particle of which being the Higgs boson). And, as such, they must conform to that maximum speed of the relaying interaction of those Higgs field waves.
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Ever heard of this angel power?
by blondie inhttps://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1961047#h=16:285-23:710. we may also safely conclude that angels, god’s spirit messengers, travel at tremendous speeds.
thus once when daniel began to pray, god dispatched an angel to him in answer to his prayer.
this angel, although coming from beyond the realms of outer space, reached daniel before he had concluded his prayer.—dan.
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“road to nowhere”: “How many dimensions are there? We have 3,”
Actually, there are 4: 3 spatial dimensions, plus 1 temporal dimension: Time. (Thus Einstein’s famous term: “Spacetime.”)
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Ever heard of this angel power?
by blondie inhttps://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1961047#h=16:285-23:710. we may also safely conclude that angels, god’s spirit messengers, travel at tremendous speeds.
thus once when daniel began to pray, god dispatched an angel to him in answer to his prayer.
this angel, although coming from beyond the realms of outer space, reached daniel before he had concluded his prayer.—dan.
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Perhaps angels wear SCUBA equipment while they fly from the Pleiades constellation to earth. And maybe they get that equipment from Amazon dot Heaven. (Sorry, I couldn’t make it any more religiously irreverent – my brain is currently being massaged by a few bubbly pints.)