Posts by snugglebunny

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Fade..... or this?

by Giordano in

there are four ways to leave the 'truth'...... alive............you can be disfellowshiped...... then shunned, you can formally disassociate yourself and be shunned........ you can fade.

the first two words belong to the society, fade on the other hand is defined as 'to gradually grow faint and disappear.

' 'walking away' has it's own negative connotation about one's commitments and relationships.. i think some folks feel uncomfortable with these words.

Spot on. It's all about not entering into their world. There's so many language traps, so many buzz words and phrases that one can easily find oneself saying such stupid things as "I'm leaving the Truth!"

You have to move away psychologically and verbally. If you are determined to get into dialogue, and this includes dialogue with yourself as well as JW's, Jehovah must become your Creator, disfellowshipping must become excommunication, the ministry work simply door-knocking or canvassing. There's many more that can be added, I'm sure.

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I want to understand British references to your countries.

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, friends across the two ponds:.

of course, as per other posters' recommendations, i could google this; i have and remain, not totally confused, but wanting the straight dope as well as nuanced meaning.

i'm both curious and needing to know for purposes of editing works of american and british writers.

snugglebunny

I think of myself as English first, then British. Never, ever as European though.

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I want to understand British references to your countries.

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, friends across the two ponds:.

of course, as per other posters' recommendations, i could google this; i have and remain, not totally confused, but wanting the straight dope as well as nuanced meaning.

i'm both curious and needing to know for purposes of editing works of american and british writers.

snugglebunny

Pants is underwear. Suspenders hold up ladies stockings.

Otherwise, most of what you need to know is explained very simply here: http://projectbritain.com/britain/greatbritain.htm

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backward masking on DVD`s oops CD`s is that still a thing with the GB ? WTB&TS ?

by smiddy3 in

backward masking of cd`s / vinyl records etc opening up to demon influence way back in the 60`s-80`s do they still talk about this ?

and how about dvd`s is that the new scare ?

of demon influence /control over you ?.

snugglebunny

This came out a while back and the dubbies claimed that many of the words were satanic. Nothing to do with the sexy girlies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMT698ArSfQ

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My childhood home, 60 years later. What about yours?

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, former children:.

i really miss my childhood home, which we left in 1960. dad sold it for some 12,000 dollars; it recently sold for somewhere under 1.5 million.

it's only a tiny bungalow but in a prosperous bay area town, not too far from san francisco, california.. the art and literature that are so important to me -- and for many others of us -- got their start in my heart and mind here in the california mountains.

snugglebunny

My childhood home. Pic taken in 1953.

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Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!

by pale.emperor in

again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.

snugglebunny

I can do better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNFzfwLM72c

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Loyalty.....the new buzzword promoted by the watchtower Bible and tract society

by UnshackleTheChains in

loyalty appears to be the buzzword constantly promoted by the gb at the moment.

we hear it at conventions, assemblies, and meetings.. let's face it loyalty covers so much.

shunning of family, friends etc.

snugglebunny

They certainly believe that the boys at HO - the GB - are indeed the faithful & discreet slave and that Jesus is Head over them: look at this WT from July 2013:

“BROTHERS, I cannot begin to count the times you have put into my hands articles that contained just what I needed when I needed it most.” That is how one sister expressed her appreciation in a letter to the brothers who work at our world headquarters. Can you identify with her? Many of us can. Should that surprise us? Not really.

The timely spiritual food we receive is proof that Jesus, the Head of the congregation, is keeping his promise to feed us. Through whom is he doing so? When giving the sign of his presence, Jesus said that he would use “the faithful and discreet slave” to give “food at the proper time” to his domestics. * (Read Matthew 24:45-47.) That faithful slave is the channel through which Jesus is feeding his true followers in this time of the end. It is vital that we recognize the faithful slave. Our spiritual health and our relationship with God depend on this channel.—Matt. 4:4;

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Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!

by pale.emperor in

again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.

snugglebunny

The fashions and fads of the young are always denigrated by the older generation. The WT in particular has been jumping on this particular bandwagon since the 60's. Back then it was all about how tight or short ladies skirts should be and whether dancing the twist would turn a fella into a drooling sex maniac.

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Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!

by pale.emperor in

again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.

snugglebunny

Older guys (like me!) do perceive the current fad for extra tight men's clothes as effeminate and part of the blurring of gender that is so much in vogue today. However, it's nobody's business except that of the wearer, and as for disrespecting Jehovah, well, Tony's talking out of his bottom.

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Lloyd Evans Interviewing Mike Rinder

by HiddlesWife in

lloyd evans (a.k.a.

"john cedar") just interviewed mike rinder (ex-scientologist) on his youtube channel very recently.

here's the link below.

snugglebunny

That's Pablo Escobar again!