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  FUNNY WToweresque Spanish in the Comics

  by hamsterbait in

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  there was a recent thread talking about how the american english in the babble comics, often gets kids losing marks in school.. one of the posters said that he was a spanish speaker, and when he reads the comics and other litterature, it is actually unlike any normal spanish he has ever read.

  i don't speak spanish, so would like to have some examples, preferably funny.

  any takers?.

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  I served in a spanish speaking country for a while. Gave talks in spanish etc... I have lost a lot of it now, but I don't remember anything particularly odd. "Theocratic spanish" is a term I have heard used. But its just abit more formal and includes words not normally used that are specific to the religion.
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  Can someone please explain this to me.....

  by AlwaysBusy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if someone has time, please look at the child abuse policy...is this true?

  does anyone know anything about this site?

  i am really trying to understand and find out what is truth and what is fiction.

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  Good ole 3W has been around for a while. His apologetics are NOT supported by the branch in any way, and he has no affiliation with some of the apologists from back in the late 90's early 2000's.

  Like Ann said he was an e watchman follower, who felt he was duped, and then went back to his former faith and decided to try to protect others. What his arguement seems to boil down to is a difference in view of seriousness and a technical leaning towards scapegoating certain things.

  Its the only "pro" JW abuse policy thing on the internet, and it is quite old. So when a JW gets the courage together to look for something, they can see his naughty little defense. They forward it as if to say......"see?"
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  JW making music videos now?

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  2. friends

  i'm not sure if this is new since it is hard to keep up with the ever changing jw.

  it is morphing so much.

  i went to jw.org tv video for november and around 53 or 54 minutes into the broadcast the gb guy introduce a music video called "we won't forget you".

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  Wow that was awful.......just terrible.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  Another video for the ministry.

  Update on the building work with some digs to "keep supporting".

  I think thats about it if I was a betting man.......and I am!
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  Small (tiny) victories

  by disposable hero of hypocrisy in

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  2. friends

  i had a conversation with my wife today about child abuse as it's in the news, and i managed to slip in the fact that wt (not an individual, but the .org itself) has just been ruled against in the states to the tune of 13 million or so.

  she knows i'm opposed to the procedures we have in place, and she can definitely see that it makes sense to go straight to the police, and said she would do immediately if it were our children.

  we had a fairly local case where the elders positively marched the offender to the station themselves, and good for them for doing so, but she most likely thinks everyone would do that out of common sense.

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  Alot of small ones hopefully will bring you one great one. Good luck and keep looking for the opportunities.
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  Awake! to be part of Watchtower Public Edition!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was posted on a jw site and it would be nice if we could verify.. .. .. as of february 2015, the awake!

  will come as a part of the watchtower public edition instead of as a separate magazine.

  this is a huge change... with serious cost savings.

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  I am sure there is talk of ditching "watchtower" alltogether as part of the rebranding effort, and just having JW.org in the top corner of the magazine.

  Consolidation only makes sense from a business standpoint.
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  Convention new book reveals "GROUP 2" of the 1914 generation...the horror.

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  gods kingdom rules!

  the convention book released yesterday....say hi to group 2 of the 1914 generation!!

  a graph shows group 1 being fred franz john barr etc...with a group 2 consisting of the current young faithful slaves we "met" the "group ones.

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  What nobody seems to realize is that the organization has CLEARLY put an expiration date on this system by embracing this. So hypothetically the youngest "annointed" person could be what......40? 35? So the end has to come with at least on of this second group on earth. Assuming they live to be 80, you get 45 years tops?

  Its just silly that nobody has considered that they have made a fluid ranged kind of prediction for the end of the world again.
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  Regular pioneering is a financial double whammy.

  by hoser in

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  2. friends

  not only does it steal your time from earning a living and having personal time, it also costs you real $$$ in fuel vehicle costs and maintainance .

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  Its true. The cost of pioneering when you are 18-22 depending on some of the other choices you are making in your life, could be catastrophic. Imagine even moreso if you are a woman in that same age group that has made bethel (or a bethelite), your goal like some I have known. Some chance this idea of being a prominent organizational mans wife......for decades with no success. talented,a ttractive, otherwise sane women doing this.

  I pioneered on and off, but getting my time kept my best focus away from conversion. I converted 7 or 8 people before I was even 35. Some are still JW's and I wonder all the time if I should be saying something. Some I have hooked up with as adults, and they woke up and left. They were SHOCKED to see me gone as well and we have reignited a friendship. They never blamed me.....which i always appreciated.

  One woman who was a bit of a mentor in the ministry to me in Sacramento I think at last count before she passed away had almost 180 people she studied with get baptized. She passed away several years ago now, but wow.
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  Doctors and surgeons say no to blood transfusions

  by Mr Negative in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  my mum recently told me that even surgeons won't have blood transfusions, but the common people don't get told this.

  i have also seen or heard others say that a bunch of doctors/health officials/surgeons were asked, at some point, if they would accept a blood transfusion and they all said no.

  is this true?

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  This is always a red herring thrown by JW's. Even if blood 30 years from now is considered "bad medicine", it does not justify decades of abuse of power in enforcing it through shunning.

  Someone used the example of Isreal being told to circumcise on a certain day, and lo and behold that just happens to be the day the body produces vitamin K, and can clot blood easier. So we may not understand why something is forbidden, but the reason could be supplied as medical advancement is made.

  My response? (Close lower jaw). Number 1, circumcision is not a requirement. It is up to each person to decide at this point. Second, how do you know the Isrealites (who were the only ones seemingly cutting off foreskins), didn't kill a bunch of their children, and figure out if they waited....they didn't bleed to death?

  Also, this is either a biblical issue, or a medical one. It can't be both. You are either refusing (wether it is good or bad for your health in any scenario), because you believe God has directed you to or not. No invasive procedure is "ideal". A person today affected by a tainted batch of blood, is a tragedy. But if 10,000 people benefited from that same procedure and it even saved some lives, do you stop because it has that .01% chance of doing harm or having someone reject it? I certianly hope that one day blood is not neccesary anymore to treat patients. Much of this could even be solved by allowing use of your own blood stored for later. I should have saved my childs cord blood for stem cells in the future.

  The point is that YOU should be able to make that decision, without the threat of displeasing God, or communal shunning over your head. THEN is becomes a medical decision, and you can make the one that is right for you and your family.

  Her response......crickets.
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  FuGK This Religion- Stop Ruining My Life!!!

  by wallievase in

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  2. friends

  i am sorry for the title but today just took the cake.

  after not going to the meetings since august and trying to sort through this with my family, my wife today told me she wants to separate because of our differences over being a witness or not.. this is ridiculous.

  so i said- how can you separate from me when the religion you whole heartedly believe says you can only separate for 3 reasons- abuse, willful non-support, or stopping her from her meeting attendance, etc.

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  I realize its hard, but keep your cool. Be the normal one. it will serve you well in dealing with the situation, AND with any possible legal separation proceedings if it gets to that.

  DOn't blow up, don't blame the religion out loud (except here), try to keep your head bud. I know its hard.

  Do you and your wife get along normally? A good marriage? How did you break it to her?

  Maybe we can help.