Posts by OrphanCrow

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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

by Bangalore in

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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

OrphanCrow

For $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of How to Escape From Jehovah's Witnesses. The text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

So let me get this straight

A person would write a one page story of "escaping an abusive belief system"

Yup, that should do it - one page will encapsulate that. Of course. 300 words on "how I escaped from a cult"

Sure. That sounds like a "back from school holidays" writing assignment

Then, they would send their one page story (along with 150 dollars) to somebody who will re-write that story. The person who re-writes that story will include one quote from the original one page story

Making noise and more noise

Noisy noisy noisy

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Kingdom Hall ... BURGER KING?

by sparky1 in

i live in a very rural part of the northeastern united states.

after 9 years of waiting, the local witnesses are getting their new kingdom hall.

it is being built on a back road next to a sandpit.

OrphanCrow

It is on threads like this that I really miss Outlaw

I just can't seem to find the right image. The best I can do is come up with the Separation of Church and State by Phillip Hamburger. Which is really quite boring and not at all funny

*to add:

maybe this one is better

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Hell Exists

by Poppy520 in

many people of all denominations are beginning to believe that hell does not exist - but the bible supports the claim that it does.

examine this verse, one under nkjv and the other nwt:.

nkjv - matthew 25:46, "and these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.".

OrphanCrow

The concept of "hell" did not come from Judaism.

The belief in hell was adopted from the Zoroastrian belief system. (They also had a little bit to do with the concept of 'satan'/devil)

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So is there any truth to more Northeast Ohio congregations being merged or dissolved?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

i know of some congregations and even circuits that have already met this fate recently.

are there any more to come for certain?.

OrphanCrow

And, which court case was it where the victim had such a hard time finding the JC/congregation records and not only that, difficulty in locating the elders who had sat in on the relevant JC that was being addressed in the court proceedings because the congregation no longer existed or had been merged? Something like that...

How convenient that "...it is happening all over the US and UK"

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Snooker debate has finally been settled...................

by The Fall Guy in

............by the most successful player to date, stephen hendry himself.. while commentating on the uk masters final last night, he said this;.

“if there's anyone in any sport displaying more genius at their sport than ronnie o'sullivan does at snooker, i've yet to see it.

best player i've ever seen!”.

OrphanCrow

NeveraJW, it is an apple and orange comparison - it isn't really the same.

Baseball players and golfers don't have to develop the fine motor skills that are required for snooker, which by itself is enhanced when a player has physical strength.

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Snooker debate has finally been settled...................

by The Fall Guy in

............by the most successful player to date, stephen hendry himself.. while commentating on the uk masters final last night, he said this;.

“if there's anyone in any sport displaying more genius at their sport than ronnie o'sullivan does at snooker, i've yet to see it.

best player i've ever seen!”.

OrphanCrow

Yes, neverajw, it is a sport. And a damned fine one.

Do you play? You have to be in pretty good physical shape to stay at the table for those long runs. In snooker, the physical preparation is critical.

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Snooker debate has finally been settled...................

by The Fall Guy in

............by the most successful player to date, stephen hendry himself.. while commentating on the uk masters final last night, he said this;.

“if there's anyone in any sport displaying more genius at their sport than ronnie o'sullivan does at snooker, i've yet to see it.

best player i've ever seen!”.

OrphanCrow

Rocket Ronnie!

Wow. Amazing player. Just f**king amazing.

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The Judge on Trial: Uncovering the Real J F Rutherford [Part 1]

by pomo6780 in

enough rhetoric for now, here is my promised first part to my series.. for the benefit of lurkers, i'm using mainly wt publications as my research to show this information isn't 'apostate'.

part 1: association with russell and the bible students.

i want to ask an honest question.

OrphanCrow

Morph: OC, dont be so judgmental! Pomo is going to REVEAL THINGS WE NEVER KNEW!!!!!!

Yeah, I guess I am a little bit harsh, aren't I?

I think I am just tired of wasting time wading through all the garbage and noise that has been generated about this damn cult. Much of the "new" material that is put out in cyberspace (and/or published in yet another book) is simply noise and "look at me!" attention seeking behavior that acts as a curtain to hide the real truth and real information and real knowledge.

Just because some nobody has an opinion doesn't mean that their opinion is valuable or even close to being accurate. And it doesn't mean that they should throw it out there to trip up people who are looking for good solid material to read about the history of this organization.

This kind of writing does far more harm than it does good.

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The Judge on Trial: Uncovering the Real J F Rutherford [Part 1]

by pomo6780 in

enough rhetoric for now, here is my promised first part to my series.. for the benefit of lurkers, i'm using mainly wt publications as my research to show this information isn't 'apostate'.

part 1: association with russell and the bible students.

i want to ask an honest question.

OrphanCrow

What is clear about all this information? Rutherford only joined the Society because his experience through higher education was essential for protecting the Society and its members.

Hyperbole and assumption. Inaccurate. You just pulled that one out of thin air.

Your writing is just noise with no substance.

The only substance you give this material (incomplete and chaotically presented) are your own personal opinions. And that isn't really substance.

Nothing of substance, nothing new, and full of inaccuracies because of your hyperbolic intervention into the material.

Color commentary that just wastes time and muddies up the good information that is out there about Joe and Chuck. Noise, noise and more noise. That is all you have offered with this material. Nothing new, nothing scandalous, nothing that can be labelled as "new".

Making noise. That is all you are doing.

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Heinrich Himmler and the Jehovah's Witnesses

by OrphanCrow in

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friends

this is a letter written in july 1944 by heinrich himmler, one of the most powerful men in nazi germany.. i have encountered quotes taken from this letter before but i have never read the letter in its entirety.

this is a translated copy from a russian website:.

http://www.k-istine.ru/sects/iegova_witness/iegova_witness_himmler-02.htm.

OrphanCrow

daysoffuturepassed: Very clever on how they want to cause division by giving land to the peasants and then make it a provision that they have to maintain the border.

All Himmler was doing was copying the Russian practice of managing Cossack estates. In Russia, that is how the North Caucasus and other regions came to be settled and tamed - the Tsar would give land to the Cossack clans in exchange for border security. That is something that had been going on in Russia for a few hundred years already.