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  Awake!: Caption Time!

  by Stephanus in

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  here's a typical awake!

  cover showing the sorts of problems we have that won't be solved until 99.999% of the population die at armageddon:.

  here's the cover with the text editted out to help you in your captioning quest:.

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  Worldly Women In Sexy Floral Print Skirts: FLEE FROM THEM!
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  Awake!: Caption Time!

  by Stephanus in

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  here's a typical awake!

  cover showing the sorts of problems we have that won't be solved until 99.999% of the population die at armageddon:.

  here's the cover with the text editted out to help you in your captioning quest:.

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  Man, these captions are hilarious...and who is making fun of rape here? Last time I checked, everyone was making fun of the horrible cover art for the Awake...
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  What would happen if there was a WTBTS Board

  by stillajwexelder in

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  what would happen if there was a wtbts board -- you know like this but instead of being run by simon but run by a bethel swat team -- you know jr brown, et al?

  would it be shut down ?

  would they refer the question to local elders .woulds they send a theocratic swat team around if there was criticism of the wtbts.

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  Here is an easy answer:

  All posters would be able to see all the information such as address, phone number, and picture of every other poster no matter what. If you didn't post after two days then someone would email you asking if you have been feeling alright. You would be required to post at 3 specific times a week (although they would say that you needed to meet 5 times) and all your posts would be screened by someone in the Service Committee in Brooklyn. If you posted something contrary to the moderators then you would be labelled a 'doubter' and subsequently banned (i.e. 'I think Christ might of been crucified on a cross' = ban)...

  You know, this could be a very fun topic :D.
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  Aren't Dub boards better left alone?

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  we all agree that the internet will free thousands of good-hearted people from the clutches of the watchtower.. i think the more jw discussion boards there are, the more jw's will get on the internet initially to use the boards then hopefully they will branch out and maybe the god of google will view them favourably and help them in their eye-opening.. so i think its a bit sad that witness world has closed its doors.

  i don't think its a good idea to infiltrate the jw sites if it means the administrators end up closing the site.. agree/disagree anyone???

  at least be thankful you get the chance to post on a question which hasn't been asked by bloody minimus!!

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  Is this the same board that just found out about the UN situation (and how it isn't just about a simple "library pass")? Well, shutting down the whole forum seems drastic just over a couple of infiltrators...
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  Speaking of MLK....

  by flower in

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  ok so i'm talking to my kid (4) today about martin luther king and the importance of the things that he believed in.

  he is in preschool and they also talked about mlk in school apparently which i think is great.

  i asked him what he learned about mlk and he said he that he was a 'special man because he cared about people and he said it didnt matter what they looked like'.

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  Czar, I have no intention of trying to shelter my son from reality but I just feel hes a little young

  Nah, I think 4 years old is a great age to talk about what guns are & the danger of them. Plus, you aren't going to be able to protect your child from other kids in Kindegarten who do look at cartoons on television with guns in them...besides, talking about guns isn't as nearly difficult as the sex talk will be...
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  What Did You Find To Be The Most Confusing Belief Of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  jehovah's witnesses certainly have some unique beliefs and some are very, very confusing.

  anything that you never quite understood?

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  It might sound funny...but it was beards that actually led to me really thinking that something was wrong. I grew up a Witness so I didn't find many things 'funny' such as birthdays, blood, and even the chronology stuff. But after awhile, I started wondering what sort of whackos find it wrong to just wear a beard...so I did some research....and here I am now.
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  The Dark Tower, a prison without bars

  by freeman in

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  three days ago i was chit-chatting with my wife about the impending cold weather and snowstorm forecasted to hit our area when the conversation unexpectedly turned a bit negative.

  she made the statement that they might cancel the meeting if the roads become too dangerous, i replied that they just might but really if she went to the meeting or not, the decision was up to her based on her best judgment.

  her retort was to the effect of not to tell her what to do and that she would go to the meeting if she wanted to.

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  We used to get one or two cancelled meetings a year up in NY due to snow (I lived in the country so it was a matter of safety). I usually was happy if it was the Sunday or Service Meeting but I actually liked going to the Book Study since it felt much more like just family getting together to study the bible (our book study groups usually weren't over 10 people and we were actually friends). Still, I mostly was happy if the meeting was cancelled.
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  This is just getting stupid

  by spiritwalker in

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  this a quote from cnn.com.

  in which they are talking about a new movie that is about the last ours of jesus christ ... .

  the movie, whose dialogue is in latin and aramaic, covers the final 12 hours in the life of jesus christ and has come under fire from some jewish groups who claim its story could foment anti-semitism by tying christ's death to jewish authorities.. .

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  Yea, it is getting weird with how people want to squash the valid historical fact that the Jewish Pharisees did plead for Christ to be killed. This isn't a valid excuse for anti-Semitism but it is unethical to try and whitewash/deny the facts of the matter...
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  BS that I have experienced in the Org..

  by Agent Smith in

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  a few years back i started reg.

  pioneering.

  a had a horrible start to the year with alot of stuff going wrong at work and was only able to preach some 40 hours in the first 4 months of the pioneering.

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  It shows the heartset of the organization in general...these men do not care if you are doing as much as spiritually possible but rather just want businesslike results...
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  What is the appeal of Watchtower Farm and Patterson?

  by Never Was in

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  a little background on me.

  i have never been a jw or had any desire to be one.

  i definitely have no desire to join.

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  I grew up in the territory of Watchtower Farms and both congregations I went to growing up had a number of farm brothers (most of the elders were Bethelites) so my impressions of Wallkill aren't as dire as most of yours. I saw the good (sorry, but it still seems a most efficient operation to me) and the bad (no freedom even for a JW, too much stress, and slave wages)...I still feel sadness at how people working there willingly put themselves into such a hard situation that does serious damage to their careers for life. Still, I didn't find it nearly as boring or monotoneous as some here but it did have way too many restrictions that had nothing to do with spirituality...then again, that is the modus operandi of the Society.