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  I'm now turned off by this site

  by purrpurr in

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  in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.

  in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.

  i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.

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  stan livedeath

  did purr purr ever come back ?
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  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

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  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

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  stan livedeath

  going back to the opening post---

  in the 2000s till 2015 i was a volunteer at the local heritage steam railway.

  As the steam railway played host to 1000's of visiting children every year ( familes, school parties, special events including santa claus ), all members of staff had to undergo a police check (DBS) as we were in close proximity to children. We were specifically instructed NOT to touch the children.

  I often wondered what would happen in such an emergency as post # 1
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  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

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  stan livedeath

  Just think of god as a figment of the imagination..then it all makes perfect sense and you can get on with living the rest of life.
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  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

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  stan livedeath

  
  
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  Moral responsibility.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

  please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

  a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

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  stan livedeath

  and the child's parent? All too often i see young mothers engrossed in their phone conversation oblivious to what their kids up to. The sperm donor is long gone.
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  How do you feel about Brexit?

  by SydBarrett in

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  the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.

  there are a lot of brits on this board.

  what are your thoughts on brexit?

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  stan livedeath

  surely one of the reasons for joining the EU in the first place--was to allow limitless cheap labour into the UK--thus keeping wages for the working masses low. Since leaving--wages have rapidly gone up. Whether thats a good thing--or not--is beyond me.
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  "Independent" Scotland joke!

  by BoogerMan in

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  humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

  try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

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  stan livedeath

  i think if there is another vote on the subject of Scottish independence--then the whole of the UK should be included in the vote.
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  How did you pass the time when the Kingdom Hall meetings became boring and repetitive/

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  another boring and repetitive ''watchtower study.

  '' all the articles are about the ''faithful and discreet slave.''.

  for whatever reason, you tolerate this for years.

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  stan livedeath

  i was watchtower reader one warm stuffy sunday afternoon. During one long question i nodded off--and nearly fell out of my chair.
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  What is "the UK’s LARGEST GROWING consumer goods sector?"

  by BoogerMan in

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  would you have guessed it's vaping?.

  apparently kids can buy vapes in the uk - with very little/zero deterrents for retailers.

  follow the money!.

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  stan livedeath

  I approve of vaping. It means i can see cloud of breath emitted from the lungs of user--so i can avoid it.
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  JW Marriages - Loophole in wedding vows

  by Finally-Free in

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  not being raised as a jw, i went to many church weddings, mostly in catholic churches.

  all the times i went to jw weddings i thought it unusual that they had their own vows, much different from the wedding vows used elsewhere.

  i remembered jws mentioning "divine temination" of marriages to me and thought the vows reflected that thought.

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  stan livedeath

  i once attended a JW wedding in my home congregation ( my dad wasnt there ). The authorised person wanted to see the -licence-? banns or whatever--?--but the couple had forgotten to do all that pre-nuptial formality. So the actual " tying the knot" couldnt proceed. But they went ahead with the rest of the speech--and we all attended the wedding reception--but the bride and groom each returned to their respective parents homes afterwards. The got a special licence and finalised their marriage a few days later.

  I dont know if they stayed together.