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  Was kidnap victim Sherri Papini a JW?

  by NikL in

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  sherri papini is that woman kidnapped in california and released on thanksgiving day making the news right now.. during one of the reports this morning on the today show there was a quick scene of an investigation going on at a kingdom hall.

  there was crime tape up and everything.

  credit goes to my wife for catching it.. i just wondered why the kingdom hall was a crime scene when she was abducted and released somewhere else?anybody else catch this?.

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  StarTrekAngel

  A while back there was a break in to a house next door to our KH. The police came with 5 min to the start of the midweek meeting to see if the cameras from the hall may have caught a glimpse of the perpetrators. The elders dropped everything and began retrieving videos with this exaggerated sense of duty in their faces.

  I imagine they would be just as eager if the police were seeking video of a child molestation at the KH. Maybe not. Probably tell the police we have to call New York for direction.
  
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  Changed Wording in February 2017 WT Article

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
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  the february 2017 wt had stated that the gb is "neither inspired nor infallible" and that it can make errors in doctrine.. the language of the online wt issue now says, “the governing body is neither inspired nor perfect.

  therefore, it can make mistakes when explaining the bible or directing the organization.”.

  why the change?

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  The word 'perfect' is easier to digest. Used a millions times and easily blends in with their thinking. Infallible is not 'WT speak'. Perhaps they now have a proofreader. Maybe they just like throwing in changes, new light. Maybe it is all planned ahead of time. Who knows?
  
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  A Change in Weather

  by compound complex in

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  continual rain, at long last, has ended another typically hot and dry summer, one that gave every appearance of extending far into a protracted indian summer.

  yet, october was unusually wet.

  this thanksgiving week promises daily rain.. an unforeseen sadness is creeping gradually, insidiously into the fabric of my life.

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  I have come to rescue you CC, to strengthen the fabric of your life. Take comfort knowing that the rain brings joy to special people and special things. Little girls smiling while rain gently strikes their upturned face. Would you begrudge this girl her happiness. No, no not you CC. Never would you take the sun to deprive this blessed child her rain. And ducks, what about ducks and little children. They love the rain.Would you be a carmudgeonly old coot and take away their happiness. No, no and again I say no not you. Your heart of gold would not go for it.
  
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  2 elders just came to my door. I smiled and told them no.

  by schnell in

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  not playing their game, as i've learned here.

  they came to my door to find me with a full beard and a nightmare before christmas hoody, playing a video game where the characters "do not act according to bible principles", and i happily answered the door.

  i simply smiled and told them no when they asked if i have a minute.

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  ' ... Don't act like an overly attached girlfriend...'

  I have never had an overly attached girlfriend. Must be hard to deal with. I didn't even have an overly attached wife. When things got a little rough she showed me the front door. [ That's why I recommend having an escape plan. Sleeping in a Toyota Corolla for a month gives you pain in places other people don't even have places.]

  ' ... I smiled and said no not right now, and they said to just let them know when I need some encouragement. They kinda hung their heads a little..'.

  Maybe you should have said, ' From the way you are hanging your heads you look like the ones that need some encouragement. Give me a call some time. Maybe I can help. Right now I have more important things to do. HAVE A GREAT DAY!'
  
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  IBM CEO Sends Letter to President-elect Donald Trump

  by Heaven in

  1. social
  2. current

  link to the letter.. has anyone ever heard or seen this happen before?

  for those of you who can't go to the site, here is the content: .

  ibm ceo ginni rometty's letter to the u.s. president-elect.

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  '...the company that for more than 105 years has believed that prosperity and progress can be achieved by unleashing the potential of all people...'

  Even the Nazi's. They are were people too.
  
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  IBM CEO Sends Letter to President-elect Donald Trump

  by Heaven in

  1. social
  2. current

  link to the letter.. has anyone ever heard or seen this happen before?

  for those of you who can't go to the site, here is the content: .

  ibm ceo ginni rometty's letter to the u.s. president-elect.

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  'IBM and the Holocaust' by Edwin Black

  Revealed how IBM was complicit in helping the Nazi's kill their victims in a more organized manner. Bravo for IBM, always coming up with solutions to customers problems. I wrote a letter to IBM a few years ago asking if they were prepared to or even would give thought to compensating victims whose suffering they profited from. Never got a reply.
  
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  11th hour...

  by zeb in

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  the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.

  age shall not weary them or the years condemn.. at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them..".

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  World War 1 - Canada declares war on Germany, to fight for the freedom of Canadian citizens, because Belgium is attacked. Belgium? Meanwhile Belgium is killing and maiming millions of innocent victims in the Congo, forcing them to rape their own land to fill the vaults of Leopold. Like Black Mamba would say "Belgium had it comin".
  
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  11th hour...

  by zeb in

  1. jw
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  the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.

  age shall not weary them or the years condemn.. at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them..".

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  ...You are forced to listen...

  Someone there twisting your arm? Must be painful. Brilliant argument.

  Hillary loves cofty!
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  11th hour...

  by zeb in

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  the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.

  age shall not weary them or the years condemn.. at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them..".

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  Esse quam videri

  Millions died so that people like Esse quam videri can enjoy the freedom to be an ignorant, ungrateful buffoon.

  
  The instigators, manipulators, the leader warlocks and leader witches that manipulate the sheeples, devastating whole generations of the young. The men slaughtered and maimed, the families traumatized for life. These manipulators never suffer. They don't even slink off to a dark and distant rat hole to hide in shame from the public. They strut around, chests out, proud of what they have done. They love people like cofty. 'You see' they say 'give them a special day, give them a flag to salute and a poppy to wear, they never figure out who really is to blame. We love them, the brainless masses. We get them to kill their brothers and brainwash them so they are angry at the ones who expose the truth. It's great. WE LOVE COFTY !'
  
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  Guys were you ever on security at the assembly K.H ? Tell us your funny story's

  by karter in

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  i was on security at an assembly and we were told not to let anyone no matter who they were in before 730 am .

  this bro who was always full of himself come along and wanted to be let in i said we were under strict instructions not to let anyone in before 730. he kept trying to talk me around and failed so he said " do you know who i am "?

  i said " yes a humble servent of jehovah just like the rest of us".

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  One night I spent 4 hours, from 8 to 12 midnight, sitting in a car with an old English brother. This was in Canada. Anyways, the whole night nothing happened, we just parked the car so we could see the grounds and entrance to the Assembly Hall. Reggie, the Englishman, spent the whole time talking about his high blood pressure and when he was in 'the service', 'When I was in the service, this...' and '...when I was in the service...' that. Hour after hour. At first I thought it didn't make any sense. Then he started talking about his .303 rifle and others in his regiment, and I am thinking, 'What kind of field service do they have in England?' Finally my 18 year old brain figures out, ' He's not talking about 'field service witnessing' , but he's talking about 'in the service' in the English army. After that I would listen to him at the Kingdom Hall talking to whoever, old sisters, brothers, kids, and he would always talk about 'when I was in the service.' Funny, they were always wondering what the h#ll he was talking about.