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  Ony J.W.'s could do this and not question what is going on

  by Sour Grapes in

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  at the meeting today several elders commented about the wonderful program that they attended yesterday on the new kingdom hall designs.

  they said that the new halls are going to be so beautiful with lots of windows and glass panels and that the lights will be kept on in the lobby 24/7 so that you can see into the hall at night and that thousands of these halls must be built.

  then five minutes later they are talking about how close the end is and that we will be meeting in basements in the near future.

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  George Orwell called it double-think in his book 1984. Just hold two opposing thoughts together at the same time and see no contradiction.
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  Oh the joy of freedom..... to be just me.

  by franticfran in

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  2. experiences

  finally after five years i have finally shut the door very firmly on the witnesses.

  i have had this "sister" calling for over the last six months clearly trying to reactivate me,but never mentioning the reason why me and my family left the forfar congregation two years ago.

  it was always any subject but the " elephant in the room" well today was the finale.

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  Now that was a quick fade.  

  Seriously now, good for you. We each have our own special way of severing our ties.
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  The scared little girl in the basement

  by brandnew in

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  im kinda mad, its hard to shake off the look of that little girls face...standing in someones basement, scared.. why the hiding?

  if these people werent in this basement, would they be killed?

  all them years of studying and being loyal, and its come to this.......being scared in a basement....all bad !

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  It's the Great Trib, plenty to be scared of. Aren't you scared just looking at her?
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  oh i love this, girls,

  by sowhatnow in

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  2. bible

  1st timothy 2 vs 14 .

  14 and adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

  oh, ok, so adam wasn't deceived by the woman, lol so hes so innocent?

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  Women should shut up in church: 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 

  Women should wear a head covering on their heads in church: 1 Corinthians 11:3-6.
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  WHY MONOTHEISM WINS the historical competition among gods and beliefs

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. bible

  among the hundreds (if not thousands) of competing religious beliefs, practices, rituals, and faiths in the developing years of early christianity--and arguably against all odds--christian monotheism won.

  for awhile, the thoroughly pagan roman empire became officially christianized.. why?.

  could it be a simple fact?.

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  TerryWalstrom: "SCARY THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Jehovah's Witnesses' extreme evangelizing and exclusions border on the pathological. Could this strategy be the sole reason such cults as JW's, Mormons, and the phobic Islam, are growing like weeds in an untended garden?"

  Terry, I haven't checked the stats lately but I believe that JWs are not really growing that much and their numbers are fudged.

  Mormons are growing but Islam is not so much growing - it has no evangelists - but radical Islam is growing within it's own not so radical ranks.

  If you want to see something real scary research the New Apostolic Reformation. That is a growing cult of hyper-charismatic Christians that has been growing enormously within ordinary Evangelical ranks. They were the ones that sponsored Rick Perry's "The Response". and have made inroads into Republican politics in general.
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  Stephen Fry on God: What would you say to him if he did exist?

  by Simon in

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  2. beliefs

  great answer to a stupid question - what would you say if you're wrong, if god does exist and you go to meet him when you die?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwnysqo.

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  I think he better be careful where he says that. There are blasphemy laws where you least expect them. Like Canada.  

  Other than that, I agree with him completely.
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

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  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  Simon: "I can't believe anyone ever opposes such a thing."

  This might seem hard to believe, given the present state of things, but there was a time, back in the 1980s, when the NRA was in favor of a background check. The situation was this, Liberals wanted a traditional background check - which in those days involved bureaucrats and filing cabinets - but the NRA wanted a computerized background check which involved computers which were relatively recent technology.

  The Liberal media actually opposed the computerized background check because they said it was too expensive. Back then computers up to the task would have had some expense but not enough to justify the Liberal position, especially in contrast to an archaic bureaucracy with paper records.

  I know this because I was there witnessing the issue unfold from both perspectives. 
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

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  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  I believe that the Swiss example is a good one to follow. Gun ownership is actually required for some. This is how it works.

  Every man of military age goes to boot camp and after training goes back home with his full auto rifle. Then he returns every so often for a week or so to practice army stuff.

  The logic behind this is that in an emergency an armory would be the first place that's taken thus they should have their rifle in hand, at his home. When he's no longer in service he gets to keep his rifle under condition that it would be permanently altered to be a semi-automatic instead of the army's full auto. Shooting for target practice is encouraged by the Swiss government so that the citizen soldier can maintain his skill.

  All other type of weaponry as well as non army gun owners are required to have an intensive background check before buying a weapon.

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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  What anyone who keeps a loaded automatic pistol nearby should do is to keep the gun unchambered and on safety. A child could easily take the safety off but will not be able to 'rack' the slide to chamber the weapon. That takes knowledge of firearms and some strength to do. Even then such a weapon, if it is not being kept in storage, should be in a man's pant pockets - unchambered not in a purse where she can be fumbling for the keys or something.

  It takes discipline and responsibility to own a weapon. I believe that couple should be ordered by the court to take gun safety classes while the firearm is held by the courts until their completion of the classes.  
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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  flipper: "If the grid goes down, there ain't gonna be NO communication from the WT..."

  Sure there will be communication, they'll just get creative like...