Village Idiot

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  What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist

  by flipper in

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  flipper again.

  personally my all time favorite song?

  stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.

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  Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. It resonated with my moody periods.

   

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ&feature=player_detailpage
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  Just talked to Witnesses at my door for Hour about Watchtower Child Abuse

  by flipper in

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  it happened again like in july when i talked to an elder and his wife about child abuse, but this time i got a hold of rank and file members who fortunately i was able to play like a fiddle as they had no idea what they were up against here.

  so brother middle age ex-hippie convert ( as he told me later ) and sister middle age hair in a bun offered me the awake on death or our view of death.

  i graciously accepted gaining their trust saying yes, i had close loved ones who had died over the years but didn't know if i believed in a resurrection or hereafter.

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  I'm surprised they lasted there for an hour and actually listened to you. Good for you, you were well prepared.
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  It hurts

  by Gorbatchov in

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  it hurts me a lot to see all the changes in wts community.

  (hypocrisy, jw.org, property investments).

  it hurts me so much, sometimes i want to stop following it.. maybe it's time to say goodbye to it all, protecting me for getting mad.. i have a nice family, wife, kids and everything i wish.

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  Gorby, Is your family 'in'. If so are any of them mentally out? Are you still going to the meetings?
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  I personally believe that some people are neurologically predisposed to believing in something, anything transcendent. The religion may be false but it is the product of men who want to understand the mysteries of the Cosmos - and fail.

  I believe that we should redirect that predisposition into more valid and useful pursuits like understanding science and showing reverence to the (godless) Universe. The Universe is divine, it is sacred. It may not give a damn about us but it is all we have.

  As Carl Sagan once said, "We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself". He was a deeply spiritual man whose atheistic reverence for the Universe came out in his Cosmos series. Well worth the watch.

  I miss Carl Sagan. 

  PS: Thanks for the video Terry. 
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  The WT is making a broadway musical about a cart, no joke!

  by EndofMysteries in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm literally speechless on this.

  mixed between a big wth, rofl, dumbest thing ever made, and shock that wt actually made this and is taking it seriously!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxvnn04xd3u.

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  As soon as they get a dancing cart please let us know.
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  The WT is making a broadway musical about a cart, no joke!

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm literally speechless on this.

  mixed between a big wth, rofl, dumbest thing ever made, and shock that wt actually made this and is taking it seriously!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxvnn04xd3u.

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  Hasn't this been posted before?
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  All things considered, when will THE JW religion end?

  by sowhatnow in

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  2. beliefs

  id give a guess of maybe another 15 to 20 years ,.

  nothing will be the same , if there even is a headquarters.. opinion?.

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  When or if they're gone will probably depend on the world situation in the future. Religion loves misery - it strengthens the faithful. I believe the world, and that includes the United States, is going to get worse in the decades to come and that will reinforce the Witnesses and similar religions.
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  I just had a thought about the new KH design

  by JeffT in

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  i've been trying to figure out the purpose of the new (bland, commercial style) building that the gb is pushing.

  it is not a design that attracts attention, nor does it offer a lot in future resale value.

  it will be more difficult to build than the wood residential style buildings, meaning they can't use their cheap unskilled labor force for a lot of the work.

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  Jonathan Drake: "So how many of the rank and file are they willing to lose? I don't know if they'd make that sacrifice..."

  I understand that upwards of 75% left during the Rutherford power struggles. It might actually be good for them to lose the 'weak' ones leaving only the diehards who will blindly obey any order.
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  All things considered, when will THE JW religion end?

  by sowhatnow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  id give a guess of maybe another 15 to 20 years ,.

  nothing will be the same , if there even is a headquarters.. opinion?.

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  I think that the Governing Body is making the changes that they are in order to perpetuate the religion. In my opinion they sensed that there was a general malaise in their members and hired a PR man to help them combat this. Everything new that they're doing probably comes from him/them. They're in the process of reinventing themselves and they may perhaps succeed.
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  Prank call to Governing Body member Anthony Morris III gets through

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  alert..............alert.....breaking news .......... john cedars of jwsurvey has pranked called governing body member anthony morris iii at bethel .

  over 2 minutes of pranking .

  as i type he is editing the recording into a video .

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  Priceless. I'm sure he's right about the Watchtower heightening its security. I wonder if it would be possible to pull the same prank twice.

  I'm glad he heard what John said about other Witnesses saying they saw the light after hearing him. Should be an encouragement.