Village Idiot

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  Shock belt to control defendant?

  by little_Socrates in

  1. social
  2. current

  skeen also ordered a shock device be placed on calvert for security reasons because of his unpredictable behavior, legal officials said.

  on sept. 15, when calvert did not stand up at the judge's request, skeen had an electric shock administered on the defendant that caused him to twist in pain before the jury, local tv broadcaster kltv reported.. .

  http://news.yahoo.com/questions-raised-shock-belt-used-texas-murder-trial-112021293.html.

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  Why would the judge have control over the shock belt? I would imagine that it was the bailiff who would be in charge of security.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  Saintbertholdt:

  
  

  "The one thing that still sticks with me that the Watchtower organization gave me is a vision of paradise. I think that is where humanity should be heading."

  
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  Large Increase in Trolley Witnessing

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when the org implements its bethelite "genocide" and demotes many members of the "worldwide order of special full-time servants of jehovahs witnesses" into lowly regular pioneers, many more trollies will have to be found in order for such ones to rack up their required monthly hours.. how many are actually going to be shocked by this into waking up?

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  fulano de tal:

  "Can't they Selling something on the side on their trollies? Like coffee tea, sandwiches? Counting time and making money!"

  Puhhhhhhleeese don't give them any ideas that'll make them more effective!
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  How Much Does It Cost To Produce One Watchtower Magazine?

  by The Governor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone i had a quick question to ask.

  does anyone know how much it cost to produce a watchtower magazine?

  also does anyone know how much each watchtower magazine is worth?

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  Why zombies?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just saw ww-v with brad pitt the other night (i know i am behind the times, still trying to catch up on movies i missed the last 30 years) and it struck me- why are we always fighting zombies?

  is it just easier to justify the carnage?

  it seems to me, that the most horrific carnage seems to be neighbor-vs-neighbor.

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  Doomsday movies in general - not just zombie ones - have captivated the hearts of many. Many secretly wish for an under populated world. Combine that with an action plot and you've got the perfect combo.
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  Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my thoughts are.

  1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

  i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

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  They made a mistake when they lumped the book study to the service meeting. It must have been a burden to prepare for three segments in one meeting. I think they're just streamlining the meeting as well as making it shorter.
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  How do we know the WTS monitors this site? Can anyone tell me for sure?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i keep hearing this in threads.....

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  To all of those who give credit to apostate ideas on anti-JW sites for changing Watchtower doctrines please keep in mind that our ideas are not as original as our egos (including mine) might think. There are probably thousands of ex and still-in JWs who, without any collusion, come out with the same ideas.

  I myself came up with the idea that the Watchtower magazine should be trimmed down to a monthly issue - 35 years ago.
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  Does anybody know how to access the wikipedia library of old WT publications? It's a special access.

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any help would be really appreciated.

  their library contains wt publications that go back to 1880's.

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  Fading Truth: "Also, pm'd you a website that has a lot of older publications in PDF form."

  Can you give us a link to that website?
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  Who Really is ..... The Blood Washed Multitude (Great Crowd) ?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for jw's the issue has never been who the faithful and wise servant (f&ds) was.

  that is just misdirection and sleight of hand.

  it is plain from the context that this was obviously a rhetorical question meant for self introspection.

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  Perry: "The New Testament is the world's best selling book by far."

  Most people who own a Bible don't read hardly any of it.
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  A simple explanation for the financial changes

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i've mentioned from time to time, i'm a retired accountant.

  i have tried many times to come up with some logical, sound business reason why the wtbs has made the big changes in its financial arrangements: taking the congregations savings, the monthly donations per congregation etc.

  i finally came up with the answer.. the leadership of the watchtower society is batshit crazy.

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  JeffT:

  "The leadership of the Watchtower Society is batshit crazy."

  They have been rational enough throughout the last 130 some years; why should they be crazy now?