Posts by HappyDad

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What happened to Cruzenhart and Big Tex?

by faithnomore in

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i know of her father that committed suicide however i wasn't in the congregation at the time.

i know of people she spoke about here 15 years ago or so.

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HappyDad

I remember a lot of their posts when I joined here in 2004. Always enjoyed hearing what they had to say. Sadly, almost all the early "pioneers" of this forum in the early days are no longer posting. I too wonder about a lot of them.

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Can JW's celebrate Hannukah?

by Splash in

what's the official teaching on celebrating this jewish festival?.

HappyDad

The skeptic in me asks...........where the hell are you coming from? Were you ever a JW? If you were, you would know the answer to your own question. JW's are not allowed to celebrate anything other than their own memorial.

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Poisonous chicken

by zeb in

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friends

last night my wife prepared dinner.

chicken and veg.

as she was cooking the chicken it gave off the most vile smell.

HappyDad

You might want to check if the chicken was imported from China. They are notorious for tainted food.

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"we would never deliberately distort a quotation"

by ttdtt in

omg my head exploded!in this months broadcast - splian goes off on how much care the wt in making sure its facts are correct, and how they make sure their quotes are not taking from people who have a bad reputation or have an agenda.

and that the make sure its always in context!.

they are such liars!.

HappyDad

Maybe they have had to settle a few law suits with their past misquoting adventures. I don't remember the particular, but a few years , it was discussed here how one prominent scientist made it public about being misquoted in a JW publication. It might have been Isaac Azimov..

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Damon Wayans was apparently at 2017 Annual Meeting

by Richard_I in

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from this post on reddit.com/r/exjw, damon wayans was at the 2017 annual meeting.

the wayans were raised as jw's but i don't think any of them stated.. strange to see him here.

this is the same man who defended bill cosby from all the sex abuse allegations..

HappyDad

I'm so over celebrity JW's. Who really gives a shit about them? Live your life and be happy.

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The upcoming protest at Warwick on November 5th

by UnshackleTheChains in

hey all.. just saw this video about the upcoming protest at warwick on november 5th.

it looks like some momentum is building up to it.

but what i really want to know is will it have much impact?

HappyDad

Any protests against the WT is a waste of time. Nothing anyone does will matter at all. Been there....done that. Get on with your life and be happy.

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How Often Do You Come Here?

by minimus in

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friends

i regularly check in to see what's happening but i'm not here like i used to be.. are you here every day?

are you here as much as before?.

HappyDad

I'm not one to post much because I can't get the thoughts in my brain to my fingers to type, but I come to this forum at least 5 times a day to see what is going on. I kind of miss the ones who were here 10 to 13 years ago when I first signed in. People come and people go and it makes you wonder what happened and where are they in their life at this time. One in particular is Little Toe. He just disappeared like so many others. Myself..........I have totally mellowed out from what I was back then. It has taken years but now the JW think is mostly gone from my head.

Peace to all and especially to any I may have insulted in the past.

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Scientology Expose: Katie Holmes & Leah Remini are each the cover story for celebrity mags (People & in Touch)

by Faithful Witness in

side by side, on the grocery store magazine display, i saw two celebrity magazines with cover stories about scientology.

i purchased both.

i find it interesting, how similar this "church" is to the organization of the watchtower.. i thought i'd share some of the interesting quotes from the articles, which are both mostly about leah remini's new book, troublemaker: surviving hollywood and scientology.

HappyDad

I've been keeping up with Leah Remini from the beginning of her TV program. Since L. Ron Hubbard started all of this back in the early 1950's, I can't help think that he took JW doctrine and beliefs and twisted a lot of it to fashion his own religious cult.

Has anyone else noticed the similarities?

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