Posts by lonelysheep

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Who Is The Most Beautiful Woman or Man In The World???

by minimus in

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pictures would be nice, too.

lonelysheep

Men:

Too many to choose, so here's just one of them-Orlando Bloom.

And women:

I'm always in awe over her beauty-Angelina Jolie.

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Tsunami appeal at the Kingdom Hall

by Geminal Amine in

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i was both perplexed and unsettled tonight at the hall.. the second last part of the service meeting, the brother started reading a report from hq regarding the tsunami and jw deaths.. indo, there were no jw's living there so no deaths ( other than possible holiday makers ).

phuket, there were no jw's living there so no deaths.

so and so a place, same as above.... some other place ( sorry for forgetting i was almost asleep ), 1 jw death as well as a few inactive jw deaths.. luckily it was then mentioned, all jw's ( except the 1 above plus inactive ) were at the meeting which was on high ground so they didnt die ( implying that being at the meeting saved them ), but their huts were completely distroyed.

lonelysheep

Oh yes, I saw that picture a few days ago. Really makes you see the reality of those who passed.

Warning: The picture shows dead bodies among the debris along the shoreline.

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How's this for an effective anti-Watchtower media campaign?

by nicolaou in

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bear with me, you'll soon see where this is going......... i was listening to radio 5 live (uk) this morning.

a chap was being interviewed about a campaign he has started in brighton to save his local football club and its ground - full story here.

what he and his friends have done is release a record!

lonelysheep

Hell, if Ashlee Simpson can sell records, I can't see why you guys can't!

Ain't that the truth! I write song lyrics in my spare (though minimal) time. nothing's been recorded since I know no one in the biz. But sounds like a good idea. I'm sure I could come up with something.

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What can they do if you are of the annointed?

by Unfettered in

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scenario: i've had an elder call me a couple times now over the last seven years.

our conversations have gone similar to the one below, but the one below is what i'm going to say this next time and see what happens:.

elder calls: brother xxx where have you been.

lonelysheep

LMAO over here!!

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I Got A Call From Uncle Sam The Other Day...

by Larry in

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i'm in the army reserves and i just got activated into full time service with the army.

as it stands now, i'm being deployed to "germany or belgium for at least a year.

" i wish all of your posters well and a happy new year.. peace - larry :) .

lonelysheep

I also hope you only have to stay there and no where else. Keep in touch while there.

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How to handle dubs [stupid lack of] reasoning

by AlmostAtheist in

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when i discussed birthdays with my ms father-in-law, i brought up how eye-makeup has pagan roots, is only mentioned twice in the bible, and both times it is associated with someone wicked guilty of murder.

in every way, it is identical to birthdays, yet it isn't condemned.

he said, "we're not talking about make-up, we're talking about birthdays.".

lonelysheep

That's where the brainwashing comes in and they answer with the responses you got, or they don't say anything at all and cry persecution. If they were allowed to let their brains take over and reason, they'd see the fallacies. I know it must've been frustrating! I hope their logical thinking kicks in one day.

Ballistic, thanks for posting the rings info...interesting.

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Please Welcome MomBObeesa..... a.k.a. Alexialynn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by lisaBObeesa in

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hi mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!

lonelysheep

Hello MomBObeesa!

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when did you stop believing?

by cherryblossomgirl in

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the light faded for me when i was twelve.

i asked my uncle what happened to all the people who couldn't be reached by the "truth" in far off lands, or little kids whose parents didn't believe...ect... "would they still die in armagedon?

" he answered yes, and from there on, whether it was bs or not, i couldn't believe.

lonelysheep

I stopped believing once I finished the knowledge book and started doing research for my bible study using the insight books....the topic was the ~~fabulous~~ great crowd and the (something) sheep. It was explained to me who was going to be destroyed in armegeddon, who was going to live, who would be teaching the resurrected ones about everything we'd learned and lived through, and what a so-called privaledge it was to be one of the baptized ones who hold jehovah's favor. It all seemed contradictory to what I was taught from reading the bible verses. But they taught those verses, applying it to what the society dictated to be true; whereas I read the verses and took them at face value (or the implication), which is opposite of what we were being taught from the brooklyn boys. I remember thinking who are they to say who will and won't be holding god's favor?! No one can read his mind so what gives them the right to even claim to?! That's part of where (I think) the higher-than-thou attitude came into play. In addition to the numerous cover ups of their beginnings. [I'm so glad I'm reading CoC now.]

After thinking it all through, (which I then realized I hadn't ever done without being in a wts haze of everything they say is golden), none of it made sense to me! I realized that they were no different than any of the 'worldly' churches I actually grew up to hate! Then the blood issue that inside, I was already trying so hard to convince myself of its truth, became what it really is: BS. After that, I went to only one more meeting, listened to the public talk on a sunday, and became totally turned off by what was being said. I realized that they really were controlling every last detail about my life. I felt so duped over the last 4 years, and got up to leave before it was over.

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