Posts by slimboyfat

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Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

by Sanchy in

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a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

slimboyfat

“Kingdom of Jesus Christ”? Where is that?

Kingdom of God, or kingdom of heaven, or just kingdom. I don’t recall “Kingdom of Jesus Christ”.

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just though i'd start a thread devoted to languages, dialects/sociolects and accents, with the idea being that posters can comment on any language, or dialect or accent of any language, on this thread.. any phrases, expressions or idioms that you find interesting are also welcome.

first, the subject of english accents came up on another thread.. the british isles have many different types of accent (although many of the dialects may be dying out), and if i start to take a closer look, i can't help but see 'patterns' .... in received pronunciation of standard english, the letter r is pronounced initially, between vowels, and after consonants, e.g.

red, arrow, break.

slimboyfat

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5994237225074688/american-accents-bette-midler-clinton-rick-fearon-strathclyde-morningside

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Ancestery.com— I Got My Results! Very Surprised

by minimus in

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so i got my results in on sunday and my bloodline is mostly from great britain and italy and greece!

not what i expected at all but it does explain my love of italian and greek foods.😎.

slimboyfat

Did you get the health and charateristics version that tells you have flappy ears and your pee smells of asparagus? You won’t develop Alzheimer’s but it’s not much comfort because a stroke will get you young anyway?

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Ancestery.com— I Got My Results! Very Surprised

by minimus in

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friends

so i got my results in on sunday and my bloodline is mostly from great britain and italy and greece!

not what i expected at all but it does explain my love of italian and greek foods.😎.

slimboyfat

It turns out you’re black!

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Morphs law

by _Morpheus in

regarding morphs laws and its simple expression: its a direct parallel to godwins law on internet debates.

goodwins law states:.

as an online discussion grows longer, the greater the probability of a comparison involving hitler approaches.

slimboyfat

This same suggestion was made some years ago, except I think the suggested name for the new law was slimboyfat’s law.

But Morph’s okay with me.

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1980s Brochure/magazine on demon possession?

by caves in

does anyone else remember a brochure/ magazine from the early 80s with stories of demon possessed individuals and spiritism ?

i dont think i saw it around very long.

it had a story about some lady having her head snapped around by a demon.

slimboyfat

I took out a loan to pay for an exorcism. If I don’t pay it back I get repossessed.

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1980s Brochure/magazine on demon possession?

by caves in

does anyone else remember a brochure/ magazine from the early 80s with stories of demon possessed individuals and spiritism ?

i dont think i saw it around very long.

it had a story about some lady having her head snapped around by a demon.

slimboyfat

Spirits of the Dead - Can they help you or harm you? Do they really exist?

PDF with revised cover here:

https://faithleaks.org/wiki/documents/d/dc/Sp-E_spirits_dead_2006.pdf

Original cover here:

https://picclick.co.uk/Watch-Tower-Spirits-of-the-Dead-Can-113018908594.html

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Branch Co-ordinators letter re the Australian Royal Commission

by stuckinarut2 in

this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!

wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .

slimboyfat

So this letter is genuine? I am surprised they would write in such a cavalier way, especially when they realise most things are leaked. Maybe Terry O’Brien was confident that this particular letter would not leak. But why? He is the short JW elder who kept annoying official by saying “sorry I am going to have to repeat myself here”, before repeatedly claiming that shunning is essentially voluntary/self-imposed, wasn’t he?

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Branch Co-ordinators letter re the Australian Royal Commission

by stuckinarut2 in

this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!

wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .

slimboyfat

I would come down on the side of saying this is a fake. Just because it reads so bizarrely and like an opponent of JWs would “want” them to speak. But who can say for sure?

It’s very concerning that convincing forgeries can be so easily produced these days. How are we ever to know what’s real. Not just WT leaks, but all media and news on all subjects. It’s very worrying when you really think about It.

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London Protest 2018

by josephus in

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well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

slimboyfat

For everyone that you might 'save' you will have strenghtend the resolve of hundreds of others as it will just confirm how bad apostates are.

I don’t agree. I think some JWs will look at the protesters and agree with much of what they say. For some it might even give them courage to stop supporting Watchtower: to know there are others who have left over matters of principle.

For other JWs it might be the prompt that sends them online to search for information about the issues.

People keep comparing these protests to the old “apostates” we used to see outside the conventions. But the old “apostates” I remember seeing were actually Christians with slogans such as “the Father and I are one”, and “you are saved by faith not works of righteousness”. These were people trying to convert JWs to other strict varieties of Christianity.

I think there is a world of difference between those old style apostates and these protestors who object to policies on abuse and the practice of shunning.