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  IM BACK (with pics of the new house)

  by Es in

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  hello all, internet literally connected in the new house bout 5 mins ago.. i have missed you all heaps....what have i missed out on?.

  here are a few pics of our new house.

  luv es.

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  Saoirse

  44 degrees? I guess that's about 110 Fahrenheit. Oh my God. It doesn't even get that hot in Florida. You poor thing.

  This is what a mailbox looks like over here.
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  IM BACK (with pics of the new house)

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello all, internet literally connected in the new house bout 5 mins ago.. i have missed you all heaps....what have i missed out on?.

  here are a few pics of our new house.

  luv es.

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  Saoirse

  Cute! I love the hardwood floors. I've always wanted wood floors, I'm so jealous.

  That's a very interesting mailbox. Is that standard down under?
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  JUST SO I NO HO CERTAN PEEPLE FEEL ABOUT GOVERNING BODY IF YOU DONT AGREE

  by Hellrider in

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  i pursonally think thei are very wrong!

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  Saoirse

  THA GUVERNING BODY IS RONG, RONG, RONG!!! THAY WIL BERN IN THE LAK OF FIRRE!!!!
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  WTS says that JW children are better educated

  by Lady Lee in

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  i can't find the quote for this but i remember being told that jw children were way ahead of their classmates when it came to reading and spelling.

  both my daughters knew how to read before they got to school.. i remember writing school reports and using the awake!

  for my research.

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  Saoirse

  I used to think that the JWs were better educated than everyone else, then I got an education.
  

  I found this in the 1/8/1970 Awake. It's basically a propaganda piece for the Theocratic Ministry school.

  Benefits Derived from the School

  Many are the benefits that you and your family will derive from attending this school. For example, the New York Times, September 28, 1969, called attention to the seriousness of the reading situation in the United States. It reported that, according to James E. Allen, Jr., the new United States Commissioner of Education, one-third of the schoolchildren in the United States read below their grade level. But does this situation exist among the Witnesses? No, it does not. Why not? Primarily because of the Bible-reading program of their Theocratic Ministry School. Thus a mother in Ottumwa, Iowa, told that her fourth-grade child had a second-grade reading ability until he took part in the Theocratic Ministry School’s Bible-reading program as carried out at home. Then within three months he advanced to fourth-grade reading ability, to the amazement of his schoolteacher.
  

  In the Theocratic Ministry School, in addition to learning to read well, students also learn to communicate clearly with others. Time and again its youthful students have been highly commended by their secular schoolteachers because of their ability to present interesting material in an effective manner. Thus a schoolteacher in the Caribbean island of Grenada asked a young Witness if he had ever heard his voice on a tape recorder. When the youth replied that he had not, the teacher asked him to do some talking. The youth gave a sermon on the subject "Life in God’s New Order." The teacher was visibly impressed. "You surprise me, young man! You speak so meaningfully and coherently for your age. You will make a good speaker in the future." The youth credited his ability to the training he received in the Theocratic Ministry School.

  Likewise testifying to the value of this school is the incident that took place in a Luzon town in the Philippines. There the school officials asked local religious leaders to supply a speaker for an anniversary program. They declined because of not having received notice far enough ahead of time to prepare properly. Finally, on the very day of the celebration the school officials decided to ask the Witnesses to supply a speaker, and a young Witness minister responded. As the program had already begun, he at once changed from his work clothes and accompanied them. He spoke for forty minutes on the subject "Meeting the Problems of Today’s Youth." Later, when the main guest speaker, the chief school official of the entire province, got up to speak, he complimented the young Witness and said: "If I gave the speech I had prepared I would only be repeating what this young man said, and I would probably not do as well."

  The wondering school faculty later asked how this Witness, an ordinary workingman, could speak so well before a distinguished audience. Yes, it was because of his attending the Theocratic Ministry School at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. As the apostles had learned from Jesus, he had learned at this school.—Acts 4:13.
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  Strangest Local Needs?!?!?!?!

  by thepackage in

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  what was the starngest local needs topic you ever heard???

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  Saoirse

  Maybe the reason for all the bathroom talks is that the brothers are diligently following the scripture in Deuteronomy 23:14

  

  Deuteronomy 23:14'For Yahweh your God moves about the camp to protect you and put your enemies at your mercy.

  Yahweh must not see anything indecent there or he will desert you.'
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  Need Advice Regarding Maryland Pedophile Ex-Elder

  by Saoirse in

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  2. child-abuse

  i heard some disturbing news and i'm not sure what to do about it.. there was man who was an elder in the pasadena, maryland congregation for many years.

  i'll call him "randy pervamini".

  there were always whispers going around about him that he was secretly gay.

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  Saoirse

  Silent lambs website has a "pin point a paedophile" page

  I just pinpointed him on the Silent Lambs website - Thanks slugga

  Kimberlee, I'll be sending you an email. Thanks, for letting me know that you had a file.

  I'll go ahead and telephone the police too. I figure it can't hurt.
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  Richie: Taken in the Back...

  by RichieRich in

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  if you haven't already, please read the thread richie's elders: deaf?

  dumb?

  if you haven't read it, you won't get the following.. so last wednsday night, after the fine spiritual feast prepared by the governing body and delivered by their "spirit appointed" waiters, i was approached by an one of the brothers who served on my judicial committee.

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  He then says that he and the elder body are proud of me, and the way with which I handle myself, and how readily I accept counsel

  Let's hear for their "Holy- Spirit appointment". (no offense to you - you're great, but they have blinders on)

  I didn't realize college was under a "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Ridiculous.
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  JWs on MySpace are Freaking Out

  by Saoirse in

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  the dubs are freaking out and listing every potential apostate on myspace.

  i even got mentioned even though i have never posted or joined a jw group.

  bunch of stalkers.

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  Saoirse

  According to his myspace profile he is a Psychotherapist .

  That's disturbing. Suppose an ex-JW went to him for counseling - he might tell them to go back to the hall!
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  Quotes from "Clothe Yoursleves With The New Personality" Assembly

  by Inquisitor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "i use my time wisely by not spending it with my worldly friends..." and so you chose to spend it with people who devised rules that shut up their female members (with the exception of elders' wives who are skilled manipulators of men and power), ban moustaches and beards (for men too) and frown on higher education.

  wise indeed!.

  "we cannot find such joy (construction of new kingdom halls) in the jobs that we do in the world..." never had a fat paycheck waved in your face, have you?.

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  Saoirse

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  Have you ever heard of the Law of Proximity? This law says that if two elements should lie next to one another e.g. a bar of gold and a bar of silver, the two elements would mix, rubbing off one into the other

  I worked in the chemistry field for 6 years and I never heard this. My husband is a chemical engineer and he says that's rubbish. I even went through all of our chemistry textbooks and there is no mention of this theory. Once again, the JWs are spewing crap.

  The speaker establish his "credentials" as chemistry expert early in his talk by explaining how many elements in the periodic table, how many discovered, how many we need to consume to survive.

  His "credentials" means nothing. I learned about the periodic table as a 12 year old in the 7th grade. This guy is a tool.

  Please give me his name and address so I can write him a nasty letter.
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  JWs on MySpace are Freaking Out

  by Saoirse in

  1. jw
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  the dubs are freaking out and listing every potential apostate on myspace.

  i even got mentioned even though i have never posted or joined a jw group.

  bunch of stalkers.

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  Saoirse

  I sent him a massage.

  Ha! I didn't even notice that. I wish someone would send me one too.

  I liked this little gem:

  I did complane to the monitor

  Why am I picturing some deranged woman having a conversation about apostates with her computer monitor?