Posts by rebel8

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JW signage in all caps

by little_Socrates in

has anybody else noticed all the jws signage is in all caps and ussually always in the same font?

it makes them look stupid and uneducated.

is this their attempt at creating a sense of unity?

Public defiance against blood transfusions. Will this guy be disfellowshipped?

by kneehighmiah in

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friends

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ashya-kings-father-says-hell-4256798.

we've been following this story.

how can someone openly defy the governing body and yet avoid being disfellowshipped?

This family has been a public relations nightmare for wts more than once now. Talking to the media, protesting in a bikini, YouTube, tangles with authorities, and now a tabloid. They're a major liability.

Even if they are privately reproved, we all know there will probably also be a special needs talk about bringing reproach upon Jehoopla by saying things to the media or on the Internet, and how people who do so should be marked and shunned, thus achieving the same affect as DA/DF.

I hope they do what's right for their kid, beyond just blood. It sounds like they do not understand evidence-based medicine and think they know more than the evidence. This child is already suffering--such a shame he has to suffer more with all this unnecessary stress. I wish for them that they just take the recommended treatment, supported by evidence, and fade into the background.

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Ashya King's mother in the newspaper before

by blondie in

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friends

parent of brain tumour boy ashya king hit the headlines when living in milton keynes.

the now-famous mum of brain tumour boy ashya king hit the headlines here in milton keynes when she was pregnant with him, the citizen can exclusively reveal.. determined nagmeh king donned a placard over her six- month bump and paraded the streets in a bikini during a battle with a private school five years ago.. she and her husband, who braved arrest to get the right treatment for ashya, lived next door to the grove independent school on redland drive, loughton, for several years, and were prominent members of the citys jehovahs witness community.. a war of words involving lawyers, council official and even police erupted when the school chopped down a boundary hedge, which the kings insisted was theirs.. the row had rumbled on for five years without any resolution until 2009, when then-mum-of-five mrs king took matters into her own hands.. i have walked outside the school with my placards between 8am and 9am every morning, she told the citizen at the time.. im not protesting im just spreading the word as a jehovahs witness should.. other parents complained as she mounted one protest dressed only in her underwear.

but mrs king insisted she was wearing a bikini.. its not shameful or wrong to wear a bikini when youre pregnant, she said.. a neighbour said: it is a crazy sight a half naked pregnant woman protesting outside a private school.. the kings, who described themselves as missionaries at the time, became even angrier when they replaced the hedge with a fence and the school removed it, saying it was on their land.. the family was accused of dumping rotting rubbish on the disputed boundary line, hanging washing outside the window of school head deborah berkin, and playing loud music during school hours.. milton keynes council confirmed it had been called out several times by the school over dumping, while environmental health officials were monitoring the music levels.. mrs king vowed she would continue to fight, saying: the school had no right to take away our privacy.. three months later little ashya was born.. today jehovahs witnesses across the city are remembering the family fondly and praying for ashyas treatment to be a success.. meanwhile neighbours who once watched mrs kings bikini protests are full of admiration for her courage in defying the nhs.. one said: she is a woman not scared of doing battle.

rebel8

I remember that news story about the pregnant woman in a bikini. Sounds a bit unlatched in context.

I wish these people would get their child the proper medical care ASAP.

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The insensitivity and opportunistic nature of witness at the 9/11 site !

by stuckinarut2 in

i saw an online post with pictures of all the witnessing carts all around the 9/11 site during the anniversary of the tragedy.... im appalled at how opportunistic they are, and how they prey on people in a mourning and vulnerable state!.

apparantly they boast of: "there are 65 carts, with 200 witnesses manning the area... and so far 15 new studies started!".

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rebel8

ctrwtf, according to what I read, that museum is run by a nonprofit organization?

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The insensitivity and opportunistic nature of witness at the 9/11 site !

by stuckinarut2 in

i saw an online post with pictures of all the witnessing carts all around the 9/11 site during the anniversary of the tragedy.... im appalled at how opportunistic they are, and how they prey on people in a mourning and vulnerable state!.

apparantly they boast of: "there are 65 carts, with 200 witnesses manning the area... and so far 15 new studies started!".

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rebel8

"Give the people something better to remember."

What could that be...hmm...ooh..I've got it! Let's remember that Bethel locked their gates during the attacks rather than being a place of refuge for people seeking safety. The House of God locked its doors when its neighbors needed basic safety.

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The insensitivity and opportunistic nature of witness at the 9/11 site !

by stuckinarut2 in

i saw an online post with pictures of all the witnessing carts all around the 9/11 site during the anniversary of the tragedy.... im appalled at how opportunistic they are, and how they prey on people in a mourning and vulnerable state!.

apparantly they boast of: "there are 65 carts, with 200 witnesses manning the area... and so far 15 new studies started!".

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rebel8

On the 1-yr anniversary, some evangelical group was there putting stickers on people's chests w/o asking. There was a group of foreign tourists taking pics, smiling broadly with the hole in the background, as if it was Niagara Falls.

Lots of people are totally tasteless, I guess. dubs are certainly not nicer than the rest of humanity, as they claim.

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Baptized in a WBT$ Bible?!..2014 WBT$ JW Convention..South Korea..

by OUTLAW in

.. .........................if you`ve ever wanted to get baptized in a wbt$ bible... ...............................................just like jesus did!!...

................the 2014 south korean wbt$ jw convention was the place to do it... .

.. how would you feel about getting baptised in a wbt$ bible?!...

rebel8

IMO this is the most hilarious thing since the masturbation video. It's just cracking me up. A Bible with a pool inside. Is it just me?

It's like a theme park is developing inside an assembly hall.

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US Air Force to Atheist: Say God in oath or dont re-enlist

by Dis-Member in

an atheist airman is being denied the ability to re-enlist in the us air force because he refuses to use the word god in his oath of office, according to the american humanist association (aha).. the unnamed member of the air force refused to take the oath containing so help me god, wanting a secular affirmation instead.

so he crossed out the phrase on his contract.

the airman was told by his superiors that he must swear to god or leave the air force, the aha said in a press release.

rebel8

I'm grateful that many ladies picked their battles and won me the right to vote.

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Working for JW's

by idiotnomore in

just interested in experiences any of you have had working for other witnesses or companies owned by witnesses.

i heard mutterings occassionally from other witnesses they would never work for another witness.

regardless of anything i said, the owner was adamant in his refusal to believe i had ever done anything more than being a delivery driver.

rebel8

A very long time ago, yes. I got hired to be in sales and run the office. They asked me if I was dfd in the interview and said point blank they would not hire me if I was.

They weren't paying me the commission I earned--kept saying they would once they got caught up on their bills--so I was totally poor. I won a bunch of food from a vendor in a contest--I won it, not their company. The owner's daughter called the vendor to change the delivery date to my day off. I called the vendor to let them know the delivery didn't show up and they told me what happened. I confronted the owner (Elder) and he said they had a get-together and fed it all to their jw friends--he felt NO responsibility to compensate me at all.

Once I went on a business breakfast, in a restaurant, with a male vendor rep and the owners said I was not to be unchaperoned again like that or I would be fired.

They were HORRIBLE at running their business and it was near closing. So of course they hired a guy who had no skills to be a helper for me. And then they laid me off and kept him. He was a jw. They told me to come in and work for free while receiving Unemployment. I was really young and didn't know I wasn't supposed to, so I did it a few days and then didn't qualify for Unemployment for those days. Screwed again. (Employers are supposed to know this.) That food would have come in handy.

Never paid me the commission they owed me.

I think they went belly up.

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Baptized in a WBT$ Bible?!..2014 WBT$ JW Convention..South Korea..

by OUTLAW in

.. .........................if you`ve ever wanted to get baptized in a wbt$ bible... ...............................................just like jesus did!!...

................the 2014 south korean wbt$ jw convention was the place to do it... .

.. how would you feel about getting baptised in a wbt$ bible?!...

rebel8

I wonder if little kids get baptized in shallow pools shaped like Awake! magazines.

Brothers and sisters participating in the Baptismal Donation Arrangement by PayPal auto-pay at a level of $30 per month will receive the Deluxe Package, which includes:

Baptism on the Bible page of your choice (Greek Scriptures $10 extra)
Free JW.org app
One "get out of field service this month without a shepherding call" pass
Exclusive use of a warmed Egyptian cotton towel, bathrobe and flip flops as you exit the pool
Souvenier photo of you with the baptismal talk speaker (selfie for Facebook $10 extra)
Copy of the convention's new publication release, autographed by the entire cast of the drama
Orthotics for those long days in field service and trolling around the concrete convention halls looking for a mate
Lilies of Soloman TM corsage or boutonniere
Tower of Babel TM app to translate your fs pitch into any language
Commemorative JW.org canvas bookbag, monogrammed with your initials, the convention location and date
Option of showing 2 inches of extra thigh in your swimsuit without being policed by the attendants
An extra round of golf claps when you're dunked
Deluxe boxed lunch which includes mystery meat hoagie, chips with extra salt, your choice of Shasta (warm), frozen cheese danish, frozen pudding, and a bag of fruit