Posts by rebel8

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Anyone Seen This

by lambsbottom in

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691254/how-jehovahs-witnesses-got-street-smart-believers-swap-infamous-doorstepping-standing-outside-train-stations-shops.html.

it's a practice that's been the butt of jokes for decades: a pair of jehovah's witnesses turning up suited and booted on your doorstep.. but the days of the 140-year-old religious order's members trudging door-to-door in the rain could soon be numbered.. thousands have switched tactics to stand on street corners in more than a dozen cities across britain - and unusually for public preachers, they are staying almost completely silent.. leaders believe it is a better tactic in modern britain, where people do not like being approached directly and prefer browsing as if in a shop.. three years after the same tactic was introduced in new york, witnesses have been standing on pavements in at least 13 cities across britain and handing out tens of thousands of magazines.. unlike other evangelical preachers, they do not shout or call attention to themselves - instead standing in near-silence until someone approaches them.. 'i guess that's just not our style,' said mark o'malley, a spokesman for the jehovah's witnesses at their london headquarters.. 'we have used inventive approaches down the years.

we used "sound cars" in the 1930s which would relay lectures in the street from megaphones on the roof.. 'radio was used a lot later on and our members wore placards and sandwich boards.

rebel8

I saw one of those booths on library property recently. I consulted with an attorney from FFRF.org who confirmed it is legal in the US to use gov't property in that fashion unless certain groups are being favored over others.

My library's policy is to permit groups with differing views to promote free exchange of ideas and freedom of speech. I am considering writing to my library board with quotes from the litteratrash that restrict freethinking and freedom of speech.

I do not like religious groups using government property. I feel it violates my legal right to freedom from religion. Unfortunately, it's a feeling, not a fact, that such property usage violates my legal rights.

Perhaps other jurisdictions would have more luck than I did.

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Did you see me at Montreal, Blue Bonnets, in the 1970's? I was after your daughter

by Quarterback in

jw
friends

oh the foolishness of youth.

there i was assigned to parking at the district assembly in montreal.

i was single, and in the full-time service.

rebel8

That was me, and I kept going because you were wearing that blue bonnet.

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Is there a copy of any of the current GB's passports, vowing allegiance to the constitution of the USA?

by LogCon in

does the usa still require the oath of allegiance?.

have any of the current gb made such an oath?.

where or how would i find a copy?.

rebel8

Have you tried Google to see what is required for getting a passport now and if there's an option for religious objection?

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Banner seen at convention in Miami

by Indian Larry in

comments?.

[img]http://i59.tinypic.com/dfx6y9.jpg[/img].

rebel8

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Breaking News: Five White NYPD Officers neck choke an African American Guy for breaking up a fight

by Scott77 in

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ae_1405660548.

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rebel8

losingit, what is the time stamp when CPR was indicated? I'm not seeing it. Thanks.

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Been over this one before? By the voice behind him, John of Patmos directed to write...

by kepler in

someone in my family many years back was pursued very intensely by jws in her neighborhood to become one of the pack.

two or three jws would meet with her each week and they would discuss the bible, with which she was well versed, and also some of their supplementary commentary material of a high ratio of drag to lift.

she became more and more enthusiastic about the bible, but did notice significant discrepancies between the text and the study material.

rebel8

Putting aside the fact that the bible is bunk, why would this question stump them? I don't get it. It could mean something like:

"Write down in a book all that you see, and send it to the seven congregations of [Pennsylvania] Eaton, Scranton, Pittsburgh, Thornbury, Sadsbury, Philadelphia, and Lancaster..."

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The Deepak Chopra Random Quote Generator

by cofty in

this computer program generates random quotes that sound just like actual chopra woo woo.... what gem do you get to guide you through life today?.

i got .... "death fascinates the progressive expansion of excellence"something to think about!.

rebel8

AWESOME. Thanks for sharing this.

Quantum physics projects onto the door of reality

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When did the line become so blur? Convention souvenirs & JW.org

by fredPotato in

i am pretty sure it has been discussed before here, but i just wanted to express how repulsive it is to me to see all that jw.org worship.. after looking at this picture, can you tell me where the jws are heading to?.

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it makes me want to vomit.. cheers..

rebel8

Ok, I'm just gonna say it. Why is this upsetting?

I'm kinda shocked that people are repulsed by what the Borg calls "idolatry" but is really just mainstream religion (and life, for that matter--we use objects to represent all sorts of ideas about ourselves and the world).

The Borg taught us Catholics and others who use objects in their faiths is repulsive--did you independently form that belief after leaving the Borg, is it a leftover, or what? I'm honestly curious.

Surely it's not the hypocrisy that prompts such a word as "repulsive"? They've done other hypocritical things in the past that caused death and torture.

Interesting news though.

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When did the line become so blur? Convention souvenirs & JW.org

by fredPotato in

i am pretty sure it has been discussed before here, but i just wanted to express how repulsive it is to me to see all that jw.org worship.. after looking at this picture, can you tell me where the jws are heading to?.

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it makes me want to vomit.. cheers..

rebel8

You mean they're headed towards being a mainstream religion?

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What was the Overall reaction from the world media ,to the Awake article ,may 22nd 1994 regarding "Youths Who Died Refusing Blood".

by smiddy in

i , and my wife had probably left about 12 months prior to this magazine coming out , and i never at that time had any knowledge of it till many years later when i joined this site.. when i did see it , i was appalled that they could put out such an article , in a magazine they would distribute throughout the world .. to me it smacked of child abuse .

these were kids , who had no life experiences , who were far too young to make life or death choices of their own , were influenced by religous leaders who had their own agenda , and sadly by family , relatives and freinds who were indoctrinated by a man made religion that has its roots in america in the late 1800`s .. so my question is , did this episode of child abuse go under the radar of mainstream media ?

did it escape child protection agencies of the time ?.

rebel8

I was already out by then and had that ragazine handed to me in a completely lame attempt to remind me of the wonderful sacrifice I had made in order to spark my dead faith.

As you can imagine, I felt sick and outrage instead of "ooooh, I wanna be one of those dead children...lemme come back right away..." (I mean, WTH kind of incentive is that?)

In the 70s and 80s there was little action on the part of Child Protective Services and its mandated reporters in regards to medical neglect for religious reasons, in my neck of the woods. That started to change in the late 90s or after. 1994, can't say.

That doesn't exactly answer your question, but that's all I got.