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  CAH closing down in upstate NY

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet another circuit assembly hall is going to be sold off!.

  they've been reducing the amount of congregations assigned to meet there and using the times when it isn't in use to make repairs.

  elders have now been informed that they are selling off the property and buildings and that circuits would be assigned to attend other sites, twice as far, three or four hours away, like montreal.

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  rebel8

  I helped build that one.

  What a waste of resources. They should renovate old buildings if they want to do a good thing for communities, and get positive press.
  
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  Since man is unable to create life does this mean

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does this mean possible a creator did or does exist.

  there is plenty of evidence of a slow evolutionary changes over millions of years and i do not disagree with this.

  but again that fact that mankind can not create a living creature from scratch mean there must be a creator?

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  rebel8

  Humans have created life though, right? Cloning, test tube babies?
  
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  rebel8

  Me personally, I would contact the employer to let him/her know an employee is preaching while on duty. Holding cultists to rules/policies is a good strategy.
  
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  Freedom of speech can only guarantee an audience of one

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. social
  2. family

  in my house i feel that freedom of speech is important but it can only guarantee an audience of one.

  i know women need to vent and i try to give them as much space as possible without interjecting any judgement on the validity of what is been vented in other words i give space for these events as best i could and try to listen with an open mind because there truely is a message there some where but i admit i'm a dense male to the female of our species.

  but i tend to shy away from over venting and cringe at being subjected to them and so while a person has the right to free speech in my house they don't have the right to an audience of more than one.

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  Venting is not related to gender.
  
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  rebel8

  I wonder how his employer would feel about this.
  
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  Anti-JW billboard going up in Texas

  by sunny23 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the first ever billboard has been crowd funded on reddit and will be going up.

  i'm curious to know if it will cause a spark in any jw's who already have questions or doubts and lead them to research into the child abuse cases and lead them to the thought that the wt and gb are not inspired or gods mouthpiece.

  at the very least it will provide people a topic of conversation and questions to the jw's who knock on their door: "so whats this whole sex abuse in kingdom halls thing about i saw on the billboard down the road?

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  Why would non-JWs be interested? It targets a very, very small group
  

  Right. Either...

  ...this billboard is directly next to a KH and was targeted specifically at the dubs who would see it on their way in (who travel from that direction on the road)...OR...

  ...it would have been better to consult with a marketing professional first. Billboards reach the general public. They don't know what a KH and elders are and since the message says "your KH", it's not a message directed at them anyway. People ignore ads not directed at them personally, like I ignore ads about prostates and baby diapers.

  For the general public, the messaging should be cult prevention, which could easily be done with a similar tagline like, "Is a cult recruiter knocking on your door?"
  
  

  I'd rather see public awareness change.
  

  Me too--too bad this message doesn't really accomplish that. :(

  Boldness, willingness to follow through, creativity and ability to get needed financial support are all skills this individual obviously has and are needed for a successful project. Unfortunately marketing knowledge may be missing (again, unless it's reaching specific JWs who see this particular billboard on the side of the road they travel on).
  
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  Should a Submissive Wife be Allowed Behind the Wheel of a Car?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  driving does require a high degree of control after all, don't you agree?.

  http://www.maniacworld.com/women-dont-drive.html?fb_action_ids=10152683493111143&fb_action_types=og.comments.

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  No. Women cannot control themselves; sometimes we cannot even hold back from falling all over the brothers and causing them to commit fornication with us. Just like Eve, we're temptresses with no self control.

  Next, our brains are smaller than men's and therefore we're dumber.

  Also, women's menstrual periods bring on hormonal fluctuations that cause us to be unable to make rational decisions or take on the burden of leadership. Imagine a woman having to make a split second choice between hitting the brake or ramming into a toddler who ran out into the road, or having to take the lead by going first at an intersection with a stop sign? The burden would be too much.

  These are all true facts printed in wts publications.
  
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  Regarding the Nepal earthquake

  by Syme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over 6,100 dead in nepal until now.. a huge disaster, a terrible tragedy, and in front of that, the average j-dub will have in his mouth the "earthquakes from place to place will happen" prophecy.. a tragedy of that size happens, and what do jws do?

  they almost rejoice, because in their mind it "fulfills" bible prophecy, and on top of that, they can't wait to see what positive impact on the preaching work that disaster is going to have.. remember that famous photo-of-the-year, where a vulture waits for that starved african boy to die, so that it can eat the body?

  that's the case here.

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  Graph: Severity and frequency of worldwide earthquakes with 1,000 or more deaths since the year 1900 with forecast based upon trend

  eBook (PDF): $0.00
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  How hard is it to attend a congregation outside of the territory where you live? Consequences for doing so.

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need to change congregation but stay living in the same place.

  any experience with this.

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  I got talked to about this. That was decades ago, but it was made into a big deal. You're supposed to be bonding with your hall mates so you can hide together from the Gestapo during the GT, Satan will try to distract you because you'll have less accountability for attending meetings and fs, etc.
  
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  A Toast to Windchimes

  by DarioKehl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently researched on jw dot org why toasts are not allowed.

  in the article, they candidly admit that wedding bands also have pagan origins, but their modern understanding trumps this fact since they serve another function: signifying whether or not a person is married.

  same with neck ties, i guess (although their pagan origins were not mentioned in the article).

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  rebel8

  Someone should totally make a flag saluting, toasting Sparlock windchime.