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  Obama to speak from the Oval Office tonight (8:00 eastern)

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  this will be only the 3rd time he's spoken from the oval office in his seven years so it's probably going to be something pretty big.

  combat troops being sent into syria?

  unilateral movement on gun control?.

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  The media is reporting there is no known link between the shooters and a larger terrorism cell.
  
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  "Why don't you just call yourself an atheist?"

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the best answer to this question ever.

  i don't tire listening to it.

  "i am not, i am not simply the one who says 'i'" .

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  In other news, slim has now proven himself to be a prophet!!!

  (Warning: this is the sort of clip Cofty or nicolou will switch off in under 30 seconds)
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  Please i need guidance

  by alex_Am in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know im young.

  i know i still have so much to learn i mean im only 14 but but even at a young age i have learned and i know what love is.

  this is where the problem comes in.

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  rebel8

  You will get lots of replies, sweetie. :)

  Read up on cults. This is not a normal, mainstream religion. It's a high control group that's dangerous, tears apart relationships, brings a lot of sadness and even deaths.

  Here's some things you can't do if you're a jw. She will have to follow these, and if she doesn't, she'll get in trouble. http://thejehovahswitnesses.org/things-jehovahs-witnesses-cant-do.php

  Here's some more important info.

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/jehovahs-witnesses-face-child-sex-abuse-investigation-in-australia/2015/08/14/d8a58eda-406e-11e5-9561-4b3dc93e3b9a_story.html

  http://ajwrb.org/science/the-watchtower-on-science-and-medicine
  
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  The Elders are Coming Help!

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the elders keep bugging me and pestering me about having a meeting with them to "introduce me to my new congregation" for some reason (do any ex elders know what that even means??).

  i keep postponing and making excuses and they are getting more and more aggressive.

  i finally agreed for them to come over today, but really don't want to..should i hide from them again?

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  Oh boundaries, just say no...blah, blah, blah.

  You guys are no fun. You're suggesting she take the easy and sane way out of it!
  

  Invite them over for tea. If they do not immediately say yes, text them once per hour, following up by email and voicemails, to ensure they got your first message.

  When they come, act batshit insane.

  Make the weirdest smelling tea you can find. Add cumin so it smells like dirty feet. Serve some really weird /smelly snack with it, like peanut butter and onion sandwiches on ladyfingers.
  

  Start by saying you are so excited because you can start attending meetings if they help you with 2 problems--you have been praying to Jehovah for help and then the elders called. Pause and let them feel self-satisfied in this victory.
  

  Talk incessantly about Satan causing you extreme diarrhea so you can't attend the meetings, and ask if the brothers can loan you some money for colon surgery.

  If you're female, then talk about horrible menstrual flow issues and be sure to share the graphic details of this as well. You know this Eve's curse and you need their spiritual advice on how to decrease your womanly suffering from Jehovah.
  

  Speak without pausing so they can't get a word in edgewise.

  When they start trying to leave, try to close the sale by asking when you can expect to hear back from them about the $ for surgery and advice on your period. If they don't commit, say you will follow up with a text in 1 hour to remind them.

  Let out a long, maniacal cackle as they leave, savoring the last time you will ever see or hear from them in your entire life.
  
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  Watchtower properties for sale website

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a great site in case anyone is interested in acquiring wt property in brooklyn heights.

  https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.

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  There's a photo of a nice tavern featured on that website.
  
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  Is ANYONE in charge a real ordained minister? College degrees? Seminary? A real Theological degree?

  by WireRider in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  and i don't mean that stupid made up shit russell just invented only a 100 yrs ago.

  he never passed the 7th grade and declared that the world was too stupid to understand the bible without him.. who do you follow and pore money into the watchtower?.

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  Should ministers study the heck out of the book they're trying to teach others? I suppose, but what does it really matter? The original book, which we do not have, was written by humans. The bible fails the sniff test in every branch of science and all types of fact checking. What difference does it make if one more person, in a chain of many people, makes up another layer of nonsense?
  

  Anyway...I cannot consider a degree in theology legitimate because those programs consider the bible to be true.
  
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  Paradise sharks will eat seaweed and lions will eat pineapples...What ?? Dinosaurs ate patatoes!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes my friends if you went to "witness college" you would know dinosaurs before "eden" ate tomatoes.

  and in paradise snakes will give tender kisses to your ankles!!

  what would david attenborough animal expert think of this nonsense.

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  Oh come on, let's not criticize the dubs for these teachings.

  It's totally plausible.
  

  I have horns to prevent contact with others of my species. Once I had my manicurist file them down, and I wound up married.
  

  Sharks used to eat seaweed before Eve sinned. They didn't like it much, so when the dinosaurs came to the water for a drink, they ate the dinosaurs. That's how they became carnivores. This is a totally true fact and here's my reference.

  
  
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  Remember that WT masturbation video? Who is the sign language person?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  below are a few screen captures from the video to serve as a reminder of what he looks like.

  below those will be a few captures from a weather forecaster now at our kark tv (arkansas).

  his name is matt peterson.

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  IIRC someone did identify the names of the interpreters a while back.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/235152/wts-made-video-about-masturbation-sign-language-gestures
  
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  Seems like the perfect holiday for j-dubs

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if this article is correct, (american) thanksgiving's origins have several things j-dubs love.

  the xian god.

  genocide of nonbelievers that included men, women and children alike.

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  I am surprised jws don't have a "looking forward to Armageddon and mass executions" holiday.

  They could have a parade like Day of the Dead, with participants dressing as various types of sinners (skinny pants wearers, windchime owners), good dubs (pushing literature carts), or already dead people.

  At the end of the parade, the sinners jump into a big crevice and the few good dubs end up at a petting zoo with giant fruit to eat, while the dead rise up off the ground.
  
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  Ex-Jehovah's Witness elder jailed for sex assaults on schoolgirl

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is becoming more common.

  this is from the last part of the article: .

  "this was about sexual gratification and you are a hypocrite because you became an elder and you investigated a sexual matter even with this in your sexual background.".

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  "admitted" is very different to "confessed" IMO

  The former is what someone does when they have been caught.

  Agreed.

  My purpose in referring to it was that he acknowledges what he did was illegal and wrong, not that he is fully remorseful (as a regular human being with a conscience would be).

  The victim, perp and court all agree it was wrong and illegal, so speculation about her being near the age of consent is moot.