How depressing for my JW family members that get to sit there and think of me the whole time.
-ithinkisee
(Just popping in and looking around briefly ...)
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Nov 15 WT Study Edition - Appeal to help inactive ones
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inheard today that the nov 15 issue has two of its four study articles targeted at helping inactive ones.
get ready for the phone calls to start up.
has the scans of this been posted yet?.
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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?
by Black Man ini often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
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Office complex. 92-94
I wonder about:
Eric Taffera
Brian Fallon
Scott Dust
Orlando Ceballos
Mike Cunningham
Wayne Barber
Abraham Mendoza
Chad Luellen
Andrew Kamel
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Boing Boing - Dinotopia artist sketches Jehovah's Witnesses
by metaspy inwell, here is a door i wish i would have gotten when i was a jw.. [edited: link removed].
or if you want to go to the original article that boing boing points to... .
[edited: link removed].
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ithinkisee
An extra 30 seconds of research would have saved the manufactured controversy Ozzie. Probably about the same amount of time it took to edit out the links.
Sheesh.
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Ex-Bethelite search - Anyone know Brian Fallon?
by ithinkisee inhe worked in purchasing in brooklyn in the late-80's through mid-90's.
anyone who knows his whereabouts or status, please pm me.. thanks,.
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It's been a few years ... just wondering if anyone knew him at Bethel or knows where he is now.
Thanks!
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Awake! Special Issue - Can You Trust The Bible?
by karvel inhere's a lovely highlight from the new issue of everyone's favorite 'journal.
' notice how they try to talk scientific accuracy two pages after an illustration showing jonah about to be swallowed by fish wherein he is to spend 3 days...alive.
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I like how they added the word "sphere" to the "circle of the earth" scripture. Then continue the explanation by using sphere even though the scripture doesn't say sphere. Kinda like how they edit trinitarian scriptures with their own version and THEN USE THOSE AS PROOF TEXTS. F*cktards, -ithinkisee
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Names of 5 dead Tennessee elders released
by Nathan Natas insee: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/09/04/newcrash_0904.html.
faa probes plane crash killing 5 jehovah's witness ministers.
by associated press.
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ithinkisee
I was thinking the exact same thing Minimus. Had to get that little dig in there that they are better than everyone else.
Sad all the same.
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JW Science Quote Of The Day 8-27
by TD inin the 1979 movie, "the china syndrome" there is a scene right after swat team members have retaken the control room from jack godell.
(jack lemon) kimberly wells (jane fonda) nervously whispers to richard adams, (michael douglas) "the reactor is the biggest bomb in there!
this reflected a belief, common in the 1970's that commercial nuclear reactors were capable of going up in a mushroom cloud like an atomic bomb.. although no one can deny that accidents and malfunctions at nuclear power plants can potentially be catastrophic, these reactors are not capable of a bomb-like reaction.
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I hope you keep posting these. If anyone has any science blunder quotes from the society, please send them over to TD.
(Just trying to make your job easier) :-)
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How The Organization Hooks You With "Privileges"
by minimus inright from the beginning, you are bombarded with others telling you what a "privilege" it is to "be used" in the organization.
especially if you're a male, it is easy to get hooked by the elder's lines.....for example, a male is given the "privilege" of "handling the microphones" if they put in enough time in the ministry and they aren't setting a bad example.
if you're "faithful in what is least", greater privileges await you.
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Elder: "If you get your field service hours up you can be used in the congregation."
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Terms used by witnesses that are unique
by Shawn10538 ini want to compile a list of terms that jws use that are different from known meanings of these terms.
here's a few easy ones to get us started: .
pioneer .
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ithinkisee
From Steve Hassan's book on Cults.
The cult has it’s own language which further regulates how a person thinks. Different words make the members feel special and separate from outsiders.
(Naturally ... the Watchtower makes it almost too easy)
* Watchtower 2002 9/1 pp19-24 Imitate The Great Teacher
Our understanding of God’s Word has given us a unique vocabulary. If we use such expressions as “the faithful and discreet slave,” “other sheep,” and “ Babylon the Great,” we may need to explain them with simple phrases that make the meaning clear.
* More words to make us feel special.
Publisher, District Overseer, Circuit Overseer, Kingdom Hall, the Truth, the Society, Service Department, Field Service, turning in your Time, Return Visit, Placement, Magazine route, Territory Card, perfection / imperfection, Paradise earth, anointed, little flock, other sheep, bethel home, bethel elder, Bethelite, monthly average, national average, inactive, Field service report, conversation stopper, elder meeting, theocratic ministry school, talk assignment, spirit-directed Organization, whole-souled service, Pioneer, Need-Greater, Ministerial Servants w/ specific titles (e.g. Literature, Accounts), Shepherding Call, Reinstate, Disfellowship, Disassociate, Private Reproof, marked, Judicial Committee, Appeal Committee, Governing Body, Faithful and Discreet Slave, Spiritual Virgins, Channel (also Channel of Holy Spirit), Envoys (underlings of the Ambassadors of Christ), worldling, sticktoitiveness, Wait on Jehovah!, Opposer, Foregleam, Divided Household, NEW LIGHT, Mother organization, Honest hearted-one, Old system of things, divine education, Jehovah’s Administration