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  Kingdom Farm in S Lansing NY sold for 2.8 million in March, 2015 - news article

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  this is probably old news and was commented about in early 2015, but the ithaca news reported on the 3/15 sale of kingdom farm in s lansing ny.

  this is the property that was directly across the road from the old gilead site, which had sold a number of years ago.

  but about 500 acres still was operated by the jws as kingdom farm.

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  Perhaps that price included a few bags of Miracle Wheat. 😀
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  SHUNNING - Unchristian Psychological Torture

  by EdenOne in

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  2. beliefs

  some time ago, i wrote an extensive article on shunning and published it on my website.

  since that website had views on doctrinal matters that no longer reflect my current stand, i took the website down.

  however, my views on this matter are still current, and for the benefit of everyone here, i'm going to post the article here.

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  I appreciate your reasonable and balanced approach to this sensitive topic. (I would have said "masterful," but that word has been forever soiled by the recent WT video.)

  If the WT would take such an approach to this and all their other policies masquerading as Biblical doctrine, they would have far less opposition and keep far more of their members.
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  1934 Yearbook

  by why144000 in

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  i have a number of old books and am looking at selling a few.

  in particular i have all the old yearbooks (from 1927?

  ) and i was looking at selling the 1934 yearbook.

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  I would be interested in the 1934 Yearbook as well, if LevelThePlayingField passes.

  Thanks for letting us know it's available.
  
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  I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

  our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

  he hung himself.

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  So sorry to learn the of your loss, Rich. I've always enjoyed your posts.

  I lost my own brother (only 15 months younger) a few months ago in a freak accident at his home. So silly, so totally avoidable, but so fatal. Life truly turns on a dime.

  I know it sounds trite, but hang in there. He will never truly be gone as long as you call him to mind and remember the good times and what you meant to each other.

  My best to you and yours.
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  Living with Islam - in the small Australian city of Bendigo

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the wife of my friend (the one i call gayxjw) had ancestors from there.. back in the 19th century a lot of people came from all over the world to look for gold.

  among them there were many chinese.

  they were often very organised, bringing baby pigs on the ships from china, seeds and seedlings for gardens they planned to start, etc.

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  I would love to watch this show, but cannot access it from the US. If anyone would be willing to download it and allow me to use Dropbox to get a copy, I'd sure appreciate it.
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  I Guess I'll Tell My John DeLorean story ...

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  i guess i'll tell my john de lorean story_______.

  in the summer of '74 i moved my family to southern california.hooray for us!

  is it ready, john?".

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  Terry, your writing is definitely improving. I love stories like this, and you tell them very well.

  Oh yeah, good luck with your long overdue rendezvous...
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  Is this a BEAUTIFUL STORY--or what?

  by Terry in

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  2. experiences

  is this a beautiful story, or what?.

  act one________.

  now in an ordinary romance of the golden hollywood era, the boy goes off to war while the young lady waits nervously for his safe return.in a cary grant, debra kerr movie, the two vow to meet after a certain period of time and tragic circumstances intervene.. in my story, the young man is a conscientious objector who goes to prison instead of off to the vietnam war.

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  A beautiful, sweet story indeed. Good luck, Terry!
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  Another child abuse cover up by JW"s

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  2. child-abuse

  source: http://www.centralkynews.com/theinteriorjournal/news/local/stanford/trial-date-set-in-jehovah-s-witness-rape-case/article_1bf73cae-8e00-11e5-8272-cf2fbe492a1a.html.

  stanford the trial of a jehovahs witness accused of raping a 15-year-old girl nearly two decades ago is expected to begin in april.. donovan moore, 53, of 2059 st. michael drive in lexington, was indicted in september on four counts of third-degree rape and four counts of third-degree sodomy for allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse with a juvenile in 1997 and 1998. moore was 35 at the time of the alleged crimes.. lincoln circuit judge jeffrey burdette has scheduled a two-day trial for moore to begin april 27.. .

  moore has been lodged at the lincoln county regional jail since his arrest sept. 30 on a $75,000 full-cash bond.. .

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  Warning: Politically incorrect diatribe below. Read at your own risk. May contain "trigger words."

  Ok then. Here we go...

  Sounds more to me that it's a case of statutory "rape," meaning that technically the alleged "victim" could not legally have given consent but may well have been a willing and eager participant nonetheless.

  She apparently wasn't too upset or "traumatized" to marry him and have children with him. Yes, they eventually divorced. But that happens all the time for any number of reasons.

  I'd bet all this is coming out now as a direct result of squabbling in Family Court. She probably threatened him with it and he called her bluff. Oops!

  Anyway, I think it's ridiculous to charge someone 20 years after the fact when the alleged "victim" was plenty old enough to know what she was doing, later married her "abuser" and had his children, and only now brings it up when they are fighting in court. If she really thought she was a victim, she could have turned him in long before now. Sounds rather opportunistic to me.

  The sad part is exercises in vindictiveness like this divert attention away from and tend to dilute the seriousness of cases where there really is child abuse.

  This concludes the diatribe. Flame away if you must. I'm just saying what I think may be going on in this particular situation. Other cases may be completely different. Each one must be weighed on its own merits.
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  Other Religious Groups Critical of Higher Education

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i was reading an essay online about how witnesses are critical of higher education and discourage it.

  the editor's note said there are other conservative religious groups that hold the same view towards education.. there are?

  do any of you know of any religious group that works as hard as the jws at keeping their members stupid?.

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  While there are undoubtedly some groups who discourage higher education and modern technology out of a sincere fear of its "corrupting influence" on their spirituality, I don't think that's actually the case with the Society.

  I've never heard about Russell's view of educated people before, but I'm convinced the rest of WireRider's comment shows the real reason the Society rails against higher education so much. It's all about control.
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  Watch: Comedian Lewis Black Reads 18 Year Old's Awesome Resignation Letter To The Mormon Church

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/watch_comedian_lewis_black_reads_18_year_old_s_resignation_letter_to_the_mormon_church(warning!

  language!

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  If their tax status was in jeopardy, I'm pretty sure the Mormons would get a "revelation" about gays and such.

  The same with the JWs. If threatened with having to pay taxes on their money grubbing ways, I suspect there would some blinding "new light" about blood transfusions now being a conscience matter and that no one should be criticized for whatever decision they made about it.

  It's all about the money. Always has been, always will be.