Is your mom fully aware of the insane way the tower opperates, and holds those who believe in it's grip? Would CoC or this board be beneficial to her?
stealyourface
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A Memo for my JW dad
by Lilycurly ini have been daed for months but only recently, after having asked every and each person he could ask (even writting a letter to the wt), my dad decided he couldn't talk to me anymore.
it has hit my non-jw mother very hard that her husband could do that.
she cries a lot, but we are trying to be strong and hold ourselves together, and try in anyway we can to make him open his eyes..... tomorrow, i have decided to leave the crisis of conscience book on his desk with a with page on it, written on big black letters that will say.... "i was wondering if every man would be capable of shunning his own children and break up his family because of a group of men.. then i realised that no, some men have chosen to open their eyes and *truly* follow jesus, example...... with love, your daughter".
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WT Secret Document admits that only Elders and MS's are Ordained
by Elsewhere inthe watchtower society likes to tell its members that all jws are ordained ministers, but in reality only elders and ministerial servants can obtain a certificate of ordained minister from the watchtower society.
even then one must specifically state the reason the certificate is needed.
bottom line, the watchtower society makes it very difficult for any jw to receive such a certificate.. branch organization manual.
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stealyourface
This is from Chapter 9, Legal Matters
10. LEGAL STATUS: Obtaining legal status or
registration facilitates our bringing in missionaries,
arranging for assemblies, importing literature, and
obtaining tax benefits on property, etc. Give careful
attention to obtaining and maintaining legal registration.
Of course, we would never compromise principles of
pure worship merely to obtain legal status. (bold is theirs)Mexican a la carte, anyone?
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Dick Cheney involved in a shooting
by IP_SEC ini saw this in the news paper today.
busted a gut laughing.. reuters.. washington (reuters) - the white house was bombarded with questions on monday about why it failed to go public with news that vice president dick cheney shot a fellow quail hunter until the day after the accident.. the victim, harry whittington, 78, took pellets in his cheek, neck and chest when cheney fired his shotgun while aiming for a bird during a hunt in southern texas on saturday, and was in stable condition at a corpus christi hospital.. whittington was moved out of intensive care on monday afternoon but peter banko, administrator of christus spohn hospital, said he did not know when he would be discharged.. "his condition continues to be stable ... it's not critical, it's not serious.
he's in stable condition, doing extremely well," banko said.. the accident happened about 5:30 p.m. on a private ranch about 200 miles south of san antonio, where the vice president has hunted previously.
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stealyourface
ABC News reported that it took 21 hours for this story to be released to the Corpus Christi news. Whitehouse spokesman said that it was the ranch owner's job to release the story. It is also reported that Mr. Cheney did not have the appropriate endorsement on his hunting permit.
I guess rank has it's privilege. Had this been Joe Sixpack, the DNR would have confiscated their equipment, and pulled their hunting liscense. I wonder if the release of the story to the media will eventually be called a 'leak'.
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smile, my god.
by tetrapod.sapien ini worship my life, the 70 year span of my life, i worship.
it is my god.
this is my salvation.
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stealyourface
A new genotype
from an old phenotype
not pseudopod
fully apostapod
the human Tetragod. -
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Without naming your city, tell us more about it
by JH inwhere i live, you can smell the odor of paper mills.
it's a port city and people speak french here.
i think the average age of people here is one of the higest in canada.. there is a shrine that attracts many tourists in the summer time.
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stealyourface
My city is the first name in steak. It has a world class zoo, one of the largest indoor rainforests in the world, and more restaurants per capita than any other city in the US. At least it did at one time. Our favorite restaurant is a mom and pop diner that boasts "Over 2 billionaires served". The city is also host to the College World Series.
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Real 'BIG' news WTS sued biggie worker compensation
by DannyHaszard injehovah's loses comp case
church may be forced to pay millions
by jess wisloski.
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stealyourface
I think (political) book manufacturing and distribution isn't a religious activity and educating people how to avoid paying tax by deception is fraud. I think this practice needs a Congressional investigation.
Right on, Gary! The only thing I can add is qui tam. -
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"Deliverance At Hand" 2006 Convention
by drew sagan inmany of us are familiar with the theme of this years district convention, "deliverance at hand".
i don't know if the publication release has been leaked yet, but i thought it might be fun to speculate about what it possibly could be.
i'll start it off... .
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stealyourface
"Deliverance At Hand" - why am I thinking Dueling Banjos?
Midwich, I was thinking more along the lines of 'Bend over and squeal like a pig'. (sorry if anyone needs to poke out their mental eyeball, I couldn't resist!)
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Maybe you can help ... my queste for 17+ years ...
by Vivamus inwhen i was a kid, we used to spend every weekend at my grandparants house.
my grammy had a huge leather brown couch, on which we watched movies (i was either on the couch or hiding in her arms cuz the movie scared me sh*tless).
one day, we were watching a movie, which endscene has haunted my mind ever since.
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stealyourface
Viv, try Dark Victory with Bette Davis, 1939. Susan Hayward was in the remake. I remember watching that movie with my mom when I was little. Made me cry.
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Stupid things JW's say: Todays stupid phrase "young ones"
by Check_Your_Premises inwe all know that cults use loaded language as well as redefine words and phrases to have their own special meaning.. not to long ago i was talking to a very devout jw sister (totally brainwashed just doesn't describe it) about my daughter.
she kept talking about the "young ones".
she must have said the phrase twenty times over the course of the conversation.
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stealyourface
LOL Wiegel!
I always think of that British show 'The Young Ones' with the four housemates; a punk rocker, a make out artist, a hippy and a jerk. That was the funniest show...at least it was at the time.
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"Family Forever" cross-stich ... what do I do with it?
by kwintestal inyears ago my parents gave us a framed cross stich with our last name and "family forever" on it as the main part of the picture.. since then, my parents have shunned us completely.
i'm thinking of returning it to them in the mail with a letter saying something like, "i guess you didn't mean it when you gave this to us so there's no point in us having this.
" is that over the top?.
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stealyourface
Kwin, what Lady Lee said. Save it and use it as a tool to remind your children that family is forever and especially unconditional between parents and child, and between siblings. You have a great example of conditional family to use when your kids are older.