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  I think I was off the day they taught ...

  by Simon in

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  2. humour

  does anyone else have those things that everyone else seems to know ... except you?

  it's like you were off the day it was taught in school and you don't know that you don't know about it.

  but everyone else does.. i have a couple .... first, days of the month.

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  besty

  getting off topic now, but aphelion occurs around early July so will depend which hemisphere you live in as to whether you have a summer or winter aphelion :-)
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  I think I was off the day they taught ...

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  does anyone else have those things that everyone else seems to know ... except you?

  it's like you were off the day it was taught in school and you don't know that you don't know about it.

  but everyone else does.. i have a couple .... first, days of the month.

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  besty

  "port, left, even" (numbers on life rafts etc eg life raft 2 will always be on the lefthand or port side of the ship)

  "starboard, right, odd" numbers
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  UPDATE APRIL 2015 New Documents Re: Charity Commission Investigation into Watchtower Britain

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  an updated list of documents relating to the charity commission investigation into watchtower of britain and jehovah's witnesses are available on jw leaks.. jw leaks.

  original charity commission press release.

  press release.

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  besty

  https://www.iicsa.org.uk/news/independent-inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-announces-first-investigations

  notice that the investigations announced are described as the 'first 12' - implication is there will be more to follow

  this is a 5 year process, so the watchtower are not off the hook by any means.

  I think any elder or other person having possession of the Nov 2015 letter instructing local elders to destroy potential evidence should make the enquiry aware of it.
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  SHUNNING - Unchristian Psychological Torture

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  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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  thanks - great stuff - why dont you make a new website just for this?

  jwshunning.org :-)
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  2. friends

  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  london
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  Any Scottish members?

  by superstevie in

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  2. experiences

  hi,.

  i am a former member of a congregation in central scotland, wondered if there were any others from that area?.

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  besty

  hi SS - good to see you here - fellow Scot living in London since 1997. Was in Falkirk cong 1993 -97 and Perth up to 1993.
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  Critical Thinking and undeniable facts of true truiness

  by losthobbit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was recently writing to someone on the fractal future forum.

  he came across as a very intelligent person, but i noticed that a post of his about medicine showed that he seemed to lack a lot of knowledge about medical testing and the scientific method.

  so, i asked him some questions, and his reply seemed to contain a logical fallacy in every sentence, concluding with a quote from mercola.com, one of those really dodgy conspiracy theory / anti-science type of sites.

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  thanks for the list - thats just what i need right now..
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  An 11-year-old boy is in custody for murder for shooting and killing an eight-year-old neighbour girl with a shotgun . . .

  by nicolaou in

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  because she would not show him her puppies.. nobody has to tell you what country this happened in, you already know.. source.

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  what a tragedy

  1 gun per head just ain't doing it these days...mericuh needz mo guns...
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  Whatever happened to Applewhite's "report"?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  do you remember the wt lawyer trying to get justice mcclelland to accept a new and improved report from the wt "expert", monica applewhite?.

  the wt lawyer even managed to squeeze more time from the commission for applewhite to prepare her report.

  funny thing is, applewhite never submitted that report.. i guess she has been too busy with catholic business...no time for the wt dudes.

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  besty

  I don't normally read the Daily Fail but when I do...

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3181187/Jehovah-s-Witnesses-procedures-dealing-sex-abuse-deficient-traumatise-victims-church-expert-admits-child-abuse-commission-hearing.html
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  Anthony Morris III: Jehovah Blesses Obedience

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201509_1_video.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9j7qs7bvm.

  obey.

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  besty

  just watched some of this - is this not possibly the most tedious waste of time possible for a member of the human race?