Posts by besty

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Beards galore at the Assembly

by Truthexplorer in

ok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.

not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.

is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?

besty

too little too late?

bearded hipsters are on the wane...

http://mashable.com/2015/06/10/yuccie-beards/#KK4V.dIlGGqX

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Wow...not even sure this qualifies as a "fade"

by respectful_observer in

i'm posting this both as an anecdote and also to see if, by chance, this person reads this site.

(if you do, it'd be great to catch up since you now live fairly close to me!).

i've got a friend who until very recently was actively serving as an elder in hall close to bethel, and on a body heavy with bethelites.

Watchtower Web Domains

by Petraglyph in

jw
friends

i did some reverse domain lookups to see what web domains were linked to watchtower.

i did reverse lookups on the hostmaster address, building address, and phone number.

i've sorted and deduplicated the results.. bethelres.org.

besty

jehovah.com - that pretty much sums up their business model...

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My experience with some ex-JW Christians

by opusdei1972 in

currently i can accept the existence of "god" if you say that "god" is a superior rational being.

i support the idea for the existence of superior beings living in other places.

it means to me that we, humans, are not the superior ones in the universe.

besty

none so righteous as the converted :-)

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http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/redir?src=websearch&requestid=6b69327903d3d481&clickeditemrank=1&userquery=sunspot+activity+for+2008+iceage&clickeditemurn=http%3a%2f%2fglobalwarminghoax.wordpress.com%2f2008%2f04%2f23%2fsunspots-and-a-possible-new-ice-age-updated%2f&title=%3cb%3esunspots%3c%2fb%3e+and+a+possible+new+%3cb%3eice+age%3c%2fb%3e+%28updated%29+%c2%ab+the+global+warming+%3cb%3e...%3c%2fb%3e&moduleid=matchingsites.jsp.m&clickeditempageranking=1&clickeditempage=1&clickeditemdescription=webresults.

i hope this link works but there has been virtually no sunspot activity since the beginning of this year and the suns magnetic field is down 60%.. if this link does not work, you might like to try googling: sunspot activity 2008 iceage.. the last time this happened we moved into a little ice age which lasted from 1100 to 1800.. global warming lies may well have met their match with reality.. so how will they tax us for the 'ice age?

do we get our tax back that we paid because of 'global warming'.. is this why they have made fuel so expensive....because they know what is coming and they want to make a killing?.

besty

here is the 2015 'mini-Ice Age global cooling' link

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/616937/GLOBAL-COOLING-Decade-long-ice-age-predicted-as-sun-hibernates

and here is the response from a mainstream climate scientist

https://www.skepticalscience.com/print.php?n=3050

or for a more general audience response this:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/14/global-warming-solar-minimum-barely-dent

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

by Simon in

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

besty

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

jw
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.

besty

london