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  Series

  by Berengaria in

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  don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

  i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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  The Crown!
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  2017 Circuit Assembly: Lesbians at school demonstration

  by darkspilver in

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  2. friends

  steve2: is there some way this can be presented so that it is crystal clear what was actually in the demonstrations and what was added?

  i guess some will think it should be obvious - but this is where misunderstandings arise because we end up wrongly attributing something to jw organization that was never said.. circuit assembly theme: maintain love for jehovah!.

  note to speaker: warmly encourage young ones to prove their friendship with jehovah by observing his commandments and defending his standards.

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  "Say it this way so it's more appealing"
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  Biblical Scholar Claims The Story Of Jesus Christ Was A HOAX Designed To Control The People

  by anointed1 in

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  here is something i found interesting:.

  biblical scholar claims the story of jesus christ was a hoax designed to control the people.

  http://simplecapacity.com/2016/10/biblical-scholar-claims-story-jesus-christ-hoax-designed-control-people/.

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  Well, it certainly worked....Thank God!
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  The Times they are a'changin (indeed)

  by JeffT in

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  bob dylan has been awarded the nobel prize in literature.

  i wonder if they'll let him sing at the ceremony.

  http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/bob-dylan-wins-2016-nobel-prize-in-literature/ar-aaitpmb?li=bbnb7kz?ocid=ansmsnnews11.

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  Please, don't let him sing!!
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  Mouthy has Passed Away

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  update on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.

  i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.

  - may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.

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  Thank you Grace. Bon Voyage.
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  The last video in the 2016 convention...

  by problemaddict 2 in

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  2. beliefs

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

  bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

  he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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  The sisters should be riding "side saddle".
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  'Strange' Australian Melbourne Baptisms

  by darkspilver in

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  not seen this before, or at least haven't registered it before.

  maybe it's just a traditional style?.

  i mean it's basically a glorified cattle trough?

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  I remember very clearly having baptisms in the galvanized horse troughs. The old Circuit Assemblies. You'd step in, sit down, and an assistant would kneel next to the trough and help you back into the dip. You do what ya gotta do!
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  Will Jehovah...

  by watson in

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  when jehovah brings armageddon, will he let me live long enough to witness the deaths of my children and grand children because they didn't believe in him?

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  since i've faded and i don't promote worshiping him anymore, i am just wondering.. at least i'd know for sure what kind of god he is?.

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  If I get "activated" again, maybe he won't let me see it happen.
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  Will Jehovah...

  by watson in

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  when jehovah brings armageddon, will he let me live long enough to witness the deaths of my children and grand children because they didn't believe in him?

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  since i've faded and i don't promote worshiping him anymore, i am just wondering.. at least i'd know for sure what kind of god he is?.

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  When Jehovah brings Armageddon, will he let me live long enough to witness the deaths of my children and grand children because they didn't believe in him?

  Since I've faded and I don't promote worshiping him anymore, I am just wondering.

  At least I'd know for sure what kind of god he is?
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  Young JW's attitudes

  by Phizzy in

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  2. experiences

  i met an old friend last evening, a great guy, an xjw for longer than me.. during a conversation about our experiences since fading (neither of us are da'd or anything) we got to talking about the young jw's.. his wife is still in, and he has two lovely daughters who he is trying to teach the art of critical thinking so that they can make the right choice in the future.. what worries him though is that he is convinced almost all young jw's do not give a "proverbial" if it is the truth or not, they simply wish to remain in it because of the social aspects, loads of friends and activities that they feel safe partaking in etc etc.. so how do you convince these young people that they would have a better life if they left ?.

  they see it as losing all their friends, and being alone and trying to build new relationships, which is mostly true.. how do we convince them to make the leap ?.

  should they ?.

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  I like the idea of teaching them to be able to think critically. Other than that, it's hard to convince them to leave. They have to figure it out themselves.

  After all, who's to say they would have a "better" life outside the Org. I'd hate to be responsible for convincing someone to do something and find out they were miserable.

  One of the things that helped me fade was realizing that most attending were there because of the social support system.