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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  watson

  John had a conscience. It's obvious in his life's course, and the music that came out of it.
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  Revelation - it's grand climax is at hand

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some people point out the subliminal pictures in the wtbts publications but sometimes things are just so obvious, such as the title of the book above.. the person who came up with the title for this book must have had a good old laugh.. interestingly, this book first came out in 1988 and has not been included in the online library but nothing has replaced it.

  the org is really going backwards when they ditch old light and cannot come up with anything new.

  they are real wankers ;)..

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  watson

  Make sure of all things...in my pants.
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  Northern California Elder Charged with Lewd Acts with a Child

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this guy, dale standridge, was the coordinator of the body of elders in the eureka east congregation in humboltd county california.

  http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2015/11/100000-bail-for-dale-standbridge.html?m=1.

  it's not getting a lot of play in the press for some reason.

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  watson

  Well, of course some are standing by him. He may be innocent! Give it some time, cappytan.
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  Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my thoughts are.

  1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

  i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

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  watson

  It hasn't been anywhere near a school in years.
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  Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?

  by 3rdgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.

  break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.

  the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.

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  watson

  Yes, I remember the 15 minute break.

  And I remember when Lunches at the CA were $.35 and Dinners were $.70. You had to buy tickets. I even remember before tickets. You just paid the coin.

  I remember live orchestras at district conventions (now regional).

  I remember baptisms in horse troughs.

  And I remember snow cones.

  And I remember deep fried burritos.

  And I remember when we would have live piano players for songs between meetings.

  And I remember Congregation Servants before the "elder arrangement".

  And I remember when they banned smoking, and disfellowshipped the addicts that couldn't give up cigarettes.

  And I remember 8 day assemblies. 9AM to 9PM.

  And I remember when there were only about 2,000 of the annointed left.

  And I remember when they told us that 6,000 years of man's existence ended in the fall of '75.

  And I remember when Fred Franz would give talks and a hush would come over the crowds of 60K pllus waiting for the next interpretation of prophecy would be revealed.

  And I remember when Fred Franz was going blind, and would recite from memory all the scriptures in his talks.

  And I remember every time the "Generation" definition would change.

  And I remember when blow jobs were wrong.

  And I remember when they weren't wrong.

  And I remember when we used to just raise our hands to give answers that we underlined in our Watchtowers, using our voices, and not a microphone.

  And I remember when we used microphones with physical wires.

  And I remember when we used microphones that didn't need wires.

  And I remember 3 day "Circuit Assemblies".

  I even remember 4 day "Circuit Assembles".

  I remember when you had to put in 100 hours to be a regular pioneer.

  I remember "vacation" pioneers.

  I remember "back calls".

  I remember slopping trays.

  I remember "book studies".

  I remember Plant sales after District Conventions.

  I remember 6 month bible studies.

  I remember green bibles.

  I remember thinking that my grand parents would never die.

  I remember thinking my parents would never die.

  I remember thinking I would never graduate High School.

  I remember thinking my son would never graduate High School.

  I remember thinking i would never die...
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  Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

  rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

  q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

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  Well! This has been entertaining.
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  Why Is This New Batch of Governing Body Members So Stupid?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well there are lots of reason for sure, denial, delusion, wishful thinking, ego maniac, infantile understanding of ancient writings, satanophobia, xenophobia, out of touch with reality, limited choices scrapping the bottom of the barrel,and many more.. listen to this ted talk and see if you can pick out something that helps explain why these guys are such ass holes:.

  organizations are often run according to the superchicken model, where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others.

  and yet, this isnt what drives the most high-achieving teams.

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  They are not stupid.
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  what an interesting find for me

  by sowhatnow in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im sure to use this the next time i accidentally get sucked into an argument with someone.

  im not ever understanding the idea behind any christian religion picking and choosing what they want to believe and follow, then have the nerve to claim they are right, when clearly this is obviously done.

  here is a site that shows not only how bloodthirsty and evil the god of the hebrew bible was, but how more ridiculous it is for jws to follow one twisted 'commandment' about eating blood, not only reading it wrong, but then not to do all the other commandments, willingly , do they think they are ancient israelites ?

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  watson

  Can't say I agree with that type of justice.
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  Deceiving statements in The Watchtower (Study Edition) September 2015

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on page 9, paragraph 7:.

  neither a branch office nor the local congregation elders are authorized to make health-care decisions for a witness, even if he asks what to do.

  (gal.

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  watson

  Let's keep this simple.

  BULL SHIT.

  Thank you.

  Watson
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  Return to Jehovah Photo

  by naazira in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this picture is in the new publication from this year's convention, titled "return to jehovah".

  part 1the lost one i will search for.

  personally, the animal looks scared of the shepherd.

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  watson

  I'm in my mid 50's. I will be attending with my parents.....as they near the end of their lives, they will be reviewing their 80 years....yes, 80 years looking for the end of all suffering.

  Misty eyes. (Yes, I will have misty eyes).