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  This is just plain CRAZY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by wasblind in

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  " jehovah's witnesses were not in the concentration camps because they were criminals.. .

  when officers wanted someone to shave them, they trusted a witness with the razor, because they knew that no witness would ever use such an instrument as a weapon to harm another human.. .

  when ss officers at the auschwits extermination camp needed someone to clean their homes or care for their children, they selected witnesses, because they knew these would not try to escape.. .

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  Let's remember that Rutherford only took a stand against Hitler when sucking up to the Nazis didn't work and he took it the other side of the Atlantic under the protection of the United States. I believe it would have been totally different for the Witnesses in Germany if the Watchtower headquarters had been located there. Rutherford would have caved in under pressure as he did with the WW1 issue.
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  Quentin (from JW-net) is dying

  by Terry in

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  quentin robburts has been on jw-net off and on for over 6 years and he is one of my oldest and most loyal friends.. his wife called me awhile ago and gave me the news.. quentin was rushed to the hospital's emergency room with acute renal failure and congestive heart failure.. .

  this does not surprise me for the following reason.

  his pain doctor put him on oxycontin last thursday.

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  I'm glad I read down far enough to see he is doing better. This is the first time I've seen his story. Very interesting. Amazing the amount of nonsense Jdubs put up with. Thanks for posting it Terry.

  Wishing Quentin a speedy recovery.
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  JW firm forced to pay 44,000 pounds for harassment.

  by soiledumpling in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174181/sales-rep-repeatedly-accused-gay-didn-t-like-football-wins-44-000-payout-harassment.html.

  this story is weird on too many levels.

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  I did know one loud irritating JW who I used to worked with openly refer to non JWs as pagans a lot. I remember him saying things to them like "how you pagans doing"?
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  JW firm forced to pay 44,000 pounds for harassment.

  by soiledumpling in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174181/sales-rep-repeatedly-accused-gay-didn-t-like-football-wins-44-000-payout-harassment.html.

  this story is weird on too many levels.

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  It sounds like Wernham Hogg JW style.
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  California TV Personality Huell Howser Dead at Age 67

  by kurtbethel in

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  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/huell-howser-death-california-gold-185922911.html.

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  This is a nice tribute to Huell by Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weekly. It give you an idea of what kind of person he was off camera.

  http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/01/huell_howser_dead.php

  He'll really be missed around here.
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  Angela Trimbur. Homeschooled Jehovah's Witness

  by I quit! in

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  i came across this video featured on yahoo of a girl dancing at lax over the holidays.

  i looked her up and found out that she is a former jw and even did some sort of play about it.

  i was wondering if anyone else has heard of her.

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  I came across this video featured on Yahoo of a girl dancing at LAX over the holidays. I looked her up and found out that she is a former JW and even did some sort of play about it. I was wondering if anyone else has heard of her.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32bgx36G-0

  Angela's Play:

  http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/2377
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  Yesterday Grandpa died a faithful JW.... or was he.

  by cyberjesus in

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  yesterday at 3 am my grandfather.. 95 more or less... passed away after a heart attack... i got the call at 8 am.

  so i am the oldest grandson (out of 40) he was faithful, (thats what they want to say) reality is he wasnt, he cursed, he drank, he had plenty of women during his life.. he was an elder at some point and he was ultra good with everyone.

  he had a heart of gold... he treated me as his son, he never cared about my status.

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  Sorry for your loss CJ. Sounds like he was a pretty cool guy to have for a grandfather. Nice tribute to him.

  Good luck with the JW funeral.
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  Interesting District Convention News.....

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i wanted to share some news from a family friend (he is my wt mole - still an elder, hates the shenanigans, but is still hanging on for all the reasons often discussed on this site) i know the various rumors have been discussed on here, and unfortunately the rumor about the conventions being eliminated weren't true!

  (what a burden on the jw community - financial hardship for a good portion of them, guilting people into actually quitting their job to attend, physically exhausting for many, etc...etc......).

  anyway, he told me that the district convention is being moved to 11 weekends at the jw-owned circuit assembly hall, and they are no longer planning on renting stadiums/large facilities in our area (northern ohio/southern michigan).

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  It sounds possible. When I hear that the were doing away with the bookstudy night it didn't seem possible yet it happen. It might make sense for them to try it at least for a few years. District conventions at large facilities aways brought some media coverage for the Watchtower and with all the bad press they have had over the last few years with pedo cases they may want to lay low for a few years. Also with a 2014 district convention it might come out that according to them it is also the 100 anniversay of Christ's return. Questions from the press about how they intend to celebrate it wouldn't be welcome.
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  Being Agnostic is depressing me....

  by SkyGreen in

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  for those that dont know my story, basically i "woke up the ttatt" about a year ago, started fading, then went back, now fading again because i just cant stomach it anymore.

  my husband is very supportive, although he's still "in" for now, and trying to be regular with meetings and witnessing, he can see my point of view now, and often notices things in the wt or other publications that are "off".

  the fading thing is hard, sometimes i want to da, but because of the upheaval it would cause my family, im waiting a little while - i guess hoping that my husband will be on the same page at some point, so that we can support eachother.

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  I agree with what Cyberjesus said. The not knowing isn't the problem. The thinking that you have to know is the problem. I believe the desire to know the answer to "the big question" is part of the egos need to be right. One of the coolest things that happened to me when I left the JWs was that I lost my desire have all the answers. I still had beliefs but they were alway evolving and subject to change.

  I think you should just enjoy the journey and not worry about having all the answers and being right.
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  The derisive term for the "annointed" - cracker eater:

  by james_woods in

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  i owe this one to palmtree (from an outside conversation):.

  i had forgotten it, but way back in the late 1960s, when all the "real annointed" were pretty old, and the whole organization seemed to be run by the "other sheep" - i think somewhere between 1966 and 1968, i first ran into this term:.

  "cracker eater" - a dispespectful term for the old, presumably senile, truly pre-1935 era jw annointed.. here is my nearly-forgotten story:.

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  Great story. I love that term. This is the first time I've heard it. I wonder if in JW circles it is referred to as the "C word(s)"