Car Groups in the field service are admonished not to spend too much time on breaks at McDonalds.
The Circuit Overseer takes his group there first thing after the prayer for coffee.
Put that in your book bag and smoke it!
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Name Some Double Standards of Jehovah's Witnesses
by minimus inhere's one: a jw cannot lie ' liars are subject to the "second death".
but if you "lie" for the interests of the organization, suddenly it's not a "lie" after all!
because the opposers are not "entitled" to know.
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How Do You React When You Realize You Are Wrong?
by minimus indo you readily admit it?
do you still try to justify yourself?
do you ignore it?
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Are you kidding, while in the borg that's all I did was apologize to "seek peace and pursue it," "so far as it depended on my to be peaceable with others". So, yes, I do admit when I'm wrong and apologize. I do not however suck up to simpleminded jackasses who expect me to kiss thier butt because that "preserves unity." KMA. People I know at the university are taken back when I apologize for a slight that I think was rude, often they didn't even notice it. Different set of awarness. I'm getting used to it. Not becoming insensitve just becoming balanced.
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The next cover-up or scandal?
by kwintestal inmy personal thoughts are this.
with the population aging and with jw's becomming incresingly poor, there will be a lot more elder abuse, and i don't mean congregation elders, but elderly people.. does anyone know of this taking place in the congregations?.
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Daunt and Thom are right.
The Catholic Church is an entity that is perceived as an organization. The witnesses are only seen as two people on the doorstep by the average person. There is no "Organization" to be held accountable for anything. Ironic, aint it?
Only when they are perceived correctly will people think there is any validity of, or need to acknowledge, the evil.
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Ultimatum
by datingAjwgirl in.
is it wise to give bible student girlfriend of a year the ultimatum of reading crisis of consiencness or its over.. if she does read it will she just reject it as the devils handiwork?
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Ray is viewed as a hideous evil servant of Satan who made his way into the Governing Body by the R&F. They have no use for any of his words. If she's bought into that she won't listen. If she is open minded she will give you an ear. If she won't respect your love and concern in order to listen to this she is already memzmerized by the dog and pony show. Give her a nice new bookbag with C of C in it and flowers, then leave.
You seem to know its over. It's your call. I wish you the best on this one.
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What does Josephus say about 586/87 BCE?
by ithinkisee in.
i know he refers to the 70 years originally in one place and later changes it to 50 years later in his life when he got more info - but other than that, is there any other relevant stuff from his works regarding nebuchadnezzar laying the smack-down on the temple in 586/87?.
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I think he said something like this, "Since there is no zero year and the Romans are in charge, just dont crucify me please. I'll say whatever you want!"
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Watching Constantine on video...good angry movie...
by wanderlustguy inespecially with a perfect circle on the soundtrack...lots of angst...like me.
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Wasanelder Once
Actually saw A Perfect Circle in concert last summer. Loud and very moody. Norman Bates, I mean the lead singer, Maynard, performed the whole show in shadows or with his back to the audience. He really has disdain for his fans. It was loud, we were in the front of the mosh and crushed repeatedly. The nephew I took made the comment that all the people there reminded him of the ones at the Hall, (he was studying.. I put a stop to that) he meant that they were worshipful of the speaker on the platform the way all the kids were of Maynard.
"Good observation" I commended him. Nice concert.
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Newest New Light
by Nosferatu inwhat is the latest "new light" that has been dished out by the wts?
it seems there was an abundance of new light until franz cacked.
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Actually you can be a gun toting Cop in the U.S. and be baptized. So long as you don't use the gun other than for self defense you are ok. The sticker is this, you cannot be appointed for any congregation responsibilities of any kind so long as you're packin. IN any case the pressure is on for them to get out of the gun weilding assignments.
Know of Two Cops who are witnesses.
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Here come'da judge!
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Philadelphia Worldwide Church of God -- shudder!!!!
by Fatfreek inwife and i spent two days over the 4th with my cousin.
i'd always knew he was with the worldwide church of god, he told us of the split back in the 90's.
his wife stayed with the original, which introduced a bunch of changes, and he went off with the fundamentalists who now name themselves the philadelphia bla bla.. it's scary when he talks as it sounds so witney-like.
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All I remember is one day passing thier magazine on a newstand outside a grocery store and asking my friend, "How do you like your Truth? Plain or Peanut?"
(Some of you will get it.)
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dammit life in confusion
by tsunami_rid3r ini'm confused, i feel hypocritical.
first let me get this clear, i'm not a religious person, but i believe someone or something started the big bang and chain of events that created our universe.
i believe in evolution.
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Gently Feral,
My Tallest! My Tallest! My, my, my Tallest! Hey, hey, MY TALLEST!!!!!
W.Once