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  Literature carts are the cruisiest way to preach ever - photo attached

  by jwfacts in

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  it was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work.

  in front of the band, two watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity.

  i could not work out who were the jws attending them.

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  QR codes are free to create. create one for JWFacts and replace any QR coDe in the literature

  Nice idea. It would be easy to stick onto the cart. People walking past may scan it, or if the JW knows what it is, they may want to see what it is for.

  Damn, I'd leave the carts somewhere for 12hrs.... Got MY TIME for the month!!!

  I'm sure there will be a lot of JW's thinking that way, especially faders. You could even count RV's everytime you see someone come back and grab another piece of literature, all without ever talking to anyone. It will be interesting to see if the number of hours preaching per conversion goes up or down with this new method.
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  I am thinking about him doing this on my wrist

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkvnvobscfa.

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  Wow. I have a piercing, but how does someone do that to themselves.
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  Any 'Breaking Bad' fans?

  by keyser soze in

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  2. entertainment

  i finally got caught up with it on netflix, and now it's ending.. predictions for sunday night's finale?

  i find myself not really caring what happens to walt.

  but i'm definitely rooting for something good to happen to jesse, anything at all..

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  It is the first series I have ever watched end to end. I absolutely loved it. It is always hard to make a finale, but they did a great job. Very satisfying.
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  Literature carts are the cruisiest way to preach ever - photo attached

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work.

  in front of the band, two watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity.

  i could not work out who were the jws attending them.

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  I do find itoffensive that there is a cart facng the band the entire time they were playing! I'd sure be upset to constantly have to look at that while playing a number.

  Yes, here is the view for the band. I don't know what the picture at the top is, but it looks like a zombie woman.

  

  Maybe the JW is that guy with a hat snoozing on the chair.
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  Literature carts are the cruisiest way to preach ever - photo attached

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work.

  in front of the band, two watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity.

  i could not work out who were the jws attending them.

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  It was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work. In front of the band, two Watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity. I could not work out who were the JWs attending them. There were either sitting enjoying the music, or off in a cafe. For the ten minutes that I waited, no one took literature, and no one revealed themselves as JWs.

  The irony is, if you look carefully at the picture, that they were enjoying a Navy band, playing for the 2013 International Fleet Review.

  

  Witnessing was never this easy when I was pioneering.
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  2014

  by teela(2) in

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  2. friends

  it may have discussed elsewhere but should not the fact its nearly 100 years since jesus came invisibly.

  this should be ringing alarm bells for the 50 year olds and upwards age group.

  or has this generation will not pass away being passed over for new light??

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  The Generation teaching has been updated to be an overlapping generation - see Changes to the Watchtower Generation.

  It is surprising that anyone can still take the religion seriously.
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  Lying to children

  by jwfacts in

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  2. friends

  zac's first tooth just fell out, and so people are telling him that the tooth fairy will come with money.

  zac asked me if the tooth fairy is real.

  i am at a loss as to what to say.

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  Kids find out as they get older that thier parents indulged them in a fantasy

  I think that is an important point. A child does not usually consider they were lied to, as when they get older they recognise it is normal and acceptable fun. It is different than lying to children about daily things, after which a child will stop trusting their parents.
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  Lying to children

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
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  zac's first tooth just fell out, and so people are telling him that the tooth fairy will come with money.

  zac asked me if the tooth fairy is real.

  i am at a loss as to what to say.

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  Thanks, great comments. I let Zac enjoy Santa and the Tooth Fairy. I just act very noncommittal when he asks if they are real, so as not to lie. I don't know whether I should just let go and endulge him more in the whole wonderment of it all.

  BTW - what is the going rate for a tooth?
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  Jehovah's Witness boy fights court for right to die

  by jwfacts in

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  2. medical

  http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/religious-boy-fights-court-for-right-to-die-20130917-2tx5u.html.

  this is tragic.

  the boy is 17, and earlier this year the courts ruled that he was to be forced a transfusion.

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  Besty - SBF is correct - the title of the thread is inaccurate.

  The title is as how it appeared on a news website, and the article url.

  SBF - I don't believe there is any such thing as "false understanding", just different understandings.

  That is an extreme comment. "We do not need water in order to live" is a false understanding, not a different understanding, and if acted upon will lead to death.

  You say that the State is another form of tryanny to avoid. If a parent is abusing their child, how do you react in the cases that occur on at least a yearly basis when the state does nothing and the child dies?

  SBF - The question I pose is, "if at 17 you required a transfusion and had it forced upon you, how would you feel now?" As far as I know, you were an active JW at the time, and like that boy would have been willing to die for your religious ideals. Knowing what you know now, would you be grateful to have been given a chance at life?

  Most people I know that attempt suicide and survive, are grateful to survive. We do not always act in our best interests.
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  Lying to children

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  zac's first tooth just fell out, and so people are telling him that the tooth fairy will come with money.

  zac asked me if the tooth fairy is real.

  i am at a loss as to what to say.

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  Zac's first tooth just fell out, and so people are telling him that the tooth fairy will come with money. Zac asked me if the tooth fairy is real. I am at a loss as to what to say. I feel a repulsion to lie to him, yet know the importance of ritual and fantasy in a person's life.

  I'm not sure if my hatred of lying is a personality thing, or related to a JW upbringing, or residual to my leaving the Watchtower and having been deceived throughout my life.

  How do others handle tooth fairies with children?