Maryjane

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  GET REAL PEOPLE !!

  by Simon in

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  do some of you expect?!?!.

  i am extremely disappointed to read some people's comments about the latest news.

  it is one thing to express and opinion, perhaps that you think it isn't as big as you imagined (one wonders what you imagined) but it is another to be downright insulting to people who have put a lot of time and effort into this.. get real.

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  Maryjane

  What the *%$!! do some of you expect?!?!

  I am extremely disappointed to read some people's comments about the latest news. It is one thing to express and opinion, perhaps that you think it isn't as big as you imagined (one wonders what you imagined) but it is another to be downright insulting to people who have put a lot of time and effort into this.

  I think that's all we've been doing is expressing opinions on the "big news". Any small step that leads to the demise of the WTBTS is a step in the right direction, but IMHO this news did NOT deserve all the hype the author built up around it. I appreciate her giving us the heads up on new developments but I honestly didn't like "having my chain yanked" as someone else put it.
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  The turning point of the apostate movement?

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it possible that this "big news" could actually create a division amongst active apostates who are fighting to disrupt the wts?.

  it seems that there are two factions regarding the "big news": one is jumping for joy, ready to spread the news far and wide, hoping for lawsuits; the other has poo-pooed the whole thing as overblown nothingness.

  for the most part up til now, it's been us(ex-jws) vs them(the wts).

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  Maryjane

  it is just as I tell my wife... There is no Evil Slave Class, plotting evil things against the WTS . It is not like Star Trek vs the Klingons, because there is no unified resistance . This board is the closest I have found to us having something in common - and look how differnt we all are..

  We are just a whole load of disparate individuals, most of whom have been hurt to some degree or another by the WTS .and want to help others that are in the same boat - that's all.

  Well put Blues Brother! I'm dealing with a Jehovah-bot on another board and I counter her constant bible-thumping from time to time with valid information about the WTBTS (mostly for the other people on the board who aren't JW's). Once I addressed her specifically and she arrogantly proclaimed "Just for the record, I NEVER read any of your posts, I just scroll past them...your efforts are in vain!" As if I'm the Evil Emperor Ming trying to foil her! They are WAY too caught up in the good vs. evil thing. .
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  THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  if i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?

  have i ever misled you?

  i'll answer that--no!

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  Maryjane

  Well hopefully one good thing will come out of this whole "Big News" fiasco...there won't be anymore HYPED-out posts on the board. Big news will be posted as it happens and will hit the newswires as well. I'm sure AP or Reuters don't give a rats arse about and obscure article in thee Baylor U Church & State Law Review (nor will your average JW).
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  Did The Watchtower Society Decieve You Enough To Sue Them???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did they really misrepresent anything to you that you could sue for?

  everyone knows how they take quotes out of context.

  do you personally have a valid reason to sue the society??

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  Maryjane

  We've all suffered residual psychological problems (trust of self & other, social-retardness, shunning and the resultant emotional pain, etc. etc.)

  But is it sue-able? Probably not.
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  Is The Who Woman who wrote This Going To Sue The WT?

  by Legolas in

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  well is she?

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  Maryjane

  I agree...how is this different? How is this going to affect the rank & file JW (who will probably never even hear about this!)

  And are we to expect the minions who've been affected by the blood issue to file lawsuits (some years after the fact).

  Call me a pessimist, but I don't see this as big news.
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  THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?

  have i ever misled you?

  i'll answer that--no!

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  Maryjane

  They'll survive this too. No current JW will leave or even sue over this. Maybe a few families outside of the JW's will bring up a lawsuit, but I bet not a lot.
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  BIG NEWS Email Clearing House

  by Severus in

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  consider me a player.

  i am interested in supporting the "big news" news blitz by coordinating a clearing house of jw email addresses.

  most of us have a handful of jw email contacts, others may have whole address books filled of them.

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  Maryjane

  I just sent you a couple! Good lookin' out!
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  Use NORAD to track Santa!!!! :D

  by Elsewhere in

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  do you have kids who pester you about where santa is during christmas?

  well, here is your solution!

  norad has a website dedicated to using their advanced missile tracking technologies for tracking santa!

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  Maryjane

  I hope NORAD does a better job at tracking Santa than they did at protecting us on 9/11.
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  How GREEN are you? How GREEN should we be?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i recycle where i can - don't pollute intentionally - never litter - but that is about as far as i go.. how active in maintaining this planet for the future are you?.

  jeff

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  Maryjane

  I recycle and take mass transit/walk, but that's about it. In 1992 I took an environmental science class and the professor did NOT have an optimistic outlook for the planet even then. He said even with recycling, if we keep consuming at the rate we are, in another 20 years the planet will be in DIRE environmental straits.
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  Anyone Related to Anyone Famous?

  by stevieb1 in

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  anyone related to any actors, actresses, writers, politicians etc either alive or dead?.

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  Maryjane

  My cousin Julie used to be married to Brian McKnight...that's as close to celebritydom as I get!