Posts by WasOnceBlind

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Huntington Park Calif. council appoints 2 undocumented immigrants as commissioner.

by James Mixon in

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friends

hp became the first city in calif. to appoint two undocumented immigrants.

as commissioners on city advisory.

city picked two immigrants to join the.

WasOnceBlind

Agreed. I have a few more issues, too:
How well do they know Cali State law?
How good is their English?
Will they be culturally sensitive to minorities (including gay people)?
Are they willing to integrate into American society?
Which country did they come from? Is it a country hostile to the US?
Where are their documentation papers?

You questions, although valid, speak to the common misconception that all undocumented immigrants are poor cherry picking, non english speaking ignorant people. The truth is that you would be surprised by the number of college educated undocumented immigrants that there are. A lot of them are more American then people who were lucky enough to have been born here and know and care more about America then a lot of their citizens. In fact, many would welcome the chance to be able to fight for America and join the armed forces.

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World court of human rights

by WasOnceBlind in

while australia is dealing with this pedaphile protection policy that the wt seems to have, how awesome would it be if the world court of human rights was to look into it as well, seeing how the wt is a global organization.

WasOnceBlind

I live in the US, and I'm sure that if we started writing letters to congress to have a hearing on this maybe eventually it would happen......one can only dream!

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World court of human rights

by WasOnceBlind in

while australia is dealing with this pedaphile protection policy that the wt seems to have, how awesome would it be if the world court of human rights was to look into it as well, seeing how the wt is a global organization.

WasOnceBlind

While Australia is dealing with this pedaphile protection policy that the WT seems to have, how awesome would it be if the world court of human rights was to look into it as well, seeing how the WT is a global organization.

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Dino Ali Taking the Stand NOW

by AudeSapere in

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dino ali, elder, taking the stand now in the australian hearings.. he's talking about interaction with disfellowshipped persons.. watch it live: .

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

-aude..

WasOnceBlind

What they actually have are convenient memories. One thing they never forget is to use the Theocratic War Strategy, which is Watchtower's teaching that says they can lie to anybody who is not entitled to know the truth in their judgement. All is fair in Theocratic Warfare, including lying to investigators, judges, and other officials.

Is this found anywhere in print? If I could find this printed in a WT or book? If it is, it might just be the thing to crack the door of doubt on a parent.

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27 Famous Jehovah's Witnesses

by Bangalore in

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a list of 27 famous jw's from the ranker site.. http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-jehovahs-witnesses/celebrity-lists?page=1.

bangalore.

WasOnceBlind

A lot of those say that they are still practicing, I wonder what they mean by that? Are these people baptized? I seriously doubt it.

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Witness phone auto message

by FayeDunaway in

a friend just texted that she just now received a generic phone message from the witnesses to check out the 'best christian resource online at jw.(b)org!'.

so this is what they're doing now?

spam voicemail is going to make people like them better??

WasOnceBlind

Any chance you are subscribed to the Do Not Call list? If you are, maybe you can sue!

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JW's and Violence

by TD in

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my wife and i have recently gotten hooked on the history channel's series, vikings.

(my wife is full blooded norwegian....).

to be honest, the show is quite graphic in spots, but certainly no more so than a history book i own of the same time period.. anyhow, we made the mistake of mentioning the show if front of jw's last night and they were all thoroughly shocked that we watch it.. i tried pointing out that big chunks of the ot are not materially different and that even the confrontation between david and goliath would get an 'r' rating if it were visually portrayed in any detail at all.

WasOnceBlind

If they were to make a movie about the OT it would most like be Adult Only! Incest, rape, genocide, etc.

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Headed to the RC

by StarTrekAngel in

jw mode - on.

WasOnceBlind

Maybe they are upgrading to IMAX! lol

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How do you manage to keep JW friendships after you left the organization?

by Bonsai in

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it seems incredibly difficult.

those who leave the org.

(or fade) no longer have anything in common with jehovah's witnesses, nor do they want to stick around to get radiated by the fear and guilt that saturates every aspect of a witnesses' life.. i've lost all but one of my jw friends quite simply because i can no longer condone the evil things that they condone.

WasOnceBlind

oe134cd38 minutes agoI had an interesting one the other day, with a FBook jw friend. Although I mentioned to him that I wasn't going to meetings, I sincerely wanted to know about the flags been flown out side the KH in Chile (he lives there). I then showed him the letter from the chilean branch. 24 hour later I was blocked. Although telling of jw friendship I can't say it's surprising.

Funny that you mention something like that. I had this JW "friend" (actually wanted to date me back in the days) that I hadn't spoken to in years, she found me on Facebook and requested me as a friend. Before accepting I asked her if she was sure she wanted to be my "friend" since I was inactive and not seen as good association. She said yea, gave me all this crap about how she knew I was a good person and that she didn't judge people. So last Friday she sends me an invite for me to go with her to the 3 day convention she is having mid July. I replied telling her I would be passing on the invitation because I had just finished reading "Crisis of conscience" and had some thinking to do, I also thanked her for keeping me in mind. Well I swear it almost seemed that she hit that "unfriend" button before I even hit send. I say good riddance!

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How do you manage to keep JW friendships after you left the organization?

by Bonsai in

jw
friends

it seems incredibly difficult.

those who leave the org.

(or fade) no longer have anything in common with jehovah's witnesses, nor do they want to stick around to get radiated by the fear and guilt that saturates every aspect of a witnesses' life.. i've lost all but one of my jw friends quite simply because i can no longer condone the evil things that they condone.

WasOnceBlind

I never really had super "spiritual" friends so that helps. All but three of my friends who were JW's are still JW's. One of them is my best friend and I never stopped talking to him or hanging out and he has never stopped talking to me now that I have been inactive. Of the other two one surprised me because he is now a MS (growing up I thought for sure he would be out at 18) we don't hang out or even talk anymore, if we see each other we say hi and small talk but that's it. The third one I still talk to online once in a while but never hang out either, doesn't help her dad is the CO. All my other friends who were JW's are out, so we still talk and hang out sometimes.