Posts by WasOnceBlind

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Has anyone seen this video?

by vinman in

about 4 months back, apostate lon posted a youtube video entitled watchtower society broadcasts pagan symbol.

i try not to believe in conspiracy theories but that symbol just doesn't belong there...hmm.

Thinking about taking my fiance to a meeting.. going as a "worldly person"

by OneStepOut93 in

i may take my fiance to a meeting.

give them fake names and just see how my fiance reacts.

he's been curious about seeing what i hated so much about the whole thing (not that he'll really understand everything, i mean of course he never will to my extent but)... i'd like to see what an outsiders view on the whole thing would be as well.

WasOnceBlind

OverlappingGeneralizations
2 hours ago

On a side note, there was one "brother" who showed up out of nowhere. He said he moved up from the south somewhere. He wanted to go out in service, was commenting like a fiend, the whole works. Very charismatic, and a big hit with everybody. He made it about two weeks and disappeared. I ran the literature counter back in those days, and an elder was standing there, and I asked him "hey, brother Charismatic hasn't picked up his magazines. Come to think of it, I haven't seen him in a while". The elder responded with a furrowed brow "That guy was disfellowshipped! Can you believe he came in here and did what he did? Commenting! I even took him in my service group!". So it happens, lol.

Ha, this happened in my congregation too. It was a "brother" who arrived from I think Mexico, it was a while before it was found out he had been DF'ed in Mexico.

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

by James Mixon in

jw
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.

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