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  What is the most strange action of a witness while out in field service?

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  i was paired with this older "brother" when i was a teenager.

  he was very very strange.

  he was a nice guy but goofy.

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  WasOnceBlind

  Once I was assigned to service with this pioneer. It was one of the worst days ever, I think he wanted to impress me by how much service hours he put in or something. Any ways after about 4 hours of actual field service he tells me has a study to conduct. So we head over, after about an hour into the study, I thought it was over, but to my surprise this "brother" actually asked the guy if he wanted to keep going. The guy said yeah, so the "brother" actually told him to ask his wife to make us some sandwiches. I was kind of in shock, the guy was a little taken back but he obliged and told his wife to make us sandwiches. Definitely weird.
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  Has anyone seen this video?

  by vinman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  WasOnceBlind

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

  by OneStepOut93 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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.

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  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

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  2. 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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  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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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  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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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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..

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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

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

  bangalore.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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??

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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  WasOnceBlind

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