Topics Started by Spectre

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Mouthy has Passed Away
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
update on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.

i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.

- may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.
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Critical Thinking-is that phrase a stigma?
by PaintedToeNail in
1. jw
2. friends
when i first heard the term 'critical thinking' it was as a teenager during a watchtower study.

the study went on to elaborate how we shouldn't be swayed by critical thinking.

there was no explanation that the term didn't mean 'to criticize' thoughts and words, but rather that it means 'to objective think and to evaluate thoughts and words'.
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Why are the Scientologists Getting All of the Attention?
by Wild_Thing in
1. jw
2. friends
there are more jws than scientologists.

jws shun their ex-members, too, and have beliefs just as weird.

we also have had our celebrities .... michael jackson, prince.
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To Continue the Theme of All Things Prince ... The Dirty Songs List
by Wild_Thing in
1. jw
2. friends
link is here.. line outapr 18, 2013. .

"an incomplete and disorderly catalog of prince's dirty songs".

by kelly o. .
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Settlers of Catan
by Wild_Thing in
1. social
2. entertainment
anybody else here love the game settlers of catan?

i love it!

there is an online version that i like to play, too.. "does anybody have any wood?
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One more ASS embly under my belt
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
thank the almighty god jehovah for smart phones.

helps get me through the day.
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Memorial Audience Filled with Unbelieving Mates and Other Miserable Relatives
by xjwsrock in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i looked around my hall and saw so many miserable unbelieving mates and relatives it was actually funny.

they were in a glazed-over stupor.

they looked liked children forced to go to an opera.
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Did you participate in a Drama?
by Hecce in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am bringing this up because even it was a lot of work, for the majority of the friends this was a rewarding experience.

camaraderie, joking, costumes, props and when the time came the celebrity status of being in the drama.. back in the 50s and 60s, conventions could be as long as 8 days and from about 1966 the dramas became an integral part of the program.

we had one per day and the brothers looked forward to their presentation.
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Is Reading/Writing about Mythologies bad?
by Messhy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as the topic title says, is reading/writing about mythologies bad?

i read alot of mythologies and enjoy it.

should i stop?.
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Why don't we have dominion over the animals?
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. current
a devout christian had his buttocks mauled by a lion after challenging the big cat to a duel in order to prove the “lord’s power over animals”.. alec ndiwane, who has been described as a “prophet” in african media, was on safari at the kruger national park in south africa when he confronted the pride.. determined to prove to fellow tourists that god would save him, ndiwane is said to have gone into a trance and started speaking in tongues before opening his car door and charging at the lions.. but the lions were quick off the mark and bit him viciously on the backside as he clambered into the vehicle.. a warden managed to scare the big cats off by firing a gun in the air.. “i do not know what came over me,” ndiwane told ghanaweb.. “i thought the lord wanted to use me to show his power over animals.

is it not we were given dominion over all creatures of the earth?” he added.. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6994224/devout-christian-has-buttocks-mauled-by-lions-after-challenging-big-cats-to-a-duel-to-prove-the-lords-power-over-animals.html?cmp=spklr-_-editorial-_-twitter-_-thesunnewspaper-_-20160311-_-news-_-394160343-_-imageandlink.