I agree by and large. Good post Lady Lee, although yes you probably are sensitized to it. I'm often dumbfounded (and annoyed as hell) at the way people start laughing at a movie theatre at just the slightest humorous nuance made during an otherwise totally serious and violent movie. People actually laugh out loud when it is obvious that the thing said or done wasn't actually intended to elicit humour at all! Actually when you look at some of the earliest comedies on film and tv, they are often even more 'violent' in a slapstick way than today.
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Violence disguised as comedy
by Lady Lee inlately, here in ottawa, there is a tv ad for a comedy show.
it has a "teacher" in front of a 3 student class.
the teacher says that when he asks a question everyone should put up their hand.
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How Would You Refute JW's Claim Of Being The ONLY True Religion?
by minimus insince the new tract tells us "the end of false religion is near!
", jehovah's witnesses maintain that they alone are the only true religion.
how would you dispute that??
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Easy. "By their fruits you will recognise them" and "by this all will know you are my disciples, by the love you have amongst yourselves". JW's fail abysmally on these two hallmarks of 'true christianity' by: Their flawed two-witness policy re child abuse accusations, letting babies and children die from want of a blood transfusion, and ruining families and causing untold personal misery through their harsh shunning policy, and lastly, failing to do any kind of general Christian charity for the poor, lame, blind, deaf, and downtrodden in their communities.
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Big changes after the new tract?
by Matt_fs inone of my jw friends who still talks to me said this was the last tract that will be released from the faithfull discreet slave and that after the tract has been released there will be some major changes and for everyone not to be affraid.
does anyone have an idea of what this might be?
this gets me a little curious!.
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Oh, and the other big announcement is that the Society are going to publisher Kingdom News toilet rolls. JW's will be encouraged to leave them in public conveniences in their local community. A demonstration will be conducted at the next service meeting.
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Big changes after the new tract?
by Matt_fs inone of my jw friends who still talks to me said this was the last tract that will be released from the faithfull discreet slave and that after the tract has been released there will be some major changes and for everyone not to be affraid.
does anyone have an idea of what this might be?
this gets me a little curious!.
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The society is desperate to keep the annual statistics up, so the big changes are that field service time can be started from when you first leave your home to drive to the FS group, until when you get home. That will get about another 1 hour each publisher, so will tremendously boost the annual hourly FS stats. Along with that, it will only be necessary to actually attend a minimum of two meetings for FS month to count time for that month and put a FS report in, even if you don't actually go out on FS but go straight home after the meeting for FS. Because it's the right intention and thought that counts rather than the actual doing. That way no one will have any reason ever again to become inactive. Also, to boost annual publisher stats, everyone who has been inactive for up to five years and has not dissasociated themselves will still be counted as a publisher, because these ones need to be shown long-suffering as they may still return to the org.
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Are you really free from the Watchtower?
by yaddayadda inthe thread on how long it took you to get out of the organisation made me think.
i honestly think anyone that spends more than half an hour per day on anti-jw sites like this is, psychologically, not out of the organisation at all, despite their best protests.
the watchtower clearly still fascinates them to the point of an obsessive, compulsive need to frequently post on this website and others.
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The thread on how long it took you to get out of the organisation made me think. I honestly think anyone that spends more than half an hour per day on anti-JW sites like this is, psychologically, not out of the organisation at all, despite their best protests. The Watchtower clearly still fascinates them to the point of an obsessive, compulsive need to frequently post on this website and others. I'm certain that many posters on this site are, quite frankly, psychologically incapable of never visiting JW-related websites again. They have simply swapped mental slavery to a religious organisation for mental slavery to a religious website. So the question is: until the day comes when you finally stop feeding your JW website addiction, can you really, honestly, say you are FREE from the Watchtower???
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Mars bars made with blood
by 5thGeneration inanyone remember back 15 years or so ago when some brothers used to think mars bars were made with lecithin derived from blood .. we had a sister call the company and interrogate them.
funny.. .
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My mother thought chicken flavoured crisps had blood in them. All through my childhood I never ate chicken crisps. I used to crave them, fantasize about eating them. My mother even used to write letters to certain sausage manufacturers that she suspected put blood derived substances in their products. Amazing now looking back, the pharasaical gnat-swallowing & fanaticism.
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Oprah for President in '08. Why? Why not?
by AuldSoul ini have seen the idea floated a few times in some interesting places, but also on threads here.. i think she would get the vote out in a way it has never been gotten out before.
it would also throw all the pollster's margins of error way out of whack (which might be worth it, all by itself).. why do you think she should be or could be elected president?.
why do you think she shouldn't be or couldn't be elected president?.
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If Oprah was made president it would just be the ultimate statement in the stupidity of the American voting public, not that they have any credibility left as it is. Americans are not far removed from Filipinos - childishly fascinated with famous movie and tv personalities to the point they give them political power, rather than voting for persons for their real intelligence, principles and political ability. In fact, Americans are even more naive than Filipinos when it comes to voting - Americans vote on the basis of family connections and nepotism, eg, George Senior and now George Junior, Bill Clinton now Hillary. Pathetic.
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Buddhism, Taoism, Meditation, and any other Non-Christian Journeys...
by exjdub inthere have been a lot of christian threads lately, so i thought that i would open a topic for other journeys.
because there is no way i will ever be a christian again because the curtain has been opened and i can see behind it, however i have an open mind and have started some meditation practices.
i have been thinking about visiting a buddhist temple out of curiosity.
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There is overwhelming anecdotal evidence for believing in the spirit-realm. Millions of persons have claimed to have had inexplicable experiences with the spirit-realm, atheist and religious. Discount it at your peril. Butters, if you believe in Yahweh and Yahshua then you must also believe in angels and demons. Otherwise you must reject the gospels and must therefore reject Yahshua? Can't have one without the other. You can't pick what suits your belief system in the gospels and reject the rest as mere allegory. You're just like all the rest, you like to pick what you like from the bible and discard whatever doesn't personally suit u.
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Watchtower warns against "religious secrecy"!
by AlmostAtheist inevery once in a while i pop over to watchtower.org to see if there are any articles crying out to be mocked.
today i found a lovely example of the watchtower condemning others for doing something that it is also guilty of.
the irony is exquisite!
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If the Society aren't secretive then why don't they reveal the names of those who wrote the NWT? Why don't they say who writes their articles and publications? Why don't they publish a full, comprehensive annual financial report showing where all the money is and how it is being spent, like other bona fide charities do? Why did they hide the fact that they were an NGO with the UN's DPI? "Woe to you, hypocrites!" (Jesus Christ)
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Buddhism, Taoism, Meditation, and any other Non-Christian Journeys...
by exjdub inthere have been a lot of christian threads lately, so i thought that i would open a topic for other journeys.
because there is no way i will ever be a christian again because the curtain has been opened and i can see behind it, however i have an open mind and have started some meditation practices.
i have been thinking about visiting a buddhist temple out of curiosity.
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So you've 'seen behind the curtain' of Christianity huh? Sounds to me like you're just swapping one curtain for another. Swapping Christianity for a lot of nonsense about reincarnation, etc. Well, good luck.