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  Interesting quotes from the Feb 15th Watchtower (it's not a cult at all, honest!)...

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well it's the 15th today, so i thought i'd check to see whether the feb 15th watchtower has been uploaded yet... and sure enough it has.. here is the link to the pdf.... http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/5a/w_e_20130215.pdf.

  i've breezed through it and noticed that it is littered with odd stuff that would scream "cult!

  " to an outsider, but which your average indoctrinated jw will just lap up as always.. here is my pick of the quotes.... the first article, entitled "this is our spiritual heritage" gives a very flattering whistle-stop tour of the history of god's organization - from abraham to tynedale to rutherford (bypassing russell altogether) before explaining that nothing will ever thwart jehovah's purposes.

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  At least two of the people in that picture are wearing UNAPPROVED western style string ties...
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  NO more Twinkies? Damn, That was my Armageddon food.

  by wha happened? in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/business&id=8887806.

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  Moon Pies are the answer to this problem.

  Moon Pies and Sun Drop Cola.
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  How to handle it when a JW gives you "counsel" about some stupid crap

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a catch-22 that can trip you up at the local kingdom hall.. .

  if you receive "counsel" from an elder about any behavior at all and you "resist" or question the counsel you can be accused of having a "spirit of rebellion".. .

  so, you have to either shut up and comply (with even the most ludicrous and ill-founded suggestions) or answer back and be chastised and "marked".. .

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  james_woods

  I was taught this as an IBM consultant engineer years ago - when a customers faces you with the truly absurd or ludicrous - simply say:

  "THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT" - Smile nicely, and then quietly walk away from it.
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  How do you keep your hopes up while in this doomed existence?

  by sabastious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  coming from aguest's thread where she showed us the article that describes a "brain drain" that has been occuring for centuries do to "mutations" i can't help but be a little fed up with how much negativity comes from the land of science.

  sure, facts are facts and they do not set out to sound good or bad, but instead of identifying the problems of doom, like our brains are devolving, why not focus on the solutions to those problems?

  where are the hopes and dreams that our culture so desperately holds onto which actually provides the drive to progress towards them.

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  I have a very interesting book - "Einstein and Kulture" - it devotes two chapters to the grezat man's religious thoughts.

  I have been meaning to do a thread on that subject, but want to re-read the book again first.

  BTW - the "devalued evolution" theory is quite simply - nonsense.
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  Terrible Weather ... :-(

  by snowbird in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42783438/ns/local_news-mobile_al/.

  please keep us in your thoughts.. syl.

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  james_woods

  I miss Snowbird. Maybe she will be back to visit us again in a few days.
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  For What It's Worth...

  by jeremiah18:5-10 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been a member here for approx 4 months now.

  i've made all of 68 posts.. on the otherhand, i visit the site daily and try to read every thread.

  unfortunately i travel alot for work.

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  james_woods

  I place you upon the 14,000 pedastal, Undercover - as I am at a lowly 13,880.
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  For What It's Worth...

  by jeremiah18:5-10 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been a member here for approx 4 months now.

  i've made all of 68 posts.. on the otherhand, i visit the site daily and try to read every thread.

  unfortunately i travel alot for work.

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  james_woods

  Did you know that was your 14,000th post (even 14,000), Undercover?
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  Can YOU solve the following Paradox??

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  before i address the paradox (a statement that contradicts itself) i want to insert a fact from history.. .

  the romans used a malleable (and highly poisonous) metal (lead) for water pipes and conduits.

  as snows melted into pure water, it was channeled into sluices and pipes made of lead that ran through the cities as drinking water.. .

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  Actually, lead water pipes are not particularly dangerous unless the water is highly acidic.

  New York city had some lead water pipes will into the past century.

  Many refrigerated water fountains use a lead container to chill the water you drink from them.
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  China and North Korea rank Happiest Countries

  by everchangingworld in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yep, says north korea.

  according to a new happiness index, north korea ranks second after china, followed by cuba, iran and venezuela.

  if you're wondering where america ranks, it's ranks at #203. .

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  China must be insanely jealous...
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  I fall for bicycle

  by TJ Curioso in

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  for all the bike lovers ... from portugal!.

  https://www.facebook.com/tenhoquedaparaabicicleta.

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  james_woods

  Incidentally, fakesmile - you have been awarded a WPOTD by botchtower for the brazilian/guatemalan statement.

  (Wibble Phrase of the Day)

  All Wibble highly concurs.