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  2007 DRAMA ON YouTube!!!!

  by whereami in

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  2. friends

  it's all about power!!!!

  all 9 parts are there.

  enjoy, and don't forget to let us know what you think.

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  justsomedude

  I threw up in my mouth just a little...

  With my family always being spiritual underachievers, I never was cast in one of these silly things. Do you imagine that you just feel like a complete tool the whole time?
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  What strange lifestyle choices have you seen copied in your congs????

  by mtsgrad in

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  i guess that most congs have some strange habitual behaviour.

  i have kept a mental list of the strange copycat behaviuor i have seen.. brothers buying the same style suit from the same suppliers......... sisters getting the same hairstyle.......... brothers and sisters getting the same ministry bags, folders etc..... brothers marrying sisters from certain countries or districts...................... brothers learning the same trade............. brothers getting the same jobs............... sisters all getting kids at the same time................ brothers and sisters getting the same health stuff.......... teaching kids at home............. .

  mtsgrad.

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  justsomedude

  When I was a kid, the whole "Witness School" thing was a big deal in most of the congregations.
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  what was the strangest/worst counsel you recieved from elders ?

  by flipper in

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  having been in the organization for 30 years, after i got out i reflected on this.

  as a teenager i was told to not let my hair grow over my ears because i might stumble other young ones in the congregation.

  also, in order to carry the microphones i was told i couldn't wear white socks, had to wear black or dark blue socks.

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  justsomedude

  It was, she would spend most of the night with the guy, than leave early in the morning to go let her dog go to the bathroom. The elders told me that this did not count, as she did not stay until sun up. Apparantly that was the phrase from the Pay Attention book (The super secret book that elders rule by). One night we drug an elder along with us, and while we were watching the apartment, he was looking at the horizon to see if the sun had come up.

  Do we get to vote for a winner in this contest?
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  God is not Great

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. friends

  anybody seen this book,.

  i was at a friends tonite, and read a bit on jihadist cretins in saudi arabia, who have banned george orwells "animal farm" because the farm ends up run by pigs.. godly honest - hearted moslems are also seeking to ban piglet, and charlottes web from schools.. apparently the eyes of innocent moslem babies cannot be defiled by reading about unclean animaux taking over the world, but.

  they can go to market to shop with mommy and see starving thieves having their hand sawn off (but humanely given a novocaine shot in the arm so they can watch but not feel it).

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  justsomedude

  I'm about 70 pages in and while Im enjoying it, there are other books I'd read first (if I hadnt already).
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  United Nations Website: Scan of Watchtower NGO status!!!!

  by Lady Liberty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good evening all,.

  just thought i would post the scan of the watchtowers ngo membership straight from the uns website.

  so for anyone that has someone saying that is just "apostate" talk like my grandmother said to me..it will be harder to deny it seeing it straight from their site!

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  justsomedude

  Does anyone a URL for any of the postive UN articles that were mentioned?
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  LOST *spoiler* questions??

  by Bob Loblaw in

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  2. entertainment

  why did charlie have to die?

  why couldn't he have swam out of that window?

  he was such a good character.

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  On Jack's Father - He tried to use a perscription from his Dad, though obviously fake, and then there was the mention of getting his father downstairs at the hospital. - Is he really alive (thanks to the island?), or is Jack losing his mind?

  On the funeral - I dont know if Ben or Locke would leave the island willingly. After killing whats her name, Locke split pretty quick. I'm betting he wont be showing up for the rescue. Michael maybe?
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  Were you a non-spiritual JW?

  by moshe in

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  2. friends

  i sure tried to act spiritual in the beginning of my jw life.

  i could go through the motions of being a good jw, but i just never could get turned on with being spiritual.i gave great talks and when i was an elder i could fill in for a no-show and never miss a beat.

  however, my wife at the time always complained that we didn't do the family study or study the wt lesson ahead of time.

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  justsomedude

  I think thats about as good a way to say it as any. I just did what I did because I thought it was the right thing to do, I believed in god, but didnt really feel moved by the whole experience like some do.

  I pioneered for a while, was regular in coming to the meetings and commenting, but felt obligation rather than motivation really.
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  Street Corner "Witnessing"

  by Darth Yhwh in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so today was a bit of a lazy monday.

  first i slept in an extra hour.

  then i took my 7 year old son to school, a task usually performed by my wife.

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  justsomedude

  Actually, that was my favorite kind of service. I realized that I was never going to have much success in the d2d stuff, because I really didnt care enough to try that hard. I'd put in the time sure, but I realized that anyone who was taking the mags was just trying to get us to go away anyway.

  The street work was nice as it just gave you the chance to get to know people in your car group as your cruised around for a few hours. I knew that we werent going to have much success, but if I had to go out and hock magazines, that's the way I preferred to do it.

  If you didnt have someone along that wanted to talk about the troof the whole time, it gave you a chance to see if maybe there was something you liked about the people in your hall. I made quite a few friends that way, though they're all lost at this point.
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  Remember When The Watchtower Was Printed on Paper?

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ah, those were the good ol' days.

  you could underline with a pen and the paper wouldn't rip.

  you would pinch the paper between your fingers and feel like you're holding a piece of paper instead of a tissue.

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  justsomedude

  So I havent touched one of their crappy mags since 05, I take it they changed the paper just a bit?
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  Did You Personally Know of Sex Offenders In The Congregation?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i knew of 1 person that should've been reported to the authorities for fooling around with his sisters when he was an older teen and they were much younger.

  it was hushed up by the elders, as this was considered a very prominent family.

  the allegations were made probably 20 years ago, well before i was ever in that hall.

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  justsomedude

  Off the top of my head I can think of 4. Fortuntately 3 of those served time in prison, one multiple times.

  The crazy thing is, I wasn't really in the "know" as far as dubs went. I wasn't really part of the jw in-crowd that would be aware of all the little scandals and gossip and yet I'm aware of 4 pedophiles. One continues to serve as an elder as far as I'm aware and nothing was ever announced to anyone.