Posts by valkyrie

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People have a right to preserve their culture race and identity!!!

by Joliette in

one of the biggest things that bothered me as a jehovahs witness was the whole 'we are the world' bullcrap that they used to teach, and that culture, color, and race didnt matter.

as far as i'm concerned thats a bunch of bs.

people have a right to preserve who they, where they came from, and they have a right to be represented.

valkyrie

Quick question: does everyone on this forum (Europeans and American) equate "ghetto" with 'an all-Black neighborhood'?

I watched an American-made documentary film yesterday, called "Oxyana," which exposed the deleterious impact of prescription drug abuse (particularly, Oxycontin/Oxycodone) on the population of a small town in West Virginia - Oceana (Wyoming County).

I would certainly describe that community - comprised of white Appalachia folk, former coal miners, destitute, devoid of hope and outside world experience, trapped in a cycle of addiction, poverty and violence - as a ghetto. Yet, not a dark skin was seen (on the film, at least).

How do you describe a ghetto? What is its most prominent feature? Race, or socio-economic condition (class and prospects)?

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Terry's book: I WEPT BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON

by tec in

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i just finished reading this book, by our terry, and i thorougly enjoyed it.

terry has an amazing gift for words and expression - as most of you already know - and he lured me in from the very start.

reading this book is an actual experience... and i don't want to say much more than that, because i don't want to color your experience as you read for yourself.. .

valkyrie

A pilgrimage to Terry's book-signing event? [With much advance notice, for long-distance travellers.]

Why should you be f ê ted only by crickets, when you already have so many cyberfans?

Congratulations, Terry!

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Writing a book

by DeWandelaar in

dear all,.

today i decided i will write a book.

it will not be a book about my findings or revelations about ttatt and neither will it be a book about my personal experiences.

valkyrie

Well, er... the Dutch language itself - of course - can't help itself: the construction is always a pleasure to 'feel' in my head. It has the texture of, say, a stroopwafel.

The narrative, at first, meanders (het dwaalt) unfocused; then, it doesn't so much flow, as ooze... with the uncomfortable creepiness of a peeping tom. [Sorry! ] The 'tale' then stutters rapidly through a summary of decades of events, like a suddenly nervous history student at an oral exam.

Surely, a reader needs to be led by the hand... along a paved road, and first be made curious to peer into your looking glass toward future events.

That's all I've got (for now). Thanks for the preview!

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Writing a book

by DeWandelaar in

dear all,.

today i decided i will write a book.

it will not be a book about my findings or revelations about ttatt and neither will it be a book about my personal experiences.

valkyrie

Veel dank, De Wandelaar.

I don't know whether you would care to receive feedback... ?

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Writing a book

by DeWandelaar in

dear all,.

today i decided i will write a book.

it will not be a book about my findings or revelations about ttatt and neither will it be a book about my personal experiences.

valkyrie

I am not familiar with the Book of Enoch, or any of the characters therein. I would like to read your story of Rhode, if you'll post it here. [You needn't spend time to translate it; just post it, as is (please?).]

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OMG Have you seen this?? This site is sooo hysterical. It reminds me of The Onion, but for exJW's

by noni1974 in

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http://jehovahstrumpet.com.

i read the cat baptisim article and i doubled over laughing.

one time when i was a kid i asked why my kitty couldn't go to the kh with us and my mom told me that animals were perfect and didn't need to go to the kh.. .

valkyrie

Upon reading the sites's call name, I keep 'seeing' "Jehovah strumpet"! My first thought was, "Is that a new sort of temple prostitute?"

(On second thought, anonymity is a beautiful, mysterious thing.)

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If the big change at the AGM meeting is dropping the literal 144,000...

by slimboyfat in

the best conjecture seems to be that the gb are going to drop the literal 144,000 teaching, especially in view of the december watchtower that pointedly does not mention the 144,000 number.

if they are dropping the literal 144,000 number, but still claim that only a small number are anointed, and can partake, and that only a few are left on earth, then it is fair to ask what has really changed?

they are simply clearing up the embarrassing situation that there were obviously more than 144,000 "anointed" believers from 36 ad until now, and that the number of partakers has been increasing in recent years.

valkyrie

JWs, most of them anyway, simply flat-out don't care what the doctrines are. They just don't.

They enjoy a warped sense of "unity", a superficial feeling of "love' and "brotherhood", and a misguided and wasteful "purpose" to their lives. Doctrine, the actual teachings, are utterly irrelevant.

Organisational loyalty is the highest virtue.

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