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  Beware of Emojis! A worksheet from jw.org to help you!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  we all know just hoe dangerous emojis are right??

  well, thankfully, "jehovah's organization" have lovingly provided a step by step worksheet to help!.

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/friendly-or-flirtatious/.

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  The Official WATCHTOWER APPROVED Emoji!
  
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  Like Mom and Dad?

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  apart from the obvious -- "you have your mother's nose" and "you got dad's cleft chin" -- do you see any of your parent's behavioral traits and attitudes in yourself?

  likewise, do you observe how your own children are 'apples fallen not far from the tree'?

  the good, the bad, and the ugly?.

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  My father was a drunken bum and womanizer. I never met him and so I know nothing about his other personality traits. My mother on the other hand was a dyed in the wool Jehovah's Witness. She had lots of bad traits too. However, outside the immediate family she was generous to a fault. (Albeit with her children's support money!) And she was hospitable to people she liked. She was a good cook and could put on one hell of a meal! I have been trying to eradicate from my personality as much negativity and hurtful traits as I can since 1996 when I realized that I too could be a real asshole! 'Watchtower logic', as I am fond of calling it, can do a real number on our ability to think clearly, rationally and objectively about ourselves and others. Since Watchtower is constantly lying to us, I think it breeds in us a propensity to lie to ourselves and others as a matter of course, without even thinking about it. My worst trait that keeps popping up in me over and over again is contempt for other people. I saw it in my mother and I see it clearly in myself. I have been unsuccessful in eradicating it thus far.
  
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  I am a Living Time Machine

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

  everywhere you found telephone booths!

  a call was a nickle.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

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  Riding through the middle of town with my Grandfather, in his 1959 Chrysler Windsor, I would stand up in the front seat beside him clutching a round Quaker Oats container full of Cocoa-Puffs! Terry, you've opened up the way for lots of good memories to come flooding forth.
  
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  ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

  i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

  it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

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  I would like to welcome the 'real' Richard Oliver to the forum, now that he has taken off his mask. Petty, vindictive, self satisfied, egocentric, self righteous, arrogant, self important, myopic, hubristic and childish didactic dilettante.
  
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  I am a Living Time Machine

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

  everywhere you found telephone booths!

  a call was a nickle.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

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  Great thread, Terry and a nice stroll down memory lane!

  

  I remember this exact 'Bakelite' telephone sitting on my Grandfathers old 'secretary' that he kept his paperwork in.

  To this day I still remember the telephone number: RIVERVIEW 9-0033!
  
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  Old people ask ... questions ... no answers

  by Lostandfound in

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  2. beliefs

  just random questions for the book questions old people ask.

  when can i stop donating my last penny every month to the wt?.

  when can i have sex with no guilty conscience due to wt teachings?.

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  "I committed adultery a number of years ago and never confessed it. I never was an Elder so can I still get a 'free pass' on my sin?"
  
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  ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

  i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

  it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

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  "Buy group. You won't hear from me again. And I am sure plenty of people will be ecstatic by that and good for them. I don't care anymore." - Richard Oliver 4 days ago

  I liked this Richard Oliver much better.
  
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  Leaving story

  by leavingeverythingbehind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been following this forum for a couple of years now, but it's only just now that i've decided to register.

  it's been quite a long and strenous process leaving the org, having been borned and raised in and spent so much time in.

  i'm so gratefull there's the internet these days which helps new people find their way out of this and other religions.

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  Nice to meet you leavingeverythingbehind. I look forward to your posts.
  
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  baptised nearly 51 years

  by Phoebe in

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  2. friends

  been reading this site for awhile now.

  i have had a long and often tragic life as a jw.

  my story is so long because i'm pretty old :) i feel sad i've been locked in fear and guilt for my entire life.

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  Welcome to the forum, Phoebe. You will find much encouragement and support here. Keep your eyes and ears open......................there is a lot to learn from many of the posters here. You have chosen a beautiful name for yourself: Phoebe. It is from Greek origin and means 'bright, shining one'. May your future now be 'bright' and happy!
  
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  Not a sympathizer

  by Richard Oliver in

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  2. experiences

  i think everyone here is under the impression that i am a watchtower sympathizer, i am not.

  i just like facts and when people say things, which are their opinions but that facts point out as not being true, than that is when i get so motivated to make a comment.

  i have read posts here, listened to six screens and read jwsurvey and seen things that people say, which are opinion, but pass them off as fact.. there are legitimate things that people on here and former jws have concerns over without manipulating what is said or trying to pass off opinion as a fact.

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  " I don't care anymore. Do whatever the hell you want and want to believe."- Richard Oliver

  TRANSLATION:

  " No one here recognizes my superior intellect and wisdom. There is no need for me to see any other sides to any issue. I deal in facts only (albeit my own translation and interpretation of the facts). Why can't you all just agree with me and everything will be all right. If you aren't willing to play by my rules than I am going home!"

  Outlaw had you 'pegged perfectly' towards the beginning of this thread:

  "You ignore anything that doesn't fit your narrative...."

  "You outright make shit up......"