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  Organization's Calender Pic for July/August

  by dedalus in

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  yesterday i noticed, at the home of my leaving-but-not-quite-left parents-in-law, the photo montage for july/august on the organization's calender.

  on the top of the page is a photograph of a bunch of jw children at a convention in 1941, holding up a copies of the book children, which had been distributed just to them.. here are two quotes from that book, some of which was written in a hokey first person dub-voice:.

  should men and women, both of whom are jonadabs or 'other sheep' of the lord, now marry before armageddon and bring forth children?

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  Witnesses admit to counting time on-line ...

  by dedalus in

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  i wonder how much of a trend this is, and what it means for the watchtower publishing empire.

  hours up, placements down .... http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum1/html/000234.html.

  dedalus

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  The most frightening haircut of my life ...

  by dedalus in

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  this morning i went for a haircut, and since my usual stylist (caroline, quick with the clippers and a joke, does magic with my floppy mop of hair), was out, i told the receptionist i'd settle for whoever was available.

  after a moment i was handed over to "winnie," whom i recognized as a witness from a neighboring congregation -- alas, not before she'd roughly dunked my head in the sink.

  i was pretty sure she recognized me, too.. "so how have you been, dedalus," she said.. "um, just fine, and you?

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  RAGE ... trying not to give in ...

  by dedalus in

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  i recently stopped by my father's house to pick up some mail and to drop off my brother's sunglasses.

  my father, a zealous dub with 24 years in the collective, asked to talk to me.. for those who don't know, my fiancee and i are having a baby, which for obvious reasons causes some consternation on my father's part: you don't have to be a witness to believe that sex before marriage is wrong.

  (if someone wants to discuss whether this is a valid position or not, do it in another thread.

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  Awake exploits family tragedy ....

  by dedalus in

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  by now most here have read the terrible story of a pregnant witness, theresa giarrano, who was murdered for her unborn child.

  the story appeared in vogue magazine shortly after the events took place; it is only now, 10 months later, that the awake (july 22, 2001 issue) has published anything about this tragedy.

  though the story is "as told by" theresa's father, james giarrano, it is such a twisted piece of exploitation that i can only believe a ghost writer or collaborator is behind it.

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  What was the drama about this year?

  by dedalus in

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  i'm asking because my jw dad is in it.

  all i know is that he's playing a bible character, but i'm wondering what bible scenario is being enacted.

  in a gesture of support and mutual tolerance, i was planning to go see him perform, cheer him on, that sort of thing.

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  I'm going to be a father!

  by dedalus in

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  i've been a sorry excuse of a poster lately, so i'm not really in tune with what's going on with the board, but i still know enough people here to make an announcement: foxy, my fiancee, is pregnant!.

  so it happened a couple of years before we were planning it, before we could even get married, before i've finished my postgraduate degree -- but so what?

  we're financially sturdy enough to pull it off, i'll be able to complete the degree and get a good job, and no amount of financial anxiety seems to offset the excitement i feel to be having a child.

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  Classic Excuses: "We don't have the whole ...

  by dedalus in

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  patio34's post got me thinking ... sooner or later as witnesses, we all face[d] a situation in which we became aware of some kind of judicial corruption -- someone reproved who shouldn't have been, someone harassed by elders, or worse, instances of violence and abuse that have been deliberately ignored and concealed.. my question for this thread is, what's the lamest excuse you've ever heard (or given) to justify the injustice in your hall?

  the one that occurred to me was, "we don't have the whole story," as if there could possibly be a good reason for ruining an innocent's life.

  my future father-in-law was deleted as an elder, for example, after accepting charity money raised for his deaf, blind, and mentally handicapped son.

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  Is the Organization really free from racism?

  by dedalus in

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  one of the claims witnesses like to make is that they are color-blind, that their religion transcends matters of race and culture.

  by and large, i think most "apostates" accept this, though it's all too obvious that witnesses are bigots when it comes to all non-members.. but how true is the claim that witnesses escape racial stereotyping?.

  i attended an inner-city congregation with mostly black brothers and sisters.

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  REQUEST FOR BLOODY WT PICS

  by dedalus in

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  i'm wrapping up a psychoanalytic paper about witnesses and images of death in their literature.

  it's due tomorrow or sat., depending ... anyway, the paper is almost done, but i'm trying to collect and print out some "end of the world" pics to submit with the text.

  can anyone provide me with some specific sites with scanned pics of this sort?

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