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  Atm machines next to contribution boxes at 2010 DC

  by foolsparadise in

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  two friends came over and told me at the long beach convention they had atm machines distributed around the main lobby of the arena so the brothers could pull out cash and donate more freely.

  anyone else hear of this at any other conventions of satan?.

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  "we never pass around a collection plate".........but here's a conveniant ATM.
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  WT comment 'people who leave the org who seem happy are fooled by satan?!?'

  by darth frosty in

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  this was a comment made at the past wt study (6/27).

  from what i know the wt from sunday had something to do with christ (just read title of blondies comments.

  so what was the purpose of such a comment?

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  If we can be fooled into thinking we are happy.

  they can be fooled into thinking they are right.

  A recent convo with one of my relatives.

  ME, Everything is going well for me, this is the best part of my life so far.

  JW, That is just satan tricking you into believing you are happy, you just don't know it.

  ME, If he can trick people that well, how do you know he is not tricking you?

  JW, Because I know I am serving Jah.

  ME, yeah, that's my point, when someone is fooling you, you don't know you are being fooled, otherwise you wouldn't be fooled.

  JW, yes, he can twist things so that they seem like something it is not.

  ME, Yes, so if that is true, if he can really trick, fool, deceive you into believeing something that is not true, then that means he could be tricking you also.

  JW, (no comment)
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  A Green Handshake

  by dgp in

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  i just learned that sometimes people give "green handshakes".

  is this the same as bribing your way up?.

  thanks for any posts..

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  We aways gave cash to the CO when he came around, ususally around $200.

  Funny now that I think about it, we always gave it to the CO, never his wife.
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  Let's compile the 10 most...

  by MrFreeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's compile the 10 most most flawed teachings of jehovah's witnesses and provide sound reasoning and references as to why they are so flawed.

  this way we can all have this thread as a reference when it comes to disputing what jehovah's witnesses believe.

  we can make this a community project.

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  The concept that it is absolutely imperative that we use Gods personal name.

  Even though god chooses not to reveal to us how to pronounce that name.

  And we must use the name "jehovah" in substitution for that unknown name.

  Yeah, that makes sense
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  If Samuelsson Is Right about Crucifixion All Lexica Need Revision

  by Titus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if samuelsson is right about crucifixion all lexica need revision.

  last friday gunnar samuelsson successfylly defended his thesis "crucifixion in antiquity: an inquiry into the background of the new testament terminology of crucifixion" at gothenburg university (supervisor samuel byrskog).

  the external examiner erkki koskenniemi professor of abo university, finland, was drastic in his opening when he said that "if gunnar samuelsson is right, then all lexica will need revision on this point.

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  If they have something as important as the shape of J's torture device wrong,

  then imagine what else they must have wrong.

  I just wouldn't trust any of it, if I were you.
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  would you buy this ?

  by man in black in

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  2. friends

  there is a jw lady i knew who lives out west who sells these things.. it reminds me of hellboy's companion,, that fish - eyed guy voiced by niles crane.. .

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  My gawd, it's frickin hilarious.

  I'll buy it!
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  WT Sept 15th KoolAid - the edition that just keeps giving

  by undercover in

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  there have already been several threads started about this particular issue.

  quite a bit of stuff to reflect on, especially the articles elevating the elders and gb.... but here's another gem..not as significant, but still interesting.

  i grew up as a jw and it was verboten to say "bless you" or "gesundheit" after someone sneezes.

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  I do not believe in superstitious rituals and I am strongly against incouraging them.

  Unfortunatly, my daughters granma is an x-catholic, and has taught her to always say bless you.

  It makes me crazy, I sneeze, they say bless you and wait for me to thank them, and I won't do it.

  I would probably play the silly game if I had never been under cult mind control. But because I have spent most of my life under mind control, I can not tolerate religious ritual, or ritual for the sake of ritual, or anything the doesn't have a good strong factual basis.

  Evil spirits do not enter a person when they sneeze, to pretend that they do, even just to be polite, is just crazy making.
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  Unbelievable CO Talk, scientists lie to us about earthquakes

  by maninthemiddle in

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  2. beliefs

  just when i thought this stupid belief that earthquakes went up in 1914, here it is again.

  4/6/2010.

  this was a co giving the talk, the same one that ended with overlapping generations.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27642/earthquake.mp3.

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  'Scientists have lied to us in the past, so why should now be any different?'

  The GB have lied to us in the past, so why should now be any different?
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  Saw a Therapist yesterday,,,,, interesting

  by man in black in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i da'ed myself two years ago, one of the main reasons was because my mother died and the congregation was more interested in"meeting attendance, and service" than anything else.

  for the first time in 30 years the very conditional friendship offered by the jehovahs witnesses came to the fore, and i was literally blindsided by it.. several months later i attended a grief support group at our local hospital, and boy it was a real godsend for me, i realised that the so called "worldly people' could actually be nice, supportive, and lend a real listening ear.

  the hospital had one of their grief support counselors lead the meeting, and she was really good at what she does.

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  I love validation in every form, it always feels good.

  You will never get it from the GB, you must go outside to find it.
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  District Assembly Dramas - where the heck do they come from?

  by babygirl30 in

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  2. experiences

  despite growing up a jw i was always curious where this corny plays came from?

  my best memories of them were when they used to turn the lights out in the convention center - cause that meant i could sleep!!!

  but seriously, who writes them?

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  "Say pop, can me and brother Irregular go see that hip new film at the drive-in this Friday?"

  "Well son, your question reminds me of the story of Ahokalugiah from the book of Judges in the Bible. It's a swell story! See, in Ahokalugia's time..." <voice fades, orchestral music swells with a good number of shaking tambourines in it, a handful of drones cover the stage furniture with persian rugs and other blankets to make it look like ancient Israel, brother Brownnose in a skirt and bad fake beard walks to center stage talking to himself>

  "ASSOCIATION! Who would have ever thought so much misery could be brought about just by association?"

  Blah, blah, etc. etc.

  Apparently, Mad Sweeny wrote and produced them all