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  Let's all pat ourselves on the back

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  in the spirit of the retiring government cattle inspector who said when receiving a meritorious service award "this is not the the first time i've had a pat on the back", i think all of us here deserve to give ourselves a big pat on the back!!!.

  we have survived being trapped in a high-control organisation, we've been brainwashed, sat through meetings, been hypnotized (almost), and we managed to escape relatively intact.

  most of us have almost full use of all our mental facilites.

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  becca1

  Thanks Pope and you have one too!
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  Mars bars made with blood

  by 5thGeneration in

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  anyone remember back 15 years or so ago when some brothers used to think mars bars were made with lecithin derived from blood .. we had a sister call the company and interrogate them.

  funny.. .

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  Isn't it nice that we don't have to worry about such things today because we can have fractrions?
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  Fuzzy Right-of-Way Rules Leads to Pathetic, Awkward, Theocratic Dork Fight

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  apupi - idaho.

  "there were watchtowers and osmond cd's strewn around everywhere" recalled the shaken resident marjorie spade, whose yard was the setting for a lame, sissy fight.

  "i couldn't believe that in this day and age we still are fighting religious wars", she said in the aftermath of the flailing, ineffectual fracas.. apparantly the outbreak of faith-based nerd violence took place when two groups of youths approached eachother while out in their respective ministries.

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  I just relaized I used to date Jerome Triesnotowackoff!
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  Fuzzy Right-of-Way Rules Leads to Pathetic, Awkward, Theocratic Dork Fight

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  apupi - idaho.

  "there were watchtowers and osmond cd's strewn around everywhere" recalled the shaken resident marjorie spade, whose yard was the setting for a lame, sissy fight.

  "i couldn't believe that in this day and age we still are fighting religious wars", she said in the aftermath of the flailing, ineffectual fracas.. apparantly the outbreak of faith-based nerd violence took place when two groups of youths approached eachother while out in their respective ministries.

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  becca1

  Keep writing those. You are very funny.
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  Was the Watchtower Society Justified in Disfellowshiping Some Individuals?

  by The wanderer in

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  <!-- .style1 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} .style2 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #0000ff} .style4 {color: #ece9d8} --> was the watchtower society justified in disfellowshiping some individuals?

  "but now i am writing you to quit mixing in company with .

  anyone called a brother that is a fornicator a greedy.

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  becca1

  I agree with AK Jeff. His explination sounds very reasonable.
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  Question

  by Moomin in

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  you've been invited to stay on the island of fiji for 6 months.

  your loved ones are not invited, only you are welcome, would you still go?

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  becca1

  No.
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  Inside the minds of N. Koreans -- AND JW's

  by Rabbit in

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  here is a sad, scary story about a whole country of isolated people whose news and knowledge of the real world around them is strictly controlled -- and the effect upon their minds.. this story reminded me of what happened to me during my 35 years 'in' the wt.

  does it remind you of the same mind-set ?

  it sure helped me understand the danger of extreme politics & religious dogma.. .

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  GB's dream model of how the org. should be run.
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  Vegetables on Front Porch Cause Uproar of Scandal and Intrigue for Local KH

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  apupi - illinois.

  local jw, susan estrogen, recalls her horror when she first saw the large, orange vegetables on the porch.

  "there i was between breaks while out on field service when i saw it!

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  Very funny, and sad because it's almost true. By the way I have an autumnal vegetable arrangement on my dinner table right now. Do you think the demons will poison our meals?
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  Suprising statement by C.T.Russell in first Watchtower

  by dmouse in

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  there's a website that has reprint of lots of old watchtower, and i happened to look at the first one, dated july, 1879.. http://www.mostholyfaith.com/bible/reprints/.

  in a supplement to the issue, by c.t.russell, he offers a suprising (to me) viewpoint which seems to echo the arguments of many 'apostates' here, namely, that to kill billions at armageddon would be unloving and unscriptual.. we reasoned that, if christ's coming were to end probation, and bring irrevocable ruin upon ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind; then it could scarcely be considered desirable, neither could we pray with proper spirit, "come, lord jesus, come quickly!

  " we had rather request--much as we should "love his appearing"--that he remain away and our sufferings and trials continue so that "if by any means we might save some.

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  TGhank you MJ. I'ts nice to have it all ina nut shell. I guess I'm used to the Society's "Readers Digest" form of insturction.
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  Were YOU A Mindless Witness?

  by minimus in

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  were you on automatic pilot?

  did you consider yourself a "stepford" family member?

  did you do everything you were told to do, automatically??

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  becca1

  I know how you feel Doubting Bro. I have not been in service since June, and there is no way I am distributing that tract.