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  San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals - World Series Winners ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.

  giants are headed to the world series !

  so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?

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  LisaRose

  Great game, two great teams, may the best team win. Neither should feel any regret, they both gave 100%
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  Find What Your Social Status Was in the Congregation

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?

  the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:.

  1. at the top of the social order of things within the congregation is of course, the presiding overseer and his family.

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  LisaRose

  I was mostly a seven, disfellowshipped husband, missed more meeting than I made. No college, but I think I veered into eight territory when I got a promotion to a systems analyst position. God forbid a lowly sister had a corporate job.
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  A question that bugging me

  by wheelwithinwheel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why it has been deemed appropriate to assign brothers and sisters in each international convention city to spend hours and hours making souvenir grab bags full of knick-knacks.

  and to assign other brothers and sisters to spend hours and hours preparing choreography, music, lighting, costumes and props, and practicing and practicing cowboy songs, pop music, dance and jw.org skits.. .

  and to assign other brothers and sisters to spend hours and hours constructing giant bibles popping out of jw.org boxes and giant bibles turning into baptismal pools.. .

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  LisaRose

  I think they realize that many JWs that grew up in the organization feel no connection to it and see the JW life as being devoid of fun, which it is, no holidays, no traditions, no get togethers, nothing positive to remember. Conventions are bland, boring and meaningless. I think they are trying to do things that will stand out and be remembered in a positive way. Yes, they are desperate.
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  Pope says Big bang and Evolution are correct !

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the u.k independent newspaper :.

  " the theories of evolution and the big bang are real and god is not a magician with a magic wand, pope francis has declared.. speaking at the pontifical academy of sciences, the pope made comments which experts said put an end to the pseudo theories of creationism and intelligent design that some argue were encouraged by his predecessor, benedict xvi.. francis explained that both scientific theories were not incompatible with the existence of a creator arguing instead that they require it.. when we read about creation in genesis, we run the risk of imagining god was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything.

  but that is not so, francis said.. he added: he created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfilment.. the big bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it.. evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.. the catholic church has long had a reputation for being anti-science most famously when galileo faced the inquisition and was forced to retract his heretic theory that the earth revolved around the sun.. but pope franciss comments were more in keeping with the progressive work of pope pius xii, who opened the door to the idea of evolution and actively welcomed the big bang theory.

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  LisaRose

  I wonder if eventually even the JWs and other creationist type religions will concede that evolution is fact. Of course they won't announce it, just quietly stop publishing anti evolution materials and pretend they never believed otherwise. They haven't updated the evolution book, probably with good reason, their explanations are laughable now that we know so much more about the subject, the DNA evidence alone is overwhelming. They are starting to look like flat earthers at this point.
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  Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.

  something bad will happen to them.

  because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.

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  LisaRose

  No, not even a little.
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  Jehovah's Witness Elder, Ron Felt suing Jehovah's Witness he disfellowshiped, for "Harassment"- Broadcasting a recording of JW Ron Felt......

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.dover-express.co.uk/8203-ironic-isn-t-says-jehovah-s-witness-court/story-23631047-detail/story.html.

  ' says jehovah's witness in court for harassing another jehovah's witness.

  by dover express | posted: october 27, 2014. by jamie rose exclusive [email protected].

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  LisaRose

  I think it would have been more effective if he simply stood next to the Elder with a sign stating what he felt he had done wrong. I think he went too far with the PA system. The only good thing about the trial is that everything will now be a part of the public record, the paper might even publish a story about the JW disfellowshiping policies and judicial committees. The public might find it disturbing that a well known religion still engage a in this kind of thing.
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  The Elders help

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a young jw i used to know (nice person), said within earshot to a non df'd ex jw he knew that his "..parents are up and down in the relationship and the elders(tm) are going to help.".

  the non df'd ex jw said to me that he considered that after the elders(tm) get involved his parents were bound to split up.

  the non df'd ex jw also commented: "what do elders know?

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  LisaRose

  Elders advice For individuals:

  Pray more, study more, attend more meetings, go out in service more

  Elders advice for couples:

  Pray more, study more, attend more meetings, go out in service more, together.
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  Finally Free!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife and i are finally free of this horrible cult we will be leaving the south east for the north western part of the us to start anew!!!

  our friends and family have no idea of our new beliefs and feelings on the cult so it should be a nice clean break!

  hope to connect with some in that area pm me if you'd like.. .

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  LisaRose

  Awesome! Enjoy your new life.
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  HOW A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS participated in one of the great art FRAUDS of the 20th century

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/26/art-fraud-margaret-walter-keane-tim-burton-biopic.

  excerpt:.

  "theres a sweet, small suburban house in the vineyards of napa, northern california.

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  LisaRose

  I heard a lot of that about Kincade, as he lived in the Bay area. I was never a big fan of his art, while technically there were some nice aspects to it, the subjects seemed overly trite and formula. I heard that many dealers got a bum deal, he ruined it for them by mass producing so many things that it cheapened the value of his so called "limited editions. My brother in law worked on the packaging materials for him, he couldn't stand his art. It's been a running joke for several years that we are getting a Kinkade for Christmas.

  It just shows that people you think have a great life often are battling personal demons, money doesn't fix everything. Elizabeth Pena was a successful actress with many movie and television roles, she drank herself to death and died this week at 56.

  My husband has an art tie with "the scream". He wears it on days that he has a lot of meetings, lol.
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  new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

  she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

  he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

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  LisaRose

  Did they actually tell this whopper at a convention? If so, was the person actually there and missing fingers? Proof or it never happened.

  If that actually had happened, both of them should have been committed to a mental institution.