It's great to blow away all those old taboos isn't it? No guilt trips, no wondering if anybody might see you, just see that movie, wear that cute dress, tell someone happy birthday, things most people take for granted.
LisaRose
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Oh My God, we associated with "worldly people!"
by ToesUp inand the outcome....we had a blast!
guess what?
no sex on the table with the other mate (swapping), no cocaine snorting or weed smoking.
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how the things are going with my sister
by opusdei1972 inthis morning i phoned my sister so as to know how the things are going with her problem with the congregation.
if i remember well, five weeks ago, my sister was asked by the elders (in the street) to attend a judicial meeting for apostasy.
my sister told them that she firstly needs a formal letter specifying who is accusing her.
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LisaRose
DD what an excellent line with the tea leaves. Is this yours or just one i've not heard before? I so want to use that one 😎
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Watchtower sued for Racketeering in California
by under the radar ina little birdie informed me that a lawsuit against the watchtower bible & tract society, its legal department, and several individuals (perhaps lawyers in the legal department) has been filed in the superior court of the state of california, county of los angeles for, wait for it.... racketeering!.
that's right, folks, you heard it here first.
i have no other information, other than the case was stamped "aug 07 2015" and the docket number appears to be bc590675.
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LisaRose
As they say, any man that acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client. -
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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.
by The Rebel inso i was fooled by the witnesses.
what can i learn from that?
not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.
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LisaRose
One factor in the ability of the U.S to make a moon landing was the contributions of many german rocket scientist who worked for Natzi germany prior to and during world war two. The U.S. made an considerable effort to recruit these scientists to prevent Russia from getting the technology, they called it Operation Paperclip. The knowledge and expertise these men gained (most notably Werhner Bon Braun) during the war was invaluable in advancing the U.S. space program.
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Please how can I create account in jw.org
by COLLINS ini want someone in the forum to teach me how i can create account in jw.org and also the confidential area in jw.org please.
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LisaRose
This is a discussion board for those who have doubts about the org or have already left. You are on your own with the JW website, it has nothing to do with us. No hard feelings, but I wouldn't help anyone get literature about the Watchtower, as it is an abusive cult.
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I Made the Literature Trolley Run Away Today - Twice
by cofty ini popped into town this morning to buy an anniversary card for mrs cofty.
it is market day on a saturday and it's tourist season so the town was very busy.
here is a picture of the scene from a year ago... two cult carts were in their favourite place being guarded by none other than one of the elders who was on my judicial committee, his wife and another jw woman in her electric disability buggy.
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LisaRose
Wow, they ran off like frightened children from the bad, scary apostate who hurt their feewings.
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I now hate being called 'sister'
by purrpurr insince waking up i find i am bridling at being called 'sister'.
but it feels like an identity that is being forced on me.. i feel like shouting "i have a name you know!".
it is just me or does anyone else recognise this?.
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LisaRose
I do think using those terms is a part of the mind control. It is cult 101 to set yourself apart from other groups using different names for things is one way to do that. Everyone talks about "love bombing" and having people refer to each other as sister and brother is a way of making people feel like they are part of an instant family. It is also a way of distancing you from you real family ( ugh, "feshly" sisters and brothers, I always hated that term too). Of course it's an illusion, because if you step out of line, or disagree with your new "family" you will find out how loving they really are, which is to say not at all.
I also believe using the term "sister" is a way to emphasize the lowly status of women in the organization and it is used in a way that reinforces the stereotype of women as being less intelligent, less capable and less important.
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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.
by The Rebel inso i was fooled by the witnesses.
what can i learn from that?
not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.
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LisaRose
My father believed the moon landing was a hoax, but I sort of understood that because when he was born (1917) automobiles, telephones and radio had only recently been invented. I thought that a moon landing probably just seemed too far out of the realm of possibility for him to wrap his head around. It's one of those things that some people just intuitively feel is not possible, like that crazy notion that we evolved from lower life forms, lol.
It just makes no sense to me that thousands of NASA workers all conspired to fake the landing and that not one of them blabbed about it in almost fifty years. That would mean that every person who ever worked for NASA was both extremely dishonest and yet fiercly loyal to them. Not. One. Person. I find the odds of that to be so unlikely as to be unbelievable.
Do people who believe that also think all space flights are faked? There have been so many, with so much evidence. Was the Challenger disaster faked? We're all those eye witnesses in on the conspiracy? If everything was faked, why fake something that made them look bad and required them to kill several innocent people?
The lunar reconnaissance orbiter has taken many high resolution photos of the moon, showing the flags that have been left there. Was that faked too?
But it all doesn't matter, because no matter how illogical it is or how much evidence there is to prove the moon landing, some people are determined believe it's a hoax and nothing I or anyone else says will make any difference to them.
Some people still believe the earth is flat too.
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So, I became very ill ... what did my loving brothers do?
by EdenOne inrecently i have fallen ill with a serious case of chickenpox (shingles).
three weeks down, high fevers, and the blisters attacked mostly my scalp and face, but then also my whole upper body.
i looked horrid, truly like a mutant monster out of a nuclear disaster.
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LisaRose
I'm sorry you had shingles, I know it can be very painful.
Jesus said "by this all will know you are my disciples, that you have love amongst yourselves". The mark of a true follower of Christ is love. Not the preaching work, but love. Yet JWs will spend hours each week in the futile preaching work and zero time encouraging or helping their fellow believers. If you are sick and miss meetings you are considered weak and damaged goods, people will talk to you less, as if you have committed a sin. People are so busy with the burdensome requirements of witness life they don't have time to help out anybody, nor are they encouraged to do so. It's not like they can report time for it like field service.
I occasionally attend the church that my in laws go to. They have people assigned to help the sick, the pastor helps those going through problems, and they feed the hungry on a regular basis. In church, people are encouraged to talk openly, during services about those in their family or who they know who are having problems, even if the people mentioned don't belong to that church.
So who is a follower of Christ and who isn't?
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I wonder with all this sex abuse drama if Wt would ever apologize to Bill Bowen and Barbara Anderson.
by joe134cd inwt obviously must realize now the value of those that tried to enforce change on them.
i think if it wasn't for these people doing what they did wt would be in even more drama now.
so my question is do you ever think wt would voluntarily reinstate and publicly apologize to bill bowen and barbara anderson for all their hard work in bringing reform.
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LisaRose
They will apologize when this happens.
