Congrats Mighty Jedi Adandone'!
Boy, do you work fast! I guess our mutual burning of the midnight oil is what does it. Just became a Master Member Myself - May the Farce be with you!
CoCo
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Anyone have ever seen a ghost (spirit)?
by Nicolas inwhen i was going at the kingdom hall with my father (i was very young), it happened from time to time that the subject of spirits entered in the conversation.
then at this point, it seemed that everyone had their own little story to tell about the spirits of the devils.. .
personnally, i'm always skeptic about these things and i won't believe it until i see it.
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Hey Nicolas,
This is too weird. I turned off GHOST [the movie with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore] five minutes ago to check the action here at JWD. And here you are! Right after it came out about 16 years ago, we had a service meeting part on why we should not be watching it. So many had gone to see it, then subsequently bought the video. I had a clairvoyant aunt whom I felt had "the gift." But, of course, we thought it was the demons. I do believe there are unseen forces out there, but so much is in a new context for me that I need time to re-evaluate. Maybe I'll have something to tell you when the movie [tape] is over!
CoCo
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Getting perspective...
by Gregor incascade locks, oregon.
here in the heart of the columbia river gorge we live beneath the looming, snow covered crags of the cascade mountain range where the columbia river cuts through its spectacular canyon about 1500 feet deep and a mile wide.. we are on the oregon side of the river and when we step out on the porch we literally must look almost straight up to see the peaks.
i have been building a tool shed out in the back but can only work a couple of hours at a time because of the rain and cold of the last few weeks.
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Greetings Gregor,
When I penned my light-hearted post a couple hours ago [INDULGE YOURSELF / etc.], it was not without unspoken sentiment relative to yours. I am alone at my little cottage on "Walden Pond" after many years of very hard work and raising a family. I am surrounded by art, music and BOOKS [and JWD]. I am so grateful for the roof over my head, and that I was able to take the entire week off and stay put. No need to travel about. I am recovering from shattered-faith syndrome and remain hopeful for my JW kith and kin.
I am particularly moved by your post as I am an armchair traveler and have been to the Cascades in WA via Betty MacDonald's wonderful autobiops, THE EGG AND I & ONIONS IN THE STEW [Puget Sound]. My mom introduced me to that wonderful region of the USA through Betty's work 50 years ago. Though you are in Oregon, your little story has, as of the last ten minutes, transported me to a very happy place. Despite your ups and downs [I DO UNDERSTAND!], I am now in your presence, giving you a cyber-slap on the back and saying CHEERS!
Thank you so very much,
CoCo
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JW Children Lie in Custody Cases
by compound complex indirect and cross-examination questions in child custody cases.
wtb&ts, page 42.
"be careful that they [jw children being questioned] don't get the impression that they are in a demonstration at the circuit assembly, when they would show that the first things in life are service and going to the kingdom hall.
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FYI:
PERSECUTION WANES / BANNING BLOOD GARNERS PUBLICITY
www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/126825/1.ashx
The harm visited upon loved ones must stop! Thousands have needlessly died because two men's influence succeeded in framing weird, mischievous science into theocratic law!
CoCo
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Persecution Wanes/Banning Blood Garners Publicity
by compound complex insheer madness --- perpetuated by two madmen who prevailed over the judge [almost].
"after the judge's death, as world war ii was ending and persecution against the witnesses began declining, along with the attendant drop in news-media publicity, hayden c. covington told the author [of the four presidents] that fred franz saw the prohibition against blood transfusions as a way to accomplish two things: to continue to publicize the religion, and to create an uproar in the community.
this reaction would convince the membership they were being "persecuted" and "suffering for righteousness sake," a sure sign they were "in the truth.".
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JW Children Lie in Custody Cases
by compound complex indirect and cross-examination questions in child custody cases.
wtb&ts, page 42.
"be careful that they [jw children being questioned] don't get the impression that they are in a demonstration at the circuit assembly, when they would show that the first things in life are service and going to the kingdom hall.
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Dear Skally,
I appreciate your contribution to this discussion and likewise wish to see sand put into the WT gears. STOP THE PRESSES! I am working on other issues currently that deal with the Society's infiltrating the minds and hearts of our children. With regard to the blood issue, however, I did a piece on Franz's pushing theocratic legislation with Knorr, resulting in the horrific situation we see today. WW II was over, and renewed persecution over a new issue - the ban on blood - would prove to gullible JWs that they were in the TRUTH! I used to be meek and mild. I think I've changed.
CoCo
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INDULGE YOURSELF! No More Guilt!
by compound complex indear released-from-care,.
it's a chilly 45 degrees fahrenheit outdoors and i do not wish to risk pneumonia.
i'm under the weather and brand-new sheets and feeling quite indulgent.
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Dear Released-From-Care,
It's a chilly 45 degrees fahrenheit outdoors and I do not wish to risk pneumonia. I'm under the weather and brand-new sheets and feeling quite indulgent. It's vacation week and I go out only when I must [saving money that way]. I'm growing a beard and drinking non-alcoholized egg nog. Now that we do not have to punch a field service time clock and be guilted over every imaginable use of our time,
How do you indulge?
CoCo
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If something sounds too good to be true...........
by Gill inmost relatively intelligent people usually understand that if 'something sounds too good to be true, it usually is too good to be true.'.
so why do normal people lose their common sense when it comes to the beliefs of the watchtower society?.
in a nutshell, the wtbts claims that if you go to all their meetings, study all their literature, spend numerous hours trying to make new recruits, and just believe without thinking all of their doctrine, you stand some sort of chance of never dying.......living forever in paradise on earth, and should you die, you should be resurrected into such a world.. now, i'm not saying that doing all those watchtower things is 'easy' in any way.....in fact they're incredibly tiresome.
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Hey Gill,
Funny how 40 years ago I was newly converted and preaching to my best gal friend about the "Paradise." It was so real to me, just a new and better version of what I had learned in Sunday School. She responded that she didn't need a carrot on a stick dangling in front of her as motivation. I had no idea at the time what that expression meant. Well, now I see COAS used everywhere. It's gotten old and moldy. My friend went to university, traveled the world, and landed prestigious and fulfilling jobs. We're in constant touch and she is fascinated by my deconversion process. We are again on the same page and loving the real world. I hate that I was made to hate everything that never actually ceased being good. My vision was clouded by an unreality.
Now I can see.
CoCo
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What Do Men & Women Want From Each Other???
by minimus ini recently read of a survey regarding unhappy wives.
it seems that nearly most women wouldn't do it all over again with the same man.
they were unhappy for various reasons.
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Why can't an Adonis be appreciated for his drop-dead-head-swivelling-breathtaking good looks? I am so sick to death of girls whistling at my brains and making bold, asking to borrow my library card.
Or is it Sully Society who's after my card?
CoCo, aka G.G. Casanova
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Name better ways to attract new people at the Kingdom Hall?
by JH in1) build a hall in the center of the city, not far away like they usually do.. 2) make it 1 hour meetings.
3) dress clean, that's all.
4) beards or no beards, that's not important, it's what's in your heart that counts.. .
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There's something to be said about music--------
I once covered a neighborhood, inviting folks to an upcoming piano recital. Everyone was so nice. The same area was one of the worst-reception areas for that very special version of the GN we used to offer.
Change the music AND THE MESSAGE!
CoCo