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  San Luis Obispo

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2015/01/22/3455063_steven-lindhorst-paso-robles-arrest.html?rh=1.

  anyone know this guy?

  reddit user tricky_business says the guy is an active witness.. .

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  Dagney

  Eeewww.
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  If you live near the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California, you may like to visit this exhibition

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. current

  in 1986, workman near the chinese city of chengdu (in sichuan province) dug up some 200 relics of an unknown civilisation:.

  the bronze castings showed a high level of technical skill, but interestingly there was also this:.

  elephants in china, and important to the elite that ordered the fabrication of the masks, some obviously large enough to be fitted to an elephant's head?

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  Dagney

  Yes, I just went to this exhibit about a month ago.  I went with my newly exited JW gf.  We decided to do something interesting during former meeting times and while her husband was at the meetings.  

  This exhibit is amazing.  The faces of the statues do not look typical.  Some look like totems from the NW.  The docent said they are very similar to Mayan, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not come up with a connection.  Also, they have not been able to locate  the foundry for all the bronze works or wheels.  They know nothing about these people.   

  
  

  And isn't this guy magnificent!  He is tall.

  

  Really great exhibit.  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  San Luis Obispo

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2015/01/22/3455063_steven-lindhorst-paso-robles-arrest.html?rh=1.

  anyone know this guy?

  reddit user tricky_business says the guy is an active witness.. .

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  Dagney

  There are quite a few exJW's here and out and about from that area.  Hope they see this thread so they can comment.

  
  
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  Special pioneer stipend

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how much do they get for their 120 hours of door banging?

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  Dagney

  About 10 years ago a widowed CO's wife came to our hall and was given SP status and a stipend.  I don't remember exactly, but it seems it was about $300-400...not enough to live on.  And cost of living is high around here.  I remember looking for places to rent with her and trying to figure out odd jobs where she could bring in a bit of money.  
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  Good Netflix shows to watch

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  in the long winter nights you need some good tv shows to watch while you wait for the eternity between seasons of game of thrones.. we've watched marco polo (pretty good) and have just started watching orange is the new black which is not at all what i imagined (didn't know it was funny!).

  house of cards is on the list too as we've heard good things about that.. anyone have any others that are worth seeing?.

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  Dagney

  I see "The Fall" was mentioned.  It was recommended to me a few weeks ago and binged watched it while working on year end paperwork.  Good series.  
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  Clever/snappy comeback for "you're an apostate"

  by Dagney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm looking for some clever comebacks.

  i really don't care that i am an apostate, but would like to deliver a quick comeback or two to perhaps make the other person think.

  any suggestions most welcome.

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  Dagney

  Last night I was annoyed.

  Today I'm p*ssed.  Not for me so much anymore, but any damage to my newly exited friend's relationships....I will get REALLY p*ssed.  Nobody needs that hassle...and from somebody we haven't talked to in 30 years.  The nerve!

  @3rdgen= I said something similar to my brother (COBE/elder), "I don't follow men."  He didn't say one word.  He knows.
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  Clever/snappy comeback for "you're an apostate"

  by Dagney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm looking for some clever comebacks.

  i really don't care that i am an apostate, but would like to deliver a quick comeback or two to perhaps make the other person think.

  any suggestions most welcome.

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  Dagney

  So it was quite an evening.  Long story short, my savvy (newly ex) friend responded along the lines of what Flipper said.  They asked the person what an apostate was.  My friend told them, "no Dagney doesn't do that."  More definitions came up and were challenged in the same manner.  It was pointed out that the accuser continued association with several people who had left "the truth" and were openly "immoral" (again...I don't care...just trying to point out the hypocrisy), but were not considered "apostate."  The point was made.

  Like Oubilette brought out, JW's are all about labels...and I hate labels.  I told my friend tonight, you are taught from the get go as a JW to put people in categories.  "Are you still pioneering?", "I don't see her out in service very much and she misses a lot of meetings," "Well he works a lot of overtime..."  "His wife doesn't go to meetings..."  "His hair is getting long."  "She dresses worldly."  Everybody must have a label.  Everybody must be judged.

  My best friends are labeled apostates.  But I will confront anybody who wants to cause problems for me or someone I care about and get in my personal business.  I confronted a MS relative when he called a dear friend of mine an apostate.  I told him I would contact his elders and tell them he was slandering a brother.  And if I didn't like the response I would write the HQ and name names.  That shut him up.

  My dear friend who has remained my close friend the 13 years I've been out and who now is sorting through their own journey learned a huge lesson today.  The lesson we here have all had to learn.  People who you thought would be your friends for life...people you picked up and carried when they were down and out...those same people will turn against you in a moment.  There is no loyalty in the organization.  There were tears tonight but the lesson was learned.

  Thanks for listening.  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Clever/snappy comeback for "you're an apostate"

  by Dagney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm looking for some clever comebacks.

  i really don't care that i am an apostate, but would like to deliver a quick comeback or two to perhaps make the other person think.

  any suggestions most welcome.

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  Dagney

  Ha!  Good.  "Then I'm in good company aren't I!"  

  (I'm off for some damage control...sigh...never stops.)

  
  
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  Clever/snappy comeback for "you're an apostate"

  by Dagney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm looking for some clever comebacks.

  i really don't care that i am an apostate, but would like to deliver a quick comeback or two to perhaps make the other person think.

  any suggestions most welcome.

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  Dagney

  I'm looking for some clever comebacks.  I really don't care that I am an apostate, but would like to deliver a quick comeback or two to perhaps make the other person think.  

  Any suggestions most welcome.  

  Apostately yours,

   
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  ARE WATCHTOWER SOCIETY STATISTICS REALLY TRUSTWORTHY?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  of these, over 2,000 were admitted to concentration camps.

  1,000 died in prison and concentration camps.

  another 1,000 of jehovah's witnesses died in prisons and concentration camps.".

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  Dagney

  I think exact numbers for that would be hard to come by.  But they should be more consistent nevertheless in their research.

  With that being said, their statistics overall are dodgy.  They are not interested in honesty or care about what information they give out as long as it is for the good of the corporation in their minds.