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  Be honest...What movie star do you look like?

  by Botzwana in

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  i am curious as to what the members here look like.

  be totally honest now.

  not everyone looks like a knockout or mr. buff.... .

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  My vote for Void Eater's doppelganger is Bob Saget.

  

  vs.

  

  What do you think?

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  No More Life Story

  by Farkel in

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  for reasons i've stated in the window washers thread, i will not write and post any more about my life as a jw.. thank you, "yesidid.

  " you're a real gem.. farkel.

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  Farkel,

  You're a gem. You are respected.

  OUTLAW and others have said it better than I can.

  Your no-holds-barred, witty, satirical posts were just the 2 x 4 my thick JW skull needed to help wake me up.

  I'd love to read your memoirs either here or in private.

  All the best,

  om

  p.s. I'll be in your neck of the woods in about a month and would love to do lunch/dinner if you're up for it. Hang in there.
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  Greetings to All, No Longer Lurking

  by Franklin Massey in

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  claustrophobic.

  that's the simplest way for me to express how i feel in the wt org.

  like many here, my eyes were slowly opened over the years as i did more earnest research, trying to reconcile some long standing spiritual quandaries.

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  Franklin: "I'm just a human in search of truth. I'll go where real truth leads me."

  What a refreshing first post.

  Welcome to the rest of humanity.

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  Sooo happy with my new life

  by ele_lux in

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  i haven't posted in a while, it's just that i've been so busy with my new life!!

  i'm so glad i left the org, and so is my brother.

  i feel so much happier, i'm at peace, i don't have that feeling like something's missing anymore.

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  Open mind

  Congratulations to you and your brother!

  May you both have great lives beginning with a great 2011.

  om

  *Marking for the next time someone starts a "Why Can't You Guys Just Move On With Your Lives...?" thread.
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  Elder wants to do "other activities" with me

  by InterestedOne in

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  i'm fully aware that this is a cult, and i was waiting for the social elements to kick in.

  so far, i have just been doing the "bible study," discussing doctrine, etc.

  however, recently one of the elders said he wants to get together with me to do other activities.

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  Open mind

  Tell him you'd like to have him join you in some "petty gambling solely for entertainment".

  According to page 70 of the new Elder Book it's no longer a judicial matter.

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  Do You Folks Wanna Hear My Story?

  by Farkel in

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  i've already written "my story".

  i've been "out" for 35 years.

  but that is not a story that contains the little stuff.

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  Open mind

  I'm all eyes. I'd love to read your memoirs.

  And hey, if it's good enough, it might make it into the pages of the Watchtower or Awake!

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  Scratching my head over "Watching the World", March 2011 Awake. Ideas?

  by Open mind in

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  anyone familiar with the awake!

  magazine knows that "watching the world" often gives little news snippets with no further analysis or spin-doctoring from the writing dept.

  this is because for the jws reading it, they can do their own spin-doctoring and for any potential converts, it makes them think the awake!

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  Open mind

  kudra: "You are led to believe that "the flood" was truly global because it covered land in Siberia, killed a human there and the retreating floodwaters deposited the hair thousands of miles away in Greenland. "

  That is ridiculous.

  So you're probably right.

  Thanks for playing "Watchtower Geology" today. If you'd like I can send you your choice of a complementary Watchtower or Awake!

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  Scratching my head over "Watching the World", March 2011 Awake. Ideas?

  by Open mind in

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  2. bible

  anyone familiar with the awake!

  magazine knows that "watching the world" often gives little news snippets with no further analysis or spin-doctoring from the writing dept.

  this is because for the jws reading it, they can do their own spin-doctoring and for any potential converts, it makes them think the awake!

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  Anyone familiar with the Awake! magazine knows that "Watching the World" often gives little news snippets with no further analysis or spin-doctoring from the Writing Dept. This is because for the JWs reading it, they can do their own spin-doctoring and for any potential converts, it makes them think the Awake! is doing unbiased reporting.

  Here's an example from the March 2011 Awake! that fits the typical WT model:

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  The "credibility gap" caused by the Catholic Church's "mismanagement of the clergy sex abuse crisis" has resulted in its "largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history." -- NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER, U.S.A.

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  JWs can jump in on their own and add whatever typical WT spin they feel like. "See, Babylon the Great, is truly reprehensible." Etc. BTW, the bolded words in the above quote are exactly as they appear in the Awake! The significance of that will become apparent in this next quote from Watching the World. Here we go:

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  Scientists who sequenced DNA from the frozen hair of a Greenlander who died some 4,000 years ago found that he "appears to have originated in Siberia." -- REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, U.S.A.

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  Again, the bolding is exactly as it appeared in the Awake! magazine.

  My question for you fellow JWNers is, what is the significance of this information from the perspective of JWs?

  For further background on the DNA sequencing, here's a link from National Geographic.

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100210-ancient-human-dna-hair-saqqaq-inuk/

  In a nutshell, the significance of the National Geographic article is that DNA sequencing capabilities are getting better and cheaper and that a culture of people who lived in Siberia around 5,500 years ago, probably migrated to Greenland and this guy's hair belonged to that culture. Cool. Interesting. But what JW significance does it have?

  Global flood? Evolution? "Cave Men"?

  I'm kinda stumped on this one.

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  February 2011 KM - no more daily text before service

  by Red Piller in

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  heard this today from a good source.

  my guess everybody is delaying leaving the service meeting - and this is an attempt to fix this.. that's what i see in our service groups - no one is in any rush to go out (again).

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  I had an elder with JW.org access confirm this the other day. He looked at the Feb KM online.

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  BOE LTR Dec 26, 2010 "Increased Activity April 2011"....Transcript....

  by yknot in

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  in an effort to increase the praise and honor to jehovah and jesus christ at the time of the memorial, the governing body has arranged for a special period of increased activity during april 2011.

  you will be pleased to learn that during april 2011, publishers who wish to serve as auxiliary pioneers may indicate on the application whether they will be working toward a 30-hour or 50-hour requirement for the month.

  this is a special arrangement for the month of april 2011 only.

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  Open mind

  DagothUr:

  "It's just an hour/day for Jehovah!"

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  How about:

  "An hour a day keeps free thinking away!"

  om