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  GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY!

  by Butters in

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  i cannot believe what i saw happen today at the store.. i was at wal-mart browsing various electronics and digital cameras and such, when i heard behind me, "brother hardy, how are you!"...

  first thing i thought was oh shit, they found me, and forgot my real name, or have me mixed up with someone else.. turns out, this disfellowshiped witness was there at the store and saw one of his congregation members there.

  now i personally have never been part of the shunning process myself, but here i am, an ex-jw watching from the other aisle, a bunch of shit that i never thought i would see the lights of day on.... the brother, this "hardy" i guess, looked up at the man with a smile, but then when he realized who it was, he immediately frowned and started pushing his shopping cart away looking straight ahead and not even acknowledging the man... (here's where i jump in..).

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  A surprise at McDonald's

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  this morning while i was waiting in line to get a cup of coffee a gentleman in a suit approched the counter and gave the girl behind the counter the new tract and said that he is taking part in a world wide distribution of an important message then handed the tract to the lady and walked away.

  the girl looked puzzled and promptly put the tract in the garbage can without even looking at it.

  the jw got in his car and took off down the road toward the interstate.. two obervations.

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  LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT...........................

  by enlightenedcynic in

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  a governing body member dies and althoughbeit several months later after his death, he gets a full page eulogy complete with brief life story and picture.

  (see 9/15/06 wt pg.

  31 about albert schroeder) of course the wts does this anytime a high ranking official in their org passes away.

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  Sheeple

  by Butters in

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  butters here,.

  just wanted to ask a few questions about free thinkers.

  how many of you feel you are truly a free thinker, not involved in some sort of group that has capes and drapes, or a "label"?

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  Evil Pumpkin Carving Pics (I hope)

  by HadEnuf in

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  i'm not sure if these pics will come thru.

  mr. rat told me once how to post pics and i hope i remember.

  brain cell death is occuring at an alarming rate in my head.

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  Hammurabi and Moses! Did Moses plagurise Hammurabi?

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hammurabi, a great king of the babylonians was a great lawgiver.

  some of his laws were pretty humane and he set in place in babylon a legal system with judges, lawyers etc and some pretty advanced for its time, laws protecting women and children from abuse.. he claimed to have received his laws from the top of a mountain engraved in stone!.

  he claimed this 500 years before moses did and to be honest, his laws were pretty much more humane, though still not overthrowing a life for a life, he was able to set in place compensation system which meant people of babylon were not after eachothers lives anymore for misdemeanours but could claim compensation from the courts.

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  How Much $$$ Did You Contribute To The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  i know of some elders that regularly gave about $500 per month towards the kingdom hall and other watchtower society interests....and you???

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  In Hope of Helping a Dub become Ex-Dub

  by KW13 in

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  when you take the opportunity to help a dub and show them flaws in the religion - hoping that maybe you can free them, what is your motive?.

  i find that although my main motive (i think) is to free them for their sake, the thought of having an ex-jw i can talk to and would understand me that way, would help a lot..... do you do it for those two reasons alone?

  i do it for the main reason but the second often crosses my mind..

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  Driving in Winter Conditions, what tires do you prefer?

  by JH in

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  here in quebec, i'd say that about 80% of cars have "winter tires" during the winter.

  i'm still an "all season tire" person.

  maybe not as good at lower temperatures, and doesn't give an as good traction on ice and snow, but it's a compromise i choose to save money.. here, in the winter category of tires, we have ice and snow tires.

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  What's Your Favourite Board Game? Fluff Level 3

  by Clam in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  what's your favourite board game?

  i'm asking because i want to go out tomorrow and buy a new one.

  my kids have re-discovered that they can be a lot more fun than ps2 games and of course it's something we can all play together on a more sociable level.

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