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  Epic rant by UK TV reporter Jonathan Pie.

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. humour

  a friend on facebook posted this.

  this is how news should be reported!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p979hai5qlk.

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  Driving Force

  I love it when Brits swear.

  Well I was in the Royal Air Force and based at RAF Brawdy (West Wales) in the 80s, there were also Americans on the base. In the bar on the base we had a swear bottle, so if you were to swear you would have to out something in the bottle. One evening there was an American servicewoman in the bar and asked what it was, so to was explained that if you swear you have to put something in the bottle. She thought it was such a great idea, she put some money in the bottle and started to swear.

  Well, what she though was swearing, she never said a single worn that we (Brits) considered to be a swear word.
  
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  What other Shenanigans can we expect to see in the next 2 years?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  its been a little over 2 years since i left the watchtower.

  in that time the magazines have been cut, the birth of jwtv, jw-org.

  carts for preaching, removed district overseers, cut assemblies, demand all the money from the congregations, stop construction and layoff bethelites, change the format of the tmschool .

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  I do not think they will change anything that reduces the total time spent on the JW activities, thats part of keeping control, just keep everybody busy so they have no time to think about anything or research anything. The house to house work stays, even-though it makes no sense.
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  Super JW Cart

  by M*A*S*H in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i have a confession to make.

  a strange urge is building in my brain... each time i see a jw literature cart on the street it builds.

  it is becoming a stronger and stronger thought in my mind.

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  Driving Force

  Go up to cart, have a nice chat with the brothers, then offer to buy them a coffee. Go get the coffee and put in some very strong laxative. Then wait and watch them run with the cart.
  
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  knock knock

  by Sabin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if jw`s come knocking at your door, do you open it & engage in conversation, tell them to sod off, or just not answer the door?.

  my husband`s has asked me not to answer the door to them if he isn't here?

  he hate`s the fact that they make a point of calling when they know he will be at work.

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  Driving Force

  What I have decided to do, is just ask them to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait ......, but never actually get back to them, leave the door ajar, to keep them in expectation of my return, keeps them from pestering others for a short while.
  

  After all this organization wasted a lot of my time.
  
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  Does anybody know if the WTS, invests in the 2 companys of Lockheed Martin & Grumman Northrop, which are 2 of the biggest weapons suppliers?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i read in another thread, where it said that the wts, has investments from stocks, with the companys of lockheed martin and grumman northrop.

  these are some of the biggest weapons suppliers to the us,uk, and israel.

  i would think it would be very hypocritical for a christian organisation, that claims to be nuetral, and to "learn war no more", to invest money in companys that produce weapons, that are used in wars.. is this true, though?

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  Great link Sammy.
  
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  Candace Conti

  by Pubsinger in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so we know that wt settled out of court for an undisclosed sum and that presumably there was a 'gagging order' attached to the settlement.. not having really thought about what a 'confidentiality clause' meant before, i assumed in the past that it meant that you weren't allowed to disclose the amount of the settlement or any details about it.

  but from the total and absolute silence once the settlement was made, i can only assume that it is a total gagging order.. how can the courts allow such a restriction to be put on a victim?

  protecting the abusers and allowing the institution to cover up the lengths they go to to avoid admitting their guilt?

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  To be honest I am very thankful to Candace, this case made me sit back and think, "Wo, whats going on here". This was one of the factors that made me wake up.

  I hope she has peace now in her life now.
  
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  News flash - ex-Bethelites protest Watchtower headquarters- Governing Body flees

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pandemonium broke out at the headquarters of the watchtower bible and track society as hundreds of former bethel workers protested being released from their assignments and told to vacate the premises.

  the governing body members barely escaped the wrath of the mob, some without the shirt on their backs.

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  It may be the wrong section, but it made me laugh.
  
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  Powerfully heart-wrenching experience by FORMER BETHLITE

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanting to post an experience by a former bethelite.

  the first part was just published with the other two coming overt the next couple of weeks.

  click the link.

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  A very moving wonderful real-life love story.
  
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  Have they announced the new meeting arrangement yet?

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking it will be at the midweek meeting and not today.

  is that correct?

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  Driving Force

  kramer.

  LOL
  
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  For those of you who is contemplating leaving the Borg, consider...

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know it's not easy for you to walk it's a big decision, family and etc.. if you are afraid consider this.

  i have been here for a few years and i can count on one hand from posters who made the statement, i can't take it anymore, i'm going back.. what is it that members here have given up their family and friends to be free.

  is it so we can have sinful fun, we are our own person and no one will tell us what to do?.

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  Driving Force

  You end up hearing the absurdity of that 'stuff' that was once upon a time your life and future compass!

  That is the way I feel now, how absurd it was, what I believed, and true it is embarrassing having to admit you once believed it!