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  How Long Will You Stay Here?

  by Stacy Smith in

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  when will you be done with this forum?

  a year?

  will leaving be a sign of moving on?.

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  I'll stay for as long as you want me Stacy, and not a moment more.

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  Giving the JWs one more chance.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i'm prompted to make a post on this subject following a previous post from stace..... i really think i need to go back to the meetings just one more time, i think it'd be a make or break scenario for me.

  i reckon i'll either go back and become full time like i was before, or just slink away thinking "i can't live up to this anymore" i envy both witnesses who are full time, for their faithfulness, and those that have made a clean break, for their honesty to themselves, its sort of not right to be living in some sort of limbo state.. dithering dithering dithering, thats all i've done since i first got here i think, like some fart in a storm, posting fluffy stuff and avoiding the hard stuff.... i hear what some of you say, and it does irritate me as well to be just a hanger-on.

  i don't think i'll ever be a hardcore anti-jw no more than i'll make circuit overseer, but well, i guess i need to go some way or the other.. and, well thats it really.

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  Scoob:

  Can you pick me up some copies of the Family book while you're there?

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  Expatbrit & Scully: A HUGE THANK YOU

  by Uzzah in

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  i just wanted to give you a huge thank you for the work you did in coordinating the letter writing campaign regarding the travesty of justice in the vicki boer trial.. your quick and efficient work in developing both the content and easy delivery of the letters made all the difference in the world in getting those letters out.

  even providing various formats to assist those who had difficulty in downloading on version.. instead of just being vocal online about how bad things are, you both put your money where your mouth is and stood up and took action.

  thank you again.. i am honoured to count you both as friends.. uzzah

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  Thanks for your kind words. I have no idea whether the letter writing campaign had any effect upon Watchtower actions, but like everyone else, find it as pleasing as punch that they felt it necessary to drop any pursuit of the money. They got a bloody nose PR-wise about it, and now have $140K in legal fees to pay as well.

  All in all, I think Vicki can definitely count a victory on points: the negligence against the Watch Tower, the massive PR nightmare for them as their lying bullyboy techniques were exposed, and now the dropping of the costs claim.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses NGO---AidAfrique!

  by Voyager in

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  i am posting this information mainly for new ones just coming out of the borg.

  it gives good evidence, that the watchtower lied about wanting a library card from dpi--with the u.n. most everybody on this forum knew about this ages ago.. believe me, the easiest way to find this information, is to type in words for the matching site and then click--go--because i have tried the urls, and several of them just take you right back to the main page of (wikipedia) and then you have to really work at typing in a bunch of other stuff, which gets to be tiresom.. the watchtower society certainly didn't need or want a library card to access any information from this organization---because they started the organization.

  known as (aidafrique).

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  Voyager:

  Thanks for your comments. I agree that the WT involving themselves with "worldly" pursuits that they condemn and discourage their followers from is indeed hypocrisy.

  As for Aid Afrique, it would be interesting to find out exactly what this particular WT entity is up to. How is it being funded and where is the money coming from? More interestingly, what is that money being used for?

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  Jehovah's Witnesses NGO---AidAfrique!

  by Voyager in

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  i am posting this information mainly for new ones just coming out of the borg.

  it gives good evidence, that the watchtower lied about wanting a library card from dpi--with the u.n. most everybody on this forum knew about this ages ago.. believe me, the easiest way to find this information, is to type in words for the matching site and then click--go--because i have tried the urls, and several of them just take you right back to the main page of (wikipedia) and then you have to really work at typing in a bunch of other stuff, which gets to be tiresom.. the watchtower society certainly didn't need or want a library card to access any information from this organization---because they started the organization.

  known as (aidafrique).

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  Well no. The scandalous thing about the WT being a UN NGO was not that the WT is an NGO, but that they voluntarily associated with the UN.

  Any organisation that isn't governmental is a non-governmental organisation, that's what the term means, after all. There isn't anything scandalous about the Watchtower not being a government (much as they would like to be...lol).

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  6 Of 9. Is He Who he Says He Is?

  by Englishman in

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  here's 6 of 9. i saw this pic being taken at the fest, so i know it's him.. .

  it's france's goal-keeper who plays for the national side and once played for manchester united:.

  englishman.

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  I'm sure Six is better in goal than Barthez too.

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  Welcome to Apostaville--Population: You

  by joannadandy in

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  so eyegirl and i want to move in together.

  (can you imagine the decor?

  sloan wants to move in with us.

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  Do you need an English Butler? I'm quite good at buttling.

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  Center of the Bible : Input Needed, please help!

  by spiritwalker in

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  assistance requested.

  a christian at work gave this to me and i nearly started laughing.

  although they felt it made them all the more right.

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  My quote for the day -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

  by logansrun in

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  oliver wendell holmes:

  i would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but i would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.

  -- that statement pretty much sums up my thoughts on, well, the whole of existence!.

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  The essence of genius is simplicity!

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  Why does God create abominations?

  by CPiolo in

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  many religious folks, including fundamentalists, moderates and liberals, from a multitude of faiths, including jehovah?s witnesses, claim that homosexuals, bisexuals and trans-gendered individuals are abominations in the eyes of god.

  they believe these people are sinners of the worst sort, that their behavior is a perversion, is evil, dangerous and a threat to society, the family and/or ?family values.?

  these poor souls are going to be punished in some way by god for their choices and behavior ?

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  Well that about wraps it up for the Abomination formerly known as God.

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