Have you ever taken a bight on a nut and realised it was bad and you just had to spit it out, ? well that's the JWs' for you, fruity as a nutcake.
edmond dantes
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What's wrong with the WTBS in a nushell.
by JeffT ini realized the other morning that it was twenty years ago that i started my exit.
at the spring 1988 circuit assembly (i think it was in february or march) they absolutely hammered on the point that higher ed was a waste of time.
armageddon was going to happen any day now and there was no point in preparing for life in system that was about to end.
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JW weddings gone bad. A story from my old congo.
by uwishufish inmiddle tenn late 70s.
first there was the child the high school girl had out of wedlock.
the term rape was bandied about after she began to show.
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One brother who had spent some time dating a theocratic chick had to go and see her Father .The Father said to the brother "you will marry our Katy or else." To which the young man replied "well let's have a look at your Else."
Another time during a wedding ceremony The words "do you take this sister to be your lawfull wedded wife" were uttered.The groom replied "would you ?" and the officicate said no of course not to which the groom said "well why you asking me then?"
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Excretory system.
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What the Hades is going on at the local Kingdom Hall?
by AK - Jeff inthe kh that i attended has always held it's meetings on sunday morning, and still does.
even on the days when the co visits there are normally only a handful of cars left in the parking lot after 3 pm, as the co typically quits service and heads home by 3 or 4, and besides, if you are not in his group it is usually 'take a few doors, count an hour, and get home in time to watch the game' attitude.
so today i drive by after work - it is 4 pm when i pass the kingdom hall, and the damned parking lot is just packed - maybe 45 or 50 cars in the lot.
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edmond dantes
No.1 ; The local council have just installed cameras and banned on street parking for all residents and the residents are panicking cuz they have nowhere else to park.
No. 2; Someone has put up a turn sign pointing toward KH .The sign reads "meat in due season freely available here."
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The Watchtower trembles before appostates.
by edmond dantes ininstead of disfellowshipping for appostacy why don't the witlesses just tell the so called apostates, it's ok ,just don't disrupt the meetings.if they did this would there be less hassle all round.
other organisations have different allied sections but the whacktower org.
isn't strong enough to embrace dissent , it stands on very shaky ground as regard doctrine and practice.in fact they don't know the first thing about good practice they need a suggestion box in the kingdumb hall for a start and a few lessons in democracy wouldn't go amiss.all dictatorships are afraid of the voice of the people.
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edmond dantes
Yea, I remember one time when I was in the troof a catholic guy gave me a catholic book to read and I told him that we are advised not to read that.His reply was "well your faith must be very weak if you are afraid to read that,I would read a Watchtower book and not be afraid of losing my faith." Then I thought he has a very good point; and at that stage of my exit it proved to be another nail in the Whacktower coffin .
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"Knocking" by David Ian Miller (San Francisco Chronicle, May 14, 2007)
by sf inhttp://www.cesnur.org/2007/knocking.htm.
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edmond dantes
Knocking is not a very good piece of journalism for it to be that it needed to be balanced and show the many facets of the cult.All it is basically is a good piece of advertising and a very good PR excersice on behalf of a very negative cult.Really what the witnesses have with this film is pure propagander and if you pardon the hackneyed phrase the Witnesses "must think they have died and gone to heaven" because they have been handed a gift, but by their standards it seems a little bit two faced of them to accept the Knocking DVD if you get my drift.
Would the producer have won accolades if he had given the Nazis the same rose coloured hues,after all we are talking about a dictatorship cult who deliver zilch to enhance mankinds many problems.
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Promotional Watchtower stickers.
by edmond dantes insuppose you are a witless and are really keen on putting "theocratic" logos and stickers onto your personal items ,where would you stick them for best effect and can you think of any kingdumb messages you would like to advertise on such items?.
any thoughts?.
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edmond dantes
All things bright and beautifull all creatures great and small
Jesus came back in 1914 but I can't see it at all.
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The Watchtower trembles before appostates.
by edmond dantes ininstead of disfellowshipping for appostacy why don't the witlesses just tell the so called apostates, it's ok ,just don't disrupt the meetings.if they did this would there be less hassle all round.
other organisations have different allied sections but the whacktower org.
isn't strong enough to embrace dissent , it stands on very shaky ground as regard doctrine and practice.in fact they don't know the first thing about good practice they need a suggestion box in the kingdumb hall for a start and a few lessons in democracy wouldn't go amiss.all dictatorships are afraid of the voice of the people.
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In reply to Blondies comments about the anonymous notes,this illustrates the need for a seperate box in which the brothers and sisters can fully vent their thoughts.The author of the questions or comments could be kept secret if requested and handled just like a question from a Whacktower reader and dealt with on a congregational basis.The subject matter could be discussed in open forum in the KH this would make the meetings a lot more interesting than just studying the W.Tower.
It never ceases to amaze me that people are so willing to give up basic human rights which have been so bloodily fought for through the ages.How can the New World Soc. boast about free speech when they don't even let their members have it.One of the first bells of alarm that I heard after I became a Witless was when a brother said to me, after I brought up an awkward subject, " It's not just the subject but why are you even questioning the society?" He then went on to explain to me that it reflected my "heart"condition. Now that comment speaks volumes about how a great number of people can be made to believe that an ordinary group of mortals can never be brought to account and given unquestioning obedience.To my mind that is so dangerous.
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The end of the end- your thoughts?
by JimmyPage inso what does everyone think of the wt info from the past year comparing the time of the end to israel's escape from egypt?
it said (paraphrasing):"the wt may even give specific instructions that seem to lead us into the face of danger just as the israelites were led to the red sea with their enemies pursuing them from the other side.
" also what do you think of the past two year texts- "obey god as ruler rather than men" and "stand firm and see the salvation of jehovah"?
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edmond dantes
" Now this is not the end.It is not even the beginning of the end.But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." ------------ Winston Churchill Nov.1942.
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The Watchtower trembles before appostates.
by edmond dantes ininstead of disfellowshipping for appostacy why don't the witlesses just tell the so called apostates, it's ok ,just don't disrupt the meetings.if they did this would there be less hassle all round.
other organisations have different allied sections but the whacktower org.
isn't strong enough to embrace dissent , it stands on very shaky ground as regard doctrine and practice.in fact they don't know the first thing about good practice they need a suggestion box in the kingdumb hall for a start and a few lessons in democracy wouldn't go amiss.all dictatorships are afraid of the voice of the people.
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edmond dantes
Is this the Nazis party you speak of ,? I ask myself .What is this, no freedom of expression ? I thought the Witlesses received praise in Knocking for their work on freedom of speech.I see, so we can speak our mind but not in the Fuhrer's bunker I mean the Kingdom Halle,In that case it's six rasberrys' right in the Fuhrer's face.