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  There's TrueBlood and Then There's TrueMod

  by Hadriel in

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  just want to take a moment and mention how exceptional the moderator is here @simon.

  been on many many forums and you'll be pressed to find a more fair person.

  he creates a safe environment where the chicanery is a minimum.

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  Is their a rotten apple in their ? lower left hand corner ? Who could that be .?

  Don`t be bashful Simon , you AND the MODS do a great job with this site .

  Kudos to you all .

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  Hey ya'll! My first post. Please help. In need of advice/comfort.

  by Stepford Wife in

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  hey ya'll!

  i have been lurking for years on this site and others but never had the courage to post anything.

  actually i was afraid of posting on an apostate site in the event i was wrong.

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  Stepford wife ,

  "If they even dare mention anything about DF ,or anything ,I will sue their asses off and bring it to the Supreme Court if necessary ...."

  I have had a similar experience where elders tried to intimidate me with a situation .In my case it was 'leave it in Jehovah`s hands " "trust the organization to do the right thing " and so forth .trying to shut me down.

  My response ? I want the names of you elders , and I will make a complaint to the Branch Office about you.

  ( I`m in Australia )

  I will also make a formal complaint about you to the Governing Body in America stating the circumstances , naming you as individuals in this case .

  The result : Pardon the expression they shit themselves , Above all else they do not want there name with a black mark on it with the G.B. , they will bend over backwards to avoid that

  The result I got was better than even I expected .

  So trust me use this tactic , as well as making it public in the media to them ( even if you don`t want to they don`t have to know ) threaten them with it , if there names are going to be published , either in the media or within the Branch Office or the G.B. they have a panic attack , and will back down .

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  What I thought CLAM meant , can you think of anymore ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .

  christ left a ministry , or meeting .

  children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).

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  SURELY there can`t be anymore , thanks also to ,overlapping generations , wannaexit ,if I have missed anybody , give me a nod .

  Their have been some hilarious suggestions so far , anybody interested in voting for the best one ?

  Maybe a Gold Silver or Bronze for the best three ? Just a thought.

  smiddy
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  What Should the Minimum Wage Be (USA)?

  by Village Idiot in

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  2. current

  during the gop debates donald trump said that american’s “wages [are] too high” and later said “that having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing for this country” (7:25)..

  do you agree and if so why?.

  my two cents on this issue; do the math.

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  As an Aussie , I could never understand why Americans needed to rely on tips to boost wages .Surely a minimum wage should be above the poverty line so families could have an adequate income and not have to rely on tips.

  I find it hard to comprehend how the most powerful nation on earth since WW2 can have such an archaic system of providing for it`s citizens.

  Here in Australia we don`t have all the answers , we do have a problem with young people who do not want to work and still receive unemployment benefits ,but that`s a failure of the Govt. not being strict enough in setting rules/guidelines for receiving unemployment benefits.

  This is just an observation on my part , I am no economist .

  Just my 2 cents worth

  smiddy
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  The name of the street in warwick

  by brandnew in

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  did they name the road at warwick?

  kings dr??.

  im so sure......them gb members got some big heads!!

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  What about Hotel California Way ,

  Blood Avenue

  Lost Souls Court

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  Just got an apology from an exJW

  by Village Idiot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm back from the store walking to my apartment, over a hundred units in the complex - all jws and ex-jws - and i see someone talking to an ex-jw neighbor of mine.

  she turns around and says "now there's some else i have to apologize to".. she identified herself as an old neighbor who used to play as a jw child right by my place.

  she had told me how she was raised to consider me and all the ex-jws in the apartment complex as evil and thought she had to apologize for that.. made my day.

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  I can`t get my head around an apartment complex with over 100 units all JW`s and ex JW`s ?

  Sounds like The Hotel California

  Hell on earth

  That was a nice experience you had V.I , it just occurred to me why your user name LOL

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  Does Believing in God Make You Dumb?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  2. beliefs

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

  http://jdc.jefferson.edu/jmbcimfp/5/.

  abstract.

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  Finkelstein

  No more to be said LOL

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  Brooklyn Brownstoner article: Reader Unearths Fascinating 1969 Letter About Then-New Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2016/01/jehovah-witness-history-brooklyn-squibb-1969-donations/.

  reader unearths fascinating 1969 letter about then-new jehovah’s witnesses hq.

  by barbara eldredge 1/25/16.

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  I remember when the Squibb building was purchased , I was " in " about ten years then .and then the sign WATCHTOWER going up in lights .

  It never dawned on me till many years later , why , WATCHTOWER ? in such a prominent visual position .

  Wouldn` t JEHOVAH ? have been more applicable ? seeing he is the one they claim to represent because of Christendom`s , so called exclusion of the name which is utter bullshit ?

  Their are thousands of references of Christendoms religions in texts , ancient writings and commentaries ,Bible Dictionaries , Commentaries . discussions of Old Testament , New Testament , thesis and so forth , both Jewish and Christian scholars that attest the name of God being recognised as Jehovah /Yahweh .going back Centuries .

  Rebutting the lie that Christendom was hiding that name from Christians , and more importantly , that J.W.`s were the only ones that used Gods name .

  What a load of rubbish that is still being said today.

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  Mexico-Malawi Addressed Finally, JW.org Gives the Nod to Bribing, errrr Tipping Government Officials

  by LostGeneration in

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  2. bible

  mealy mouthed article in the may study wt here:.

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2016/questions-from-readers/.

  tacit approval to bribe, oops, i mean "tip" your local governmental official so they can grant you a cartilla card, or whatever else you might need done..

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  stuckinarut2

  Or been beaten or raped , or died . while their Mexican brothers paid a bribe to say they had done service for the Govt. when the knew they hadn`t

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  Church of Christ Brainwashing Children Video

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all churches are cults, it's just a matter of degree.. always submit to the church administrationfor they were placed by lord god to lead his nationif we obey then we will receive salvationsing along with me.... ....

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  Isn`t that the church that originated in the Phillipines , that is very similar in many ways to JW`s with a far greater membership worldwide I might add . and not to be confused with the Church of Christ that originated in America.?

  Iglesio ni Cristo , look it up on Google

  smiddy