story time!
this is what renewed my wt ire a little while back.. we were flooded .
we stayed with her jw aunt .
Enjoyed the read.
"I respond: "No. I suburn easily and I'm allergic to bug bites." Yes, that's what I really said."
And it could be quite traumatic for small children merrily skipping along thru a meadow and happen upon Little Bo-Peep's favorite pet being devoured by Tigger, which is actually what the natural outcome is if you put those kinds of animals together.
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soooo...i was in at the bank last week and had a great discussion with the teller there.
she has been in banking for over 20 years and despite using this bank for the past 3 years, this was the first time we had a chance to gab.
this was a bank in california by the way.
The average joe up here who carries cash will typically have an assortment of 5, 10, and 20 dollar bills in the wallet and after a day of being out and about paying cash will end up with upwards of 10 or 15 dollars worth of 1 and 2 dollar coins in the pocket which get spent on small item purchases or saved for christmas etc. I don't miss the 1 or 2 dollar bills we once had. Vending machines, juke boxes, video lottery terminals, pool tables etc. all require coinage, some of them at least 1 dollar so it 1 and 2 dollar coins are most useful. Paper dollars would actually be a pain in the butt in today's marketplace, as are pennies, nickels and dimes. The government could dispence with the small coinage IMHO.
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ok, first off, please don't shoot the messenger here.
the dateline show on jws hiding pedophiles was one of several "defining moments" in my process of questioning "the truth".
it disgusted me.
See the F&D slave is humble and responsive to criticisms. Yes we've had bad apples and bad local BOEs, but that's what you get with a human organization. Everything's fine. Go back to sleep.
The cognitive dissonance must be tremendous for the average dub. They fervently believe that god is "directing" the org, but it took stark exposure from prime-time media to force the Society's hand. If this hadn't happened it is likely that it would still be the same old same old. ONLY WHEN the borg sees their bottom line threatened, will they change anything. Lawsuits would hit them where they live.
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isn't interesting to see that god killed a hell a lot of people in the bible compared to the tiny amount satan killed.
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/hprajani/phun/god-v-satan.png.
what if it was satan who is the good and not god?
Actually, the bible doesn't have God or Satan personally doing much killing, although the credit was given for the outcome of - for example - any battle the Israelites had with a neighbor. If they won, God "delivered" the enemy into their hands. If they lost, usually it was because God was choked at them for some violation or their attitude or whatever. Regardless, God is given the credit. And since the bible has "God" winning more battles than "Satan", then I'd have to say that "God" has the bigger numbers.
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what i'd like to know, since it's been a few years now, what does the regular jw understand about bulgaria?
has the society ever published anything in their meeting mags/books concerning the agreement arising out of the european human rights commission hearing?
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What I'd like to know, since it's been a few years now, what does the regular JW understand about Bulgaria? Has the Society ever published anything in their meeting mags/books concerning the agreement arising out of the European Human Rights Commission hearing?
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backstory:.
i work part time as a "body adornment specialist" which essentially means i'm a body piercer.
i work at a shop that is owned and operated by someone who is a fairly big deal in the body modification industry.
Hey Richie, can any of that "lower" body piercing hardware trip the security devices at the airport? I know this couple who decided to go on a runaway to Vegas, and he being a severe diabetic with circulation issues had a stainless steel penile implant but the long and short of it is that he tripped the scanner and had a very embarrasing discussion with airport security.
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after the wedding, the cowboy from texas takes his young bride to england for the honeymoon.
after finding a suitable hotel, the texan walks up to the front desk and sounding like the cowboy that he is, says to the clerk "hi!
i'm from texas and i jus' got married - this here's my little woman - and we want your best room.. the clerk replys with his thick british accent "i say!
After the wedding, the cowboy from Texas takes his young bride to England for the honeymoon. After finding a suitable hotel, the Texan walks up to the front desk and sounding like the cowboy that he is, says to the clerk "Hi! I'm from Texas and I jus' got married - this here's my little woman - and we want your best room.
The clerk replys with his thick British accent "I say! Would you like the "bridal"?
"Naw", the cowboy drawls, "I'll jus' hold her by the ears 'till she gits used to it."
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this is for all you scholars out there.
is this acurate?
please show examples were the nwt is clearly wrong.. .
I agree with lady lee, and I wish I had the links handy (if they still exist), but on the old H2O site a few years ago there were examples posted where the Society made subtle changes in grammer to fit their doctrine. There are posters here I would imagine that know this stuff already, but if I can find the links I'll post them. Here is a quick example of how a small change can make a huge difference. Can't recall the exact verse etc., but it's when Jesus is hanging just before he dies he says "Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in Paradise."
Now I'll place the coma in a different place.
"Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
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yesterday (sunday) we went to our daughters church for family service as they have these at the end of each term for the kids club (sunday school) and if you don't know about my beliefs that i don't have any and i am one not wanting to have anything to do with any religion.. anyway there are a few things that caught my attention during this service as i normally tune out but they were talking about how jesus was telling a parragul (sp?
) about sowing the seeds and then it all came flooding back of the memories about how the jw used this, and you know it was strange as this church was saying things almost identical to what the jw would say.. this is not what i was wanting to mention but i thought this was interesting.. so after all the service they have a morning tea for everyone afterward and i got talking to the minister/father/pastor (don't know what the head person called) wife and the subject come about christmas and i told her that this was not as important as when jesus died and that he wasn't even born on 25th december she was taken back that he was not born on this day as i told her he was born earlier in the year and i explained how this is the reason, she was gob smacked!.
i thought this was common knowledge so i wonder if she will go back to her husband and ask questions if this is true.. so i ask the question is it common knowledge that jesus was not born on this day and it is a pagan holiday or is it a jw thing.
I don't think that not wanting to have anything to do with religion is necessarily a bad thing. Religiosity and spirituality are not the same thing.
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http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/welcome.shtml.
my husband and i watched a sermon today and it was eerily familiar, very weird.
go to this website and look at their magazines, twins i swear!
"I've got four-door sedan"
"Me too!"
"I go to 5 meetings a week"
"I go to 6"
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