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  Crazy JW urban legend

  by Simon in

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  a sure guarantee that this was bogus (really, any reasoning is required at all?

  ) was that it did the rounds applied to john denver, annie lennox and others.. basically, they relied on satan (oh yes) for their musical ability (i knew it) and any jws in the audience would be asked to leave because ... (drum roll) ... they blocked the signal to satan so couldn't perform with them present!.

  anyone else remember that gem?.

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  Farkel

  Simon,

  With regards to John Denver: a former poster here "NotPerfectYet" was a dear friend of mine and she is from the Monterey, California area. I have spent time with her on several occassions. Her son was a paramedic and he was dispatched to the scene when Denver's plane crashed. He dove into the water and was the one who found and retrieved Denver's severed head.

  There were no dubs at the time near the scene, so I guess Satan must have been really pissed off at him for some other reason. Maybe Satan doesn 't like Colorado or something.

  Farkel
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  10 Years out of the JW Organization- What I've Learned ( For what it's Worth)

  by flipper in

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  10 years ago i stopped attending jehovah's witness meetings for good.

  walked out of the kingdom hall cold turkey never to return based on injustices i observed among others and myself at the hands of elders giving out not god's counsel but personal opinions as counsel .

  some of them weren't even giving out wt society counsel- just personal opinions.

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  flippant,

  :10 Years out of the JW Organization- What I've Learned ( For what it's Worth)

  You haven't learned a damn thing if you continue to have lunch with the likes of me, dummy.

  "Bad associations spoil useful habits and things like this." (It's in a Bible somewhere. I forget).

  Peace out. Wanna do mexican food again the next time?

  Mr. Farkel
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  Is ingratitude and education inversely proportionate?

  by abiather in

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  bible describes ingratitude as one of the characteristics of last days.

  people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money ....ungrateful.... etc.

  (2 timothy 3:2) it seems this prophecy about people becoming ungrateful is having its fulfillment more than 100%.. i was watching an interview on the tv the other day.

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  Your blatherings, er, I mean "musings" continue:

  :Increased knowledge (I mean school education) would have made people more cultured and grateful, in addition to making them learn a a skill.

  How did you derive that education = grateful?

  :But now we are forced to ask:

  :Is education and ingratitude directly proportionate?

  No, we are not "forced" to ask anything except perhaps, "do you know what a false analogy is?"

  So, you've now asked "is education and ingratitude inversely proportionate" as well as "is education and ingratitude directly proportionate", which pretty much covers all the bases.

  The only question you have NOT asked is "does education and ingratitude have anything to do with each other?"

  Even the smallest smidgeon of heuristics can answer that question: are most educated people less grateful or more grateful than most uneducated people, and/or are most uneducated people less grateful or more grateful than educated people?

  Even an idiot like me can answer that one: gratitude and education have about as much in common as the Watchtower Corporation has with printing anything but lies.

  Farkel
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  Is ingratitude and education inversely proportionate?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  bible describes ingratitude as one of the characteristics of last days.

  people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money ....ungrateful.... etc.

  (2 timothy 3:2) it seems this prophecy about people becoming ungrateful is having its fulfillment more than 100%.. i was watching an interview on the tv the other day.

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  : Thus I learned that the good continue to be good whereas others continue to behave the way they like no matter how much good lessons are being made available to them!

  You just answered your own question: "No" at the very best and "false analogy" at the very worst. It is like asking "is constipation and serial killing inversely proportionate?"

  Farkel
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  ANNOUNCING the Amazon.com KINDLE version of my BOOK

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.amazon.com/i-wept-rivers-babylon-ebook/dp/b00fmhq4gk/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=utf8&qid=1380884339&sr=1-1&keywords=i+wept+by+the+rivers+of+babylon+terry+walstrom.

  i wept by the rivers of babylon is now instantly availabe at amazon.. i published the 6x9 trade paperback version last monday and the e-book book (non-kindle) versions.. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/m0rtslaw.

  i hope the decent reviews are posted before the customary savage knee-jerk jehovah's witness crew jumps on and finds the juggular.. .

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  Terry,

  You wrote:

  :Looking back, I made a real mistake by registering for the draft in the first place. I sincerely doubt any other brothers in my congregation did.

  :I mean, as far as I know--I was the only bro to go to prison.

  Since you and I are basically the same age and went through the same process in the same era, I should mention that we brothers were told by the WTS that we should register for the draft, which I dutifully did in 1966 when I turned 18. As far as I know, all the other brothers my age did the same thing, but I can't know for sure. I do know for sure that if any of them did not do that, they never spoke about that to me.

  As far as being the only "bro" to go to prison, I knew at least 4 brothers in my little part of the world who went to prison. All of them were about 2 years older than myself.

  When I read your book, I was startled to find out that only about 3,000 dub males were convicted of draft evasion in America during that period. Like you, I was one of them. I had assumed that there were probably tens of thousands who were convicted, but you and I were part of an "elite" group who paid the biggest price, and your price was much worse than the one I paid. I was sentenced to two years in prison, but suspended upon me doing two years of alternative military service without any compensation.

  Your book was a hard read for me, Terry. It brought back a bunch of painful memories and humiliations from those many years ago. I literally had tears in my eyes when I read about the horrible experiences you had. They were similar to those experienced by several brothers I spoke with who also went to prison for the same "crime" which they were compelled to commit by a bunch of idiotic lying old bastards in Brooklyn who couldn't care less about the damage they do to young, gullible and vulnerable human beings.

  Farkel
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  What do you think about the latest Mentalist episode? (SPOILERS!)

  by will-be-apostate in

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  red john is sheriff thomas mcallister, which was a big surprise for me and also a bit dissapointing.

  i was expecting a more complicated reveal of red john.

  also the scene when jane kills him is just not that much epic as one would expect that it should be after 5 season of chasing.. however i look forward to see the way lisbon an the others get out of this mess.

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  Tiger, tiger...yum, yum.

  Farkel "Red" John
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  Have You Ever Met...Or KNOW...a GB Member?

  by Cold Steel in

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  if so, what is your experience?

  i've seen only a few talks by gb members and would like to hear what they're like.

  are they personable, aloof, humble, arrogant?

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  : Have You Ever Met...Or KNOW...a GB Member?

  Yes. Lyman Swingle. I know his entire family.

  :If so, what is your experience? I've seen only a few talks by GB members and would like to hear what they're like.

  You might be surprised to find out that their poop is still brown.

  :Are they personable, aloof, humble, arrogant?

  Yes, they are.

  Farkel
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  this site sucks! its just a buncha athiest on soap boxes.

  by crossquestions6995 in

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  this site is not a healthy forum for discussion or healing.

  its an arena for jaded athiests to bash anything christian or god related.

  yes, i know the jw's lied to us about god and the truth.

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  : P.s. I couldnt care less about spelling or punctuation.

  Translation: "I know I butchered it, which means I know what it is to NOT butcher it, which in turn means: I am a troll looking for trouble.

  Screw you, troll.

  Farkel
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  Have you ever had a hallucination? What was it like?

  by Nathan Natas in

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  2. medical

  i have almost never had a visual hallucination and i was wondering what they're like.

  how "real" do they seem?

  is there any kind of a hint you get that tells you they are not real?

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  : If you have had a hallucinatory experience, share it here, please.

  I had the same doozy more than once. I was wearing a cheap dress suit in a meadow and was petting a LION while a lamb was sleeping at the lion's feet.

  Creepy. Not the part about the lion, but the part about wearing the cheap suit to a picnic in the middle-of-nowhere.

  Farkel
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  I don´t fit in here, so goodbye and take everyone.

  by Mr Fool in

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  2. beliefs

  after some reflections i have come to the decision to disfellowship myself from here, permanently.

  many interesting argumentations sometimes, thank you adamah for many clever reflections.

  criticizing in a bad manner of members and arrogant "i know better than you"-attitudes is a part of it.

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  Since you didn't find it here, perhaps you may find your happiness in the land of Mr. Fool, Mr. Fool. I wish you luck.

  What I just don't get is how some of we ex-dubs who put up with so much shit in our dub life, abuse from "the world", ridicule and hounding by elders, COs and our religious masters in Brooklyn, start crying like little girls when we get called on our bullshit in a forum that is actually telling us the truth for once in our life.

  Goodbye Mr. Fool. You are always welcome back when you don't want to be pampered. The Watchtower won't pamper cry babies and neither will we.

  Farkel