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  I'm Perfect, You're Doomed - a review

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "i'm perfect, you're doomed" by kyria abrahams, 2009, touchstone.. if you want a way to get people out of that horrible cult, easily, quickly and expeditiously, then here is how to do that.. i can say with a vote of confidence that anyone who reads this book will never and i mean never become a dub.

  dubs who read it (assuming they have at least one or two brain cells left) will run from their religion like flies on shit when you pour bleach on it and blow it up with dynamite.. toss away crisis of conscience, apocalypse delayed, 30 years a watchtower slave and all those other very nice books and read this one.

  i read those and all the other ones.

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  Simon: help please

  by Farkel in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  my last two posts were not parsed with a cr/lf.

  all the sentences ran together with no cr/lfs.

  i'm still using chrome with xp-pro and until today, everything worked perfectly.

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  Scary Stuff

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today's high school students in the usa:.

  less than 1/2 of them cannot identify the century when our civil war happened.. one in four thought columbus discovered america sometime after 1750.. one in three cannot name one right enumerated in the bill of rights.. three out of four cannot name the first us president.. two out of three do not know the length of term of a member of the house of representatives.. half cannot find britain on a map.. one out of four cannot find america on a map.. when my oldest daughter, who is now a physician was in 9th grade in this once-great state of california, i asked her about the three branches of our federal government.

  she was clueless and told me she would take civics in her junior year in high school.

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  Watchtower vs. the Roman Catholic Church

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the roman catholic church (rcc) religious leaders wear ridiculous clothing.. wts elders wear ridiculous cheap suits.. .

  one can wear a beard and still be a priest in the rcc.. one can wear a beard in the wts, but never be an elder with one.

  it's bible-based(tm).

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  Best "Modern" Film Noir Movie

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  say after 1970 for reference, i cast my vote for the 1973 classic, "chinatown.".

  what say ye?.

  farkel.

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  Fun Comparisons Redux

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the "star trek" comparison thread got me to rememberin' some of the other comparison topics i've done over the years.. this is for newer ones here who may like er, "punchy" comparisons.

  hope you have some fun with them.. gangs and dubs.

  al capone vs. judge rutherford".

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  WTS vs. Star Trek

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  star trek claimed to be fantasy and in fact, was fantasy.. wts claims to be the sole truth on earth and in fact, is fantasy.. star trek had spock who solved problems with logic.. wts has a gb who solves problems with bullshit.. star trek had a pompous ass charismatic leader whom everyone loved to watch rant and emote.

  wts had three pompous ass charismatic leaders whom everyone hated to watch rant and emote.. captain kirk was always saving his people from new disasters.. wt leaders are always leading its people into new disasters.. star trek made money by always giving its fans the stuff they wanted.. wts makes money by always charging its fans for stuff neither they nor anyone else else wants.. people had fun when star trek came on.. people would rather have a root canal when meetings come on.. star trek was all about making the cosmos a better place for all.. wts is all about making the cosmos a better place for a few and killing everyone else.. people love to go to star trek conventions.. people would rather be in an earthquake than go to wts conventions.. star trek had a transporter room.. people in meetings wish they also had a transporter room.. star trek had lots of insane villains.. wts had judge rutherford and fred franz.

  same thing.. star trek also had lots of good guys.. good guys are banished from the wts.. star trek had the klingons who spoke a bizarre language.. wts had fred franz who spoke an even more bizarre language.. star trek had all sorts of devices which could cure most any medical problems, but of course, they were science fiction.. wts had the electronic radio biola which it sold and said could cure most any medical problem, but of course, that was science fiction.. star trek had floppy disks, computers you could talk to and flat screen monitors all of which were about 50 years ahead-of-their time.. wts had vaccines which were called "filthy animal pus", humans hearts which were the seat of all emotions, organ transplants which were cannibalistic, human personalities which were also transferred with blood transfusions and black people turning white by reading their literature, all of which were 100 years behihd-their-time.. if you missed a few star trek episodes in a row, no one came by to harrass you.. if you miss a few meetings in a row, you are in deep shit.. star trek tv shows and movies are still played all the time, even after 47 years.. wts dramas never even play a second time.

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  The Seeker Speaks

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "when a person does what he always does, he will get what he always gets.".

  wise words, those.

  i have discovered after six-and-a-half decades that those who say they have found the truth, the way, the path for themselves and for all mankind, they are full of shit.

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  Prime Directive of Destructive Cults

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the prime directive of all destructive cults is to keep members absolutely convinced they are not involved in a destructive cult.

  if that directive is not sustained the game is over for the leaders of the cult.. i thought about this because of an interesting experience i had not more than a half hour ago.

  i wanted to call a childhood friend of mine; we had made contact a year or so ago after forty years.

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  The Best Fade Ever

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i noticed there are current topics on fading so i thought i would re-share my own fade.

  i will be brief.. my straw that broke the camel's back was from an arrogant asshole circuit overseer while i was a ministerial servant and pioneer.

  i will save you the details.

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