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  ok men of JWD help a girl out.

  by LouBelle in

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  right - so i've met this guy through a friend - he's a little older than me (38, recently divorced, though separated for 2.5 years and has a little 4 year old daughter) he is quite a nice guy, we've been going out, having dinners and just getting to know each other - right now i'm quite happy being friends.. the thing is this guy uses so much sexual inuendo from fruit to head, to pips, you name it........ i mean i don't mind at all and have a good laugh, but what i'm trying to understand is what is he ""asking"" ""sussing out"" of me - if anything?.

  thing is i'm good with straight up and ask if you want to move into a sexual relationship.

  don't beat around the bush, or play games (well some games are fun when you're in a sexual relationship) so guys can be hard to read....... or perhaps i'm reading too much into it - i'm just not used to dealing with older men (i date guys around my age or younger).

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  kurtbethel

  A man taking you on a date is evidence he is interested in sex.
  
  Sexually loaded comments confirm this.
  
  One comment that I have found has a high closure rate:
  
  "Well you are really cute, but......"
  
  That can cause a woman to wonder why she does not measure up to what he wants and be willing to prove to him that she is desirable.
  
  Paradoxical thinking, to an average guy.
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  DARWIN'S BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW.

  by badboy in

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  what do you think?

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  kurtbethel

  Thinking is wonderful!
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  If "You Think Darwin Sounds Like A Nazi, There Is A Connection"

  by BurnTheShips in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was somewhat aware of the lineage of nazi racialist ideology, but i always thought it was a misapplication of darwin's ideas.

  it turns out i was wrong.. .

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  kurtbethel

  Darwin and his family practiced eugenics. They would marry almost exclusively with the Wedgwood family for several generations. It is no suprise that his ideas would support eugenic theories as they are likely intended to.
  
  For more detail, read some of the things written by his grandson, Charles Galton Darwin, especially the book The Next Million Years.
  
  Darwinism and eugenics is closely intertwined.
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  I have a gift! What's yours?

  by Crumpet in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  otherwise entitled: smoking - a cautionary tale.

  i have a gift, a talent for getting myself locked into or out of places.

  ever since i was small i have managed to get myself locked in most host's lavatories and unable to quite mistress the ability to unlock the door.. today i surpassed myself.

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  kurtbethel

  "Kurtbethel - you crack me up - I don't know if you meant to, but you certainly did."
  
  I am good with that. Some of my humour is subtle, and I am glad when someone can pick up on it.
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  Being a JW: Like a Competitive Sport???

  by leaving-jws in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one thing i hate about being a jw is all of the competition.

  i've been actively fading for about several months now.

  but, to make the family happy i attended a meeting about a week ago.

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  kurtbethel

  Welcome to the WTBTS 2008 Olympics!
  
  Our first competition is the 50 yard literature placement dash.
  
  This will be followed by the Bible ping pong event with the householder.
  
  Then competition will commence in the Field Service Marathon.
  
  Finishing up will be slolem Theocratic Warfare Strategy.
  
  Gold medal gets you annointed, Silver gets a slot in the New Order and Bronze gets an internship at Bethel.
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  I have a gift! What's yours?

  by Crumpet in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  otherwise entitled: smoking - a cautionary tale.

  i have a gift, a talent for getting myself locked into or out of places.

  ever since i was small i have managed to get myself locked in most host's lavatories and unable to quite mistress the ability to unlock the door.. today i surpassed myself.

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  kurtbethel

  A quick note: around these parts a "big dyke" is a large woman who looks like a man and is very fond of other women.
  
  My gift is that I can pick up something that is broken, be it a watch or especially electronics, and it will start working again.
  
  This has annoyed some people who would tell me something was broken and show it to me. I would take it and it would work fine so I would tell them there was nothing wrong with it. Sometimes I would cover for myself by fiddling with it and tell them something like "It is working fine, I think you need to push this button just so first."
  
  I have come to accept this gift, realizing it is a balance for those people who merely touch something and it becomes wrecked.
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  Watchtower Comments VIDEO (Pay Attention)

  by V in

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  kurtbethel

  I forwarded the link to many of the people on my mailing list, in case they are curious about those people who knock them up on Saturday morning.
  
  Thanks, great work!
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  Do the Governing body know they are being dishonest?

  by strawberry cake in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i wonder if anyone has any ideas on this.

  who, what is behind the wts.

  is it just men genuinely making mistakes but are sincerely trying to serve god?

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  kurtbethel

  SC, I am on the outside looking in.
  
  I have never been burned by them, I have no association with any competing corporation, and I have no axe to grind.
  
  People who go play kingdom hall and are happy with the arrangement are of no interest to me. I do feel a lot of compassion for people who are ensnared by it and suffer guilt and anguish as a result of what they are taught.
  
  Anguish, suffering and death appears to be one of the fruits of the corporation.
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  Do the Governing body know they are being dishonest?

  by strawberry cake in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i wonder if anyone has any ideas on this.

  who, what is behind the wts.

  is it just men genuinely making mistakes but are sincerely trying to serve god?

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  kurtbethel

  Looking at the large trail of literature can provide an answer to this.
  
  The literature is artfully contrived, with manipulative language, weasel words and constructs, lawyerly disclaimer type of language, and boastful self promotion.
  
  There is rarely any hint of a humble seeker after truth to be found in a WT publication. The literature is the smoking gun here, and has fingerprints all over it that say perpetrator.
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  GB = College of Cardinals and pope?

  by hamilcarr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  heard and seen on youtube:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlgppzmz0ne.

  this [gb] is a group of individuals that have come from all over the world and whom we believe are directed by god to help us understand what is contained in scripture, just as other religions would have their religious leaders, those to whom they look so do jw, but the fact that we believe that there is a gb, a f&ds class that we call it whos helping us understand the bible no more makes us a sect than it would make catholics a sect because they believe that the pope and the college of cardinals have the ultimate truth for catholics - philip brumley, jw general counsel.

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  kurtbethel

  That is what makes catholics a sect, having a pope, cardinals and other layers of officials exclusive from others.
  
  So the WT is "no more" a sect than the catholics, according to this clown. I wonder what is the velocity that a brick must have impacting a head to cause sufficient damage for one to engage in Watchtowerthink.