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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

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  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  I remember when they had talks about "unnatural" sex within the marriage arrangement...those ultimately led to disfellowshipping of otherwise loyal JW's. I can only imagine the collateral damage it caused to children hearing this and how they viewed their parents. Disgusting...
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  Trump assassination attempt??

  by Diogenesister in

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  it happened at a rally in pennsylvania, apparently.

  he seems ok i've seen a photo of him bleeding from his ear.

  this is absolutely nutso....if it's too it doesn't surprise me the way they constantly describe him as "far right" and that his supporters are "maga republicans".

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  Nikolaus...your comment sounds like "victim blaming". Not a good look...

  
  
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  Paul & Joseph Bonanno Malta ex JWs

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=va6wxy2vtfo.

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  Would be interesting to hear the experience when it is available in English...thanks.
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  Paul & Joseph Bonanno Malta ex JWs

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=va6wxy2vtfo.

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  tenyearsafter

  Is there an English version of this?
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  What is that?

  by Achille in

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  It's "hard" to say exactly...LOL
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  Feet and Toes Research and Noo Lite

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  this has been discussed in the district convention thread but i felt like all the "toes" info would be nice to see in one place.

  [from the late 1950s through most of the 1970s the toes of the image meant all coexisting powers and governments at the time of the end].

  35 but there was a final or completing part of the symbolic image, namely, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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  The main difference in comparing WTBTS and Camping is that Camping publicly apologized for being wrong...
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  God, one person, or three?

  by slimboyfat in

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  the trinity doctrine says god is three persons in one being.. yet the bible says god is one.. gal 3.20 a mediator, however, implies more than one party; but god is one.

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  gal 3.20 now a mediator is not for just one person, but god is one.

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  I once heard the best explanation for the concept of a trinity of one God, three persons. That explanation used water as an example. Water (God) exists in three states...liquid, gas (steam) and solid (ice), ie: three separate "persons" or states, yet each one is still water. It is simplistic, but I could understand the concept in a way I had never thought of.
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  Armageddon Car

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  how many of you bought a nice sedan, suv, or even a minivan back in the days that you described as your "armageddon car" that you would care for and it would last until the end arrived?.

  i was driving a 1974 plymouth volare wagon in 1992 when i managed to get an 8-year old buick century.

  it was low mileage and had a very luxurious interior.

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  I had close to 50 "Armageddon" cars!
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  Pioneer Hours

  by Etude in

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  does anyone know how many hours were required to be a pioneer back in or around 1970?.

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  Regular pioneer,100 hours per month...vacation pioneer I recall as 60 hours..
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  Visiting old churches

  by moley in

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  2. beliefs

  when i was a jw i did and still enjoy visiting old churches and cathedrals because of the history and amazing architecture of these wonderful old buildings.

  a sister in my old congregation regaled us with a story of a visit to the tower of london and walking up this crowded narrow staircase only to discover it led to an old chapel.

  the way she described her horror at almost entering you would have thought they were doing human sacrifices.

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  I loved visiting the historic cathedrals and churches in Europe and Asia...though I must admit I always had a sense of superiority walking into them knowing I had the "Truth"! LOL