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  Mulan's Birthday

  by Princess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone!

  today is mulan's birthday.

  my dad took her to vegas for the week so she won't be able to see this for a few days.

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  jimbob

  Hi Marilyn. Happy Birthday!! Sorry me and the misses are a bit late.
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  Got the latest congregation scoop on JW rapist Curtis Thompson....

  by jimbob in

  1. social
  2. family

  i had to go over to my mother's place today to do a little computer work for her, and she filled me in with what's been happening in her congregation since jw curtis thompson was arrested for rape.. she told me a sister told her that another sister thought that the police were trying to frame curtis for the charges, and that he didn't do anything.

  and then another sister who's been a jw for years and years told my mother that she had felt sorry for curtis because he was trying to get his life together and wanted to go to college, but he was told that if he did, they would inform the class each day he was a registered sex offender.

  when i heard this crap from my mom, i about went ballistic!!

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  jimbob

  Nathan...you have a pm.
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  Got the latest congregation scoop on JW rapist Curtis Thompson....

  by jimbob in

  1. social
  2. family

  i had to go over to my mother's place today to do a little computer work for her, and she filled me in with what's been happening in her congregation since jw curtis thompson was arrested for rape.. she told me a sister told her that another sister thought that the police were trying to frame curtis for the charges, and that he didn't do anything.

  and then another sister who's been a jw for years and years told my mother that she had felt sorry for curtis because he was trying to get his life together and wanted to go to college, but he was told that if he did, they would inform the class each day he was a registered sex offender.

  when i heard this crap from my mom, i about went ballistic!!

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  That's a very good point Nathan. As long as he doesn't speak out against the Botchtower, he's okay. My mother told me he was at all the meetings up until about 4 weeks before his arrest. He first started missing bookstudy and then the school and service meeting. She did say he was at the Sunday meeting right before his arrest.

  I told her I bet he commented at the Watchtower and they called on him as Brother Thompson....to which she told me I was correct. He commented regulary and was always called on as Brother Thompson. How pathetic of a religion that will df people in a flash if they say anything negative about the Society, but won't df a serial, sadist, and extremely violent convicted rapist. Makes me want to throw-up!
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  Just loaded the 2003 Watchtower CD rom......

  by jimbob in

  1. social
  2. family

  actually, i loaded it for my mother.

  i had to do a little work on her computer today and she had just gotten the cd and asked me to load it for her.

  what was interesting was the dialog box agreement that the user had to agree to in order to load it.

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  I think most of the classic JW thinking found in the older publications are already on the internet. I'm sure they are just trying to scare the dubbies and make sure nothing else leaks out. They're pretty cautious these days cause they know how powerful the internet is...remember, it's a tool of the DEVIL!!
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  Got the latest congregation scoop on JW rapist Curtis Thompson....

  by jimbob in

  1. social
  2. family

  i had to go over to my mother's place today to do a little computer work for her, and she filled me in with what's been happening in her congregation since jw curtis thompson was arrested for rape.. she told me a sister told her that another sister thought that the police were trying to frame curtis for the charges, and that he didn't do anything.

  and then another sister who's been a jw for years and years told my mother that she had felt sorry for curtis because he was trying to get his life together and wanted to go to college, but he was told that if he did, they would inform the class each day he was a registered sex offender.

  when i heard this crap from my mom, i about went ballistic!!

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  jimbob

  I had to go over to my mother's place today to do a little computer work for her, and she filled me in with what's been happening in her congregation since JW Curtis Thompson was arrested for rape.

  She told me a sister told her that another sister thought that the police were trying to frame Curtis for the charges, and that he didn't do anything. And then another sister who's been a JW for years and years told my mother that she had felt sorry for Curtis because he was trying to get his life together and wanted to go to college, but he was told that if he did, they would inform the class each day he was a registered sex offender. When I heard this crap from my mom, I about went ballistic!! I told her this exactly the JW mindset when it comes to stuff like this. I also said I bet those same sisters would feel a tad different if it was them that Curtis had targeted. Thank god my mom had enough smarts to agree with me again! She told me she couldn't believe what was being told to her. She said Curtis should be locked up forever. (Gee, do you think??)

  Now here's the best part.....when I asked her if they were going to df him, she said they weren't because the elders couldn't meet with him! What a f***ed up bunch of people!! (No, I didn't say it quite like that to her....) I told her that was absolutely ludicrous!!! The one person that deserves to be shunned and they won't because they have to meet with him first. I said to her, "Well, it's not like they don't know where he's at....go meet with him"! Anyway, she said with all the lawsuits revolving around dfing people, they won't do it. And I thought that was interesting for her to bring up that point. Imagine that...lawsuits against the Watchtower!! Anyway, it's probably a moot point anyway to df him, cause he ain't gonna get to talk to no one where he's going. (except for bubba!! Hopefully he'll get a taste of what he's done to others)

  So again, the JW mindset completely rules out any common sense, but rather, embraces completely stupidity in thinking a convicted sadist rapist is a good brother who has the world against him. God it's good to be free from the bullsh*t of organized religion. Especially the Watchtower!!
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  Just loaded the 2003 Watchtower CD rom......

  by jimbob in

  1. social
  2. family

  actually, i loaded it for my mother.

  i had to do a little work on her computer today and she had just gotten the cd and asked me to load it for her.

  what was interesting was the dialog box agreement that the user had to agree to in order to load it.

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  Actually, I loaded it for my mother. I had to do a little work on her computer today and she had just gotten the cd and asked me to load it for her. What was interesting was the dialog box agreement that the user had to agree to in order to load it. I copied and pasted it in an email that I sent to myself. Below is the agreement exactly how it appears. Notice the highlighted parts....

  Dear Brothers:

  We are happy to provide for Jehovah's Witnesses a new version of Watchtower Library. Please read the following six points about proper use of Watchtower Library and answers to questions that you may have. The License Agreement, which will be presented later during the actual installation, sets out in legal language a license covering copyright protection. If you accept the license and thus will use this electronic tool in your Bible research, indicate your agreement after reading it.

  YOUR USE OF WATCHTOWER LIBRARY

  1. What constitutes proper use?

  Watchtower Library has been designed for your personal use. Hence, you may copy, print, or excerpt from the data for your personal use. But you may not distribute the program or large sections of the data to others who do not own Watchtower Library on CD-ROM. Nor may you copy, print, or excerpt from the copyrighted data to prepare and distribute books. Please do not put the program or data on the Internet or any public network.

  2. Who may have a copy of Watchtower Library?

  Watchtower Library is a research tool for Jehovah's Witnesses, not for the public or for institutions such as schools or libraries.

  3. May I copy the program and data onto my hard disk and then not use the CD-ROM?

  Yes, that is possible with this version. Less disk space is involved when you access the data from the CD-ROM itself; however, the speed of some operations is significantly improved if the data is stored on the hard disk.

  4. If I personally own several computers, may I copy Watchtower Library 2001 and/or its data onto these?

  Yes.

  5. May I make a duplicate of my CD-ROM as a backup in case I lose or damage my original?

  Yes, but this does not refer to duplicating the CD-ROM for others, which would fall outside the realm of personal use.

  6. May I write commercial software or utilities that employ the program or data from Watchtower Library?

  No. It is not proper to charge for or to receive money from writing or distributing any software that employs the Watchtower Library program, utilities, or data.

  I thought that was interesting in that nobody but JW's should own a copy. Not even libraries. Wouldn't you think that they would want everyone to have a copy so the public can access all Watchtower and Awakes and other publications so they can come to know Jehovah?? Gee, I guess if the public got a hold of it, they might see through all the Watchtower bs. I guess the only way the public can get access is by having a JW drone come to your door and give them to you..
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  Detectives suspect Brother Thompson of MURDER

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/nw_082604wabsuspiciousdeathkc.b7515e1c.html

  disabled woman found dead in seattle apartment complex

  09:19 am pdt on friday, august 27, 2004. king5.com.

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  Here ya go wasasister..

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/77291/1.ashx
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  You'd better pioneer or else tell Jehovah why you can't !!

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  back around 1980 (i cannot remember the exact year), the speaker at the district convention said that each non-fulltime-pioneer jw should pray to jehovah and explain to him why they cannot pioneer.

  if you can't come up with a reason, then you should start pioneering.. if i remember correctly, this counsel was repeated in the pages of the watchtower magazine the following year.. did anyone here respond to this "encouragement"?

  i think it pushed me toward pioneering, although i didn't do it for very long.. this was a subtle but powerful guilt trip that tested your loyalty to the organization.

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  YUP! I totally remember this counsel being given at an assembly. I didn't realize it at the time, of course, what a guilt trip they were laying on everyone. But I guess that's because I didn't realize it was a cult at the time.

  This was absolute crap that they were giving us. But I knew nobody that decided to pioneer after being given this guilt trip...I guess we all told Jehovah that we'd rather work full time so we could pay our bills....
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  Detectives suspect Brother Thompson of MURDER

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/nw_082604wabsuspiciousdeathkc.b7515e1c.html

  disabled woman found dead in seattle apartment complex

  09:19 am pdt on friday, august 27, 2004. king5.com.

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  Now he's gone from raping to murder?? I hope to god they give him the death penalty!! Of course, then the JW's will say he's paid for his crime with death and be resurrected...
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  they are in our territory

  by Mulan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i learned today that a group from california is in our area working "seldom worked territory".. my jw friend told me to watch for them as they are in town working their territory.

  it all made me laugh.

  they aren't in montana, or north dakota, they are in edmonds/lynnwood washington.

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  Hi Mulan. I'm thinking the reason they have people from out of state working your area is because all JW's are slacking in the preaching work. How else can you explain the reason to have people come from out of state to preach in a well populated, multi-congo area?? Before we left in August of '02, when we would go out in service on Saturday, even the elders and servants rarely did door to door work. We always did a couple of calls and then it was off to breakfast.... Nobody wants to go out in service anymore....they just show up to be seen, and then do a couple of calls and call it a morning. It's a little hard to cover the territory that way when all you do is a couple of rv's....