Posts by ldrnomo

after more than two years here on jwn, i will unmask myself and finally close the closet door behind me, fully coming out.. let me be pithy.. my name is vincent deporter.

i'm a writer/artist published a little all over the place.

i started my career in france, about 35 years ago.

ldrnomo

Okay, I have this idea for a cartoon.

Sparlock crawls out of the garbage can and sneeks into Caleb's room wakes him up and tells him he's here to save people from

religious cults. Then Sparlock and Caleb go on an adventure together to help Calebs family escape the clutches of the Borg.

There could be enemy charecter's like "Splane Boy", "Roach man", etc.

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Welcome to the MADHOUSE! The incredible rot of Watch Tower folly!

by Terry in

from 1968 to mid 1975 jehovah's witness books, magazines and public sermons stretched the truth, quoted out of context cherry-picked secular scientists and social critics' words to assure every reader/listener history was closing in fast!

millions of people worldwide were put on high alert!.

when the non-event passed with only an embarassing silence, the purpose of the watchtower faltered, sputtered and almost died, but only momentarily.. like a veteran boxer knocked to the floor for a 9 count, things in the local kingdom halls shifted into "downtime" as policies relaxed until the men at the top of the jw foodchain could find their legs again.. ridicule, humiliation and a demand for explanations became an avalanche piling up in the local kingdom hall.. this was the moment of truth for "the truth".. it was now or never.. would this religion look itself in the mirror and see wrong-headedness and self-delusion?.

ldrnomo

Terry great stuff, you are an excellent writer.

It is a madhouse and all the inmates are in a word induced trance.

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How many have read 'Crisis of Conscience'?

by tornapart in

jw
friends

for me it was the book!

it opened my eyes.

i started it thinking it would just enlighten me about how the organisation works.

ldrnomo

SFPW

I think Kia makes a good car, check out their website.

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Hear Ye!!!Hear Ye!! WONDERFUL GOOD NEWS!!!!

by mouthy in

my jw daughter called me this afternoon!!!!!

!i am just over the moon.

her hubby not a jw has cancer & was operated on today!!!!.

ldrnomo

Good news, a step in the right direction.

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Demons in a coffee shop? How would you react?

by laverite in

i just saw this very short two minute video -- brilliant.

it's gone "viral" on the interwebs/nets.

i couldn't help but imagine that if a jw had been in this coffee shop, s/he would have been screaming "jehovah!

ldrnomo

Great FX

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Videos of a few key moments from the Annual Meeting

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imfuiaeg820.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezhj13pun4.

ldrnomo

I really think they were talking about the durability of the NNWT. I think Jeffro is correct.

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For what it's worth, this is my take on the AGM

by stillin in

as i was leaving the kh where i watched the meeting, i overheard several conversations, all to the effect that"what a great bunch of guys the gb is.

" the sense of humor among them, the naturalness and ease they had while speaking, etc.. for that matter, i too, was impressed at how like able they seem to be and, believe it or not, the 3 1/2 hours went by fairly quickly, thank god!

but as i think about it, i'm concluding that that was the main goal of the wide viewing of this event: to assure the rank and file that the gb, the men who are in charge of god's household, are a great bunch of guys.

ldrnomo

Good point stillin.

The main purpose of this whole dog and pony show was marketing. The GB has re-branded and they need to build up the confidence of the rank and file.