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  What Sis.BrokenByBethel is Allowed to Do with her Overstocked Magazine Pile

  by stillAwitness in

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  ha!

  this one made me think of all those in the hall who have magazines piled up in their living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms with no where to go:

  km: dec. 2005: make wise use of our bible-based literature

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  Heating bills getting you down?

  Overstocked magazile pile = burn pile.

  CG
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  Jack Chick learns the truth about his Troof!

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  2. friends

  i found this in a jack chick parody archive.

  sweeeet...

  (the entire archive is available here: http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/archive.html)

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  Country Girl

  
  Jack Chick booklets are pretty amusing. He's been around since I was a little kid, and trust me, that's a lonnnnng time! There is actually a Jack Chick booklet about blood transfusions and the JW's. I have it, but have no scanner. Thanks for sharing that parody... hilarious!

  CG
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  Love Bombing

  by drew sagan in

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  i don't know if anybody has commented on this picture or not, but i just noticed it.. .

  "what does the bible really teach" page 150.

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  That fast food server toward the back has more to gain if he can quickly move to the front and ask the guy if he'd like fries with that.

  CG
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  Please help! Sexual Offender Registry Loopholes...

  by Country Girl in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  sex offender legislation passes house - now write your senator 11/8/2005 .

  update: bill passed in house - help make sure it becomes law by writing to your senator

  too many innocent children have been harmed and killed by convicted sex offenders who found ways to avoid the very system used to "track" them.

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  Country Girl

  Sex Offender Legislation Passes House - Now Write Your Senator 11/8/2005
  UPDATE: Bill Passed In House - Help Make Sure It Becomes Law By Writing To Your Senator

  Too many innocent children have been harmed and killed by convicted sex offenders who found ways to avoid the very system used to "track" them. The problem is growing, and needless to say, the system is insufficient.

  Members of Congress have worked together to close the loopholes and to fill in the cracks of the current sex offender registration system.

  Representative Mark Foley of Florida and his staff worked for a year writing a comprehensive bill with some important conditions.

  The U.S. House of Representatives has approved creating a national registry of child abuse and neglect cases. The establishment of the national registry was included as part of the Children's Safety Act, approved by the House. The Provisions:

  Sex offenders should have to reregister in person twice a year instead of once.

  Violent sex offenders should have to reregister in person every three months.

  A new federally maintained sex offender DNA database should be created.

  The bill must fully integrate the "Megan's Law" amendment into the Wetterling Act.

  The bill must develop clear guidelines to determine the threat level posed by each convicted sex offender – using three levels of danger to determine who should register and how often they should be monitored by law enforcement.

  The bill should mandate use of tracking devices for the worst offenders.

  The bill should add to the registry people convicted of using the Internet to commit a crime against a child.

  The bill should make it a felony to lie on the registry, or fail to register.

  Most importantly, the bill should develop a system for states to communicate with each other when a sex offender crosses state lines.

  How You Can Help

  If we can tighten up the existing system with these provisions, it will help. Please write to your senator telling them you care about this issue – and that you support the ideas. It's time to stand together to protect our children. You can copy the text below into a word processor and send it to your senators.

  Dear Senator:

  I am a constituent who is very concerned about the sex offenders who live in my community. Recently, there have been many stories in the news about how the current sex offender registration and notification laws don't work, and need to be changed. I think it's a matter of life and death that you help your fellow lawmakers make this change to protect our children. I urge you to support the provisions of S1086 that would create a more comprehensive system for tracking these offenders, and improve the way information is released about these predators to our communities.

  Today, there are more than 500,000 sex offenders who are supposed to be registered in the U.S.; however, it's believed that 100,000 of these offenders are 'lost' in the system. We must:

  Close the loopholes between state programs, so sex offenders can't move from state to state and elude authorities.

  Provide federal and state funding so law enforcement agencies have the resources to track these predators.

  Make sure that information about sex offenders is released to all of our communities. Thank you for taking the time to read my views on this issue.

  The time is now to tighten the tracking of sex offenders, and provide higher standards for notifying people like myself and my neighbors. I don't want one more person who's been convicted of sex crimes to be able to hide from our community and law enforcement, and prey upon our children.

  Sincerely,

  (Your name)

  Find your Senators and Representatives here:
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  Christmas Eve, what are you doing tonight?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

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  i might go over to my parents for a few hours, have dinner there, then come back here at my apartment in the evening and have a few beers and chips while i post.. i bought a christmas present for my cat...... new brand of high quality cat food which she tried and she loves..... http://www.royalcanin.ca/products/fn/indoor/mature_en.php.

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  Merry Christmas to ya'll.

  I always think of one thing at Christmas, whether I am alone or with family, and that is I am finally free. That I *have* the choice to celebrate the holiday, be it alone or with family. I wish that everyone here would have family or friends to share their Christmas with, but if they don't, I certainly hope that they will think about how lucky we are to *have* that choice now that we are free.

  CG
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  What Subjects Get You All Riled Up???

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  on this board, 2 things seem to get to people-----politics and child abuse......does anything get you upset or passionate.

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  Min--

  I'd have to say that both of the subjects that you brought up really get my hair in a bristle. However, I was thinking back, and my Grandpaw always told me that one should never discuss politics, religion, or money with people in gatherings. I guess because it riles people up! I know in our family, we have about equal sides conservative and liberal. In my husband's family, they discuss politics openly, and it has caused a few arguments. I seem to be the only moderate!

  The child abuse subject was just never brought up, until recently. Seems like it, alone, causes alot of dissension in groups. But with people coming out of the woodwork with stories about how child abuse messed up their lives, I think this is one subject that should be discussed, and even argued on, so that people become aware and educated on it, despite those who try to keep it in the closet!

  Another subject that gets me riled up is environmental and animal issues.

  CG
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  xJW siblings... decline "family" Xmas gathering

  by Scully in

  1. social
  2. family

  does this happen with other folks here?.

  i'm one of 4 siblings who has left the truth.

  there are two more who are still in, along with our parents.. i have tried to organize a "family" dinner the last few years, including my exjw (never baptized) siblings and their respective never-jw spouses.

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  Scully:

  This was a bit of the problem in the beginning with my family, but eventually, as we all grew older, and got further "out", it was less of a problem. One of my -parents is not a Witness, and he comes most of the time, with a little bit of guff from the other in the beginning, but now she doesn't give him any grief.

  Perhaps next year, you can "work on" your non-JW siblings and plan WAAAAAY ahead, and let it be known to your folks, so that they have time to come to accept that this is going to be something that you and the rest of the XJW siblings will be enjoying each year. No drama if everyone works together to stand firm.

  I feel badly for my JW mom and brother, and wish they could be here with us, but I am sure that they are feeling okay with it, since they choose not to celebrate, and feel somewhat righteous that they are glorifying Jehovah's name, which is their choice.

  Another idea: Maybe you could go over with one of your siblings to the never-JW spouse's family's house?

  Merry Christmas, Scully.. and love ya!

  CG
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  Christmas Eve, what are you doing tonight?

  by JH in

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  i might go over to my parents for a few hours, have dinner there, then come back here at my apartment in the evening and have a few beers and chips while i post.. i bought a christmas present for my cat...... new brand of high quality cat food which she tried and she loves..... http://www.royalcanin.ca/products/fn/indoor/mature_en.php.

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  Spending Xmas Eve eating a big feast, opening gifts, listening to Xmas music, drinking nog with my Big Fat Greek family, and wishing those JW members could be here, too!
  
  Merry Christmas to all my JWD friends!
  

  
  
  CG
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  BIG NEWS!! MONTHS LEFT!!

  by Pistoff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi all just had to shout this from the rooftops!!!

  my wife and son went to the ts/sm the other night where divine education was discussed; at the end, brother po said: .

  "we don't know how many months are left in this system, so we need to spend them wisely.

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  Country Girl

  Dang! I was hoping it wouldn't be before they invented solar powered hair curlers...

  CG
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  Watchtower will NOT accept legal responsibility

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i posted this in another thread, but this comment from the watchtower deserves a thread of its own.

  here is what the watchotwer wrote back in 1952 concerning legal liability and vaccinations.

  i am sure they feel the same today, the watchtower will not assume legal liability for any misrepresentation it has made concerning blood transfusions.

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  Country Girl

  Guess they got a real good, big, hard-on for the power that they'll be givin UP once the good law catches up with em.

  CG