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  What is the most out of line / disturbing experience you have seen from Circuit Overseers?

  by Poindexter Lionel Humperdique in

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  i once heard of a circuit overseer blaming a loyal ministerial servant, that served as the accounts servant, of steeling from the contribution boxes, simply because he deposited the congregation funds bi-weekly instead of twice a week.

  due to the accusation, the ms was immediately removed without hearing his side of the story.

  isn't this rather counter-intuitive and innefficient?

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  i was sitting in the back row of the back room, which has a window, so you can see the speaker, and there were about 4 other people in the room. the CO is giving the talk, one of the people 3 rows in front of me asks someone they knew behind them for some candy, the person gently tossed the candy to him. The CO then stops what he is doing (how he saw this all the way at the other end of the hall i'll never understand) and says "there is a group of young people in the back room throwing things around, please go back and handle this." I look at my wife like WTF did he just say? and the entire 150+ people in attandance look at all of us like we just murdered a child. Since I had nothing to do with this, while I thought it was insane and outrageous, I also was thinking "wow, thats rough for them". a group of about 5 elders and MS's run back to the room as if there was a fire, im sitting there, amused. They come in and say that they must go sit in the audatorium, which was rough because the only seats left were in the front row, so they would have to walk all the way to the front row in front of everyone. then to my shock, they look at me and my wife and tell us we have to do the same. i calmly explain that i was not involved and I am not a young person, so clearly he was not referring to me. And in a demanding tone they tell me we cannot sit here. I tell them not only was he not referring to us, but the only seats left and in the front row. Didnt matter, they COMMANDED me to go sit in the front row. I looked at my wife and looked back at this posse of nut jobs, and said, "na, i think we're just going to go home." So we packed up our sh*t and left. The looks on their faces was priceless. That was the last time we attended a meeting at the hall.

  after that i got phone calls from people who were outraged by how we were treated but of course didnt agree with our stand to move to another hall. (there was alot of other stuff that lead up to this and this was the final straw) i am thankful that we did, because it made it easier for us to exit the cult.
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  NOAH’S BIBLICAL FLOOD ACTUALLY HAPPENED, SAYS FAMED ARCHEOLOGIST WHO FOUND THE TITANIC

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/12/11/noahs-biblical-flood-actually-happened-says-famed-archeologist-who-found-the-titanic/ .

  "the story of noah's ark and its associated flood continues to be retold to children and studied by theologians, alike.

  while some dismiss it as a mere fable, others believe wholeheartedly that the event literally unfolded, with a massive down-pouring of water ravaging the earth at god's command.

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  yeah, he is clearly talking about a local flood, which clearly took place at some point since there are many writings other than the bible about it.

  how anyone can read that article and think he is talking about a global flood is either not too bright or is purposly being dishonest.

  you are free to feel that God used his magic wand and had a global flood, but do not pretend that there is proof of it, is cooky talk.

  i would say this is not a big dead at all since as i said, its clear there was a big local flood at some point that became legend. i dont think anyone disputes that, at least anyone reasonble. just stop trying to pretend it was a global flood and Noah got all the animals on the earth in the ark. i mean, lol at that.
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  The account of Ananias and Sapphira at Acts 5 categorically proves the Bible is not inerrant

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
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  go and read it again at acts 5: 11. ananias and sapphira drop dead at peter's feet for "playing false to god/holy spirit" by not giving all of the money to peter that they got from a field they sold.

  ananias and sapphira were christians.

  they wanted to help the poor and so sold one of their possessions, a field, and gave most of the money to peter.

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  If one chooses to interpret the implication of divine punishment, one most certainly can.

  My point is simply that it is NOT stated as such.

  Maybe they died from a heart attack because of being caught in a serious lie, or maybe their death was brought upon because they realized what they had done, how they blasphemied the HS ( and being well aware of the issue with that, they died on the spot), or whatever.

  Point being is that nowhere is it stated that they died via a direct act from God, Jesus, the HS or even Peter for that matter.

  I respect you too much and think you are a nice person, so I will just state that in my opinion, this is complete nonsense and borders on insulting my intelligence. this is like when jw's say no where in their publications does it say the GB is spirit inspired. so we can agree to disagree.
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  Do you have friends/family still in the organization waiting for a big "cleansing" to occur?

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i have had some great conversations with friends and family lately who are still in the organization.. when i explain my feelings and beliefs, and discuss a number of the scandals surrouding the wt, they agree with me 100% - even expressing some things i didn't expect them to say as far as doctrine and teachings.

  in other words, they can see the obvious problems and want them to change.

  all of them little trust in the leadership, and have expressed disgust with several elders in the congregations they attend.

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  thats how i was, and then finally a broke down like many others and looked on the internet to see if there was anyone else who felt the same. yadda yadda yadda, and its been 4 years since i been to a meeting and will not go back for any reason.
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  The account of Ananias and Sapphira at Acts 5 categorically proves the Bible is not inerrant

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  go and read it again at acts 5: 11. ananias and sapphira drop dead at peter's feet for "playing false to god/holy spirit" by not giving all of the money to peter that they got from a field they sold.

  ananias and sapphira were christians.

  they wanted to help the poor and so sold one of their possessions, a field, and gave most of the money to peter.

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  right PS, they just happened to both die of natural causes, its just a coinkydink.

  ANNNYYYWAY.....

  this is an interesting one because what caused me to conclude that the bible has nothing to do with God if he exists was really sitting down and reading and meditating the OT and the horrific mass murders and torture of children and babies at the command of "God". this is the only messed up "killed by God" that I am aware of in the NT, and I didnt think of it until the OP just posted about it.
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  Dunkin Donuts........... is anything made there anymore????

  by DaCheech in

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  my kids were good yesterday, so i promised them that i would get them dunking donuts in the morning on the way to dropping them off to school...... on the highway, there is a gas station convenience store with a corner dunkin donuts.............. they usually have everything there.. well my kids could not have their donuts, or muffins, or croissants............... they were not delivered i guess.. so, i left.. i went to another dunkin donuts 3 miles away............. and the same problem.. the other dunkin donuts was a dedicated dunkin only place!!!.

  there's no baking in the place anymore!!!!.

  what are we coming to!.

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  if you are lucky enough to have local bakerys in your town, check them out. we have several here and they make crazy huge donuts and pasteries. way better than DD, although nothing beats warm crispy creme right out of the oven. sadly all the crispy creme stores in my area are gone.
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  Obama's speech writers used the strawman fallacies yesterday

  by moshe in

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  2. friends

  seems they liked using that fallacy a lot--.

  president obama has an, at times, well-deserved reputation for delivering his speeches well.

  certainly, the president made an impression today when he delivered his second inaugural address calling for a bolder, more expansive government that would be committed increasingly to the principles of liberalism, with characteristic soaring rhetoric.. unfortunately, another characteristic was also in evidence in obama's speech: namely, his tendency to argue against positions that nobody holds (and by extension, to mischaracterize his opponents' views so as to make them easier to argue against).

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  the guy who wrote the article stated "there are no mainstream political figures who believe that gays should be unequal before the law".

  LOL
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  Weird "new world" artwork from the 2013 calendar

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother-in-law has a strange obsession with calendars, and orders the society's calendar each year.

  this year's calendar is especially weird.

  it features images depicting future events - in particular, the society's vision of the new world order.. i've taken the opportunity to scan some of the images for you all to check out.. please note - there are captions for each of the images, but i don't have the english language version of the calendar so i'd rather just quote the scripture used so as not to reveal which country i'm in.. .

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  anyone else getting from the pics that they really think only a few will make it? i mean there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of people around. lol
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  Elders finally took me to the back room...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after several months of leaving the meetings as soon as they ended or only staying for "the first meeting" then leaving the "second part", the elders finally cornered me at last night's meeting.. they said they were concerned about me and that being that i am a young brother in a recently divided congregation they saw so much potential in me to help out the congregation and become a ms.. i told them i was thankful for their thinking of me to help the congregation but that at the moment i could not due to my job.

  then the began asking personal questions that got on my nerves.. they asked where i worked and how much i made.

  they asked if i was going to college and what i was studying and for how long.

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  is this the new way the elders are going after people who attend meetings, or is your group of elders extra assholish? wow!
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  Westboro Baptists to Picket Sandy Hook - This is why I hate religion

  by cantleave in

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  2. friends

  http://www.examiner.com/article/westboro-church-plans-to-picket-at-sandy-hook-elementary-school-praising-god.

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  if these people held signs up celebrating the children being murdered, then if i was law enforcement, i would look the other way if someone were to assault them. thats just my take. this is beyond outrageous, and i think people should do what they need to in order to get these sick f**kers to stop. im all for free speech, but this is something that should be met with some kind of force.