Topics Started by Ancient One

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Are WT security staff armed?
by Gill in
1. jw
2. friends
is any jw who works at brooklyn, patterson or the wt farms as a security guard armed with a weapon?.

i just wondered if they actually rely on the police to turn up in an emergency or what they plan to do to protect themselves when armageddon actually arrives or.....if there are intruders.. i wondered if arms were 'slightly' acceptable and if in the near or distant future another waco was in the making.. anyone know if the security staff are armed?.
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How much does a housewife cost?
by LtCmd.Lore in
1. jw
2. friends
don't take this the wrong way, this is purely out of curiousity.. .

assuming you are the working man who makes the money, and the wife stays at home and takes care of the house and cooks and does laundry and all that stuff.. no children!.

how much would it cost to hire someone(s) to do all those things instead?
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The Biggest Masonic Secret they dont want you to Know.
by magdalenefan in
1. jw
2. friends
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brother russell was a freemason.. ...and said that jehovah was from............. http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/jehovah_astronaut.htm.

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HOW MANY BEETLES WERE THERE ON NOAH'S ARK?
by badboy in
1. jw
2. friends
any ideas?.

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As I approach my 40's ...
by Ancient One in
1. jw
2. experiences
once i passed 35 and as i approach my 40s i find that i'm really starting to enjoy myself and being true to myself, way more than teenagers even though they would like everybody to think otherwise.

for example, one of the first things to go into oblivion was being concerned what people think about me.

it is really easy to shake off unhealthy relationships with people as if they never were instead of toiling and desperately trying to make them work (i'm not talking only about intimate relationships but any).
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How do cults form... what are the building blocks for a cult?
by AK - Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a friend of mine and i are in discussion on how a cult develops.

how is the foundation laid for such?

do the founders know they are setting up something that is intent on controlling others?
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The Ten Plagues of Egypt
by LtCmd.Lore in
1. watchtower
2. bible
edited to remove my book of bs quote.

here are the ten plagues:.

1: water turned to blood.
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Inner Peace
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
do you feel more inner peace now or when you were serving as a jw?.

no matter if the teachings were wrong, or not exact, i had more inner peace when i was "in".. i remember when i got operated for a hernia, and had to be put asleep, while i was a jw in good standings.

i knew that god would resurrect me if ever something went wrong, and i didn't wake up from the operation.. today if i had to undergo an other similar operation, i'm not sure i'd have the same inner peace.. i think that no matter what religion you practise, no matter if it's false or not as false, you develop this inner peace, that may only be an illusion..
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So, you're in love with someone that you're not compatible with ....
by Frequent_Fader_Miles in
1. social
2. relationships
perhaps it was "love at first sight", but then you get to know him/her more intimately and realize your goals and amitions couldn't be further apart.

not that he/she isn't a good person ... just not right for you.

the physical attraction is real, but issues that are important to you pale into insignificance in his/her mind.
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I Miss My JW Daughters Terribly- But I Have a Plan for 2008 !
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
well, towards the end of 2007, my life is really basically very good !

i have a lot to be thankful for, a wonderful wife , great son , a good place to live in the mountains , and great animals on our property , a peaceful life .

just one big void still there in my life , my jw daughters have frozen me out of their lives .