Magwitch

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  About what one thing do you find yourself being a real SNOB?

  by Terry in

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  you know, to fit in....to be a part of our own family or group and not be a total nerd or contrarian.. we hold our tongue.

  we smile and nod.. but, then....there is at least one thing we just can't go along with because it is too important.. why?

  because we are a total snob.

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  Magwitch

  Conversation and socializing.

  My favorite saying..."Be Interesting and Show Interest." If you cannot do both, J.C. at least do one - otherwise do not waste my time.
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  Letter From Whitney's Mother

  by breakfast of champions in

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  2. friends

  just saw this on google news.

  link to letter here.. .

  dear family, i want to tell you that although this has been the worst of my lifes tribulations, that i am still standing.. the obvious reason is that jehovah is the faithful keeper of promises holding to his word that never, would his great love allow his precious children to be tested beyond what we could bear.

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  Heartbreaking!

  There are five stages to grief - she is obviously in the first stage- Denial.
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  Cover reveal of my debut novel Paradise Earth: Day Zero

  by donuthole in

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  2. friends

  i'm excited to reveal the cover of my upcoming novel paradise earth:day zero!

  the art is by chicago artist matt maniscalco.

  i sent him a bunch of jw propaganda and said, "do this".

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  Magwitch

  Looking forward to it donuthole.

  BTW...When will the rest of the Happiness book be available? I have really enjoyed reading Rose's story!
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  I hope you die...

  by WatchTowerofBabel in

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  2. friends

  i'm curious.

  (true in both senses).

  when i was a child i used to hope celebrities i liked (or wanted to boink) died before armageddon.

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  Magwitch

  My parents often comment how happy they are that at least one of their five children will be in the paradise (one is dead, four are apostates)
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  In Memory of Sheeba

  by ziddina in

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  2. family

  (i'm not sure this is the correct sub-heading, but - since i was her 'doggie-mommie'...).

  this is in tribute to the best doggie weve ever had, sheeba.

  i first met sheeba in the autumn of 1997. id been driving past the local countys animal shelter the dog pound for several years.

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  Magwitch

  Oh Zid, I feel so very bad. You need to come and spend some time with the crazy cat lady up the street so we can have a good cry together!
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  You Know You Are In The Wrong Religion When:

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a list i've started...but hope will be added to.. .

  you know you are in the wrong religion when:.

  1. the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....

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  Magwitch

  The Harry Potter Books are kept hidden under a quilt, behind the cat box in the basement heater room
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  My brother died tonight

  by poppers in

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  just got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.

  he was diagnosed in early august.

  this has been really tough for me and my family..

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  Magwitch

  Poppers - I am so sad that you are going through this.
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  Nugget and I have been married 24 years today and our son is 10!

  by cantleave in

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  2. friends

  so glad we are out the cult together it makes occassions like this so much more special..

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  Magwitch

  So happy for all 3 of you! I have a feeling you are all very beautiful people.
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  Was the Watchtower Right?

  by Christ Alone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question is for atheists and believers.

  what teachings do you think the watchtower got right and why?

  do you still think they are right about the trinity?

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  Magwitch

  Yes, Watchtower got one of the following correct...

  • Sodom and Gommorah will be ressurected
  • Sodom and Gommorah will not be ressurected

  So, as I see it, we are up to one correct teaching by the Watchtower.
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  Rutherford's smear campaign (a must read)

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there has been some interest recently about the moyle case, and how it may have set a precident in what became the society's disfellowshipping policy.

  in july 1939, the chief legal counsel of the watchtower bible & tract society, olin r. moyle, resigned from his position in a protest over conditions at bethel and rutherford's mistreatment of workers.

  he did not want to continue living under those conditions and he felt he could effect positive change for his brothers by taking such a stand.

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  Magwitch

  Loving every word of this thread. Cannot thank you enough Leolaia. Your post #17,440 really interested me. I am from WI and the James Bourne and Dean Bourne families were my parent's very, very best friends. I looked up this Reginald A. Bourne to see if there was some connection and found this juicy piece of info on Reginald A. Bourne......

  IOWA v. BOURNE was a 1942 Iowa criminal court case which involved one of the WatchTower Society's "District Sales Managers". In September 1942, a WatchTower Society "Zone Servant", named Reginald A. Bourne, 30, was arrested in Des Moines, Iowa, while performing duties as Chairman at the then ongoing WatchTower Convention. Reginald Bourne was thereafter convicted of "Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor". There was possibly even more to the following story. Readers really need to look at a map to see what I am talking about. First, Bourne parked his travel trailer at Indianola, Iowa. The case revolved around a 16 year-old boy named Wayne Emmons, whose home was in Iowa City. Emmons was allegedly attracted to the Jehovah's Witnesses, against his parent's wishes, through relatives (possibly paternal grandparents) living in What Cheer, Iowa. Despite the fact that Bourne initially denied knowing anything about Emmon's disappearance, Bourne eventually confessed to giving money to the 16 year-old so that, puzzlingly, he could travel out-of-state to Madison, Wisconsin, to attend a JW Convention that was going on the exact same time as was the convention in Des Moines. Bourne even drove Emmons from either Iowa City or What Cheer to a bus station in Ames, Iowa, of all places??? Interestingly, references to a JW leader named "Reginald A. Bourne" disappear after this conviction. However, there is "an" Allen Bourne who was baptized around 1936, and who "pioneered" until 1946, when he was selected to attend Gilead (WatchTower's Missionary School), and who then was sent to Honduras for only four years, before returning to the U.S., and settling in Ohio in the 1950s. There is also "a" Dean Bourne, who was baptized around 1939, and who served as a "District Overseer" in Wisconsin and Iowa in the 1960s, after first also attending Gilead and also being sent to Honduras.