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  History of Everything & Stuff by Doug Checketts

  by blondie in

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  eve says, "this is .

  " so eve eateth of the tree.

  so adam eateth of the tree, also.. and he blamed eve for everything.

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  The History of the World, Farkel Style. He should have written for Comedy Central.
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  Dylan Farrow on her abuse

  by sammielee24 in

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  2. child-abuse

  i recall when woody allen split and married his adopted daughter and this originally came out - dylan farrow put this out for everyone to see after allen won his latest award - some people have never believed her story - swife.

  february 1, 2014, 3:04 pm.

  an open letter from dylan farrowby dylan farrow frances silver dylan farrow.

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  Woody Allen, from what I recall, had lots of nude photos of Soon-yi when she was about 18. That alone puts Him in the major Creeper category. He was her almost father. They were dating for 10 years at that point and Soon-yi knew him since she was a young girl. Would you want your young daughter texting naked pictures to your grandfather or Boyfriend? Which, at his age, 50's, he was.

  Yuck.

  Whether or not she was molested, I'm curious why everyone completely discounts what she says and when a boy says it about a Catholic Priest 25 years later, everyone yells "Hang Him"!

  Seriously, WD has issues. So what if he's a good director. He's still a perverted old creeper who slept with his almost daughter. If he were Joe Citizen, the DA would have pressed charges and let the justice system handle it.
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  Found this, immediately threw in garbage with extreme prejudice.

  by baltar447 in

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  My Mom does this. This is the new urban way to do field service. She says it's so much fun to go out in Service now because they call on Doctors offices and office buildings and everyone is so happy to get the free magazines for their waiting rooms! I literally choked back a laugh.

  They don't realize that the moment the door is closed, 99% of the people there throw those in the trash.
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  Planting seeds of thought with my JW doctor

  by Faithful Witness in

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  2. experiences

  i have hesitated to post anything about my recent encounters with our jw doctor, because i don't really want anyone to insult her or me, for continuing to rely on her for medical care.

  our family doctor is a jehovah's witness.

  we were referred to her by our former bs conductor.

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  Being a JW and being a Doctor sounds so...Oxymoronic is the only word I can come up with. How could anyone go through medical training either as a JW and still believe that crap or, even worse, be a MD and become one?

  Wow. No matter how nice she was I'd never go to her for medical advice/help.
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  My Review for Terry's new book, "I Wept by the Rivers of Babylon, A Prisoner of Conscience in a Time of War"

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  grappling with conscience .

  a must read, i wept by the rivers of babylon,a prisoner of conscience in a time of war, is an important self-portrait of a naive young man, terry walstrom, who in 1967 thought he was obeying his conscience when he refused to take up arms and kill.

  inasmuch as he was a conscientious objector, walstrom could have availed himself of noncombatant service in the military, but he was opposed to that arrangement.

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  Congratulations on writing and publishing your book Terry! You are one of my favorite posters here. I will purchase it to read your story.

  As to sending it to some JWs-I would. What are they going to do? As you suggested their curisoity may get the better of them and perhaps they will have their eyes opened.

  I'm very glad you got to get your story out there to a broader audience.
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  "Pst! You CAN go to an international convention even if you're poor, but don't tell everyone!"

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the 2014/2015 international conventions have been announced, and will be held in the following cities.... melbourne, australia october 2014london, england august 2014quito, ecuador january 2015frankfurt, germany july 2014athens, greece june 2014seoul, korea september 2014mexico city, mexico november 2014harare, zimbabwe august 2014as always there is a long list of requirements for those wealthy enough to attend - including the requirement to keep your "exemplary status" right up to the day of departure or lose all your money.. there is also a curious paragraph that seems to indicate an element of subterfuge.... special rooming: confidentially, we will be asking the host branch office to poll local brothers to determine if some might be able to provide limited rooming provisions in private homes.

  this information is not to be made known to the applicants in general.

  however, if the elders are aware of a longtime, faithful servant, perhaps with many years of full-time service, who is not able to fully finance such a trip, he could be encouraged to apply and the secretary can check the box on the electronic jw.org application that this delegate qualifies for the special rooming provision, if available.. basically, watchtower is admitting that it is possible to attend an international convention even if you can't afford the hotel, but they don't want everyone to know because they want as many full-paying delegates as possible.. my article on this can be found on the link below.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/watchtower-announces-new-international-conventions-while-downsizing-district-conventions-for-2014.

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  Why isn't any of this passed on to the media? Especially about the infirm and people in wheelchairs, etc. This is the type of discriminatory stuff the news media would love to make into a story. Especially on a slow news day.
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  Do You Regard President Obama In The Same Way As You Did BEFORE The Election?

  by minimus in

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  lately, even late night comedians are starting to make fun of the president.. i hear more negatives about the president than ever before---even from his own voters.. (i had high hopes for him when he beat mccain but since then, i believe the president has been a huge disappointment)..

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  Wasn't the Senate and Congress Democratic (meaning controlled by a majority of Democrats) when Obama took office? Oh, yeah. He still couldn't get what he wanted done. He could have shoved through legislation that was critical to his "Legacy" then.
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  Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a comprehensive new book:.

  "the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!

  an expose".

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  Perhaps if s/he were Serena Williams and wrote a book about the JWs and how awful and deceifful they were s/he'd have more credibility and a lot more people would read it and pay attention. And it actually might make money!

  Since that isn't likely to happen, ex-JWs from out of nowhere will continue to write books no one will read about their unique experience (thinking it's unique, when it's really not, we've all been there, done that) and hope they have that best seller that will be made into a blockbuster movie.

  I'm going to go out on a limb and say this isn't the one. Heck, no one cares about all the famous Scientologists coming out. Why care about some ex-JWs?
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  I Just Had A Big Fat Bomb Drop On My Head and It Leaves Alot Of Questions

  by TotallyADD in

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  2. friends

  when i got home from work this afternoon my wife was standing near the door looking at me and said you need to sit down i have some hard news to tell you.

  so i sat down and she began saying my brother called and i imminently ask if my mom had died.

  she said no but my mother told my brother a deep family secrect that no one knows about.

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  Wow, what a bombshell!

  I would do a google search and try to track him and the mother down. I wouldn't initiate contact until you have some idea of what their family life is like and what their life circumstances are. There could be great resentment on both of their parts for your father not supporting them.

  Or, the mom may have remarried/hooked up with someone else and said that the son was that guys child. This would rock their world to find out that you and your family are the half-siblings. You need to really think this through.

  Do you know the Mom's full name? Perhaps look for death notices to start. Work backward. Ask your brother as much info as you can to try to determine what he really knows. And your Mother. What did/does she know? Why now after all these years is this being brought up? Did someone contact her?

  Try not to make an emotional decision or go to quickly. I can only imagine the emotions you are experiencing.
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  Was Alias written by former JWs?

  by Londo111 in

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  2. entertainment

  spoiler alert!.

  i finally got through all five seasons on netflix.

  this series really floundered toward the end...sometimes the plot devices made characters like sloan do some wacky things...hes evil, hes good, hes evil, hes good.

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  Interesting. I watched every episode and often thought that the similarities between the WT and the Alliance were weird. It was too bad the way the show ended.