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  Suggested new Song titles?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the org creating so many new songs, we should give them assistance in coming up with better ideas....!.

  "everyone will die, except for us".

  (happy, upbeat song about dead bodies after the big a).

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  LDC Semininar

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
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  ldc semininar @ patterson nov 15-18, 2014 .

  entire ldc dept included remote workers/design/legal/real estate/purchasing.

  oversight.

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  Does Anyone Watch Ascension?

  by jw07 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this new series' pilot episode is the perfect allegory for the blind faith of the average person in the jw movement, those who deny that anything 'immoral' or sinister happens within the ranks, the double lives, doubters, and towards the end of the episode, an example of how the governing body controls persons' lives.

  check it out and tell me if you saw all the parallels.

  i think it's my new favourite show.. http://tv-series.me/2014/12/15/ascension-s1e1-season-1-episode-1/.

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  HELP ME COMPILE A LIST OF DISCARDED WORDS AND PHRASES from the WTS

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in fort worth, texas around 1959. gradually i became aware of the argot.

  special, private language).

  jw's had these phrases they used over and over again.. upon first hearing, these words and phrases stood out as odd, weird or awkward.. however.

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  This religion is about to be toast.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.

  this recent watchtower shows it.

  not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.

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  "Experts" claim to have found a rock resembling Barack Obama's head on MARS?

  by androb31 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  lol!!.

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2857974/is-barack-obamas-head-mars-ufo-experts-claim-spotted-rock-resembling-president.html.

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  My Memes

  by ozbrad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been using my photoshop skills for good rather than evil.. and it also helps relieve the shunning frustration.. .

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  Lightbulbs

  by PhilJonesIII in

  1. social
  2. humour

  im sure someone must have posted this before but here goes.. q: how many jws does it take to change a lightbulb?.

  a : jws are not allowed to change lightbulbs.

  anyone attempting to introduce new light gets disfellowshipped.. .

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  JWs - A View From Outside

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never was a jw (i make this point in - almost - every post) but having been brought up ('raised' for our us cousins) in a non-conformist fundy sect with 'rapture' aspirations, it wasn't that different.. i still have extended family members in it, or in that mindset, but we rarely discuss religion.

  in particular, my sister and bil lost their son (my nephew) some years ago when he was just 13. their comfort is that he is in a 'better place' and i don't want to challenge that to them.. i keep up with all things jw here in this forum and maintain my academic interest and these are just my thoughts as an outsider, for what they are worth.. ime, those people who have heard of jws tend to lump them in with mormons and other crazies and have no knowledge or interest in them - other than to warn neighbours when they are about.. where i live should be prime 'witnessing' territory but they rarely come round, even in the recent leafletting campaign.

  they are not as effective as the people who regularly call with the latest menus from the local curry/chinese/kebab houses.. on the occasions when jws have called, despite invitations to come in and have a cup of tea, etc., none has ever wanted to engage in conversation, far less progress to an invitation to a kh meeting or start a bible study (and i always present myself as an 'imterested householder').. my conversations with people in general and friends in the real world lead me to conclude that few people have heard of jws, those that have regard them as a minor irrevelant nuisance and that there is no interest in their message or beliefs.. a few months ago i did a 'drive-past' of the million pound seafront property in bangor, north wales that wt recently bought for use as a 'translation office' (ha ha!).

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  JW 10 Commandments (possibly much more): Thou shalt.....

  by androb31 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1. love the org.

  your god with all your heart, mind, soul and strength....... 2. listen obey and be blessed..... 3. not wear tight pants...... 4. not not wear colorful socks..... .

  others feel free to add to the list.. .

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