Incense_and_Peppermints

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  Who are these idiots? Re: Scott Peterson Trial

  by IronGland in

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  these arent family members according to the caption, they're just people waiting outside the courtroom when the sentence was announced.

  their faces show they have some major emotional investment in this trial.

  the man even appears to be praying.

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  Maybe she's auditioning to be one of Bill Clinton's interns.

  omg lol
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  Comparing molested children to prostitutes.

  by avishai in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here is an excerpt from the "beware the voice of strangers" talk from the 2003 district convention.

  this part is obviously referring to the "dateline" special.

  notice how they subtly compare the victims with prostitution and insinuate that they are immoral?

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  beware of the voice of apostate strangers.

  actually, i think they were saying that the "voice of strangers" is as "seductive" as a prostitute...
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  The Org and my marriage

  by Chloe in

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  2. relationships

  well, it looks like the jehovah's witnesses are going to start intruding in my marriage again.. a little background, when i first met my husband he was going to meetings sporadically.

  he has studied off and on for years but was never baptized so he's always been in the "love bombing" stage with them.

  he believes most of the doctrines (no christmas although he lets me celebrate it, the trinity is wrong, etc.

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  Well, it looks like the Jehovah's Witnesses are going to start intruding in my marriage again.

  those jerkfaces...
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  Christmas humour (really awful!)

  by funkyderek in

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  Incense_and_Peppermints

  what's awful about it? it's just a cute play on words...like "Habitat for Huge Manatees". very clever and cute
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  Hats (I'm Going crazy)

  by sandy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  if anyone could help and wouldn't mind, i'd be so grateful.. i am looking for those floppy bucket/fisherman style hats.

  i've searched the stores and it seems a million web pages.

  i haven't found what i'm looking for.. a plain floppy cotton hat in a solid,dark green or army green.. my head is hurting.

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  Incense_and_Peppermints

  you mean like this?
  

  Never Dipped Wax Cotton Fly Fishing Hat by Watership Hats
  

  if not, they have lots more:

  http://www.burfish.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BSC&Product_Code=5100

  happy hunting!
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  Why do end-of-time beliefs endure? Good article!

  by Dogpatch in

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  the end of the world .

  a brief history.

  dec 16th 2004 .

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  The hands on the clock are relentless. Each second the Earth spins closer to oblivion. There will be no escaping this fate. Scientists estimate that approximately 5 billion years from now the sun will deplete its fuel reserves. In its death throes, the star that brings life to the Earth will expand into a red giant. The sun will consume Mercury, Venus and the Earth. This truly will be the end of the world.

  
  "Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'" -- Andy Dufrense "The Shawshank Redemption"
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  Did you pray because you felt like it or because you were told to?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  witnesses pray many times a day.

  at the field service, at the meetings, before each meal and even more.. i don't know if you're like me, but i didn't pray because i felt like it, but because i was told to.. personally, 1 long honest prayer a week would have been much better than 20 routine prayers.

  did you feel that it was natural to pray 3 times a day or more?.

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  i prayed all the time because i felt closer to Jehovah and found comfort in doing so. i was very devout.

  (now i never pray, even if the seas get rough...)
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  What's "OK" in the JW org. today that was "wrong" just a few years ago?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember about 15 years ago, most jw's didn't have the cable, but today most of them have the cable.

  what was wrong or borderline then is ok today.

  give examples of what's "ok" today compared to "not ok" years ago.

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  fashion choices...
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  Why Do People Become/Stay As Jehovah's Witnesses???

  by minimus in

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  what makes a person leave their religion and join the witnesses?

  what makes a doubter or better yet a jw that knows this isn't really the truth, remain a witness?

  i believe most stay on because being a witness is like being a member of a club.

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  Many people first become interested in WT teachings during a crisis period of life.

  uh-huh. the very week my father died, hmm a knock on the door and whattya know, a whole herd of jw's... well, a sister, an ms and a bunch of kids. (i sometimes suspect they peruse the obituaries then "happen to be in the neighborhood...)

  then once they get you dependent on the org, well, it's too late...
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  Lock n' Load Jesus

  by Incense_and_Peppermints in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  lock 'n' load jesus mouse pad

  yes, jesus is coming, and this time he means business.

  jesus has a kalashnikov, and he's got you in the crosshairs.. .

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  Incense_and_Peppermints

  hehe "laser eye beams"...