Terry, did you get my PM?
Juan Viejo2
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Identifying God and true religion
by Terry inthere is no doctrine required for kindness.. you can't get it "wrong".
there is no judgement.. there is nothing to memorize when putting your hand out to a suffering person.
the human touch on a fevered brow and the comforting squeeze of the hand is irrefutable.. you don't have to graduate from a seminary to offer a smile and ask somebody how they are---how they really are.. there are no grounds for debate or rebuttal in visiting the ill, the dying, the widowed or the orphaned.. .
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Jehovah's Witnesses: A family conversion
by discreetslave inanother piece on the joys of witnesshood.. http://heraldsun.com/bookmark/14860998/article-jehovah%27s+witnesses%3a+a+family+conversion#.tj2jip7llug.
unky punk is this swarm potential?.
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Juan Viejo2
Blonde, blue-eyed, ethnically northern European sheep living in North Carolina.
Blonde, blue-eyed, ethnically northern European idiots wasting their lives believing in fairy tales in North Carolina.
JV
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Email doing the rounds: Bro. from Walkill shared news
by truthseeker infyi.
from worldwide report a brother from wallkill shared during congregation may 10, 2010. .
there are now 16 printing branches in the world, all of them are electronically connected so if one branch had to shut down because of disaster such as an earthquake, all they need to do is transfer the files to another branch and shift the workload there.
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Juan Viejo2
Sorry - damn IE9 again...
What I was trying to say was...
I thought "Sign language" is what they spoke in Sino, that rather large Asian country. You know, as in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino%E2%80%93Soviet_border_conflict
I know, bad and taseless to both the deaf and the Sinolians, but...
Don't most deaf people read in the language they speak?
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Email doing the rounds: Bro. from Walkill shared news
by truthseeker infyi.
from worldwide report a brother from wallkill shared during congregation may 10, 2010. .
there are now 16 printing branches in the world, all of them are electronically connected so if one branch had to shut down because of disaster such as an earthquake, all they need to do is transfer the files to another branch and shift the workload there.
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On A Scale Of 1 to 10 How Much Knowledge Does A Jehovah's Witness Have About Their Religion?
by minimus inyears (many decades) ago, most jws knew what their religion taught.
they could go toe to toe with a minister or priest and make some good points.. i believe today's witness knows little about most of the convoluted teachings and revisions of the "truth".
yesteryear's witnesses got a 9/10.
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Juan Viejo2
The simplistic 3rd grade reading level of most of their magazines and books does nothing to educate the rank & file great crowd of JWs.
Everything has been dumbed down since the late '70s when books like Insight to the Scriptures and Commentary on the Book of James were published. The new "What Does the Bible Really Teach?" book is nearly unreadable, which I did in about 15 minutes. Good thing I was on sitting on the crapper when I was reading it. It's a gagfest for sure.
There is no encouragement for the R&F to really study the Bible or even the WT books. Why? They can't really think about what they are reading. They can't ask questions without raising suspicion about their motives. During field service, they won't stand at a door and take on an argumentive householder like I was trained to do - even as a 12-year old publisher. Except for the two dozen or so verses they've memorized during TMS, they can rarely look up any scripture that doesn't have a bookmark already in place. The skills and art of debate are undeveloped talents for modern JWs.
What I see now when JWs want to respond to an Internet discussion or want to make a comment on an ex-JW website is this:
They've opened up their Watchtower CD, looked up a word or phrase that appears in the post or article, and then copy and paste the Watchtower quote directly into the answer or comment box. 80% of the time their "comment" isn't even on subject. If you respond back and ask them to clarify the points they've tried to make, you'll get some statement like "Satan has blinded you!" or "You won't understand until you unblock Jehovah from your heart."
I'm sorry. The few JWs that I've come in contact with in recent years - even among the older adults who seem to have been long-time members - don't seem to have the skill or the desire to get into any meaningful discussion. They just want YOU to listen to them with YOUR ears open and YOUR mouth shut, but not to engage in any kind of meaningful dialogue. To them, "dialogue" is "monologue," with them talking and you listening (or reading).
JV
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Identifying God and true religion
by Terry inthere is no doctrine required for kindness.. you can't get it "wrong".
there is no judgement.. there is nothing to memorize when putting your hand out to a suffering person.
the human touch on a fevered brow and the comforting squeeze of the hand is irrefutable.. you don't have to graduate from a seminary to offer a smile and ask somebody how they are---how they really are.. there are no grounds for debate or rebuttal in visiting the ill, the dying, the widowed or the orphaned.. .
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Juan Viejo2
Geezus, Terry. You are on a roll. Can you bottle some of that talent up and ship it to me?
JV
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Inside The Watchtower
by Bangalore injust found this new site named inside the watchtower.
has articles written by jwners.. .
http://insidethewatchtower.com/.
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Juan Viejo2
Blondie's latest "Comments You Won't Hear" (7-31/2011) has just be posted.
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WatchtowerÂ’s Covergirl
by Marvin Shilmer inwatchtowers covergirl .
today i uploaded a short article to my blog showing how watchtower once did its covergirl spread.
my article is titled watchtowers covergirl and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/08/watchtowers-covergirl.html.
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Juan Viejo2
Don't forget the naked lady being tortured in Rutherford's book, "Enemies." I bet he got off on that one.
JV
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Inside The Watchtower
by Bangalore injust found this new site named inside the watchtower.
has articles written by jwners.. .
http://insidethewatchtower.com/.
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Juan Viejo2
Just a quick FYI.
Mad Sweeney's 2nd part of his District Convention article is up at InsidetheWatchtower.com . Nice work - thanks Sweeney!
Last night after dinner I noticed a message had come in through the form located on the Contact page. So I know it works. That was the good news.
The bad news was I was accused of telling a fib! I was shocked!
I've gotten some harsh stuff in the past, and I'm used to JWs screeching hate on Yahoo! Answers, Topix, and other sites. But as long as I've been a webmaster and editor (Ex-JW.com), I've never caught hell like I did last night from one anonymous JW (I think).
After I cooled down, I decided NOT to ignore it. I really don't appreciate being called a "liar" (I still remember getting my mouth washed out with soap by my mother whenever she thought I'd fashioned a big one), so I felt this time I'd respond rather than just delete the message and go on with my evening.
I was accused of lying about JWs use of corporal punishment and the existence of "spanking rooms." I know how it was when I was growing up - and that's really what I was writing about.
But maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe JWs DON'T spank their kids any more.
Maybe the existence of "spanking rooms" is just a myth.
I invite everyone here to pop over to InsidetheWatchtower.com and comment on the article "J'accuse." I'd love to hear your thoughts on this issue. You can make a comment without giving away a thing - use a pseudonym and a fake email, if you want. I'd really love to see some third party views on this subject.
I'm sure that Sweeney, FatFreek (Len), Paul Grundy and the others would love to see your comments on their articles as well. They've all done some great work and allowed me to shamelessly steal their best stuff.
THX again for checking it out.
JV
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Inside The Watchtower
by Bangalore injust found this new site named inside the watchtower.
has articles written by jwners.. .
http://insidethewatchtower.com/.
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Juan Viejo2
Thanks for the TU, Curtains!