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  Jehovah's Witnesses took over my hotel in June (Please read).

  by Joliette in

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  2. friends

  there was a convention in milwaukee from june 20th-22nd.

  the witnesses literally took over our hotel!

  they were more demanding than i remember when i was a kid.

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  jgnat

  Sounds chaotic.
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  Convention Season-"Saving Good Seats" & Other Embarrassing Behavior

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since it is the convention season (and i am not attending this year or ever again), and i have been seeing other posts about some of the goings on at the various ic's and rc's, i am reminded of some of the truly embarrassing behavior i have "witnessed" (pun intended) over my lifetime of being a jdub at the various conventions and assemblies.

  probably the most disillusioning experience at a convention that i have ever had was one year when i volunteered to be an attendant.

  all of the volunteers were asked to attend a special meeting a few months beforehand to get instructions for our duties as attendants.

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  My immigrant son in law says the British are ever so polite as they (rip off your land/tax you to death/indenture dad in to forced labour). Just because a Canadian is pleasant doesn't mean they won't undercut you (excuse me, I believe that was my Song Book on this seat? *smile*)
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  Convention Season-"Saving Good Seats" & Other Embarrassing Behavior

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since it is the convention season (and i am not attending this year or ever again), and i have been seeing other posts about some of the goings on at the various ic's and rc's, i am reminded of some of the truly embarrassing behavior i have "witnessed" (pun intended) over my lifetime of being a jdub at the various conventions and assemblies.

  probably the most disillusioning experience at a convention that i have ever had was one year when i volunteered to be an attendant.

  all of the volunteers were asked to attend a special meeting a few months beforehand to get instructions for our duties as attendants.

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  Canadians are guilty of the same bad behavior. Running for seats, seat saving, all of it.
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  Women elders, what difference would they make?

  by Freedom77 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, let's do a big what-if: suppose the gb for its own unfathomable reasons suddenly got new light (tm) and decided to start appointing women elders and ministerial servants.

  they would, of course, refer to the examples of junia (apostle), and priscilla and phoebe (deaconesses in wordlyspeak) in the greek scriptures; never mind what mental somersaults it would take to get them there.

  stranger things have happened in wt history.. that being the case, would having women in positions of real authority make any significant difference in the congos or in the borg as a whole, and why or why not?.

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  jgnat

  Fewer pissing contests.
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  What now?

  by thedog1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if it has been a good thing or a bad thing to have found this site.

  i stumbled on it about a year ago as i mentioned in previous posts.

  it has opened my eyes to so many things, but right now all is confusion.

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  Once I reawakened my reason, I could not sit through a sermon again. It's not like I can jump up and call, "fallacy!" So I fidget and doodle a lot through the service. Yes, permanently changed. I have grey hair too, which I also can't do anything about.

  Change can be good or bad but I do know it's no use trying to claw back the sands of time. Find a way to enjoy the new you.

  https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/poster

  OOPS! I see you have a duplicate. I am going to keep this thread and shut the other one down.
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  Richard Dawkins defends “mild pedophilia,” says it does not cause “lasting harm”

  by chrisuk in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.salon.com/2013/09/10/richard_dawkins_defends_mild_pedophilia_says_it_does_not_cause_lasting_harm/.

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  I am beginning to sound like a shrieking midwife, so I'll stop. It's not all socially mediated.

  http://www.moralfoundations.org/

  I retreat to silence. Continue, children.
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  Heaven is For real - Akiane Kramarik / Col,Todd- Visions of Heaven , real or imaginned

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today, i watched a movie called" heaven is for real", before we go any further i want to say i have become an atheist having been exposed to christianity from an early age with different denominations up into my teens , and then being converted to a jehovahs witness for 33 years , and then disaccociating myself from that religion some years ago.. however i am intrigued with what i have witnessed today , not only the movie , but where it has led me.

  fair enough , movies take liberties in what they present even with so called true stories , i can live with that.. i think their has been a lot said about col and his pastor father being an influence on his sons visions.i can live with that too.. in the movie col todd related to the painting akiane kramarik made about jesus ?

  they never knew anything about one another.

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  jgnat

  Picasso was a child prodigy as well. He completed "The Altar Boy" when he was thirteen.

  http://www.teachkidsart.net/more-about-picasso/
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  Richard Dawkins defends “mild pedophilia,” says it does not cause “lasting harm”

  by chrisuk in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.salon.com/2013/09/10/richard_dawkins_defends_mild_pedophilia_says_it_does_not_cause_lasting_harm/.

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  Ruby, there's a set of moral foundations that all of humanity has in common. Sixth time stated. How it is expressed varies by culture, but they are all there. Besides "do no harm", we also share a sanctity/degradation instinct for instance. We all recoil in disgust at some things.
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  BOE 2014-07-13 Appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servants

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014-07-13 appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servantsto all bodies of elders.

  the link removed by request is also available at the forms link.

  the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.

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  jgnat

  ...which is WHY my church and any secular charitable organizations that I have been involved with conduct criminal checks on their volunteers. One of my leaders remarked how surprising it was to see how many volunteers evaporate once they hear about the check, never to be seen again.
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  Richard Dawkins defends “mild pedophilia,” says it does not cause “lasting harm”

  by chrisuk in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.salon.com/2013/09/10/richard_dawkins_defends_mild_pedophilia_says_it_does_not_cause_lasting_harm/.

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  jgnat

  I'll modify my statement further, a religious or ideological prohibition or taboo can result in extreme behavior. The ideology of Communism, accepting collateral damage in the short-term for a promised utopia, has led to mass starvation and other horrid consequences. And where is the promised utopia?