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  Russell and the Miracle Wheat Scandal

  by Wild_Thing in

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  he truly was a crook, wasn't he?!?

  i found this article on the brookly daily eagle website reminiscing about this scandal.

  evidently, the newspaper outed him on this scheme and printed a cartoon of russell and his miracle wheat, and so russell sued them and lost!

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  This BBC article reminded me of the "miracle wheat" incident. Unlike Russell's snake oil, this will be tested before it goes on the market.

  British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%.

  The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient ancestor of wheat with a modern variety to produce a new strain.

  In early trials, the resulting crop seemed bigger and stronger than the current modern wheat varieties.

  It will take at least five years of tests and regulatory approval before it is harvested by farmers.
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  Shunning a myth says jw spokesman

  by doofdaddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.theage.com.au/national/jehovahs-witnesses-a-cruel-cult-20130315-2g5x3.htmlit's hotting up in australia regarding cults, especially tax free like jws but how is the response of vin toole (the australian wts legal mouth piece) regarding shunning!.

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  "Shunning a myth":

  • It's a myth that a disfellowshipped witnesses wouldn't be invited to her brother's wedding (the invitation would be sent shortly before the event, so if the DF'd sister can afford a next-day plane fare and can find an available seat on a busy weekend, she might even be able to accept that invitation on such short notice).
  • It's a myth the disfellowshipped sister wouldn't be allowed into the Kingdom Hall if the last-minute travel arrangements came through. (She could enter moments before the ceremony starts, sit in the last row to avoid stumbling others by scandalously sitting with the rest of the family, and is expected to leave promptly the moment the ceremony ends).
  • It's a myth that the disfellowshipped sister would be completely ignored at the reception. There could be some "urgent family business" that would allow at least a moment of interaction. (Accepting a gift, for example: a wedding being one of the few times Witnesses are allowed to give and receive presents.)

  Watchtower-sanctioned shunning is not mythical, it is legendary!
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  I have said it before

  by mouthy in

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  2. friends

  this time i mean it.. thanks for all the ones that love me .

  i am getting off the site after all these years.. anghard & simon .

  but of late.

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  On this Mother's day, we wish bon voyage to the surrogate mom who kept us in line, and showed us what "Grace" means. Live long and live well, Mouthy!
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  JULY 15th Study Watchtower - NEW LIGHT IS FANTASY

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the july 15 study watchtower uses all 4 study articles to try to inculcate into every witnesses' mind that the governing body is indisputably god's sole channel of communication on earth.

  to do so, it uses a multitude of scriptures along with seriously flawed un-inspired reasoning.

  the foundation stone of this watchtower's blatant agenda is the claim that when jesus used only a few to dispense the physical food to the many, he was setting a principle which would be applied to the distribution of spiritual food after he returned to heaven.

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  I dont get the article, because its circular. Its an article that tells you to read articles from them about artciles written by them about reading artciles from them...

  Citing your own work as supporting references is a sign of poor research (as in "none") and shoddy scholarship. The only time I heard my ex-brother-in-law give a talk at the Kingdom Hall it was hard to keep a straight face; the entire outline was a series of quotations from other Watchtower articles and talks.
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  What's The Worst TV Program ?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  2 broke girls is the worst show on tv.

  the acting is terrible.. what show do you avoid??.

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  It's a close call between Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman.
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  What naughty things are JWs allowed to do?

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in most healthy societies people are allowed to do naughty things without feelings of guilt.. .

  what naughty things can jws do?.

  my naughtiest moment was rounding up 55mins to an hr in my ministry!

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  Marvin hit it on the head with #2 and #5. This goes beyond naughty; it is downright wicked to be such a parasite!

  2. Tell people they abstain from blood and then accept boatloads of blood product from the donor blood supply.

  5. Claim to love thy neighbor but refuse to donate blood for their neighbors as their neighbors donate for them.
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  This thread is for people that do not really understand the control mechanisms of the Watchtower Society

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please feel free to explain the control mechanisms of the watchtower society.

  thank you!.

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  Conditional love, turning a positive emotion into a tool of manipulation. "If you really loved me [Jehovah], then you would..."
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  did any of you jW read orwells 1984 or Animal Farm

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  read them while you werre still active and didn't know ttatt yet?.

  i am wonderiing about your thoughts, and did you read, recognise, anything that disturbed you, familiariaties.

  did you notice them?.

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  My darling daughter the witness read Animal Farm in high school. We discussed it while riding in the car. I bit my tongue and didn't ever mention the Watchtower; that would have closed her Theocratically Trained ears and mind instantly. We did talk about the gradual tightening of control, how the doctrines were quietly changed, how "all animals are created equal" was appended with "but some are more equal than others", how the zealous hard workers were taken advantage of and discarded when they wore out, and the leaders' change from reformers to tyrants.
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  Working on a Sunday.

  by LouBelle in

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  2. friends

  well i wouldn't really call it hard work, but i have to come into the office and sit and wait for the phone to ring.

  i work every 3rd weekend and it really is unpleasant.

  9 hours each day with nothing to do but wait for the phone to ring.

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  I see the spammer is working on Sunday, too!
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  Kermit Gosnell, MD.

  by Glander in

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  2. current

  he is accused of performing "abortions" after the birth of live babies.

  where does planned parenthood stand on this case?.

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  I'm not surprised that he chose not to testify himself; it's risky for a defendant to expose himself to cross-examination by an experienced prosecutor. But to call no witnesses at all, no former co-workers, no prior clients, no character witnesses, no outside experts for the defense? That is unusual, especially when capital punshment is a possibility!