Mad Sweeney

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  What was the last meeting you ever went to?

  by lilbluekitty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.

  july 10th, it was a sunday.

  i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.

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  Mad Sweeney

  Hang in there, boc. Hope you get to fade or leave soon and on your own terms.

  I don't have the date memorized but it was early March 2010 on a Sunday. I just walked out during the middle song and never went back.
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  Lessons the Governing Body should take from the Joe Paterno scandal (but probably won't)

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1) when confronted with evidence of child molestation, doing the bare legal minimum is not enough morally.

  2) a carefully honed and managed reputation can be destroyed literally overnight if immoral actions / inactions are brought to light.

  3) no matter how "high up" someone is, he is still accountable for his actions / inactions, and will have to pay consequences for wrong choices.

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  Mad Sweeney

  You ladies feel free to stray all you like, ok?

  By the way, Zid, are we FB friends? I get the JWN screennames and the FB names mixed up.
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  Ex-JW Women website!

  by Chemical Emotions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just created a website for jw and ex-jw women.

  please visit it and tell me what you think (and maybe sign up hehe)!

  it's a work in progress.

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  Mad Sweeney

  Mad Sweeney Wow. I didn't know a site like that existed.

  It doesn't. That's what I thought THIS was going to be.
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  Will the WT stats take a dive in 2014?

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while looking through stas charts on jwfacts i notice two charts of publishers through the years.. on them, it is very clear that growth fell off the chart after 1975 and dropped dramaticaly again at 2000.. we know why for 75 and remember that many understood the big a to come by 2000.. will 2014 mark a subconscious and hopefully conscious psychological reaction from jws and 'interested' ones i wonder?.

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  Mad Sweeney

  If "most JWs" don't care about 2014, that means SOME JWs DO.

  Their growth barely surpasses the birth rate in the developed world NOW. It will only get worse by 2014.

  When the "generation overlap" was floated at the 2009 Borg Annual Meeting people said the same sorts of things. JWs don't care about that stuff. Most JWs will let that slide without a second glance.

  But this forum has several members that left the Borg BECAUSE OF the overlap doctrine.

  If you think 2014 doesn't mean anything to ANY JWs then you're wrong. Some will leave over it. I think the numbers will be at least as significant as 2000.
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  Ex-JW Women website!

  by Chemical Emotions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just created a website for jw and ex-jw women.

  please visit it and tell me what you think (and maybe sign up hehe)!

  it's a work in progress.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I thought someone created a website where guys could find ex-JW women. This isn't that at all.
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  SOUTHPARK - Scientology episode removed from DVD boxset!!! Why??

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just heard on the radio the episode they did on scientology was not on the new season dvd boxset.

  an ex- member released documents from the church on the net showing a campaign of harrassment against the shows creators.

  one example even their garbage was investigated for anything they could use.

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  Good article here called "The Apostate" and is about Paul Haggis, ex-Scientologist:

  http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright
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  STEVE HASSAN coming to Cult Free Radio on November 19

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you read that right.

  just finished talking to steve a half hour ago.. november 19 at 10pm est, steve hassan's interview will air on cult free radio on ustream.

  i will also have a co-host that evening to discuss bite mind control and steve's interview.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.

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  Mad Sweeney

  You read that right. Just finished talking to Steve a half hour ago.

  November 19 at 10pm EST, Steve Hassan's interview will air on Cult Free Radio on UStream. I will also have a co-host that evening to discuss BITE mind control and Steve's interview.

  https://www.facebook.com/CultFreeRadio

  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio

  mp3 audio will be available sometime soon thereafter at: http://ex-jw.com/web-directory/cult-free-radio-archives-1-6
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  Should Joe Paterno resign over the Penn State child sex abuse scandal?

  by james_woods in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  first, i don't know if we have had a thread on this yet - so if this is a repost, ignore appropriately.. but i am thoroughly disgusted by this developing scandal - an assistant coach at pen state is accused of multiple, repeated, child sexual offenses.

  a member of the football staff exewitnesses and incident reported it to paterno (years ago, it is reported) - and paterno reported it to the athletic director.

  nothing was done, nothing was reported to the authorities.. finally, the scandal broke over the weekend.. i am deeply dissapointed with paterno - this guy was one of my football heros.

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  Mad Sweeney

  PSU, Pedophile State University.

  It will take decades to live this coverup down.

  Wish the Borg scandals got this kind of publicity.
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  How did plants survive the Flood?

  by dgp in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  noah is not said to have carried plants in his ark.

  supposedly the flood was severe enough to cover "even the tallest mountains", which would mean that mount everest was covered.

  and this for forty days.

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  Mad Sweeney

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln64DYflGT4

  BTW, I put more stock in a Ricky Gervais stand up routine than in ANYTHING from creation.com
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  New KH and lies to the council!

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just before i stepped off being an elder the local congo were buying a piece of land with a building on it to convert (no pun intended), into a kh.. .

  one of the things as i understand it was that they were going to have a flat for the co in situ but report to the local authorities that it ws just a janitors flat.

  apparently if the council knew it was for the co it would be unacceptable for some reason.

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  Mad Sweeney

  My guess, james-woods, is that there are special ordinances for a manse or rectory or whatever else you call a minister's home on church property. If the CO lives in the apartment, then the property probably needs to fall under those sets of rules. If it is a janitor or caretaker of some sort, there are probably a completely different set of rules. One would need to know the local ordinances to know exactly how they are viewed differently.