What I find saddest is that he let them.
The Borg middle management is in for a HUGE surprise if they try pushing me around when any relative of mine passes away.
Mad Sweeney
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Horrible conduct by congregation Elders at my cousin's funeral.............
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy cousin passed away last week from cancer at the age of 49. the cancer spread so fast it took our family by surpise.
we figured she had a couple of years instead of months.
she left 4 children(3 were baptised and 1 was disfellowshipped a couple of years ago).
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Getting rid of HUGE JW library
by jukief inmy husband, alanf, started collecting jw literature about 20 years ago when he began his indepth research into the religion.
his collection includes just about everything the society has ever published, from books and magazines down to booklets, pamphlets, and handbills.
some pieces are quite rare.
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Mad Sweeney
I'll send you a PM. I'm interested in a few specific things.
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Householder is just not that into it if...
by White Dove ini was thinking about how inefective the ministry really is, no matter how often one goes to a householder's door for years.. they just never bite the bate, yet the jw will keep going back.. jw's are clueless.
they need to know the signs the hhs give them.. it reminds me of that book he's just not that into you..
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Mad Sweeney
The door to door works exactly as much as the Borg wants it to. They don't want huge influx of members. If they did they would use more effective methods of recruitment. Door to door isn't totally ineffective but relative to just about every other method possible it pretty much sucks.
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Mrs. Brown has the right idea...
by cuckoo in the nest ina clip from the british bbc/irish rte co-produced comedy show "mrs. brown's boys".
admittedly it features the mormons, but i'm sure we all can think of another barking mad bunch who fit the bill just as well.
possibly a technique to try next time your saturday morning is interrupted?.
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Mad Sweeney
"A lot of the Bible is made up. They had to. Otherwise it'd be only a pamphlet."
"Son we had two hamsters for a month and they nearly shat out the house."
LMAO!
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God's son / spirit / leader of the Jah horde joins forum...what nick?
by Qcmbr inthere is a fringe discussion that pops up now and then regarding jesus' name.
if he joined jwd ( and let's be honest - 'where else would he go?
') what username would he choose because that would cause all sorts of theological threads alone...?.
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Mad Sweeney
WWID?
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Secret Elders Meetings & Armaggedon Checklists from FDS ...
by Hairyhegoat inthe faithful slave has put out a list of things they think jw's should have on hand, due to the closeness of armaggedon.
if jw's dont have such a list they can ask their local elders for a copy of such.... .
does anyone know about such a list ???.
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Mad Sweeney
This is all funny because years and years ago I knew a new brother, very "into it" that made tribulation/armegeddon survival preparations, food, first aid , gallons of water........ Make a long story short, he was counseled for not relying on Jeh.
That's old school, Fred Franz stuff, that relying on Jehovah. The modern-day Borg relies on corporate attorneys and marketability. One of their key marketing strategies is to retain customers through fear. If "God's Organization" is telling people to gather survival gear then YOU KNOW our lives are in imminent danger!!!ZZZ#@!1 Better not even look outside of the ark/chariot/turnip-wagon.
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Need a good laugh this morning?
by therevealer inpage 4 the watchtower ?
december 15, 2011. baptism and full-time ministry.
in 1940 several in our congregation rented.
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Mad Sweeney
"preaching" aka "selling magazines and books for Watchtower"
Applies both in 1940 AND 1991.
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My teen daughter is being pressured to get baptized :(
by lola-rabbit inmy oldest teenage daughter (15) is a publisher and goes to all meetings with her father (we divorced, he picks her up).
i try to get her more involved in school and to spend more time with friends outside the congregation.
i'm to the point where i'm going to simply forbid it and send her off to collage early!
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Mad Sweeney
Have you both read Crisis of Conscience? Combating Cult Mind Control?
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Basic ground rules for debating the existence of god or lack thereof
by mankkeli ini can accept, as a matter of logical fact, that nobody can in the literal rather than colloquial sense prove that there is no such thing as a god.. this, like many other axioms sets the stage for an actual conversation about the evidence, here are a few i've gathered, would appreciate your opinions, and maybe additions to the list.
i'll toss out five to start.. .
1 - it is impossible to prove there is no god whatsoever.. 2 - only a god concept which is well defined can be proven not to exist if it's prescribed traits prove to contradict evidence or become logically contradictory.. 3 - demonstrating an event or phenomena which is not yet explained by science does not prove the existence of god(s).. 4 - an appeal to personal revelation or experience is useless to anyone else, as you cannot provide evidence of it, and it is not repeatable.. 5 - a natural explanation is always logically more likely than a supernatural one..
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A question for current/former elders
by Mickey mouse inwhen you had to deal judicially with cases of apostasy, did it ever pique yout curiousity?
did anyone ever tell you about something they had learned that shocked you and made you investigate for yourself?.
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Mad Sweeney
But LOTS of elders are awake.
By "awake" do you mean that they intuitively know the Borg doesn't have a clue? Or do you mean they know most of the same things those of us who have researched "apostate" information know?