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  Who would you like to hear of leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses ?

  by wozza in

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  i'll start off with this one:.

  some years ago when i was formulating my exit, i employed for some time an ms brother from another congregation.. i'd had a couple of young "worldly" lads work for me but they proved unreliable as they used drugs or alchohol and consequently would'nt arrive at work and such like.. so when i was was contacted by this brother and spoke to him and heard he'd worked at the australian bethel for some time on construction and wanted an opportunity to learn the trade of bricklaying ,i thought ,"great someone to finally trust and be reliable".

  he was in his 40's at the time and he worked like a trojan ,was honest ,really likeable and interesting ,could play the classical guitar beautifully ,had a beautiful family.

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  An elder superdub up North in White Rvr. Jct. VT or Lebanon NH, not sure which any more, who used to be Special Pioneering and whom I worked under as a Convention Attendant lead. His name was Gantos.

  We'd had a run in because of the direction to close off certain seating sections and make everyone pack in like sardines, split up families if necessary, anyway, being the hardass he was he took objection with my comments that it was crazy to make people have to sit so packed in when almost half of the auditorium was roped off, and could be used. He lectured me for over an hour, non-stop.

  When I started waking up and researching online I read an account by ex-JW's who happened to be his parents. The hurt and the torment these folks have gone through because of shunning by their son just broke my heart. Knowing how blindly loyal this young elder was It would delight my soul to hear he's woken up, left the cult, and made a point to apologize to his parents.
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  It takes a village

  by oppostate in

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  had to share.

  kudos to the photoshop artist!

  well done and very, ehem, insightful : - ))).

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  Had to share. Kudos to the PhotoShop artist! Well done and very, ehem, insightful : - )))
  
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  Same sex attraction, as a behaviour can be predicted.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  being ever ready to note information that demonstrates christian idiocy in general and jw idiocy in particular, i was interested in news of this particular research that has been doing the rounds of science oriented news sources this week.. christianity in general and jwism in particular, have viciously persecuted same sex attracted people, thus demonstrating their peculiar hypocrisy.

  most christians (the jw brand and other brands) squeal like a speared pig when they suffer any treatment that they call persecution, but are always willing to persecute same sex attracted people (and anyone else that stands outside their narrow-minded vision of the world).. most same sex attracted people will testify that their romantic attraction to the same sex was not a clear cut choice, but was something they grew up with.

  (gay by nature).

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  I imagine that if they can make this sort of predictions with 70% accuracy, in the future there may be judgments on whether to allow an embryo to live depending on the acceptability by a society of those who would grow up with such a likelihood of homosexual tendencies.

  Homosexuality is illegal in some parts of the world, even today, and practicing homosexuals are persecuted to the point of imprisonment, and even capital punishment.

  I find it quite frightening that a government could read your DNA and make judgments on you of this sort.

  Also if they could predict a person's sexual preference for pedophilia, can you imagine the chaotic discussions that would arise from such a development?

  What if they then try to "fix" someone's DNA to adapt it to an acceptable community sandard in a certain society? (Like under Muslim rule!)

  Wow! Science Fiction is becoming a reality and the future looks quite frightening in this regard.
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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

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  first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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  and on we go!.

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  Good job konceptual99 you guessed correctly it was the Giralda (Replica) in Kansas City, Kansas.

  
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giralda_(Kansas_City)
  

  The Giralda is the name of a landmark in Kansas City, Missouri. It stands 138 feet (42 m) tall at the corner of W. 47th St. and J.C. Nichols Parkway.[1]

  When urban developer J.C. Nichols visited Seville in Spain in the 1920s, he was so impressed with the 12th-century Moorish tower of Giralda that he built a half-scale replica in the then new Country Club Plaza. The tower was officially christened by the mayor of Seville, Felix Morena de la Cova, along with an official delegate[2] in 1967,[3] the same year in which the two cities became sister cities.

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  The Original Giralda tower was the minaret of the 12th-century Muslim mosque; a Christian belfry was added in 1568.

  
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giralda

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  You are on a roll!
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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

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  first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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  Is that in Sintra, Portugal?

  No, sorry, wrong country.

  
  
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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

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  All right, here you go... A beautiful sight to behold, stately and full of arabesque charm.

  
  
  
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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

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  first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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  Seen it!

  
  Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris.

  
  
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  Ex JWs in UK deliver petition to Prime Minister

  by JWchange in

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  over 4 million online views from press news stories for this public ex jw demonstration outside houses of parliament re child abuse cover ups.

  great job marc/cora and your team.

  .see the whole story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5i9q6rlimm .

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  On Parliament Day and with the Annual Meeting happening to boot!

  Good show! Kudos to the whole brave crew!
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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

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  first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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  and on we go!.

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  Yup, it is. In Glasgow, UK.

  
  

  Ok, your turn to post another challenge.
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  S-77 form

  by COLLINS in

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  please i need the latest (s-77) disfellowshipping or disassociation form and the coordinator of the body of elders/secretary change of address (s-29) and also the recommendation for appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servant (s-62) form.

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  Sounds like someone is going to pull a fast one on Bethel's service dept.

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  You know, COLLINS, just about every single one of your 13 posts so far has included a request with the word "please" in front of it. You must be a very polite person.

  Could you tell us, please, what you intend to do with the forms?