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  How many people watched "The Princess and the Frog?"

  by garyneal in

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  how many christians?.

  how many jehovah's witnesses?.

  what do you all think of it?.

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  agonus

  The voice of Dr. Facillier was Keith David, who was also the cat in "Coraline."

  How much ass does THAT guy kick?
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  How many people watched "The Princess and the Frog?"

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
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  how many christians?.

  how many jehovah's witnesses?.

  what do you all think of it?.

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  agonus

  It was cute, and I mean that in a good way. Not their best by a long shot but I agree the intentions were probably honorable. If nothing else, it was nice to see some actual decent "traditional" 2-D animation from Disney in who knows how many years.

  Sort of a Beauty and The Beast "Lite", if you will.
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  Sept.15th WT - Submit to the WT Society or Jehovah Will Not Know You

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was some of the most blatant , aggressive , controlling information i've seen in awhile in the " witness only " version of the wt.

  of course, it's always blatant, but the manner that was used in this article was so authoritative and demanding - it's apparent the wt society is losing members and they are amping up the control tactics to keep members trapped.

  the article in discussion is on pg.

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  agonus

  Is it just me, or were they not always this batshit? It seems to me like there was a brief period of respite in the early-mid 90s where they seemed to be finally lightening up a bit (and I don't just mean for the sake of public consumption)?
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  Is There ANY Religion That You Would Feel Comfortable Being A Member Of?

  by minimus in

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  i know that most of us here despise the witness religion.

  are you soured on all all religions?.

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  agonus

  Religion? No, not really, not in the traditional/orthodox sense. Not at this point in my journey, such as it is.

  Church/temple/congregation/fellowship... possibly.
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  Article-"News analysis: Inside the Brooklyn Bridge Park deal" - “The Jehovah’s Witnesses have been the immense beneficiaries”

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
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  http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/32/dtg_bridgeparkdealmain_2011_08_12_bk.html.

  august 11, 2011 news analysis: inside the brooklyn bridge park dealby kate briqueletthe brooklyn paper its the billion-dollar boondoggle!the jehovahs witnesses are poised to make out like moneylenders in the temple under the just-signed deal that allows the city to fund brooklyn bridge parks annual upkeep with tax revenues from the groups properties, a brooklyn paper analysis reveals.. the deal calls for the watchtower bible and tract societys holdings in brooklyn heights and dumbo to be rezoned for residential use a change that real-estate experts believe will send the value of the societys properties well north of $1 billion.. if they put them on the market now, theyll be sold very quickly, said downtown real-estate broker chris havens.. the deal between mayor bloomberg and state officials will reduce the amount of luxury condos inside brooklyn bridge park by capturing property taxes from the watchtower properties after they are sold.

  the money will be diverted from the city general fund to pay for maintaining the world-class park at the foot of two wealthy neighborhoods and that has green advocates seeing red.. tax money is supposed to go into the citys general fund and its being diverted to one park, said geoffrey croft, founder of watchdog group new york city park advocates.

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  agonus

  Pardon my language. My brain sometimes is unsure how else to respond to World's Most Excruciating Cognitive Dissonance.

  I'm sure you get my point. Let me put it in a more palatable fashion:

  Message directly from Jehovah to me to Splane & Co: "Hey guys, you are REALLY starting to make me look bad. Didn't my kid say something about orphans and widows?"
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  Article-"News analysis: Inside the Brooklyn Bridge Park deal" - “The Jehovah’s Witnesses have been the immense beneficiaries”

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/32/dtg_bridgeparkdealmain_2011_08_12_bk.html.

  august 11, 2011 news analysis: inside the brooklyn bridge park dealby kate briqueletthe brooklyn paper its the billion-dollar boondoggle!the jehovahs witnesses are poised to make out like moneylenders in the temple under the just-signed deal that allows the city to fund brooklyn bridge parks annual upkeep with tax revenues from the groups properties, a brooklyn paper analysis reveals.. the deal calls for the watchtower bible and tract societys holdings in brooklyn heights and dumbo to be rezoned for residential use a change that real-estate experts believe will send the value of the societys properties well north of $1 billion.. if they put them on the market now, theyll be sold very quickly, said downtown real-estate broker chris havens.. the deal between mayor bloomberg and state officials will reduce the amount of luxury condos inside brooklyn bridge park by capturing property taxes from the watchtower properties after they are sold.

  the money will be diverted from the city general fund to pay for maintaining the world-class park at the foot of two wealthy neighborhoods and that has green advocates seeing red.. tax money is supposed to go into the citys general fund and its being diverted to one park, said geoffrey croft, founder of watchdog group new york city park advocates.

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  agonus

  The Kool-Aid WT tells us "so-called normal" concerns like food and clothing are potentially dangerous (like everything else outside the ivory tower).

  The Awake! feature article is "how to manage money".

  Now this...

  So when do my kids see a check to help see them through Satan's Evil System? It's obviously going to be around for at least another, oh, let's say, 3 years.

  Fuckwads.
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  Sept. 15th WT - Burdened with Earning a Living? Here! Have MORE Burdens !

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if the other sept. 15th wt thread i started weren't controlling enough - in another study article titled " run ..... that you may attain it " were you aware that just eating and wearing clothes on your body - might be a " stumbling block " to you ?

  in a prior article on pg.

  12 , paragraph 6 the wt society sets up what they are trying to get across by stating, " people of the world tend to seek personal interests first as " men of this system of things, whose share is this life.

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  ... well, the latest Awake feature article is "How to Manage Money", maybe they have some suggestions...

  Oh, wait, that's the PUBLIC magazine. Nevermind.
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  Judge dismisses Jehovah's Witness' "wrongful life" lawsuit - Dr. saved live with a blood transfusion

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
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  no, this is not satire or a joke.

  a jw seriously sued a dr. for "wrongful life" after the dr. saved her life with a blood transfusion.. .

  http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_dismisses_wrongful_life.html.

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  agonus

  Yeah, sd-7, if Jesus came back and started miraculously healing terminally ill Dubs they would probably try to sue him for rerouting their approach to The New System Of Things...

  Only a group like The Watchtower would sue a guy like Mr. Incredible.
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  Sept. 15th WT - Burdened with Earning a Living? Here! Have MORE Burdens !

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if the other sept. 15th wt thread i started weren't controlling enough - in another study article titled " run ..... that you may attain it " were you aware that just eating and wearing clothes on your body - might be a " stumbling block " to you ?

  in a prior article on pg.

  12 , paragraph 6 the wt society sets up what they are trying to get across by stating, " people of the world tend to seek personal interests first as " men of this system of things, whose share is this life.

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  agonus

  I have to agree with BOC on this one. "...so-called normal things like food and clothing..."

  "So-called"?! So what, then, Dubs would do well to call things like food and clothing ABNORMAL, I guess?

  Yes, BOC... Sometimes, there really is no alternative but to just plain swear. Seriously. What. The. Fuck.

  I almost wonder if there is any kind of filtration process... or ANY thought process, for that matter - from the brain stem to the printed piece for the poor bundles of twitching nerve endings who "write" (if such a word can be employed in this case) such utter vacuous sludge.
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  The New Awake is Ridiculous! Special Issue about Childrearing

  by serenitynow! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have just skimmed it, but the parts i've read are laughable!

  they talk about how "complete control" is unscriptural and "usually backfires!

  " i guess that doesn't apply to the gb controlling it's jw subjects.

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  agonus

  Interesting they're calling this a "special issue". What's "special" about it? Why now? Why emphasis on raising "responsible" children?

  Could this be an attempt to show the public a reasonable side of the organization, that, hey, we really do have these kids' best interests at heart, wer're not hard-core when it comes to forcing our religion on them, we really DO want them to be self-sufficient, etc...

  While in the Dumb and Dumber Kool-Aids there's more and more batshit-crazy-totally-off-the-chain-unscriptural crap about shunning, control, the evils of the internet/apostates, kids getting baptized as young as 6 and 7, giving up scholarships, higher education, sometimes even dropping out of HIGH SCHOOL to pioneer, etc.?

  The WT doesn't give a shit about kids. It's just trying to put up a respectable front. Nothing more, nothing less.