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  Richard Attenborough dies age 90

  by cantleave in

  1. social
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  what a legacy he left.

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  I loved his films he was equally good at villains as heros .

  !0 Rllington place and Brighton Rock were chilling.
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  I Offer You This Choice

  by simon17 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  suppose the following choice were offered you, and you had to choose one or the other.

  which would you pick (and perhaps why):.

  1) you can continue living your life as it is, die when you might, and that's that.. 2) you can instead agree to die in 1 year in exchange for this: you will be granted access to the entire past and future history of intelligent life in the universe.

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  I'm happy as I am. special knowledge you can't share isn't that special.
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  Dr Who back soon - Let the World Rejoice.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. friends

  august 23 is the day in the uk.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tivqztq5u6y.

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  Happily watching since the second Doctor. Nice to have an older Doctor and an end to all the lovey dovey stuff. Kick alien arse and save the universe that is what I want from my doctor.
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  Exjw UK Annual Xmas Dinner

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys.

  i have provisionally booked the farmhouse on 13th december for this year's annual xmas dinner/meetup.. http://www.hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/farmhouse-portsmouth.

  all welcome just let me know so we can prepare a big enough table.

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  I'll be there as usual propping up the end of the table.
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  Atheists and JWs are on the same footing!

  by exWTslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  atheists believe that god should stop the large-scale injustice on earth; if he does'nt, then he does not exist.

  jws believe that god will intervene sometime in the last days!.

  interestingly, both throw themselves on their own expectation of soemthing god should or will do, yet in fact something god does not have to do.

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  It is a common mistake to try to generalise any group of people and state what all of them believe or espouse.
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  Jehovah's Witness cemetery trolls disrupt a Mothers grief

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witness cemetery trolls disrupt a mothers grief .

  http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/13013058-95/ray-duckler-witnessing-a-mothers-sorrow-at-a-very-private-moment.

  by ray duckler.

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  As a JW I was never taught how to grieve properly and dead people are talked of as just sleeping. As a result is is very difficult to appreciate the loss and pain someone suffers when they have not been cushioned from the impact with false promises.

  This can make JWs insensitive and unfeeling and lacking in judgement and sometimes legislation is the only way to go.
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  Will the JW.Org Site make a difference ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it will obviously make a difference to how jw's obtain their literatrash, they will have to download and print it all themselves before long.. it will make a small difference to the dtod work, they will now refer even genuine questions and interest etc to the site, not taking the opportunity to "witness" on the initial call at all.

  this has been happening already to a degree.. the difference i am mainly interested in is the capture of new suckers in to the borg.. we will be able to see when we get 2014's figures, sometime next year, what the rate of increase was over the last ten years.. phizzy the prophet predicts that the rate of increase over the next ten years will not be significantly up.

  probably down, but certainly, i feel, not so different from the last ten.. should i be around in ten years to do so, i will wish to ask jw's:.

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  I find th emphasis on JW.org uncomfortable. As a witness growing up there was alot of emphaisis on the importance of God's unique name and how it should be respected. This emphaisis on initials and websites reduces this name to an initial. It seems cheap and disrespectful. It is as though the name is an embarrassment to them now and by using a single initial they provide some distance. They are not Jehovah's Witnesses they are JWs. This means nothing and stands for nothing.

  The organisation I left though bad at the time has got worse in the short time I have been away. Yes it is useful strap line and an easy way to give witnesses the idea they are doing something but in terms of the core principle of being a witness to gods name then it is nowhere near it.
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  Update to Rio Rancho, NM Kingdom Hall

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=678180165590951&set=o.585807931515647&type=1.

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  Truly shocking to deprive a man of his view. The kingdom hall looks like a factory a total eyesore. Is there any way they can be forced to demolish and rebuild in a more appropriate place?
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  Kingdom Hall not a Safe Place for Children

  by Jeannette in

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  2. family

  besides having to sit through endless boring meetings during the evenings when they should be in bed getting their necessary rest for school the next day, they are falling asleep in the chairs with their little heads falling over.

  then all their fun is taken away by such a strict religion and a desert god which makes them grow up with no self esteem whatsoever.

  they tell them they're all sinners from the womb up and only a rod will remove it.

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  The publications designed for children gradually rob them of their self esteeem and individuality telling them that pride in their achievements is boasting and that they should always trust the elders. The lessons from the Bibile are designed to draw a wedge between themselves and their peers and isolate them from anyone outside the faith. This causes them to grow up emotionally stunted and conditioned to accept this religion as the absolute authority in their lives.

  The topics discussed at the meeting are sometimes totally inappropriate and the society has made it clear that they take no responsibility for their welfare.

  Meetings are not a healthy place for anyone let alone impressionable minors.
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  Convention Season-"Saving Good Seats" & Other Embarrassing Behavior

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since it is the convention season (and i am not attending this year or ever again), and i have been seeing other posts about some of the goings on at the various ic's and rc's, i am reminded of some of the truly embarrassing behavior i have "witnessed" (pun intended) over my lifetime of being a jdub at the various conventions and assemblies.

  probably the most disillusioning experience at a convention that i have ever had was one year when i volunteered to be an attendant.

  all of the volunteers were asked to attend a special meeting a few months beforehand to get instructions for our duties as attendants.

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  At the Bournemouth convention we would spend most of the sessions in the car. This was because we had a son who was hypersensitive to noise, light and if uncomfortable would make a fuss. We had tried sitting in the stands but had one rude sister tell us if we couldn't get our son to sit still she would be forced to leave. I told her not to bother we would go and never sat in the stands again.

  The car gave the children leg room, they could get up and go to the toilet without causing a disruption and if necessary we could find somewhere shady to sit. The programme was on the radio and we didn't have to deal with selfish people. When they then stopped having car parks and told us all that we had to come by coach we just refused to go.

  I did seriously consider finding a nice park somewhere close enough to pick up the reception and park there without going to the convention centre.