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My Dad Died Today
by cantleave inhe has been ill for some time, but it was still unexpected.
he was never a jw and i didn't really have a close relationship with him, since he remarried after my parents divorced.
i reunited with him in the mid 90's after over 10 years of not seeing him.. .
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The cynics view! Memorial night
by Married to the Mob inso i thought i would give you the cynics view.
we left the house and mil has been pestering my wife to make sure she and i did the reading.
to my pleasure i got to choose the bible and went for the king james!
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Married to the Mob
So I thought I would give you the cynics view.
We left the house and MIL has been pestering my wife to make sure she and I did the reading. To my pleasure I got to choose the bible and went for the king james!
Anyway my wife is pleased I am comming and while we are leaving I mentioned there is no way i could do this on a regular basis. Infact I would rather be picking up dog poo than getting doors slammed in my face and the dogs give me more pleasure I had a bit of an issue over the whole dub thing.
As we walk from the car to the kingdumb hell my wife mentioned that 45 minutes isn't bad in return for birthdays, xmas and easter. To my response of even if I didn't come to this I would still celebrate!
Then the bombshell, "well when you decide to go to your own church, i might come with you" Well if I wasn't so chocked up with cold I might have spluttered!
Once in the door the loveboming started! Nothing major this year which was a little surprising but then my wife was fairly fast in moving me to a seat. One thing good about the seat was that I could see the faces of most of the assembly without too much effort! More on this later
So off we go with song one hundered and something.
Then its prayers by a guy who occasionally visits the MIL when she is sick.. Pray harder and study more routine.
The comes the speaker from the georgetown bethel. He's got a camp voice, and he minces! WHOOPIE! The gaydar is going off the chart! I am sorry but I have gay friends who are more straight than this guy!
Anyway the talk revolved around Jesus, the emblems, explaining the little flock and the big flock, those in heaven and those on earth and all the usual BS plus the obligatary mis quotes from the bible with chapters missed etc etc! ( I can't remember the number but it was the one talking about faith with good deeds)
Anyway most of the congragation looked totally entralled, but one woman who looked as if she was there with her husband or bf (not sure) was not happy. Throughout the entire thing she looked highly uncomfortable while the husband seemed oblivious to what his partner was suffering.
Talk continues and get into how the small flock will be slaves of JG and its like a husband and wife relationship where the wive is subserviant! At this point I am trying not to laugh)
Anyway by the end he is repeating himself on the emblems! and he mentions the numbers for last year. 18.2m atendees with 10,580 (i think) partakers. Something tells me someone has been double dipping on the maths! Also I swear the number of partakers is up!
Prayer by one of the brother, old boy, die hard dub slips in the the saving of those who will listen while asking for salvation!
Round goes the bread
Another prayer
Round comes the wine. Cab saviginion and cheap, maybe corked by the smell.
then brother camp is back telling us how there are 3 duties we have to perform to show our faith in JG
1) Attend all meetings, and make them a priority above everything else! Whatever it may be especially during this time of spritual turmoil!
2) Spread the word! Start tomorrow at work and school. (at this poin I saw a number of the teen girls wince with horror! and a younger girl look please. Obviously she has not yet comprehended what this all means.)
3) Study more! family bible night etc etc you know the spiel!
Final song number 4!
Anyway all this was finished off with the usual free bible study routine (why they have to use the word free is beyond me as it make it sound like a dodgy sales pitch) and then something about some major discussion which I lost track of as I was already planning my exit!
Almost escaped and another lovebomb appeared. Apparently one of the MIL firends anad she said somethin that later was revealed to offend my wife. Also came out that wife didn't know who the hell she was!
When we got back to the car we chatted about the assembly and wife mentions she perfers the speeches from the younger speakers and she thought he was gay too! But thats not really allowed! Also mentioned she didnt like the new song book and the new version of no 4!
Well least it over!
Normal service resumes!
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Should the Pope resign?
by slimboyfat inquestions are being raised about whether pope benedict was personally involved in covering up a case of child sex abuse by a roman catholic priest.
documents seen by the new york times newspaper suggest that in the 1990s, long before he became pope, he failed to respond to letters about a us case.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8587082.stm.
that would prove the catholic church is capable of reform, no?
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Married to the Mob
Can a pope resign.
Yes
He can do so freely and merely makes his wishes known that he wishes to resign. No one has to accept it, he can just walk away.
The only caviat on this is the requirement that the college of cardinals make sure that the resignation was not due to external pressure.
When the current pope was elected, the commentry was that he was old school and old! It was suggested he is not capable of reform and I think this shows.
Maybe the RCC will now look at how they move forward and the current pope will walk away.
This si the problem with religion, power corrupts all!
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Will you sink or swim with Jehovah's Organization? June 15, 2010 study article
by truthseeker inhence, many people feel.
of the psalmist?
there they will feel.
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Married to the Mob
I feel sick, seriously I think I am going to be sick. I got halfway through and couldn't take any more. I would have laughed except I can see various people I know taking this in without question.
Whats more funny is that as wife and I are keen scuba divers and have dived with sharks!
Obviously the writing department have never seen finding nemo! Don't they know sharks talk with an australian accent!
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Facebook sex IS REAL.......and dangerous.
by dissed inhttp://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/26/we-dont-cause-vd-claims-facebook/?test=latestnews.
cases of syphilis have increased four-fold in britain thanks to facebook, argued a u.k. professor, as users meet up for unprotected sex.
can't wait to see this quote make the pages of the wt and the platforms of the conventions.
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Married to the Mob
thetrueone - Thats not what the professor said!
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You couldn't make this up
by Mickey mouse inlook at the name of the journalist who wrote this story: .
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7065824.ece.
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Married to the Mob
sweetpea - thats got nothing on cantleave's cartoon featuring master bates, seaman staines and roger the cabin boy!
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Facebook sex IS REAL.......and dangerous.
by dissed inhttp://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/26/we-dont-cause-vd-claims-facebook/?test=latestnews.
cases of syphilis have increased four-fold in britain thanks to facebook, argued a u.k. professor, as users meet up for unprotected sex.
can't wait to see this quote make the pages of the wt and the platforms of the conventions.
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Married to the Mob
Oh this is funny! Aren't Fox news and britains finest tabloid "the sun" owned by the same group?
Shame fox couldn't even get the story completely straight even when copying it from a sister publication
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2904897/Sex-diseases-soaringbrdue-to-Facebook-romps.html
Facebook was named as the main site bbut the quote the doctor at the centre said social networking sites, not facebook
And an NHS trust chief said Facebook and similar sites were to blame for a shocking rise in cases of potentially-lethal syphilis in the region.
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You couldn't make this up
by Mickey mouse inlook at the name of the journalist who wrote this story: .
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7065824.ece.
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Married to the Mob
I was a big fan of captain pugwash!
Will be humming the tune for the rest of the afternoon!
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Married to the Mob
Alabama is a fine state! I had to visit Selma.
They love their fried food, my cilent had an aligator in his office!
I was there in a snow storm! The locals were trying to shoot the flakes!
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RUSSIA: Raids, literature confiscations and criminal case in Tambov--first such reported home raids against them since the Soviet era--Forum 18 News Service reports
by cattails in22 march 2010. russia: raids, literature confiscations and criminal case in tambov.
by geraldine fagan, forum 18 news service , and felix corley, forum 18 news service .
russia has raided three flats of jehovah's witnesses in tambov in the first such reported home raids against them since the soviet era, forum 18 news service has learnt.
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Married to the Mob
IRC the original cause of this was russians authorities didn't like the anti catholic commentry and if read by a lay person would be deemed to promote religious hatred.
In light of this the russian authorities are cracking down on the distribution of the awake and watchtower. Which under the laws in russia the authorities are perfectly entitled to do. In fact, most of western europe has similar laws.
The russians haven't arrested anyone for being a dub, they aren't going to, but if you are caught distributing awake or watchtower then you are breaking the law!
As the main tool for dubs to do their "non compulsory" field service is the awake and watchtower it becomes a bit of a vicious circle!
What I find particulary funny about this, is that the tract issued by the WBTS in russia against the russian government failed to answer the only charge that has been laied against them. Promoting religious hatred! Yes they tried to dispell other issues people have against them but the truth is that they have no defence for the onyl charge against them as its TRUE!