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  My Pseudo-Education Hasn't Hurt Me None, I Can Still Read the Writing on King Belshazzar's Wall~Part I

  by TMS in

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  2. experiences

  my maternal grandfather, adolph joseph deman, was in his mother's womb as the family crossed the ocean from east flander, belgium.

  he was the first to be born in the u.s. in 1885. his father's death in 1888 contributed to his departure from school and work as a lad in the iron mines of republic, michigan.

  the house he later built on a homestead in maple valley, washington, near kent, was a substantial pillar in my unstable early life as a precocious jw child in a dysfunctional home.

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  hoser

  I love the Paul Simon reference in your title.
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  What is it with that foreign accent in the RC videos?

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you believe their written up propaganda, everything is done with a greater purpose in mind.. what's your take on this?.

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  hoser

  Foreign accent is all a matter of perspective.
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  Something you won't see on JW.org ... They discourage music education

  by Greybeard in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz4tfrt1nk0&list=plcd6f28c13a0a9ac2&index=4.

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  hoser

  It is cruel to children to have them take music lessons for years and then when they get good enough say they can't make a career of it because they will be surrounded by worldly people.

  No matter what job they do they will be surrounded by worldly people. Why not do something they enjoy.
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  When Sisters are Prohibited from Binding Elders' Books

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/shepherd-the-flock-of-god-jehovahs-witnesses-elderss-book-copy-/272241236134?hash=item3f62d798a6:g:jhsaaoswwe5wx1d4.

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  screws ?.

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  hoser

  I think we speak English here
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  I think I figured out their strategy with all the creepy videos

  by JeffT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came in during all the hype over 1975. the predictions about that date were the real driver behind all their activity.

  since then, they haven't had a good goad to prod the sheep.

  they seem to be smart enough not to try another date.. i think they plan to use fear instead.

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  hoser

  I watched some of the videos and they are really ramping it up. IMO they want to get rid of some dead wood and have a smaller more devoted fan base.
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  When Sisters are Prohibited from Binding Elders' Books

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/shepherd-the-flock-of-god-jehovahs-witnesses-elderss-book-copy-/272241236134?hash=item3f62d798a6:g:jhsaaoswwe5wx1d4.

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  screws ?.

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  hoser

  It looks like it is fastened with machine screws aka stove bolts. They have a nut fastener on the other end of the bolt I assume. Interesting choice of fastener.
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  New Shunning Video - RC 2016

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20rww_-7ua.

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  hoser

  This post reminded me to phone up my disfellowshipped daughter and tell her I love her unconditionally
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  You wear tight pants and you will be in trouble

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.

  if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.

  i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.

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  hoser

  I don't see being disqualified as a publisher as being in trouble.
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  "The Bunker" WT Conventions 2016 (Gag Me)

  by Poztate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the very near future the gang will be down in a bunker,cellar awaiting the police,military to break in and take them away to camps or executions .

  (paranoid much) this is the foretold "prophecy" of the governments turning on religion and saving them for last.since the couple portrayed as simplifying their life by getting rid of a lot of material things is shown to be (about) the same age in the bunker we know it must be any minute now that it will happen.

  i have been out for over 35 years and things seem to be getting more bizarre each year.. when did this doctrine really become main stream?

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  hoser

  I heard this as a jw kid in the 80s. I believe the persecution talk damaged my mental well being.
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  2016 Regional Convention - Sunday Morning synopsis

  by Jehalapeno in

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  via reddit.

  here are the morning program highlights.

  will update for the afternoon once it's all over.

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  hoser

  As if the authorities care about persecuting one percent of one percent of the population.