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  Joke!

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  before the meeting at the kh, little billy runs up to his grandma and says, "grandma, grandma!

  make a sound like a frog!".

  grandma gives him a hug and asks, "what are you talking about?".

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  sabastious

  HAHA!

  -Sab
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  Part 1 of the 2013 Conti and Simons interview now on YouTube (questions posed by JWN members)

  by cedars in

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  2. child-abuse

  a while back we ran a "competition" whereby people could pose questions of candace conti and rick simons for them to answer in a video.. there were so many questions that we needed to do a series rather than just one video.

  this first instalment is now on youtube.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhvfefpig4a.

  here are the questions that were answered.... (to rick, asked by "exwhyzee") is there a possibility that part of the ruling, if you overcome the appeal, will be that the society must make an announcement outlining the details of the case to its members, as well as an apology to candace?.

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  Thanks cedars for making and posting this! I hold the utmost respect for both Simons and Conti as the video shows they're enduring through an intense emotional experience. The Watchtower will never be able to remove the stain created by this dynamic duo.

  -Sab
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  An open letter to the Governing Body: Go F*ck Yourselves.

  by EntirelyPossible in

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  2. family

  dear member of the governing body,.

  thanks to you, i did something a few nights ago that i promised i would never do again.

  i lied to someone.

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  Thanks, Sab. I know it's not over and I may well lose. I don't necessarily agree that it's a battle of consciousness, per se, but it is a battle for freedom of choice.

  If you play your cards right and don't tire out you will have guaranteed success with your children. Just remain honest and they will be able to pick up on it and see the contrast between you and the WT environment. Continue to be a good example and you can't lose. There is a tiny margin for error, however, so as the boy scouts say, "Be prepared."

  -Sab
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  An open letter to the Governing Body: Go F*ck Yourselves.

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. social
  2. family

  dear member of the governing body,.

  thanks to you, i did something a few nights ago that i promised i would never do again.

  i lied to someone.

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  I think I am winning.

  The Watchtower puts up a hefty fight especially when defending what they consider their young. Their main strength is putting their opponents through the long haul so that they tire out and eventually submit. I have seen it time and time again growing up a JW. Everybody always fights, but not everybody wins that fight and losing means total servitude. I applaud your perseverance, EP. However, the ride isn't over yet, I'm afraid. This is a battle of consciousness.

  -Sab
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  The cult mentality of JW's in action

  by Gojira_101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a perfect example of how the cult mind-control fear, hate...etc works in the jw mind.. sorry this is going to be a long post.

  these are emails from the 2 days worth of conversations, so it's going to be long.. this was a message i got from my cousins mom...this was the first email i got.. i was recently informed of your fathers recent visit to his mother and the volatile conversation he had with her and the apostate things he said about jehovah's organization.

  i did not talk to your grandmother and hear from her personally but through and reliable friend whom i trust explicitly that talked with her.

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  When I read the JW talk in those messages I pictured a hen clucking.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7ni7zL8qU

  -Sab
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  WTS vs. Star Trek

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  star trek claimed to be fantasy and in fact, was fantasy.. wts claims to be the sole truth on earth and in fact, is fantasy.. star trek had spock who solved problems with logic.. wts has a gb who solves problems with bullshit.. star trek had a pompous ass charismatic leader whom everyone loved to watch rant and emote.

  wts had three pompous ass charismatic leaders whom everyone hated to watch rant and emote.. captain kirk was always saving his people from new disasters.. wt leaders are always leading its people into new disasters.. star trek made money by always giving its fans the stuff they wanted.. wts makes money by always charging its fans for stuff neither they nor anyone else else wants.. people had fun when star trek came on.. people would rather have a root canal when meetings come on.. star trek was all about making the cosmos a better place for all.. wts is all about making the cosmos a better place for a few and killing everyone else.. people love to go to star trek conventions.. people would rather be in an earthquake than go to wts conventions.. star trek had a transporter room.. people in meetings wish they also had a transporter room.. star trek had lots of insane villains.. wts had judge rutherford and fred franz.

  same thing.. star trek also had lots of good guys.. good guys are banished from the wts.. star trek had the klingons who spoke a bizarre language.. wts had fred franz who spoke an even more bizarre language.. star trek had all sorts of devices which could cure most any medical problems, but of course, they were science fiction.. wts had the electronic radio biola which it sold and said could cure most any medical problem, but of course, that was science fiction.. star trek had floppy disks, computers you could talk to and flat screen monitors all of which were about 50 years ahead-of-their time.. wts had vaccines which were called "filthy animal pus", humans hearts which were the seat of all emotions, organ transplants which were cannibalistic, human personalities which were also transferred with blood transfusions and black people turning white by reading their literature, all of which were 100 years behihd-their-time.. if you missed a few star trek episodes in a row, no one came by to harrass you.. if you miss a few meetings in a row, you are in deep shit.. star trek tv shows and movies are still played all the time, even after 47 years.. wts dramas never even play a second time.

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  Star Trek has Captain Picard who captains the Enterprise and discovers new life and new civilizations
  WTS has District Overseers who captain districts and ask for gas money and meals

  Both, however, go where no man has gone before.

  -Sab
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  Applying Genesis Laws to Blood Transfusions appears to be ridiculous!

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  deuteronomy 14:21new international version (niv).

  21 do not eat anything you find already dead.

  you may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner.. .

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  Silly GB Pharisees!

  I have thought that same thing. It's almost as if the GB look up to the Pharisees, not as they truly were, but as they are depicted in the NT. It's like they use them as a blue print.

  -Sab
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  A recent discussion that had me stumped!

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay--first off, i wasn't involved in the following conversation; i was eavesdropping!.

  you know how it is when you happen to be in a public place.

  you are minding your own business until you're not minding your own business.

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  Dad: "I knew a kid when I was growing up who just loved to start FIRES! He'd set fire to a trash can or the inside of somebody's car. All the time! He loved it. He tried to burn his grandmother's house down but a neighbor saw him in time and called the Fired Department. He told the police he 'couldn't help himself' he just had to do it. And I knew of another kid who was always trying to molest somebody's baby! He'd put his hand inside the diaper and fondle them! Disgusting! He was caught many times and always made an excuse. But, when we got older I heard him tell somebody that he wasn't turned on by anybody older!! WHAT ABOUT FAIRNESS FOR THESE KIND OF PEOPLE--should we tolerate people compelled to light fires and molest kids?"

  There are no destructive effects that directly result from homosexuality. An arson and a child molester both have full understanding of the harmful effects of their actions and they still act. That makes them criminals. It's true they may very well feel compelled to action, but the court wouldn't pardon their crimes because of the unfairness of discriminating against people with deviant impulses. We shouldn't be tolerant of crime, we SHOULD be tolerant of the diversity of nature.

  -Sab
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  The Seeker Speaks

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "when a person does what he always does, he will get what he always gets.".

  wise words, those.

  i have discovered after six-and-a-half decades that those who say they have found the truth, the way, the path for themselves and for all mankind, they are full of shit.

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  sabastious

  When a person does what he always does, he will get what he always gets.

  That's true, assuming that person's environment stays the same, but after a dramatic change in environment their past actions may have new unexpected effects.

  -Sab
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  Henry Kissinger: Nuclear Iran means Nuclear War........Warning the world.

  by Me Myself and I in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.endtime.com/pr-archives/.

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  As it exists today using such weaponry usually develops the consequences of having the exact kind of weaponry used against yourself.

  You don't think they would get their own people killed? That seems naive. As we know all it takes is psychopathic reasoning (ends justify the means).

  -Sab