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  800-why-1914 helpline, Marilyn Zweifel

  by coffee_black in

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  2. friends

  for many years, since the mid 80s, marilyn zweifel manned the help-line.

  several months ago, the help-line stopped due to marilyn's serious health issues.

  marilyn was hospitalized a few weeks ago.. she has serious health issues and has suffered from 2 serious falls... she is now in a nursing home.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  I too called the hotline, many years ago. Great lady.
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  Divided By A Common Language

  by Quendi in

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  fresh prince of ohio

  I used the generic fictional name "Joe Shmoe" today in conversation with an Indian co-worker (I work in IT). Context was that I was describing a hypothetical situation.

  She was like wuttttt?? LOL

  Julia, I've lived in the US all of my life and I've never heard anybody refer to a coffee refill as a "warmup".
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  breaking up is hard to do

  by fresh prince of ohio in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  background: i joined the jws when i was 21, left about 11 years ago.. up until recently, i had never been in a relationship that went longer than a few months.

  and that was just one.. i've been with my current for the past 3.5 years.

  she's, just, okay.. i've never felt like, oh, i love her so much.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  Well, I did it. I finally broke up with her.

  I feel so bad for her. I'm sure she's wrecked by it. It's so hard to walk away from someone who loves YOU so much. And maybe I'm a fool for doing so.
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  classification of Jehovahs Witness members by when they joined up

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just got to thinking how long can the watchtower peddle the 'soon' story with any credibility?.

  i would say there are the oldtimer or born ins in the 70+ age group - they possibly remember the 2nd world war, and maybe joined for 1975 or made life affecting decisions meaning they are so commited with 'nowhere else to go' that they have surrendered to the resurrection hope.. then you have the '1986 international year of peace, the 1914+70 year' generation crowd.

  people in their 40s and 50s now.

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  It's hard to imagine that the number of people actually converting to JWism in their 20s or 30s is anything more than the tiniest trickle these days, in the West at least.
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  The Governing Body’s irrational fear of the Apostate Boogeyman

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://freeminds2.org/the-theocratic-life-and-times-of-theodore-jaracz/.

  i was reading the above article by barbara anderson and was struck that, rather than knowing better, the governing body actually believes in this shadowy organization of former members who are out to attack them.

  [jaracz] said that the governing body had been preparing for much longer than anybody could guess for an attack by apostates.

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  [Jaracz] said that the Governing Body had been preparing for much longer than anybody could guess for an attack by apostates

  Wow. Like, how exactly? Apostate-driven tanks gonna show up at Bethel's front door someday? dafuq?

  "Breaking news, apparently a large group of former Jehovahs Witnesses are attacking the headquarters of the Watchtower Bible Society in Brooklyn Heights..."

  ROFL! Jaracz was mad as a hatter!!

  "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." - Dan Quayle
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  I wish I'd known this sooner

  by JeffT in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i would have done a lot of things differently if i'd known that compatibility started between her boobs.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  Yes, I think my face would fit just perfectly in that space.
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  Prophets of Doom (interesting history podcast)

  by fresh prince of ohio in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a favorite podcast of mine for several years now has been dan carlin's hardcore history.

  dan has a real gift for storytelling, and is a serious and humble student of history.. a recent episode (which i still haven't finished) deals with events that transpired in the german city of muenster in the early 1500s, events specifically related to the rise of protestantism and a millenial-apocalyptic fervor (with date setting and everything) that gripped a good chunk of the very, very religious populace, particularly the anabaptists.. the jw parallels are obvious, as you will discover if you decide to give it a listen.. http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/show-48---prophets-of-doom/luther-reformation-history.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  Have you listened to his podcast "The Ghosts of Osfront"?

  If I have, I've forgotten about it - but I'm pretty sure I haven't. I'll be sure to check it out.

  Cool to know that I'm not the only person on here that enjoys this podcast!

  Aren't the Anabaptists one of the sects that JW's believed were " Bible Heroes?" Going D2D preaching, probably members of the "slave class?"

  It wouldn't surprise me, given the similarities. But, typical of the WTS, if they ever did publish something about Anabaptists in this context, then they had to have gone pretty 3rd grade level on the details.
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  Prophets of Doom (interesting history podcast)

  by fresh prince of ohio in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a favorite podcast of mine for several years now has been dan carlin's hardcore history.

  dan has a real gift for storytelling, and is a serious and humble student of history.. a recent episode (which i still haven't finished) deals with events that transpired in the german city of muenster in the early 1500s, events specifically related to the rise of protestantism and a millenial-apocalyptic fervor (with date setting and everything) that gripped a good chunk of the very, very religious populace, particularly the anabaptists.. the jw parallels are obvious, as you will discover if you decide to give it a listen.. http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/show-48---prophets-of-doom/luther-reformation-history.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  A favorite podcast of mine for several years now has been Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. Dan has a real gift for storytelling, and is a serious and humble student of history.

  A recent episode (which I still haven't finished) deals with events that transpired in the German city of Muenster in the early 1500s, events specifically related to the rise of Protestantism and a millenial-apocalyptic fervor (with date setting and everything) that gripped a good chunk of the very, very religious populace, particularly the Anabaptists.

  The JW parallels are obvious, as you will discover if you decide to give it a listen.

  http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/Show-48---Prophets-of-Doom/Luther-Reformation-history
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  J J Cale, After Midnight, passes

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  jj cale was one of the best rock song writers in an era that had really great rock n roll song writers- here he is with eric clapton on the classic after midnight!.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tiqv4irjs.

  jj was 74.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/showbiz/jj-cale-obit/index.html

  Other musicians who covered Cale's work include The Band, Chet Atkins, Freddie King, Maria Muldaur and Captain Beefheart, according to his biography, which also notes he was asked whether it bothered him that fellow musicians considered him a legend while many fans did not even know his name.

  "No, it doesn't bother me," Cale said. "What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail."

  LOL
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  In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  autobiography.

  forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.

  i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .

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  fresh prince of ohio

  damn, sorry...

  it's been a long time

  called but got no response

  made a real mess of it

  it was my only shot