Posts by Yan Bibiyan

ok, i've reviewed the current labels for the active jw people we all know or may not know.... i like borg, that's the funniest one i've heard yet for the wt society as a collective whole.

as individuals i believe you call them soashes?

kind of like the outsiders?

Yan Bibiyan

If you were going with corrugated plastic on utility poles, this is a good helper, I've heard...

Quick to mount and definitely needing some tools to dismoint..

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Amanda Knox & Raffaele Sollecito have been FREED

by dm6 in

i'm not sure how many of you are interested in this or how many of you have been following it, but i have been right from when i first heard about it a few years ago.. they were each sentenced 25 years and 26 years for the murder of british student meredith mercher, but after a dramatic appeal, today, they have had their sentences overturned and have been given an immediate release, because the evidence suggesting that they were guilty was not strong enough to support that verdict.. i always thought them both to be innocent, and this is true justice for the poor girl and guy after being locked up for 4 years for somehting they did not commit, however, it does still leave an unsolved riddle.... who killed meredith mercher if not these two?.

the strange thing is, amanda knox apparently originally claimed she heard screams from meredith and hid in a different room in the house whilst it happened, but that stroy had changed to "i was never there" which is what i think too, given the facts.. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3850483/amanda-knox-is-not-guilty-of-killing-meredith-kercher.html.

what are your thoughts?.

Yan Bibiyan

JT, excellent post!

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December 1, 2011 Watchtower - I believe there may be some lying in here...

by sd-7 in

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our readers ask: will the earth survive 2012?.

page 10: "when will this occur?

no human knows.

Yan Bibiyan

SD-7, I don't want to hijack your thread; but somewhere around the quotes discussed here, another gem jumps out at ya:

Pg 17. bottom: "....In other cases, “friends” may ridicule the good news presented in God’s Word. (2 Peter 3:3, 4) Some may ridicule your efforts to do what is right. (1 Peter 4:4) If that happens to you, you may have to choose between being their friend and being God’s friend." (emphasis mine).

Ever since becoming aware of the many logical fallacies in the JW literature (and the false dichotomy in the quote above), it irritates me to no end to see those thrown so deliberately, yet casually in your face!!!

Really!?! Choose between being their friend and God's friend. No offense to God but maybe, just maybe I DON'T FEEL LIKE being either of yous (not a typo, that's plural for "you", Jersey style) friend right now.

Sheesh...

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Do you sense that the Watchtower will implode?

by AK - Jeff in

since leaving the organization 8 years ago, there have been more significant changes in the actual, physical activities of the organization than occurred in all the 40 plus years i was 'in'.

bethel closings.

bethel layoffs.

Yan Bibiyan

No.

Sunk costs.

Very informative article here.

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what do jws have to say when getting baptised ? do they dedicate to god and jesus or the watchtower ?

by looloo in

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Yan Bibiyan

MmmKayy,

So, since the baptism of, say, David Splane was before the change to the second question to include the Org, does that mean that Mr. Splane has NOT properly committed himself to Jehovah? Huh, does it?

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So i was talking to my Jdub coworker today...

by shakyground in

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he asked me about the place i moved to last year.

i told him it was ok, maintenence are a little slow fixing problems, and there has been crime lately.

i said most of the developments around here are nice and peaceful except one up the road which is considered the hood lol.

Yan Bibiyan

MS: "If you had purchased a rifle or shotgun you'd have been ok. Because it is a handgun you're looked at as a sinner. "

Mad, is this your opinion, or did the WT actually say something to the effect?

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Dub snubbed by my two best JW friends! :(

by TimothyT in

hahahahahahahahahaha!!!.

apart from it being frightfuly rude and ignorant, its actualy very funny and rather pathetic.

i really pity these poor people who's lives are ruled by fear.. across the road from where i was working today lives one of my 'very good jw friends' who no longer has anything to do with me.

Yan Bibiyan

Waaayy to polite to such jerks, I'd be greeting them with eff you!

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Baby mama drama

by fadethisbitch in

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hi everyone... i've been lurking here for a few months.

i'm currently in the middle of a fade and have found the experiences here very helpful.... maybe i'll give my personal story sometime.

but i thought i would share some of the latest drama with the fam.. quick background.... my wife's nephew has been diffed 2x, this last time he has been out at least 3yrs.

Yan Bibiyan

Welcome FTB,

Here is safe to vent, hope to hear your story and help if we can in any way....