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exwhyzee
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Truth Be Told Documentary
by poeticmommy ini have heard so many good things about this film and i am really hoping to see it myself!
it will be playing soon near me, in grand rapids, michigan.
if anyone else is interested in attending the link is below!
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Every watchtower, awake, etc printed kills 48,000 trees!
by EndofMysteries inwith the watchtower having a 25million monthly print, here is the breakdown.
1 tree will make 8,333 sheets of paper.
each watchtower, atleast the last i had, had around 16 sheets.
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exwhyzee
Most of the rain forrests are being cut down to make way for grazing land for the cattle that are raised to serve the Beef industry. Most paper is made from trees that were farmed/planted specifically for the production of paper. Lots of fast growing Cottonwood tree farms in my area of Washington State, but yeah....think of all the power,ink,water etc used to harvest the trees,produce the paper, print on it and transport it to the consumer and driven from door to door. The Bible hasn't changed but somehow they've managed to make it necessary to print information about it on a twice monthly basis for a hundred years.
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Passing a resolution a painful experience
by stillin ineverybody knows it's going to pass.
nobody ever asks if possibly that much money for the circuit overseer's whatever isn't a bit too much, or whatever else the congregation is being asked to agree to.
then the call to raise your hand if in favor of doing the "right thing.
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exwhyzee
It would be great to raise you hand and make a motion that the resolution be tabled until the Watchtower Society demonstrates, in the form of a detailed financial report, why it is in need of further donations from the flock, especially in light of the recent sell-off of multi million dollar NY realestate and the closure of Kingdom Halls and Branch offices world wide.
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Pastor shot, killed in front of congregation during Louisiana church service
by Scott77 inhttp://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/29/pastor-shot-killed-during-louisiana-church-service/.
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exwhyzee
Are you meaning that it cannot happen or has already happened inside a kingdom hall before?
Click on this link below that CalebsAirplane provided. Apparently the Holy Spirit was "offline" when this happened.
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Got Accosted by 2 JW Women While Pumping Gas Yesterday - Weird
by flipper inabsolutely weird.
minding my own business while pumping gas - this 60 year old short jw lady with fluffed bun styled 60's hair and her 30 year old attractive 5 ' 10 inch jw lady partner came straight up to me as i'm pumping.
they picked the wrong hombre .
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exwhyzee
or my fave is alway the fact that Dubs can now take blood fractions, I ask the questions where does the blood fractions come from and instead of them saying the obvious answer which is blood, they start talking about the synthetic form, then I bring back around to the human form.
I like the look on JW's faces when I tell them my Dad, based on the teachings of the Witnesses, died from not taking a Blood Transfusion and then about two years later the Leaders decided that it was OK to use the fractions of the blood donated by non JW's. How is that "abstaining" from Blood? Stops em' in their tracks every time. Actually I feel bad for them because I realize (looking back), I too was only prepared for scripted objections.
The thing is (and we've all seen this) they are lead to assume that no one out there knows the Bible like they do and that everyone else is in darkness and it's up to them to show the world the error of it's ways. They are used to being around people who are only allowed to agree and never question (at least out loud) and have received their training from these same people. Can you imagine if they prepared for "real" controversial objections such as blood fractions,child molesters or failed prophecies, during a demonstration at the Service Meeting? They might actually open up a conversation about these things within the congregation and that would be dangerous. Instead JW"s are trained to approach the householder or whomever, with the innocuous canned questions they have been trained to use as an opening for them become officious and begin dishing out, unsolicited and often inaccurate information. They feel they are ambassadors of Jehovah and are acting in an official capacity. They aren't being themselves when they are being officious and when they are confronted with an idea that they haven't thought of before, it can really rattle them and it brings them down off their official pedistal and causes them to look inward at their own beliefs.
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How many would still be in if.....
by Flg8ter ini always wondered.......how many would still be in if there was no fear of being shunned?
i really believe the very few of active witnesses believe that the big "a" is right around the corner.
but, the fear of losing family and friends.......very powerful to keep people in line.
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exwhyzee
Wish I could be like and do that Flipper! Well done! My problem is my mom.....she's older and fragile (bad heart). To see me walk away from it, i have no idea what that would do to her....
What if your Mom is thinking the same thing? "Oh...It would just destroy Flg8ter if he/she knew that I think this whole religion is B.S."
I wonder how many JW's are staying "IN" for the sake of someone else and that someone else is staying "IN" for the same reason ?
There are 7million JW's but if each of them know as many people as I do, who have come and gone out of the religion, there must be ten times their current 7 million. Each one has his or her own story to tell and the repercussions of their collective experiences must be astounding. Until recent years, people just left and were never heard from again. They didn't get to tell their story and that's how the whole thing survived. Times are different now with the Internet and hopefully if people want to leave, they will do so knowing they aren't the only ones out there.
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Got Accosted by 2 JW Women While Pumping Gas Yesterday - Weird
by flipper inabsolutely weird.
minding my own business while pumping gas - this 60 year old short jw lady with fluffed bun styled 60's hair and her 30 year old attractive 5 ' 10 inch jw lady partner came straight up to me as i'm pumping.
they picked the wrong hombre .
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exwhyzee
This caused the 60 year old lady to get flustered at me and she asked me, " what is your motive for telling us this ? Are you trying to turn us against the elders ?
She , a complete stranger, walks up to you in a public place and out of the blue expects you to tell her who you think " control's the world". She was fully expecting to tell you what's what and who's who, but had the tables turned so instead of her being the authority in the conversation, you were. Then she wants to know if you are trying to turn her against the Elders. Ha ! Do they even expect to sensor the public as well as their own members ? This kind of thing really rocks their world and probably shook her up for the rest of the day. I'll bet the younger one went home and Googled "Candace Conti". Hopefully she will wonder why the organization she supports, hadn't told her about this landmark case. Hardly any JW's know about it.
Way to Go Flipper.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-22-2013 WT Study (FEW FEED MANY)
by blondie inwt publications http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/archive.htm (old).
feeding many.
was the channel that christ used for spiritual.
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exwhyzee
Thanks 3rd Gen....I found it .
Thanks for your insights on all this, Blondie.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-22-2013 WT Study (FEW FEED MANY)
by blondie inwt publications http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/archive.htm (old).
feeding many.
was the channel that christ used for spiritual.
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exwhyzee
Sorry to interupt this post.
I'm unable to post a new topic for some reason. The "New Topic" button hasn't been showing up on my side of things for some time. I've tried logging onto the site using Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and have tried accessing it on other computers. I can log in and post comments but can't seem to find the "New Topic" button and I have so many facinating things to talk about (not) LOL ! . Simon hasn't responded to my email or my private message to him about this. Is anyone else having trouble with this or have I maybe been blocked for some reason?
Thanks exwhyzee.
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Where Do You NOW Think Wickedness Comes From? The Devil or... ?
by LoisLane looking for Superman ini think wickedness comes from evil people.. there are many people in between the two extremes of, overly good people and overly evil persons.. i do not believe in a devil.. i think he is a concept dreampt up by evil ones to blame bad behavior, as a red herring, on anyone but themselves.. the watchtower makes up attrocious lies, brow beats good people not to better themselves,.
all the while, they are building their own empire.. they say, do not isiolate yourself.
it is not good for you.. but if you don't agree with them and their current teachings, you will be shunned, disfellowshipped.. that can and does, have earth shattering results.. so many things, i was taught as a born in, are now considered apostate teachings.
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