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  IS IT WRONG TO SAY SOMEONE ACTS WHITE?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  is it wrong to say someone acts white?

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  Gerard

  I dislike the destructive Yo culture but even more a Pink Yo.
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  Watchtower to Sell 6 Brooklyn Heights Properties

  by DannyHaszard in

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  2. scandals

  watchtower to sell 6 brooklyn heights properties.

  brooklyn daily eagle, ny -7 minutes ago.

  ... residential and all in brooklyn heights, according to david semonian, a spokesperson for the watchtower society, also known as the jehovahs witnesses.

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  Gerard

  "The six properties are all residential and all in Brooklyn Heights, according to David Semonian, a spokesperson for the Watchtower Society, also known as the Jehovah’s Witnesses."

  I forsee that all these Bethelites and workers that are being laid off will not have much fun nor funds. Will they blame Satan on their misfortune of being discarded by the WT?
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  Knocking Forum was closed on PBS today

  by moshe in

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  i started a new thread to discuss the knocking forum on pbs being locked this afternoon.

  http://discussions.pbs.org/viewforum.pbs?f=203.

  i saw some real understanding begin to develop about the plight of former jw's and the strict control placed over the independent thinking of active jw's by the watchtower society.

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  Gerard

  [...] I believe progress could have been made in changing the authoritarian structure of the WT leadership.

  Noble but naive. It is like asking the fanatical Mujahadeen to just make nice and go home.
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  Need Some Advice...Thanks...

  by aquagirl in

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  2. family

  i am the primary companion and caregiver of my elderly parents,78 and 80..i am also disfellowshipped.i was baptised 2 months after i turned 12.got df'd at 31...now that my parents are really starting to need me,and i am enjoying them as people,the jws are starting the crap about them not being able to associate w/me again..its really hard to have an intelligent discussion w/a group of people whos basic recourse is "bcz the bible tells me so"...but i really want to be able to care for and enjoy my parents during these final few years that they have left..my father is stepping down as an elder bcz of the turmoil,and also cause hes just getting too old to want to deal w/it..but thats not enough for the dubs...they want total separation...anyone have any advice or tools that i might be able to use?

  i know,i know,its awfully tempting to just cheerfully suggest that they kiss my butt,but this is a real issue..i have to find a smart creative way to deal w/it..i know that some of you out there are smart and creative and have dealt w/issues such as this..i need to hear from ya...like ,could i get my baptism,{at 12 yrs old] annulled?

  do the dubs honor legal documents?

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  Gerard

  There is a chance that the holy voltures want to make your parents sign away their assets.
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  CULTS kill

  by purplesofa in

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  i was looking for something online and found this site.. i wonder if there are any jwd sites out there as graphic and disturbing as this one.. scientology's way of handling the sick is no more assinine than jw's refusing blood transfusions.

  http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/.

  thanks for watching .

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  Gerard

  I figure that the JW's doctrines encouraging suicide (by rejecting organ transplant, vaccines & blood) had cost more lives than Heaven's Gate, People's Temple, Order of the Solar Temple, Movement of the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, Filipians, Taiping, Scientology and Al Qaida combined together.
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  The Truth!!

  by frostyselectronics in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  john 17:17 sanctify them by your truth.

  your word is truth.

  when you are ready for the truth that saves.

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  Gerard

  Mr. frostyelectronics just converted me. The eloquence! The arguments! The logic!
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  Knocking forum is now open on PBS website

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here we go folks.

  a newly opened forum for knocking is now open on pbs's website.

  let's not let the jw's overrun this with crap.

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  Gerard

  Our aim is that everything is fair and accurate. We show both the ups and downs, including what it is like for Witnesses who have unbelieving or opposing family members, and how divided families can find common ground. -- Joel P. Engardio. Producer/Director

  After watching the trailers in YouTube, I am sure Knocking is WT propaganda made from a director that aknowledged to be born a JW.
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  Knocking forum is now open on PBS website

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here we go folks.

  a newly opened forum for knocking is now open on pbs's website.

  let's not let the jw's overrun this with crap.

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  Gerard

  [...] a moderator who literally had zero contact, bias or care in the world about the JW faith. -Death to the Pixels

  BULLSHIT!

  Jen (the moderator) stated zero previous knowledge about JW doctrines and has not looked for information from a second source, yet she is biased and defended the documentary because she was CONVINCED (or told) of its accuracy.

  They posted a few trailers on YouTube where you clearely get the pro-JW slant with MINIMUM critique on the substancial issues. She ignored and prevented/moderated the multiple posts explaining that the documentary omited all controversial topics like shunning, 2-witness rule, not honoring the authority of police to investigate crimes, suicide-inducing policies, discouraging higher studies, etc. After stating it is "not a cult" she and all JWs avoided to discuss the definitions of a cult as "beyond the scope of the filml" and purpose of the discussion board.

  Talking of what the film did not include is more revealing than what they chose to show.

  Jen (mod) wrote:

  KNOCKING takes a balanced approach, and fair criticism is addressed. It does not promote nor does it denigrate. All historical and medical facts are accurate and fairly presented in the film.

  • Their victories in the Supreme Court that allows the WT to wake people up on Sunday at 8:00 AM, and portray this as a major advancement in human rights from which all American society "benefit" is hipocritical.
  • WT's medical research is "accurate"????????
  • WT's history was not even mentioned. How about 5 min in the film to talk about their Pyramidology? Vaccines are Satanic? Independent thinking invented by Satan? How many people have died by rejecting organs or blood? How about the long chain of failed "A" prophesies? How about a look at Beth Sarim? Their thoughts on Psychology? Or the 2-Witness rule protecting criminals from police? While they are at it, why not mention that the United Natios is the Beast/Harlot?
  • The public will be enlightened to know "that the media is pro-Satan". Yet, the WT is gladly using it through Knocking as their image damage control .

  Keep in mind the director was raised a JW. Keep in mind the moderator is on his payrol (literaly). But I aknowledge that Jen in her ignorance in the subject has tried to keep the discussion civil, it does not mean that she can keep it POSSITIVE.

  If Knocking or PBS don't like to hear the truth from experienced persons, why did they ask for it???
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  I've soooooo had it

  by LovesDubs in

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  2. friends

  this should be a proud and happy time in my life as a mom.

  :( on top of everything else in my life these days...im in the process of planning a sweet sixteen party for my little girl for may 12, and my oldest son graduates from high school on may 18 followed by a party i am trying to have for him on may 26 followed by my daughter's four dance company recitals the weekend of june 1. also my youngest sons birthday is this sunday..... so...i spent days designing and mailing out gorgeous graduation invitations to everybody i know and all our wacked relatives.

  i wrote to the jws in advance and asked if they would please put their differences aside for one night to celebrate my son's achievements.

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  Gerard

  LovesDubs, most of the time your family does not share your blood. Yur family is composed of soul mates and friends. Tell your son that.

  Better he does not see them than having them come and tell him how useless his achievements are in the face of the big A.
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  What Happens When The Clock Strikes 2014?

  by The wanderer in

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  2. friends

  <!-- .style1 { font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style3 {color: #ff0000} --> what happens when the clock strikes 2014?the watchtower society has been pointing to the year 1914 as the.

  marked year for about 100 years.

  after 1975, many individuals left.

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  Gerard

  Has the WT hinted at a new date of happy destruction?

  G (a woldly man).