Posts by clarity

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Can we excuse the R&F for ever ?
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
generally i go along with it when posters express pity and sympathy for the r&f jw's.

i feel this way toward them too, to a degree.. but where do we draw the line ?

we know that jw's do not have a conscience of their own really, they are told how to think and act, and they have to obey.. just as those living in nazi germany were told how to think and act, and had to obey.. but, " i was just following orders " was not taken as a valid defense at nuremburg.. as the wt descends in to becoming more and more like north korea in its do not question, simply obey !
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Shirley ......great quote, thanks!

Awake!, September 8, 1987, pages 10 and 11: Future Prospects for Protestantism—And for You!

If Your Church Fails to Act, Will You?

If, after making an honest investigation, you are less than pleased with what you see, do more than just complain. A journalist, while commenting on Karl Barth’s statement that a church is its members, logically concluded: "Church members . . . are responsible for what the church says and does." So ask yourself: Am I willing to share responsibility for everything my church says and does? Can I really be proud of having all its members as spiritual brothers?"

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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome in
1. jw
2. friends
last evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.

sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".

also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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SafeatHome ...excellent question.

WT's story is that we started out perfect ...well until Eve

decided to use her own new brain ....and then everything

was all downhill because of that ! Darn her anyway huh?

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So we just got dumber & dumber & stopped living 900yrs,

our lives getting shorter until now we can hardly think and

we only live for about ...............oh WAIT A DARN MINUTE!

We are actually living longer & better than our ancestors.

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http://www.nextavenue.org/article/2012-10/why-we-live-longer-%E2%80%94-and-can-still-live-better

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Iam not a 'good jw' so my answer would be quite blunt!

My observations, just as a long lived person... are that

I have seen the generations get healthier & much more

beautiful than ever..............when touring historic buildings

do you often notice how low the doorways are? If you don't

duck your head your forehead gets wacked! My grandparents

generation were pretty much all short .....my generation is taller!

All my granchildren are taller & healthier still!

So really does make you ask why it does seems opposite to what

the bible & JW's say.

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Mrs Brown orders Italian! :-)
by clarity in
1. jw
2. friends
laugh & the world laughs with you.... .

my way of beating depression!!!!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2nrumklcao&list=rdh-vxi0rs0ba.
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Quelly, Was, Blues and Lisa...

Glad you enjoyed "mommy" ha ha love this series!

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Mrs Brown orders Italian! :-)
by clarity in
1. jw
2. friends
laugh & the world laughs with you.... .

my way of beating depression!!!!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2nrumklcao&list=rdh-vxi0rs0ba.
clarity

Laugh & the world laughs with you....

my way of beating depression!!!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nRuMKLcao&list=RDh-vxi0Rs0bA

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If You Got a Call or Visit From The Elders How Would You Deal With Them?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
just curious..
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TableForOne ....that is a good tip ..thanks.

Btw ...a big welcome to you ...if you made an

intro post ...sorry i must have missed it.

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NEW BOE LETTER - It just got exponentially harder to "fade"
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
here is the text of the letter:.

february 2, 2014. .

your brothers,.
clarity

"We must love our brothers from the heart by feeding and shepherding
them willingly. (1 Pet. 5:"

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Now that's like an elders wife saying. "hey we must have lunch

s o m e t i m e!

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Just when you thought we had heard the epitomy of stupid WT comments....
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we thought we had heard all the stupid things printed by watchtower thru the history.

nope!

this one takes the cake and gets the applause!!!.
clarity

Ditto to what OnTheWayOut wrote.

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I remember in 1961 ... the 'ladies' studying with me

said that childbearing would cease because the earth

would run out of room ...so then we would fly to

Palaides, and populate that! hahah 'cause that's where

jehover lived!

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WT's warped thinking really did show up, right at the

begining didn't it.........somehow get rid of those

annoying women, by changing them into something

really worthwhile!!!!!! Men! omg

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Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters office hours 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
by LogCon in
1. jw
2. friends
" the watchtower headquarters office hours are from monday to friday 8:00 to 5:00 pm, eastern standard time.".

i tried phoning the headquarters of jehovah's witnesses in new york, on a sunday from vancouver, b.c.

and reached a voice message revealing to me the above information.. now my question is the following:.
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Proverbs.... I see this is your first post...welcome to

the board! Hope you enjoy all the well researched

information.

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It would be a good idea if you post your story as a

new "Topic". We love to have Newbies here to join us.

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Looking forward to it, and hearing about your problem.

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Laughing with Mrs Brown & the Mormons
by clarity in
1. jw
2. friends
tgif ........ here are some laughs for friday nite.

at home.

enjoy!.
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Violia ... I love love Doc Martin & Vicker of Dibley!

Can't pick DM up where I live now. Is the Vicker still

filming or is it just the re runs.........she is one funny woman!

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So glad you all are enjoying mrs Brown (who is no lady!)hahah

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Interview with an apostate: Bruja-del-Sol
by Bruja-del-Sol in
1. jw
2. experiences
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. im a 45 year old female.

married age 18 to another jw (pos son), became the mother of two wonderful children, girl and boy (now adults), divorced and dfd when i was 33 years old and since 2008 married to my first love who used to be my classmate when i was 16 (but got kicked out of my life by my dad b/c he wasnt a jw).. were you a born in or a convert?.

my grandmother from fathers side, my parents, 2 of my 3 sisters and their husbands (one is an elder) and kids, my brother and his wife and children, and the wifes of my two uncles are all still jw (uncles both have faded, but their cult personas are still intact, unfortunately).
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