Bungi Bill

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  U.S. Army admits to widespread cultural pedophilia in Afghanistan

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my atheist, agnostic and deist family members, why don't we attack this insanity more?

  dr. richard dawkins is finally calling out islam for it's true nature, i hope he is balanced because i don't want him to get killed by these whack jobs.

  i enjoy listening to dr. dawkins debate and would like him to attack their false religion like he lambaste's christians, i guess it's a tight-wire act he must follow or they would kill him.

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  Bungi Bill

  And also it should be remembered, borders were vague ideas,

  And in the case of Afghanistan, these still are vague ideas, as is the very idea of a such a "geo-political unit" as Afghanistan.

  Its central government never has excercised much control over the regions, certainly no more than each local ruler allowed it to have:

  - a situation making the place all but ungovernable.

  Also, when you have such major population groups as the Pashtuns resident on both sides of an imaginary line designated "border" - a line that is crossed by few roads, but many thousands of unpoliced mule tracks - the term "border" comes to mean very little!

  Bill.
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  U.S. Army admits to widespread cultural pedophilia in Afghanistan

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my atheist, agnostic and deist family members, why don't we attack this insanity more?

  dr. richard dawkins is finally calling out islam for it's true nature, i hope he is balanced because i don't want him to get killed by these whack jobs.

  i enjoy listening to dr. dawkins debate and would like him to attack their false religion like he lambaste's christians, i guess it's a tight-wire act he must follow or they would kill him.

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  Bungi Bill

  nobody has ever been able to control Afghanistan for any period of time.

  Very true, and this was the case well before the advent of Islam, too:

  - like so many since, the Graeco-Macedonian armies of Alexander the Great (circa 332 BC) conquered the place, but never held it for very long.

  In his arrogance, George W. Bush probably figured he was somehow different. (Or perhaps in his ignorance, he had no knowledge of Afghanistan's long track record of chewing up invaders, and then spitting them out?)

  Bill
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Say They Are The Most Educated In The World. How Would You Prove Otherwise?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they claim their schools, literature and teaching are far more superior than any "worldly" education.

  how would you counter that belief?.

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  Bungi Bill

  Their "schools, literature and teaching" are indeed excellent:

  - if you were aspiring to nothing more than a diploma in idiocy!

  Bill.
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  Free Will - What a Joke !

  by cookiemaster in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  everytime i hear jw's talking about free will, i either feel the urge to burst in laughter or feel sick.

  each publication keeps talking about how wonderful jokehova is for giving us free will.

  the only small thing is that he'll kill you if you don't do exactly what he says.

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  Bungi Bill

  The only "freedom" JWs have is the freedom to do as they are told!

  Bill
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  Did You Ever Learn Anything From The Meetings?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found the meetings to be especially boring from the late 1980s on.

  before that, we actually tried to make people want to listen.

  the meetings were pretty interesting.

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  Bungi Bill

  I learned very little, apart from how to be a religious fanatic. Thankfully, I had little difficulty unlearning that bull$#it.

  Bill
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  Why Is Alcoholism Deeply Embeded In JW Culture?

  by RottenRiley in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we get plenty of company men passing through our circuit, often filled with misinformation and lugging around a suitcase of guilt, they bring more guilt to the weak while praising the braggart pioneers and slapping the "righteous over much" elders.

  why are the wrong people getting praise in this distorted community?

  i know for a fact many of the elders i served with have issues with alcoholism, when "brother guilt" brought his emotional hurricane through our circuit, i had the chance to eat and help pay for his "seven shots of tequila", both him and his wife were not immune to over-indulgences.

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  I was introduced to alcohol by the brother who "brought me into the truth", as JWs like to say. And oh, boy, did I prove to be a a quick learner!

  Further to never a jw's remarks, the district I grew up had a rather notorious reputation for alcohol abuse. Even if drinking amongst the JWs was "no worse than the population in general", that would still put them well inside the category of heavy boozers.

  Bill.
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  List Reasons Why You Are Glad That You Are Out Of The JW Religion

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a few from me.. no more having to go to stupid boring meetings.. no more having to go knock on doors in field service and waste my time!.

  no more mind numbing elders meetings..

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  All the strange people I no longer have to tolerate.

  Bill
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  Decided on the local C of E Church.

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have decided to check out my local parish church.

  it has a real mix of people.

  old, young families and military personnel/families.

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  Bungi Bill

  All I can say is that if you must go to church, one of the mainsteam ones can't get you into too much harm.

  Bill.
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  Why Do Some Ex-JWs Get Their Feelings Hurt So Badly By Shunning?

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i ran in to a ex-jw and had a good laugh once he realized i was not going to shun him.

  i am a different soul when we are dealing with watchtower demonology, everything about the organization is fan boy based.

  watchtower creates the illusion of a community that never existed, we were too blind to realize most of the people we invested time with was nothing more than a farce, once you can't offer up more sacrfices on the watchtower's alter, your going to get less attention and eventually if your kingdom hall is big enough, they won't come looking for you.. .

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  Bungi Bill

  "Unless it's your family, then it is your problem..."

  Nothing like hitting the proverbial nail fair on its head!

  Bill
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  FEWER NEW ZEALAND CITIZENS AFFILIATED WITH JWS IN 2013 THAN IN 1996: SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF DECREASE

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  fewer new zealand citizens affiliated as jws in 2013 than in 1996: over 15 years of successive decreases.

  the first table shows the new zealand census from 1976 to 2013. typically, numbers of citizens affiliated with the witnesses are higher than the number of active publishers because it includes children and those who are affiliated with the witnesses but who may not be active publishers.. of note, more citizens were recorded as affiliated with the witnesses in 1996 (19,527) than in 2013 (17,931).

  the decline in numbers affiliating with the witnesses in new zealand started in 2001 and has continued across two further census reports - so this is not just a temporary blip.

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  Bungi Bill

  There was a time when building larger kingdom halls than was necessary was considered to be "forward thinking":

  - i.e. gearing the organisation up for the "huge increase" that was "about to happen."

  Bill.