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  Damn you Kingdom Melodies! Damn you to hell...

  by unshackled in

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  i haven't been anywhere near a jw meeting or convention in at least 8 or 9 years.

  but this afternoon, i'm doing some weed trimming and suddenly realized i had this lyric playing in my head...over and over.... .

  "ours is the god of true prophecy,.

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  Low-Key-Lysmith,

  You made me laugh and choke on my drink.

  Mac
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  Conspiracy theorists

  by JimmyPage in

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  some here like to perpetuate the idea that there is a hidden group lurking in the shadows playing democrats and republicans against each other for their own benefit... or that a new world order is about to annihilate herds of common men to stay in power.. please name one specific living person who is a member of this elite group..

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  Hey Jimmy, what about the guy you bought your house from? Mr. Crowley?
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  What was your most embarassing WTF experience with a fanatical witness??

  by Reality79 in

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  we've all known those fanatical witnesses who are guilty of pdf (public display of faith) and always have to make a big song and dance to the whole world and let everyone and their dog know they're a faithful witness of jay hoover!.

  1) when my mother first came in 'da troooof' this wacky, over zealous 'sister' was studying with her - you know the type.

  this woman was one of those not so subtle individuals who would always talk loud in conversation and say the name jehovah a million times even when the conversation could have been about basketball.

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  When I was a kid I had to go out in service with a weird old guy who had the social skills of a stoned tortoise.

  We called on a hippy woman who was happy to discuss her views on god until my service partner nonchalantly assumed that she worshipped Satan.

  More traumatic memories are starting to surface.
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  Survival of the Great Tribulation Depends on Observing Family Worship.

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  greetings fellow jwners:.

  it was stated at sunday meeting that, according to the governing body, a jehovah's witness' survival of the gt hinges upon his participating in family worship night.

  have you read or heard this?

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  this is why witnesses are such trainwrecks. if you truly believe your family is gonna be slaughtered because youre not routinely boring your children every week, then why bother trying to have a functional family.

  its the same guilt that drives some disfellowshipped/struggling people to live wreckless self destructive lives. Jehovah's gonna kill me and my family and friends are gonna desert me so why should i give a shit about myself? Ill just go out in flames. Then the society will taint their memory by misusing their example to scare people into staying cuffed to the organization. its a sick cycle.
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  Has anyone read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown?

  by ranmac in

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  this is the only one of his books ive read.

  it was kind of drawn out but still entertaining, especially if you're interested in freemasonry and the usual fodder associated with it.

  the descriptions of the rituals,monuments and symbols associated with washington and its political/religious origins is quite intriguing.

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  I have seen the Ron Howard movies (not his best). I have also read The Templar Revelations, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Hiram Key, still researching dead sea scrolls, gnostics, etc, etc. I was impressed with myself that I was well read on most things mentioned in the book. It was put into a fictional scenario quite well. I've concluded that Russell wasnt a Freemason as well, I do think he had some hidden affilliations tho. This book did, however, instill a desire to visit Washington, despite my aversions to that government's history and intentions.
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  Has anyone read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown?

  by ranmac in

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  this is the only one of his books ive read.

  it was kind of drawn out but still entertaining, especially if you're interested in freemasonry and the usual fodder associated with it.

  the descriptions of the rituals,monuments and symbols associated with washington and its political/religious origins is quite intriguing.

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  This is the only one of his books Ive read. It was kind of drawn out but still entertaining, especially if you're interested in Freemasonry and the usual fodder associated with it. The descriptions of the rituals,monuments and symbols associated with washington and its political/religious origins is quite intriguing. The praising of Freemasonry and its apparent nobility and virtue is quite nauseating at times but most should find the religious references quite interesting.

  If anyones read it Id love to hear your views.

  Mac
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  The "Verboten" Principle: Ignored By Watchtower Leaders

  by metatron in

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  i once read an observation as a teenager that i never forgot.

  i called it the "verboten" principle.. in nazi germany, as with other totalitarian systems, there is a tendency to vastly multiply signs that read "verboten!

  " (forbidden!).

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  Be fair, everything the Watchtower warns against isn't without basis.

  BCK,

  does this include their paranoia about facial hair?
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  Survival of the Great Tribulation Depends on Observing Family Worship.

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  greetings fellow jwners:.

  it was stated at sunday meeting that, according to the governing body, a jehovah's witness' survival of the gt hinges upon his participating in family worship night.

  have you read or heard this?

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  miseryloveselders,

  we might live in the same district. we had the same ridiculous family demo about the contrasting families at our last circuit ass-end-ly. i always hated family demos at assemblys. i used to think, if this what families are supposed to be like, how f-ed is my family that this is like a bizarre fairytale.

  family assembly demonstrations remind me alot of David Lynch movies.

  i also remember david splaine extolling the "mercy of the GB" for allowing us a night off a week to spend with our family. I seemed to be the only one in the audience that found that statement to be perversely fuc#ed.
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  What was your most embarassing WTF experience with a fanatical witness??

  by Reality79 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we've all known those fanatical witnesses who are guilty of pdf (public display of faith) and always have to make a big song and dance to the whole world and let everyone and their dog know they're a faithful witness of jay hoover!.

  1) when my mother first came in 'da troooof' this wacky, over zealous 'sister' was studying with her - you know the type.

  this woman was one of those not so subtle individuals who would always talk loud in conversation and say the name jehovah a million times even when the conversation could have been about basketball.

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  Every time I hear how the New World Translation has been proved to be the most accurate Bible

  WontLeave,

  It is proven fact that the NWT is the most accurate. Alex Trebeck said so.
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  The classic features of a JW wedding are:

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  firstly a wedding/sales talk that mostly features heavily on how the woman should behave (hint, doormat) and lightly brushes over the fact of the husbands bevhaviour ( oh yeah he should treat her well).

  the reception normaly at some crummy comunity hall with yellowed ceilings and chucks of damp plaster falling off the walls.

  the seats normaly arranged facing eachother all around the edge, so that theres a huge unused space in the middle and everyone is climbing over everyone elses legs to get to their chair.. a big spread donated by everyone, normaly an ode to food poisoning.

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  Not mine.

  i made sure our wedding had none of these traits. No KH, no cringedumb melodies, only our music, brief talk and plenty of booze. Every one loved it.

  Not inviting assholes helped too.