He should have scoffed the whole glass . . . nobody else was going to have any . . . except the Elders afterwards.
sizemik
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JW story told to me from our IT guy
by reneeisorym inour it guy at work is also a pastor of his church.
he told me today that many years ago he went to a memorial.
when they passed the wine and bread he noticed that no one was taking any and thought it was weird.
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More anti-apostate rhetoric from the Watchtower - are they running scared?
by cedars inyes, the may 15th watchtower is now available for download from jw.org.. the final study article, on page 26, directs another salvo at apostates - and warns witnesses not to try arguing with them on the internet:.
indeed, we ought to move as far away from wrongdoing as possible and not see how close we can get to it without being overcome by sin.
for instance, we need to guard against succumbing to apostasy, a sin that would make us unfit to glorify god.
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Such strong rhetoric will keep the sheeples in line, but it must be a barrier to entry for new interest. The seperation of families is what creates the problem for them, so to increase the pressure only increases the problem.
These repeated attacks by the WT are very good news . . . they're hurting alright.
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Just owned (and pwned) a Jehovah's Witness website owner! Must Read!
by garbonzo inso i emailed the owner website that sells various jw and creationsit stuff, a guy who is supposedly a jw with these simple words:
why is your website so hard to navigate?
to which he must have taken negatively, and went on the defensive in an instant.
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I guess he was right about being a duck.
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"Get out of the bleachers and into the game"... Memorial 2012 demonstration.
by koolaid-man innow is a good time to start making preparations for the memorial night demonstration at your kingdom hall thursday, april 5, 2012, after sundown.. close to 20 million people will attend this annual global witness event including active witnesses, relatives and friends of witnesses, bible studies,return visits and still attached former witnesses.
the evils of the watchtower org.have to be exposed and this is an ideal time to do it.. many around the world have been adversely affected by their association with jehovah's witnesses and you can be an instrumental force by standing tall and courageously exposing the watchtower organization.. there is no better way to let the watchtower know your revulsion than to broadcast and present your view by standing fearlessly, demonstrating in front of a kingdom hall.. i am fully aware that a handful of the internet therapists who post on this forum will not agree with this method of unmasking the watchtower.. those intolerant, contemptuous critics who will comment on this thread making harsh judgements and finding fault with those who protest are perhaps deep-down wishing they had the backbone to stop hiding in cyber-space, step away from their computer and "get out of the bleachers and into the game" .
lets make this a global event!......
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I believe this tactic was tried about 80 years ago . . .
It didn't work then and everybody thought these guys were a bunch of nut-jobs . . . and they were possibly correct about that.
Is this not a cause for concern Rick? . . . trying an 80 year old cult tactic that didn't work and makes you look batshit crazy?
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Letter to the Writing Department from Barbara Anderson
by Dogpatch ini thought i knew you.
an open letter from barbara anderson to watch towers writing department.
in 1517, martin luther wrote in a letter to archbishop albert of mainz: you must graciously forgive that i, that scum of the earth, am so bold as to dare to address a letter to you.. yes, i know, you think of me as scum, just like mainz believed of luther, wondering how i dare write you a letter, someone jehovahs witnesses disfellowshipped back in 2002. i was accused of being an unrepentant sinner and condemned for causing divisions, then labeled apostate because i spoke out publicly on nbcs dateline tv program aboutthe child sexual abuse policies that protected pedophiles policies that you helped formulate.
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Good letter Barbara . . . I like the angle and reasoning.
Remember folks this is an open letter . . . adressing the recipient publically. It doesn't matter what they do with it in Brooklyn. It's published . . . here . . . and anywhere else it might happen to appear.
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"9/11 was in fact....an Attack on Jehovah's Organization!!"
by RagingBull ingood day,.
this week is the super special week of activity with one of our favorite jw celebrities...the circuit overseer!!!.
in last night's talk, he gave sooooo much encouragement...just hearing him made me want to fall to my knees and worship him!
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There are smurf angels? . . . I knew it!
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Study proves 95% of people really are sheeple
by sizemik in95% of people that read this will place themselves in the 5% .
.. but this is an epidemic that needs a cure .
.. study proves 95% of people really are sheeple.
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The paper relating to this research, entitled Consensus decision making in human crowds is published in the current issue of Animal Behavior Journal.
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"9/11 was in fact....an Attack on Jehovah's Organization!!"
by RagingBull ingood day,.
this week is the super special week of activity with one of our favorite jw celebrities...the circuit overseer!!!.
in last night's talk, he gave sooooo much encouragement...just hearing him made me want to fall to my knees and worship him!
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Those Muslim radicals eh? . . . Satans minions in disguise, who would have thought.
So Jehovah made one of us late and foiled them ha ha. See! . . . Jehovah is so wise and loving! . . . see how wise and loving Jehovah is?
Ooooh yes we see how wise and loving Jehovah is . . . Jehovah is very wise and loving indeed!
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Study proves 95% of people really are sheeple
by sizemik in95% of people that read this will place themselves in the 5% .
.. but this is an epidemic that needs a cure .
.. study proves 95% of people really are sheeple.
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95% of people that read this will place themselves in the 5% . . .
But this is an epidemic that needs a cure . . .
Study proves 95% of people really are sheeple
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034676_sheeple_study_psychology.html#ixzz1mUbMvekI Scientists at the University of Leeds have conducted research that proves the tendency many have to act like sheep, unwittingly following crowd as if they didn't possess a reasoning mind. While this tendency may have its uses in some situations, such as planning pedestrian flow in busy areas, it doesn't inspire a ton of hope for humankind.
The study showed that it takes a minority of just five percent to influence a crowd's direction - and that the other 95 percent follow without even realizing what is going on.
Professor Krause, with PhD student John Dyer, conducted a series of experiments in which groups of volunteers walked randomly around a large hall. Within the group, a few received instructions regarding where to walk. Participants were not allowed to communicate with one or intentionally influence anyone.
The findings in all cases revealed that the informed individuals were followed by the others in the crowd, forming a self-organizing, snake-like structure (or flock of sheep, take your pick).
"We've all been in situations where we got swept along by a crowd," said Professor Krause. "But what's interesting about this research is that our participants ended up making a consensus decision despite the fact that they weren't allowed to talk or gesture to one another. In most cases the participants didn't realize they were being led by others at all."
Scary. Are we such sheeple that we allow a few "informed" people to lead us around without even knowing what's happening? Sadly, it makes sense. How many fall for scams of all kinds because of friends or "informed" sources, from pyramid schemes to religious hoaxes and political coverups. We seem to believe just about anything, or blindly tolerate it as long as the message is delivered with enough social credibility.How to be your own person
There some things you can do to not only avoid living as a sheeple, but enjoy a full, prosperous and exciting life to boot. Here are a couple of the fundamentals that sheeple tend to miss.
Determine what you want in life. Over 25 years teaching Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) I've asked thousands of people the question what do you want? I've been amazed at the incredibly low percentage of people who can answer it. What are your primary goals? Which direction are you headed? Where do you want to be in five years? The most common answer: I don't know. We'll see what happens. Perhaps one in ten can answer with certainty and specificity, which looks like this:
My top 3 goals right now are...
In five years my life will be different in the following, specific ways...
The primary obstacles in my way are the following...
The skills I need to develop to accomplish my goals are the following...
No one can predict the future, but few things serve us better than intentionally pursing a chosen future, rather than waiting to "see what happens." If you do not choose your goals, your family, friends, community and culture will do so for you (knowingly or unknowingly). This is called status-quo. Not surprisingly, status quo is not that inspiring.
Learn to make intentional, full decisions. So many of our decisions are not well considered. In NLP, we learn that decisions and motivation are simply comprised of visual, auditory and kinesthetic (feeling oriented) phenomena. These are the building blocks of mental processes. Bad decisions, impulsive decisions and ultimately regrettable decisions are so often missing a building block. We make impulse decisions without discussing things (missing the auditory). We make emotional decisions without considering other options (missing visual and auditory). Or we get caught in mental loops with no exit (endless internal dialogue with no feeling that prompts toward action).
In all of these cases, because we lack the foundation for solid decisions, we are vulnerable to the whims of others. If we lack the ability to discuss and analyze decisions, we may accept someone else's analysis as gospel. If we tend to make emotional decisions, we may fall prey to whomever can pump us up into an emotional state. If we can't bring our thoughts to completion with a feeling of certainty, we may just do what others are doing to get ourselves out of the endless internal loop.
Fascinating we don't teach goal setting and decision making skills in our education system. These help form the foundation of real character and individuality - and protect us from over dependency on the ideas or opinions of others.
Make your decisions with all of your building blocks in place and with a clear set of goals in mind. This will keep you out of the realm of the sheeple.
But don't take my word for it. Think it through.
Sources for this article include:
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"Something from Nothing" (Discussion with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss)
by leavingwt intaped live on feb 4, 2012.
(2 hours).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9uvnrarf8.
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sizemik
marking . . . the reviews sound good.
