Posts by NewYork44M

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Caleb and Sophia Video Mashup to Hard Knock Life

by Wild_Thing in

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i thought this video was pretty well done and mildly entertaining to watch.. on another note, i am really hoping some clever ex-jws will do their own animation series with caleb and sophia as young adults trying to leave the org.

that would be awesome.

caleb and sophia ... the ex-jw years.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwoitxaa_u.

NewYork44M

I've watched this too many times and it's STILL funny.

First time I have seen this - Funny.

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Caleb and Sophia Video Mashup to Hard Knock Life

by Wild_Thing in

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friends

i thought this video was pretty well done and mildly entertaining to watch.. on another note, i am really hoping some clever ex-jws will do their own animation series with caleb and sophia as young adults trying to leave the org.

that would be awesome.

caleb and sophia ... the ex-jw years.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwoitxaa_u.

NewYork44M

Wow, accurate and brutal.

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Public Talk quote

by no-zombie in

does anyone who has access to the collection of public talk outlines,and remember the quote "half the world's scientist work on weapons of war" (or words to that effect)?

i used to have them myself, but sadly they are gone.

i'd like to follow that quote back to its original source if i can.

NewYork44M

For fear of spreading fake news, here is a link that relates to your question:

http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/83Birch.html

from this article: " It is often noted that somewhere between a quarter and a half of scientists and engineers worldwide are engaged on military projects."

This obviously is not a primary source. Like they say, if you repeat a story enough times, people think it is true.

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Highly Recommended exJW YouTube Channel

by Sour Grapes in

i am a subscriber on youtube for kim and mikey, marc and cora, susan gaskin, stacy lopez, spike r, and several others.

i recently found a channel called anonni mowse and she is just fantastic.

she is so down to earth, very educated, and speaks her mind so clearly about her being in the cult.

NewYork44M

can you provide a link?

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How much paper has the WT used to print its publications?

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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so... i am doing a crazy stat: how many pieces of paper has the wt ever published?.

i don't have the answer yet, but.... i do have the approximate answer for the awake!

and the watchtower magazines.... get ready... it's a whopping 1.1 trillion pages!.

NewYork44M

They promoted the idea that all this printing was an indication that these were the most widely read magazines in the world. The reality was that they perpetrated the greatest "channel stuffing" scheme in history. Most of these magazines ended up in unused "stacks" in publisher's home. Those few magazines that ended up in the homes of people were never read. I am sure that most of the r&f never read the magazines.

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They have to step down

by Gorbatchov in

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with all the leaked information, it has to be a one way direction to the exit for the watchtower leadership and gb.. they can not stay.. it can take time, but this is the only scenario.. g..

NewYork44M

Given that they are lead by the holy spirit, all decisions they make are correct. If we might perceive a decision to be wrong we are fighting the holy spirit.

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My 71st Birthday Confessional

by TerryWalstrom in

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i was born january 15, 1947in mt.

carmel hospital, detroit, michigan.. within six months of my birth, my mother would bundle her baby boy into a blanket and board an american airlines propeller-driven plane--in effect, leaving my father behind--to return to her hometown, ft. worth, texas.. my dad had an excellent job working for cadillac as an inspector.

it was a union job.

NewYork44M

Happy birthday Terry.

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Older JW: not happy

by Gorbatchov in

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this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.

NewYork44M

Those in the late 60s and 70s lived to see the peak of the organization. There was nothing more exciting than being a witness in the 1960s and early 1970s. There was absolute faith that the end was around the corner. Since then they have seen the demise of their dream. Every flash of new light pushed the end even further into the future. At the same time, their life options evaporated. It is hard to look back at a wasted life.

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Watchtower and the Robert F Kennedy assasination

by pale.emperor in

only stumbled upon this letter today:.

http://jw-wayback.org/jw-wb/english/letters/to%20congregations/1916-2006/1968-07-09%20to%20all%20congregations%20in%20the%20usa%20(jw%20involved%20in%20assassination%20of%20kennedy).pdf.

apparently, the father of bobby kennedy's killer was accused of being a jw.