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  JW's in a sports bar

  by pontoon in

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  so i'm 2000+ miles from home on a mission for work.

  out to lunch with three other guys from the company, in a sports bar on a sunday about 3:00-4:00 pm.

  crowded, not a roudy place, nice.

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  zeb

  what is in the head/hearts of these 'people'? that they would cheat decieve lie steal... yep all these things are described above.

  In australia tipping is not a custom one of the main reasons is that hospitality staff are fairly well paid so when we pay for a meal its always generously. The wives will alway know the prices and do a quick add up. If its say $45 then put in a $50 note.

  There is never a last person left with a bill. Any money surplus will go to the staff via the staff jar on the counter or any charity collection tin there.

  aussies pride themselves on being generous not a bunch of tight arses.

  Just a few days ago I saw this happen. A pensioner couple sat at a fav coffee shop and looked at the menu and were adding up their money. A old guy another customer said to them "Are you a bit short?" (short of money) and offered then and there to top them up so they coiuld have their little outing meal.

  Who was the christian the hypocritical bastards you guys have mentioned or this other... the parable of the good samaritan comes to mind.
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  Canadians have nobody to blame but themselves........Fergie Olver.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  wtf?

  seriously?.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3trbwkffjv4.

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  zeb

  no we have child abuse here in Australia too. Dont forget the Australian Prime Minister announced intention to hold a 'Royal Commission' into child abuse.
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  need advice!

  by unstopableravens in

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  my son is three and will not stop using his diapers we have tryed alot of stuff ,sitting him on there every few hrs etc... he knows what to do if you ask him were should he use the bathroom he will say the toilet!

  but he keeps going in his pull ups, you put on underwear and spiderman get a face load of mud!.

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  zeb

  one of mine was near 5 .... The bit that hurt was all the 'advice' from those with 'perfect' children.

  The advice here is sound. The more you pressure him the worse it gets and this is not attitude on his part at all.

  he will get there. avisit to the doctor might help.
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  Need advice. My inactive jw husband has been lured back.

  by ingimar in

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  zeb

  Tell him no sex if YOU have become a regular WT wife
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  Of Bethel a Place of Homosexualiy,Drunkness,Psychotic Episodes,Brawls,Sucide,Immorality,Deceit, Control and Cynism

  by Scott77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "...the intimacy with farm animals is true.

  [beastiality], theft, homosexuality, drunkeness, psychotic episodes, brawls, suicide, immorality, deceit and control is all true.

  the sad thing is seeing young women wanting to marry a bethelite thinking that she is getting the 'cream of the crop' and they are probably worse than a so-called worldly person...the cynicism was palpable...the most emotionally unhealthy environments to be a part of...socially disfunctional people..."wheres caleb?http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/218165/3/your-most-disturbing-watchtower-bethel-branch-experience-no-full-names-please.

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  zeb

  The rush to separate anyone not married when talking was evident ina past cong i was in.

  The chief 'separator' the got her daughter married at just over 16.

  There were a few doing the same because they were panic stricken that the girls would get pregnant.

  I often wondered where some of the whacky extreme ideas came from now i know. There was one DO who told a convention not to watch the movie "ET" because he , the alien represented the 'anti-christ'. You heard the biggest "HUH?" come from the audience.

  These extreme behaviours occur anywhere where people commune in a 'monastery' and where they believe all out side is evil.

  and to think I once thought it was something to be aimed for...
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  Sex as God, gross and gift

  by Most Noble in

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  worship is giving our money, body, and life to a person or thing as our highest commitment or functional god.

  practically, this means that sex is a worship act and beds are really altars.. religious belief systems have always held widely divergent views regarding sexuality.

  the three most prominent views are sex as god, gross, or gift.

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  zeb

  "I have not had it for so long i forget who gets tied up"-- bumper sticker.
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  The privileged Bethel speakers and the rest of us Jamokes.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  cicero,illinois 1970's.

  our four day assemblies in the 1970's through the 1980's were pure torture.. they were held at a horse race track in cicero,il in the smoking hot and humid month of july.

  they charged around $2 for parking.

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  zeb

  Went to one such. bro long wind ran way overtime and the Italian session in a nearby building finished and they all spilled through our area chattering their heads off.

  We went to big conv in Sydney years ago (Australia) humidity to the max. No where to sit... at all... left. A great example of lousy planning. But as you all have said the elite live in AC.

  Met young couple with baby who had gone to the last huge extravaganza all a wonder convention again in Sydney just a few years ago. They told me of day one they never got back to their motel until 8.30PM due to the crowd controllers who were not controlling the crowd (including moving along the bunches of old sisters who have to stop as they chatter). The couple had run out of diappers the baby was distraugght and so were they. His words: "Never again!"

  This now I concluded years ago, that:

  All elders and MS including ALL Bethelites should have to have at least four kids. Hyperactive, asthmatic, handicapped, dull.
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  An unexpected benefit from posting here.

  by wanderlustguy in

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  a few weeks ago my youngest daughter wanted to know about my past, what happened when her mom and i split...when i left the truth and turned apostate.

  i gave her this site and my username...and now she's able to read for herself what happened...at least from my perspective.

  i have to say it's a fantastic thing that this site exists and all of these records from the years are in one place.

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  zeb

  he was a fav and that track was a fav in prison I can tell you.
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  Happy holidays!

  by Gorbatchov in

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  for everybody @ jwd: happy holidays from the netherlands!.

  it's good to see the jwd community gives a global support to each other, in good and in difficult times.. this year i had many good and many difficult times, i think you recognize.. i hope we all have a good 2013 in peace and harmony with our loved ones, the people that really care for us.. a friend told me recent: don't forget the people who really care for you (because i'm too buzy with people who don't care about me: jw).. have a good time all!.

  gorby.

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  zeb

  Tovarisch!

  (Guessed at the spelling)
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  New jw.org video on sexual harassment blames the victim

  by puffthedragon in

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  2. beliefs

  hope this is not a repost 2 minute video.

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/what-your-peers-say/peers-on-sexual-harassment/.

  yes, it spends half the video blaming the victim for "inviting" sexual harassment..

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  zeb

  what do little children do to "invite" abuse.?