No atheists going to say anything? LOL
tornapart
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Guess I'm going to have to believe in evolution after all!
by tornapart ina new species commonly known as 'homoslackass erectus'.... so that's why they have to wear those pants/trousers!!
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The Other Side of the Indian Rape Story
by fulltimestudent ini'm posting this story, not to defend an indefensible act, but to try to provide some balance.
the fact is that so many indians exist in a poverty so deep that it's difficult for westerners to even understand.
the youngest of the rapists in the now world known rape story, according to this uk, independent newspaper story, grew up in that world that seems hopeless.
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tornapart
Not sure how being poor and not having opportunities for sex or being young makes it excusable for someone to rape, torture and murder someone else... how can there be any balance in that?! I'm sure the parents of the young girl will want justice and if that means hanging then he should hang. He knew what he was doing.
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reinstatement tries
by Honeybucket ini am looking for the reinstatement guidelines for someone who has been actively trying to get reinstated for 2 years and have put in a reinstatement letter 3x in those two years but was denied everytime.
are the elders just making an example of them, have they permenately been kicked out, or maybe these people dont want to come back and this story is part of their fade.. .
has anyone ever heard of people not getting reinstated.
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tornapart
I know of two cases.. two different congregations. One couple it took them 5 years to get reinstated, they had to get a CO involved otherwise it probably would never have happened. Another couple only one year. Think it depends on the congregation.
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One experience in our old Kingdom Hall that still HAUNTS me
by Newly Enlightened inthe following is a true experience and my daughter gojira101 will verify that it happened to her.
an experience from our family's past that still haunts me and started my questioning whether this is the true organization of god or not.. my daughter, who has always been a good kid, never gave us any problems [she's an adult now] started regular pioneering.
within a few weeks of her starting, she fell on a steep hill and tore open her knee and had to have several stitches.
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tornapart
Having been a reg pioneer in my younger years and having an accident and not getting my time in I can really feel for your daughter. For me it was back in the 70's when things were much more relaxed. The elders encouraged me. I even wrote to the society apologising () and suggesting I came off the list. They sent a lovely encouraging letter back. (That would NEVER happen now!)
If that happened here in my cong. now to any pioneer, I think I'd be out of the door and not looking back.
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Guess I'm going to have to believe in evolution after all!
by tornapart ina new species commonly known as 'homoslackass erectus'.... so that's why they have to wear those pants/trousers!!
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tornapart
A new species commonly known as 'Homoslackass Erectus'.... so that's why they have to wear those pants/trousers!!
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tornapart
wasn't he buried under the floor of the garage? (supposedly)
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Letter about placing TWICE as many magazines!
by 88JM inhahahaha...... .
2013-01-09 (wednesday).
dear brothers:.
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tornapart
Yes... there are no more Jan mags left in our cong....they were all gone in the first week... LOL
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Commenting at the Meetings
by nolongerconfused inso i'm still going to the meetings...my spouse is still very much active...however, after i learned ttabtt...i feel like such a hypocrite in reciting (commenting) the wt writings and teachings at the meetings...in your own experience...how did you handle this situation?...and if you did comment, what did you say?...i still go out to service, however, i only use the bible and do not distribute wt literature...so far nobody has said anything lol.... .
thanks!.
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tornapart
I remember one answer I gave a few months ago... it was all about the Bereans and how they didn't just accept Paul's word but they studied the scriptures to make sure what he was saying was true. Think it was only my hubby that twigged what I was saying though, but it made me feel good.
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Commenting at the Meetings
by nolongerconfused inso i'm still going to the meetings...my spouse is still very much active...however, after i learned ttabtt...i feel like such a hypocrite in reciting (commenting) the wt writings and teachings at the meetings...in your own experience...how did you handle this situation?...and if you did comment, what did you say?...i still go out to service, however, i only use the bible and do not distribute wt literature...so far nobody has said anything lol.... .
thanks!.
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tornapart
Yes Ding.. that's the best bit. When you still go but nothing they can say has any effect on you anymore. You watch and listen to how everyone else is being guilt tripped into doing more, more, more and you know that they can't do it to you.
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The BEST way to "wake up" a JW
by Phizzy inwe have debated this over many years and in many threads, as all of us have family and/or former friends still in.
it seems that there is no "best" way to wake up a jw, it is as elusive as the "true" religion it seems.. but a comment made by poster "emery" on another thread stood out to me, he/she said :.
"what i have gathered is that most witnesses seem to be in it for emotional reasons.
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tornapart
I don't agree that it's only down to the emotional level. What woke me up was completely doctrinal (starting with the overlapping generation). Then being able to 'see' the man behind the curtain. Or the Emperor with no clothes.
Trying to get my hubby to see TTATT is difficult but the emotional angle doesn't work at all. However, being able to show him a doctrine as being wrong gets through that chink in his armour.
I think it is entirely a personal thing. What works for one, doesn't work for another. You have to judge what it is that is each persons achilles heel and go with that. That takes time.
