Posts by shadowclone

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Merry Christmas Everyone

by jhine in

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i don't think that it's too early to start this thread so .

merry christmas everyone.

maybe people could share christmas music or clips to get us all in the mood.

shadowclone

Ah yes! Time for the overtly commercialized modern celebration of Saturnalia. Strange how so many exJWs go for this crap.

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so, i was wondering what are the funniest insults i've heard/been called.. the woman who taught me the arabic alphabet did a lesson about insults in colloquial palestinian arabic.. the one that stuck out to me was iniqbir or ini'bir.

literal meaning: bury yourself.

"go and bury yourself".

shadowclone

No, something Johnny Carson would say

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2/2022 WT: a repeated request & more doubletalk

by neat blue dog in

we all know the now famous quote, "all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

" well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.

"during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .

shadowclone

We are all free to do what we are told!

As an example, denim is clearly a machination of the Devil 👿

The rank and file are too stupid to make big decisions like buying a pair of pants, so really need counsel about what kind of work to do, choosing a baby sitter, watching a TV show, buying a car, buying a house, getting a credit card, getting a pet . . . . To infinity and beyond!

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Renting to a Witness of the opposite sex...

by James Robinson in

i need a question answered.

i know of a situation where a single sister took in a single brother as a renter, so she could be his caregiver, as he was very along in years.. long story short, they were forced to get married.

i believe it was labeled under "appearance of evil" by the elders.. my question is: what do the elders base this on?

shadowclone

No one could have "forced" that couple to get married. Get real

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Are you open to having a count as to how many ex-JW`s on this site are vaccinated x2 jabs. ?

by smiddy3 in

i`ll go first ,i have my vaccinated 2 jabs for the elderly.. if i`m not around in the next 3 months you will know why ..

shadowclone

2 Pfizer

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I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

by Revealed in

...why have you left the god and his son?.

shadowclone

2 Peter 2:22

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The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

by Simon in

the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

they blow it on useless tat.

shadowclone

In a relatively short time it won't matter if you had a lot of money or were very poor or if you retired late or retired early because we will all be in the same position: being dead. Not long after that we will all be forgotten as if we had never lived.

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Follow The Truth

by Slidin Fast in

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friends

so it seems that donald is set to launch a social media platform called "truth social".

if you start the sign up to go on the wait list you are asked to "follow the truth".

uncomfortable.. maybe it directs you to wt.borg.

shadowclone

Better name would be Ministry of Truth

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Will Christ Be Ashamed To Claim P.IM.O.'s?

by IWant2Leave in

i started my fade about two years ago and at present i have no intention of writing a disassociation letter.

the pros and cons of being p.i.m.o.

have been discussed on this forum many times.

shadowclone

It does feel like a bit of a coward but I haven't found any other viable options. I still agree with many teachings, uncertain of some others and convinced some are wrong. 50 years of experience here. The meetings do help to regularly focus on spiritual matters. Many times even more focus due to higher demand of evidence to be convinced. A difficult position for sure, but trusting that Christ can read our hearts

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In the UK it is legal to abort a Down's Syndrome baby up until the moment of birth

by LoveUniHateExams in

there was a recent legal challenge, brought about by a woman who herself has down's, which sought to overturn this sad state of affairs.. and a few days ago, a judge upheld the original law and denied her legal challenge.

this is pretty sick, don't you think?.

pro-abortion people love to ridicule religious people who claim that life begins at conception, so the obvious question is, when does life actually begin?.

shadowclone

LoveUniHateExams,

Many, probably most, of the people opposing abortion also are opposed to government spending . . . . like healthcare. Can't have increasing socialization of medical care. Any social safety nets are vigorously opposed and they are not bothered in the least by the incongruity of their positions.

When you say state care it conjures up a picture of warehousing people and paying staff as little as possible. Do this until they get old enough to throw out on the streets to fend for themselves. No money for medical or mental care, no money for housing or vocational training. Everyone can make it on their own in the capitalistic paradise, the land of opportunity!