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  Show this to the young ones in the congregation

  by EdenOne in

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  2. scandals

  hopefully it will make them think.. .

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  ctrwtf

  Sir Paul looks pretty good for a 72 year old billionaire.
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  Thanks in Advance

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so sorry, why is it that if i brush the keyboard the wrong way it posts an unfinished rant?.

  thanks in advance for reading my drivel.. .

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  So today I've been thinking of the phrase, "Thanks in Advance."

  Usually this wording came at the end of some correspondence from the Society regarding an organizational change. As in, "Thanks in advance for following this new procedure that has been put in place to bilk the publisher's out of more money."

  What irritates me most is that this phraseology assumes that the reader will do what is asked without thought or question, thus placing the writer of said phrase in a superior position.
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  How to make the most of wife not going to service meeting?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of the blue, my wife told me that after this week's service meeting on friday (co visit) she is not going to anymore meetings during the week at night.

  only sunday (am) meetings.

  she explained that it is difficult and not safe for her to drive after dark (vision issues: i have the same problem so i couldn't help her if i wanted to).

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  ctrwtf

  I know.............Make it Family Worship Night!
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  Dallas-Ft Worth Fox 4 News TV Report about six kids molested by JW elders

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4mb_owtpq&list=uuruqg25yvbppuwjza8alyza.

  fox 4 news is a fox-owned station serving dallas-fort worth and all of north texas.. .

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  Jehovah's Witness Sex Abuse leading the evening news complete with pictures of local Khalls and an interview with the dumbfounded perpetrator.

  Just.............Perfect
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  Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.

  something bad will happen to them.

  because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.

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  Not trying to be disrespectful to anyone. I understand perfectly the PTSD that comes from leaving a belief system. I admit that I've had a brief (very brief) pang of what if?

  Still, the thought that unseen spirit forces are somehow monitoring our every thought and action is primitive and vesigial.

  I'm perfectly comfortable with the thought that something horrible will definitely happen to me at some point in time. I'm just not going to blame "the spirits."
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  Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?

  by new light in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).

  it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.

  this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.

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  Witness my fury beat me to it..........Since the first century there have existed groups that beleived they were living in the last days. Why? Because they were delusional.
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  Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?

  by new light in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).

  it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.

  this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.

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  ctrwtf

  Witness my fury beat me to it..........Since the first century there have existed groups that beleived they were living in the last days. Why? Because they were delusional.
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  Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?

  by new light in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).

  it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.

  this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.

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  ctrwtf

  Witness my fury beat me to it..........Since the first century there have existed groups that beleived they were living in the last days. Why? Because they were delusional.
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  Memorial 2015

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so the dw and i a re considering a trip to see some extended familly still very much "in.

  " so to avoid any embarassing situations we wanted to check when the memorial date was.

  it turns out the first full moon after the vernal equinox is april 4th, 2015.. here's the good part...it's also the night of a full lunar eclipse.

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  So the DW and I a re considering a trip to see some extended familly still very much "in." So to avoid any embarassing situations we wanted to check when the memorial date was. It turns out the first full moon after the vernal equinox is April 4th, 2015.

  Here's the good part...it's also the night of a full lunar eclipse. Visible in the USA starting pretty much at sundown. The characteristics of the eclipse will, accdording to NASA's website, a blood red hue.

  I can hear right now the wits calling it a "sign in the heavens!" Not much far removed from what our most ancient ancestors must have thought. So much for our species getting smarter.
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  What would you do?

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i travel alot for business and check into a hotel, start putting away my things and lo and behold in a bureau drawer, find a couple of wt's a couple of awake's and two tracts.

  1. throw them in the trash and forget about it.

  2. leave them where they lay and forget about it.. 3. leave a note for the housekeeper asking to lay off the cult recruitment.. 4. bring it to the attention of the management, and possibly get the housekeeper fired.. thanks for your input.

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  ctrwtf

  So I travel alot for business and check into a hotel, start putting away my things and lo and behold in a bureau drawer, find a couple of WT's a couple of Awake's and two tracts.

  Do I :

  1. Throw them in the trash and forget about it. (This was my first instinct.)

  2. Leave them where they lay and forget about it.

  3. Leave a note for the housekeeper asking to lay off the cult recruitment.

  4. Bring it to the attention of the Management, and possibly get the housekeeper fired.

  Thanks for your input. I'm going out to dinner and having a few cocktails while eagerly awaiting your replies......