JakeM2012

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  Witnesses Get Shot At

  by metatron in

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  http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/jehovahs-witnesses-shot-at-867543.

  i like the comment that 'i didn't know it was jehovah's witness season.

  i gotta get my license renewed".

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  I wonder if Mr. Baldwin will be on the "do not call list"?
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  I made a huge mistake

  by KariOtt in

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  its been a tough 6 months for my jw hubby and myself.

  next saturday is our anniversary.

  i wasn't sure we would make it with the turbulance of the last 6 months.

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  Kariott, "huge mistake", NOT,. What real man could be even upset with a woman that did all that for a six month anniversary. You've taken the exemplary high road in marital and religious tolerance by exchanging the cross for a 3.5 carrot princess cut diamond ring right? Now We are talking biblical peaceableness here.
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  Red light camera ticket

  by sspo in

  1. social
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  my last speeding ticket was in tennessee in 1993, was going 15 miles over the speed limit and got a $60 ticket.

  that was my last one.. three weeks ago did not make a complete stop making a right turn here in california and got nailed with a "camera ticket".. damage to my wallet ...$540 and have to take an 8hour class.. i guess california is in need of a lot of cash.. do you have traffic cameras where you live or are they illegal?.

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  I was cited for running a light at 4:00 a.m. in the morning. $50 fine in TN. A few months ago the small city that had installed the camera shut it off. Evidently there were several things that the city council looked at. One, after news spread around about where the cameras were, people stopped running that light, and they were not getting the revenue expected anymore. Second, it was by a mall, and the area businesses said that their receipts were down and blamed it on the camera's scaring potential customers from coming into the area. Evidently, when first installed the cameras are profitable, but then when people know what to look for the returns dimenish. So California raises the price to keep it profitable? $540 wow.
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  Red light camera ticket

  by sspo in

  1. social
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  my last speeding ticket was in tennessee in 1993, was going 15 miles over the speed limit and got a $60 ticket.

  that was my last one.. three weeks ago did not make a complete stop making a right turn here in california and got nailed with a "camera ticket".. damage to my wallet ...$540 and have to take an 8hour class.. i guess california is in need of a lot of cash.. do you have traffic cameras where you live or are they illegal?.

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  I was cited for running a light at 4:00 a.m. in the morning. $50 fine in TN. A few months ago the small city that had installed the camera shut it off. Evidently there were several things that the city council looked at. One, after news spread around about where the cameras were, people stopped running that light, and they were not getting the revenue expected anymore. Second, it was by a mall, and the area businesses said that their receipts were down and blamed it on the camera's scaring potential customers from coming into the area. Evidently, when first installed the cameras are profitable, but then when people know what to look for the returns dimenish. So California raises the price to keep it profitable? $540 wow.
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  The door bell rang today

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. jw
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  just before i started undressing to take a shower to go to an appointment, the door bell rang.

  i thought about not answering the door, but then thought what the hell it could be my neighbor, who is a widow and in her 70's, needing some help.. at the door was a frail man about 85+ years old dressed in a shabby sport coat, shirt, tie, and slacks, and a skinny woman about 75+ years old in a long dress that needed to be ironed.

  as i grabbed my dog to prevent him from jumping at the screen door, which was partially open, and beating the couple with his tail and making them fall, i thought what am i going to do.

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  85+ and 75+ year old couple, I'm sorry, I don't care what cult they have been mistakeningly conned into following, I would invite them in and serve them tea or coffee, scons or cookies, and let the couple give their "sermon". Be polite, they are at the end of life, I would hate to live with the thought I had mistreated them in some way.
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  Wisdom teeth

  by Arkady in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i am not a jw.

  i am basically here for two reasons:.

  1. i am not satisfied with mainstream christianity and i believe that jw (along with other sects) have some things to offer in terms of answering my questions.

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  Just pray, your tooth will then heal. You must have slacked off of praying and donating.
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  The GB Want More Gimme Gimme Feed Me More Money, What Do We Get?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  if we keep dishing out cash, to pay for all of our wonderful new light and spiritual food, have we, in return, actually only been fed garbage?.

  example.. when they tell us not to bring up anything in older publications, because it is no long considered "the truth"(tm), was it ever the truth(tm)?.

  have we been strung along for 130 years, on imitation food, masquerading, as real food?.

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  JakeM2012

  Jake says, "it's been a 130+ year snipe hunt."

  It would appear Lois that by financially supporting them we are enabling their lunacy? Correct. Like buying alcohol for an alcoholic. It's highly unlikely, but if everyone currently supporting them said they are full of what Outlaw said, they would fold up.

  Question: At what point would a person classify or even compare their non-sense as "FOOD"? Is it pleasurable to eat, No, Can I live on it? Not if you accept their stance on getting enough education to support yourself, blood products, the quality of your life will be low. Does studying such non-sense help you to cope with real life's problems or make a person happier? Only in a fantasy world with fantasy problems.

  Outlaw's comparison is a great one.

  WTBTS is feeding on it's followers, they are not feeding anyone. They are like the flesh eating zoombies, the leaches that suck your blood out, the parasites that eat on you. The only reason they are interested in people is because they want your money, they want you to serve them for free, they want you to volunteer your time, your talents, your strong back to build their realestate empire. All they've got to offer you is some imagined future promised paid by, NOT THEM, but your heavenly father. Go to him to get your reward, don't bother the WTBTS.
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  Lunacy or apostasy?

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over the years i have heard some really strange beliefs shared openly with others in the congregation.

  one sister, for example, stated that you could not be cremated because then "all your molecules will be spread around and jehovah couldn't put you back together.

  " kinda sounds like she got stuck in a nursery rhyme there, a la humpty dumpty.. .

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  That's the thing about the JW lunacy, ""one elder said that THAT part of the NT only applies to the anointed"", They claim the bible is written only for the anointed, but anything about listen, obey, obey, don't complain, is "scripturally" bashed over the great crowds head. Didn't the "angels" fall from heaven because of the earthly womens good looks?

  The WTBTS has been known to offer their opinion supposedly bible based but rather it is on their pre-conceived ideas, and then present their lunacy in a dogmatic authoritative way of delivery, as if they know more than everyone else about details that are just unknown. Wife and I were talking yesterday about how they have to make their opinion known about things in life that are just NOT any of their freddking business and their is so little said in the bible about it anyway.
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  Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?

  by 3rdgen in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.

  although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.

  i know because we've already been through it with my mom.

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  Try research here. BenefitsCheckup.org

  You might be able to get the financial assistance needed through various state and federal programs. I'm assuming your in the U.S.
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  Question about the Farms

  by maninthemiddle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  where is it located?.

  do they still use it as a farm?.

  the farm is where they dug up the barrels of old ink, what are they building there?.

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  Watchtower Farms, here is an article that will explain the circumstances and background. http://www.gunkjournal.com/2012/01/12/news/1201120.html