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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Yeah like I said I am not sure why that caught my eye. Maybe because in general when the WTS makes up their own photos for a mag the groups represented are generic.

Like when there is a picture of a priest, you generally can't tell whether he is Catholic, Protestant, Church of England etc etc. The Guy Fawkes mask has become a symbol of Anonymous and protest groups related to it and is a readily identifiable mark of theirs.

Or maybe its because I loooooooooove the comic that the mask comes from (and the movie)!

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Yeah like I said I am not sure why that caught my eye. Maybe because in general when the WTS makes up their own photos for a mag the groups represented are generic.

Like when there is a picture of a priest, you generally can't tell whether he is Catholic, Protestant, Church of England etc etc. The Guy Fawkes mask has become a symbol of Anonymous and protest groups related to it and is a readily identifiable mark of theirs.

Or maybe its because I loooooooooove the comic that the mask comes from (and the movie)!

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Came clean to the wife and all is good!

by Comatose in

i have been reading steven hassan's books as well studying like never before.

my wife has seen the amount studying i am doing, just hasnt known what all subjects instudy.

over the last few weeks i've slowly shared certain things.

WinstonSmith

Duuuuuuuuuuude.

Nice work mate ;-)

From Mr and Mrs Smith

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Talesin: You want MORE meat in due season? More? You'll have to wait until the Slave is ready to give you more spititual food. By the way, the spiritual food we gave you last week is no longer spiritual food. New light has shown us that this new thing is now spiritual food...........for now.

Phizzy: It was just hilarious. I could not believe my ears. Numbnuts indeed - he's a cyclist ;-)

Did anyone else notice that in one of the pictures in the WT study coming up in a couple of weeks, there are two people in the protest group wearing Guy Fawkes masks, like supporters of Anonymous wear? Not really sure why but this caught my attention. I guess it is an accurate portrayal of a potential mob, but usually the WTS is generic in their photos when it comes to showing other groups, organisations or religions. Having said that Anonymous are hard to define. Having said that, the Guy Fawkes mask is a symbol of their movement.

So yeah, I still don't know why, but I was surprised to see that.

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Can't afford to pay Candace, but they can afford this:

by WinstonSmith in

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true.

WinstonSmith

Yup, the publishers will have maybe had some sort of resolution donation over the months and years leading up to completion. They would have had to borrow any other required money from the Society. It will be paid off via a monthly per publisher calculated remittance, then when the time comes for an assembly to be held there, the congregations will be charged on a per publisher rate for the privelige of hiring the hall they already paid for. If it is like the assembly halls here in Australia, the rate is $6 - $8 per publisher.

3000 people at $6 per is about $18,000.00.

Not a bad scam if you can get in on it.

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Can't afford to pay Candace, but they can afford this:

by WinstonSmith in

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true.

WinstonSmith

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Roberta84: Thank you for your nice comments! I hope everyone can understand my ramblings and take something away that is beneficial :-)

Bsmart: What?? You didn't get the WTS approved version? Mate, we're sure gonna miss you in paradise...

I came across this today. It's pretty interesting given the recent "Waaah we don't have enough money to pay off the Conti case" comments.

I guess we know where their priorities lie.

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Had one of those "eye roll" moments last night.

We had dinner with some friends in our congregation, and the hubby has just bought a Tablet (because "The Society says we should use the internet" !!!!!) and as I have one too, he was asking me some questions on how to use it.

I showed him how to download an ereader and explained the difference between PDF and ePUB. We downloaded an app and, of course it came with some books preloaded. When he saw that there were books pre-loaded, he says:

"I want to delete those, I don't want them on here, because you never know whats in them."

Cue EYE ROLL.

The books that were preloaded were Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice, and Oliver Twist. Obviously books reknowned for their long history of turning people away from the truth due to their demonic content....

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Today is Australia Day in this beautiful country. We celebrate it by firing up the BBQ, burning some meat, imbibing alcohol based beverages, and regaling our friends with hyperbolic stories. Our move here was lifechanging in many ways. The most significant of which was that our time in the congregations here became the straw that broke the camel's back and woke us up to the truth about the Truth.

Thanks Australia. If it's okay, we'd like to stick around a bit longer.

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Yes indeedy, I like to get the grey matter churning. Amazing, this is the same old junk the WTS has been serving up for years, yet only in the last couple have I ever drilled deeper.

The mind is a wonderful (and scary) thing.