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  The Illusion of Superiority

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after reading dozens and dozens of posts and hundreds of comments, it seems to me that a great many people on this forum think that since they figured out ttatt, they must therefore be a highly intelligent and incredibly rational individual.

  let me take a moment to congratulate everyone.

  its a big step to figure this out - i know.. that said, it doesn't make you a genius!

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  frogonmytoe

  It's spelled embarrassment.

  Sorry, couldn't resist. But I do agree that the arrogance we have been instilled with as "God's chosen people" can be difficult to shake. Add to that the human tendency to want to add to one's self esteem by looking for ways in which one is possibly superior to others, and on here we have the world in microcosm.

  I am a grammar nazi, but hold my tongue (fingers?) on here because I don't want to seem arrogant or superior, especially as English grammar and spelling is anything but logical... But I judge you all according to your mistakes. Silently.
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  Sing, sing a song....

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i learnt this game on another site, and its great fun.

  you name a song title and the next person names another title that has one of the words from the first one, making a chain of associations.. so far instance,.

  our house...csny.....house of the rising sun.....bob dylan.... your turn... .

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  frogonmytoe

  River of Dreams - Billy Joel
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  My First Post!

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i won't be lengthy on this.

  i have been in the org for about 20yrs.

  now & woke up about 2yrs ago.

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  frogonmytoe

  Welcome NoMoreHustle!
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  Will reserrected Gays and Lesbians have to give up homosexuality in order to stay in the new system?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do jws believe that if a gay or lesbian is reserrected after the great trib he or she will have to give up homosexuality in order to live..

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  frogonmytoe

  I fancied the nephilim from the Bible Story book. Always have had a thing for the brick-outhouse kind of man...
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  Interesting article about Wikipedia edit wars! JW's rank near the top of religious editing!

  by NoRegrets in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found this interesting!

  the jw's are very,very busy trying to keep a hold on the real information regarding the group's ugly underbelly!.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html.

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  frogonmytoe

  Unfortunately the spin will be "evil apostates try twisting our every word, stick only to mother's JW.org teat...."
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  OMG I'm so happy!!!!

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yup, the apostate is happy.

  i shouldn't be, right, because my life is empty without "jehovah" and the organisation.. but i just got a job at one of the best theme parks in the world, which is so what i want to do, and it's the first permanent job i've had since i lost my government job in 2012!.

  the job pays minimum wage but i don't care because working in tourism and entertainment is what i want to do!

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  frogonmytoe

  Luna Park!
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  Is It Possible? Are They Retiring To Warwick?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not making a bold assertion here, just pursuing an idea.

  what would have to happen to prove that the watchtower is probably "packing it up", conceding the field, retiring to their new headquarters in senescent peace?.

  the dramatic changes we have observed are mostly motivated by money or legal concerns - but not all, as with cutting back on meetings.. you could reasonably have an old guard that still fanatically hopes for armageddon, any day now, while younger men keep their doubts private.

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  frogonmytoe

  It would be convenient to have them all in one place, to contain the rivers of effluence coming from them.

  Completely incongruous to this thread, but Blondie, you made my day with the correct use of 'fewer' and 'less' ;-)
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  Great campagne in Portugal (ex-JW)

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i like to tell you what we've been doing these past few days here in portugal (ex-jw).

  we create a brochure and printing, so we can send to the maximum of congregations in portugal.

  some individuals were also covered in this campaign.. the title of the pamphlet is: "when will the kingdom arrive?".

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  frogonmytoe

  I speak Spanish and can understand some of this (although I DO know it isn't Spanish) it looks great!
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  Frozen and Sparlock the warrior wizard

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given that magic is from satan, this is what we learned from the horrible story about the little boy and sparlock the warrior wizard.

  i am curious to know if witness kids are allowed to see the movie frozen.

  i am not a big disney fan, but this movie was wonderful.

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  frogonmytoe

  My sister won't watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks (witch) but loves Mary Poppins (magic-practising woman who is never actually named a witch).
  
  She also won't watch Lord of the Rings (wizards and demon-like orcs) but let her daughter both read and watch the Hobbit. From the same writer. Based in the same universe. With the same characters.

  I mentioned both of these apparent contradictions but the dissonance created a little nuclear explosion, so I desisted.
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  Hi Guys, I'm new here...

  by Mikado in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been lurking for years, but couldn't log on.

  for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.

  abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.

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  frogonmytoe

  Welcome Mikado, a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan??