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  Average Age of this Forum?

  by Garrett in

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  heyo!.

  i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.

  i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..

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  31. 32 in July
  
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  Four Blood Moons might be significant

  by CharlieSmith1975 in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuqzhnx7xma.

  the bible does say that the "day of jehovah" (armageddon) would be associated with the sun becoming dark followed by the moon turning to blood.

  but the moon turning to blood is specific to a total lunar eclipse.

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  Marking for later... this is too good.
  
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  Lock the parking lot gate after the meeting starts?

  by MinisterAmos in

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  quick synopsis...the local spanish congo is the only one in about a 40 mile radius.

  most of the members live nearby, but the ones in the outskirts have up to a 1 hour trip depending on beach traffic.

  recently the wife and i noticed that the hall's parking lot had been secured by a wall and electric gates added to all three exits and entrances.

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  dazed but not confused

  Its a shaming method. The cong i was in here in Colorado would block off the last 2-3 rows for all the ones who showed up late. The problem was, the hall was full of babies and they responsible ones got there early to sit in the back so as not to disrupt the meeting with getting up with the little ones. It quickly backfired on them because all the babies were fussing from near the front. It only lasted 2-3 weeks. Its funny, treat the late ones like they are babies or worse yet... df'd.
  

  And 5 before it started?! Not 5 after? wow
  
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  Lock the parking lot gate after the meeting starts?

  by MinisterAmos in

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  2. friends

  quick synopsis...the local spanish congo is the only one in about a 40 mile radius.

  most of the members live nearby, but the ones in the outskirts have up to a 1 hour trip depending on beach traffic.

  recently the wife and i noticed that the hall's parking lot had been secured by a wall and electric gates added to all three exits and entrances.

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  Good. Let the "friends" see the "warm christian love."
  
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  Atheists are so evil!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwkdoikigis.

  this is very clever!.

  i'm sure every witness has heard this sort of reasoning over the years?.

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  dazed but not confused

  Love it!
  
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  Good Netflix shows to watch

  by Simon in

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  in the long winter nights you need some good tv shows to watch while you wait for the eternity between seasons of game of thrones.. we've watched marco polo (pretty good) and have just started watching orange is the new black which is not at all what i imagined (didn't know it was funny!).

  house of cards is on the list too as we've heard good things about that.. anyone have any others that are worth seeing?.

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  If you like football and fantasy football or comedies, The League is really funny. 
  
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  Watchtower Study today Jan 4 2015 , Fallacious Reasoning (issue Nov 15 2014)

  by BluesBrother in

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  the subject of the study was jesus resurrection .

  my post is not about the subject and whether or not that can be believed in.

  millions of christians do and it is not my place to debunk religious faith.

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  dazed but not confused

  I wish that my mother never spent $0.10 on the Watchtower and Awake...

  Ditto. My mom came in and was baptized in 1974. Remember, Armageddon was just a year away! :scream:
  

  BB- Thanks for the recap. I've been out nearly 4 years and nothing much has changed. Same old sh*t.
  

  
  
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  Poster country flags and privacy

  by Simon in

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  2. announcements

  the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

  before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

  first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

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  dazed but not confused

  No problem here.

  I just read over all the previous posts. Bottom line, don't share so much personal information that could be used to ID yourself IF you fear being outed.

  Its an open/public forum. Anything you say can and will be used against you. :smirk:
  
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  I have had to create a new account

  by cantleavehasleft in

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  at least my user name is more accurate now.

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  Only 12999 were useless. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

  Either way, glad you made it over.
  
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  Just quit quietly - the law is on your side!

  by Ajax in

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  2. friends

  freedon of religion guarantees any individual the legal right to abandon any religion at any time for any reason.. if you are a citizen of a country which champions human rights, then your government doesn t care what religion you join, but they will uphold your freedom to join it, without interference, coercion or persecution.

  your countries human rights legislation will conversely uphold your rights when it comes time to abandon any religion you so choose.

  those (elders) who incite others interfere, coerce or persecute those who have left will be in transgression of the human rights statutes.. a person is only obligated to ecclesiastic law if he exposes himself to it or transgressed it while still a member of a religious community.. when your time comes to abandon the jw-wt cult, do it while still in good standing, be proactive - be decisive -put it in writing!..and do it before the hounders set sights on you.. write a card or letter with as much or as little explanation as you one day might wish to share with pharisees and lawyers.. take this card to a notary public to have your signature witnessed and have the writing overstamped in several places with the date.

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  dazed but not confused

  You owe them nothing. They have zero authority over you.

  I told an elder that kept calling me, “you have the power and authority over me that I allow you. I don’t allow you any power or authority over me.”

  When I first left, I wrote a few letters of disassociation- some long and some short. It felt good getting it off my chest, but I later deleted them. I agree with those who say “you are reaffirming their power over you by sending a letter of disassociation.”