Xanthippe

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  Why are JW talks & publications never uplifting?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  i was sitting at the meeting the other night and for the first time it hit, jw talks or magazines are never uplifting!

  i rarely, if ever hear a talk or read a magazines and have it give nothing but praise to jehovahs servants or just praise jehovah and jesus throughout it.

  they never just a read through the bible or just a bible story explained or told.

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  My father-in-law's only rebuttal was that "we were getting a window into what it's like a bethel - it's a whole different world and they have to set higher standards so that the world can't pick out any flaws."  Even when I emphasize that they had an unprecedented opportunity to build up 1 million JWs all at once, and they squandered it he sticks to this.  Basically it was a privilege for us to get to see more of them and they shouldn't have to change anything for us. -OneEyedJoe

  They have this whole celebrity thing going on with the GB now don't they? I don't remember it being like this when I was in. They think they're so different from the world, but they just have different celebrities.
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  sooner's new job

  by BigMike in

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  Don't you remember Sooner, Giordano?
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  sooner's new job

  by BigMike in

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  Woo hoo! congratulations! You did it. 
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  Article: Inside the Jehovah's Witnesses' British Headquarters

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.vice.com/read/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-british-headquarters-829.

  vice.

  inside the jehovah's witnesses' british headquartersby adam forrestoct 8 2014. .

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  It tells me their lawyers are worried.
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  I know why you are here.

  by compound complex in

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  i was expecting you, but not so early in the day.. i saw you walk up to my neighbor fred's house last week while i was out getting the newspaper, once again tossed into the bushes by a careless newspaper boy.

  today, it's the usual routine of rising at dawn, fetching the paper from the bushes -- where else?

  -- and settling into my comfy, tattered wing back with the first of several cups of coffee.

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  Thank you CoCo.

  Oh I didn't realise Meet Joe Black was a remake.
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  Special Report: Joel goes undercover at a KH

  by RayPublisher in

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  for those of you that are into activism you may enjoy this special report video.

  here's the description from the jwstruggle youtube channel:.

  my buddy joel the unwitness recently went undercover at a kingdom hall, armed with a notebook, regular clothes, and an american standard bible.

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  Gawd why do we need to pause and review the first two minutes. He decided to go to a Kingdom Hall, I get it, now I'm dying of boredom. Were you both drunk? Can't do this for forty minutes, I'll shoot myself. Don't drink and tube
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  Jim Holt: Why does the universe exist?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoruuqjd81m

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  Stick and bubblegum, oh yeah. Fascinating. I tend to agree with Schopenhauer.
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  Informative and interesting website recommendations please.

  by nicolaou in

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  i've got into a bit of a rut visiting the same half dozen or so sites most of the time.

  i'd love to hear your suggestions for good sites featuring popular science (esp' astronomy and evolutionary biology), natural history, poetry and english literature.

  and anything fun and surprising you might like to spring on me would be welcome too!

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  http://poems.com/poem.php?date=16458

  A daily poem rather than a daily Bible verse 
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  I know why you are here.

  by compound complex in

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  i was expecting you, but not so early in the day.. i saw you walk up to my neighbor fred's house last week while i was out getting the newspaper, once again tossed into the bushes by a careless newspaper boy.

  today, it's the usual routine of rising at dawn, fetching the paper from the bushes -- where else?

  -- and settling into my comfy, tattered wing back with the first of several cups of coffee.

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  I've always loved that quote from Hamlet, CoCo. Isn't Hamlet speaking to Horatio though? Or are you taking poetic licence ?

  Your prose reminds me of my late husband's favourite film, Meet Joe Black. Have you seen it?
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  Informative and interesting website recommendations please.

  by nicolaou in

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  i've got into a bit of a rut visiting the same half dozen or so sites most of the time.

  i'd love to hear your suggestions for good sites featuring popular science (esp' astronomy and evolutionary biology), natural history, poetry and english literature.

  and anything fun and surprising you might like to spring on me would be welcome too!

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  OrphanCrow, yes my garden is very dark with very little light pollution. When I first saw the ISS I couldn't believe how bright it is and how fast it moves.