The ones that allow a child molester to have more rights and privileges within the congregation than the victims of said child molester.
Posts by Scully
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150Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?
by minimus ini know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.
whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?
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Halloween is Sunday.......Share your paranormal experiences with the board
by Judge Dread income on.....................don't be shy......................and do not fear ridicule.. jdw .
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Scully
I wonder if anyone is celebrating the anniversary of CT Russell's demise? I think I might wrap a bedsheet around myself and say it's a toga.
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An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”- Epicurus, BC 341-270
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JW at work hitting on me!! (for real)
by Free!! inon another thread i mentioned i met some jws at work within the past 2 months.
well, 2 of them became particularly interested and getting to know me (a lady and a guy) the lady is really nice, and the only reason i know she is a jw is because she mentioned something about no b-days or christmas and that was it... she has not tried to preach to me or anything.... .
on the other hand... this young guy, well he is making sure he becomes my friend, asked me to be my fb friend and messages me everyday at work or on fb... now the funny thing is he told me he is a jw and about 3 times already he had suggested i read my bible (whenever i post status about being bored or unable to concentrate on homework), well yesterday he sent me a message that said "i would like to talk to you tonite, maybe we can hit it up" my reaction was .
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Scully
iamallcool writes:
I am very content with my sex life now
Of course you are. You've got two hands, which is a slight improvement over no girlfriend.
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Here is the funeral talk outline. VERY discraceful.
by stillstuckcruz inthis is truly terrible.
i just love the statement "instead of eulogizing the deceased, use the material in this outline to give a fine witness concerning the truth.
" in other words, utterly disregard the deceased.
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Scully
"The talk need not exceed 30 minutes."
This is the part that just chaps my ass, every single time I read it. To think that someone who may have spent their entire life in servitude to this damn cult isn't worth a paltry 30 minutes or so of everyone's time, with the majority of it devoted to a farging Infomercial for the cult, is utterly insensitive, positively exploitive, overtly crass, disgusting and completely ungrateful.
*wishes there was a spit-on-the-WT emoticon*
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is it moral and or rational to teach children and adults that Santa is real?
by mankkeli in1) yes it is moral and rational.
2) yes it is moral.
3) yes it is rational.
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Scully
My children were never taught that Santa is real.
We talked about the original Saint Nikolas (who was real) and what he did, and how people loved him so much that they continued his generosity by giving gifts every year. We talk about garments that Saint Nikolas wore, and how it evolved into the Santa suit that is popular now. We talk about how the "Santa" at the store is playing pretend, and that the Magic Reindeer Food we put on the snow is playing pretend.
The presents are real, though.
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Eerie Similarities the Scouts Exposed
by Will Power indid anyone happen to catch recent the fifth estate on cbc??.
episode called "scout's honour".
if you didn't know it was about scouts - it could be the wt's infamous secret list they were talking about.. you can watch the full episode on-line.
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Scully
I couldn't watch it... the first few minutes turned my stomach, knowing what was coming. Maybe when I'm in a different frame of mind I'll be able to.
PS - moved the original untitled topic off the active list, as there is no topic merge function. cheers!
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JWs preparing for some "Special Top Secret Meeting" does anyone knows about this?
by Free!! ini was talking to one of my jw ex-friends today (we keep in contact every once in a while) and she was all excited telling me about the new arregment, a special meeting only for elders, their wives, pioneers and other sheep of "exemplary" conduct... (of course she was invited)..... something about one meeting from bethel that is going to be broadcasted to everyone at assembly halls and translated via radio for those who cannot speak english... is by invitation only (and they are "being discreet w the invitations to avoid offend the ones not invited") and they even gave them tickets they have to present at the door..... anyone has the scoop??
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Scully
That'll be one more weekend you'll never get back.
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Let the shunning begin, apparently...(long-winded)
by lilbluekitty inmy father and i have been going back and forth on facebook in private messages.
it had been since august that my dad had contacted me, before i was beginning to "come out" about not wanting to be a jw, and actually i haven't actually stated that to any of my family or jw friends yet, as i was hoping to do the fade thing.. well i wrote to my dad and he has recently been very sr (self-righteous) lately and was copy/pasting "answers" to my questions right out of the wt cd-rom.
i called him on it and asked him to speak out of his heart.
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Scully
With the exception of the FB stuff, that could be a letter I'd write to my JW relatives.
Jumping to conclusions is par for the course with them. Geez, if you look at them sideways, they're ready to call you Bad Association™, or worse... and then the silent treatment begins.
I try to handle it all in stride - when they start dropping like flies before Armageddon™ comes, they're the ones who will have wasted their entire lives on a stupid-assed cult, not me. Personal choice and all that.
The healthiest way for me to deal with it is to just go on with my life, without them. They chose to shun. They chose to be out of my life, and I refuse to grovel and beg for them to be part of my life if they made the personal choice to shun me. I will not give them the satisfaction. I will not validate their beliefs by attempting to maintain a relationship with them that they have made plain they do not want to have.
Chin up. We're all in this together.
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DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THIS?
by lola-rabbit indose anyone remember this issue?
i remember i was 18 when i read this, being a youth myself i put myself in their shoes and i was so sad and angry.
their short lives were stolen.
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Scully
The Heaven's Gate cult ended with 39 suicides.
Jonestown saw 918 people died after being coerced into committing suicide, and compelling their children to drink poisoned "kool-aid".
The seige on the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX took 76 lives.
53 people died in a mass suicide/homicide in the Solar Temple cult.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If the bodies of every JW who died for lack of a blood transfusion were gathered together in one spot, I truly believe the numbers would be even more staggering than Jonestown, Waco, Heaven's Gate, and the Solar Temple combined. The WTS's continued existence is partly due to these deaths occurring at relatively random times and places - the outcry that would take place if the thousands of men, women and children were all in one location, at one time, would be deafening.
The fact that the WTS is utilizing and relying very heavily on the "personal choice" defense rather than owning up to their deadly teachings shows that they are terrified of any ramifications coming their way.