It's fun to point out to JWs that Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Jesus was vital to the completion of God's Purpose™. Why, then, is he so reviled?
Posts by Scully
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45Pagan Origins
by tinker ina currently active jdub acquaintance occasionally stops by to say hello and we share a wee dram or two.
after the general small talk of new cars, exotic vacations and sports we often get into the "why" we are xjubs.
he is a well educated publisher who holds a phd in child psychology.
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Should I even bother telling someone what I think of their parenting . . . .any advice?
by skeeter1 inthe situation: a neighbor's child and mine have played together for 8 years.
her mother is a single parent, and a probable narcissist.
loves designer clothes, bentleys, money, will not date a regular joe or even a rich man who doesn't drive the right car, wear the right clothes, etc.
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Scully
If the 13 year old is being endangered (being encouraged to party, drink alcohol and be driven over the speed limit without a seatbelt all qualify, as would having all this behaviour modeled for her to emulate), you could place an anonymous report with Child Protective Services.
Then it's out of your hands, and the proper authorities would investigate and ensure the child's best interests are looked after.
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Poster country flags and privacy
by Simon inthe 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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Scully
I opted out of showing the flag on my profile in previous forum formats. I also opted out of showing my gender, although I've freely disclosed information that makes both my gender and country of residence clear.
I prefer to opt out of disclosing that information on my profile. If someone wants to attempt to identify me, they can bloody well work for it, by reading through all of my 13,000+ posts, rather than having it automatically served to them on my profile.
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Not on JW.org : Jehovah's Witness murder covered on Discovery Investigation Wed 8/20/2014
by Balaamsass2 in9:00 pm.
60 min.. deadly devotion (season 2)witness to murdertv-14 cc.
kim anderson, a divorced mother of two and devout jehovahs witness, finally finds the man of her dreams.
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Scully
There are a couple of trailers for this episode on the Investigation Discovery website. Just google Deadly Devotion, Investigation Discovery, Kim Anderson and it will take you right there, if you're not able to view this episode locally.
There is also a book, written by Kim's first husband, James Kostelniuk, by the title Wolves Among Sheep, published by Harper Collins, copyright 2000. Available on Amazon.ca here.
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Scully
January 1, 2015 marks 20 years since we left the JWs. Still have so much gratitude for that decision.
This year I've given myself the gift of being kind to myself. For my entire life I've been my own worst critic. This year I hope that I'll be able to take notice of the positive, trying to drown out the negative self-talk that has dominated life until now.
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Did you ever hear yourself as a JW say something and think, did that just come out of my mouth?
by Wasanelder Once ini was driving with a long time non-witness friend when a song by supertramp came on the radio and i changed it.
she asked "why did you do that?
i like that song.
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They came, they saw, they left...
by NVR2L8 induring the holiday period one if my wife's brothers had planned a vacation in our area.
they drove about 6 hours to a condo they leased for a week to celebrate their wedding anniversary with their married son and daughter.
they called my wife to let her know they were coming to visit us since they were 2 hours away.
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Scully
NVR:
... she stubbornly refuses to engage in any discussion regading the WT organization in fear that it will lead to an unfavorable conclusion.
You could always try quoting scriptures and let Mrs NVR draw her own conclusions. You aren't critical of the Organization™, just the people who make claims about being Jesus' true disciples.
"I wonder if that's what Jesus meant when he talked about having love among yourselves? Would our next door neighbors recognize that as being true disciples of Jesus? Just thinking out loud, honey..."
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urban legends
by chirac indear brothers ans sisters.
i just received this mail in french..(thank you google to have translates it)..this mail is from a still inside brother who encourage to come back.
do you think its a fact or an other urban legend.
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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart
by nicolaou ina woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .
the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.
i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.
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Site issues: Dec 30 Update
by Simon infirst of all, some apologies - i had planned to spend the last couple of days getting everyone signed in to the new site and sorting account issues out but i wasn't getting over the flu as i thought, i got worse.
i've probably had 4 hours sleep in the last few days.
anything that requires too much thinking isn't going to happen right now.
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