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  My son finally got his first car

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. social
  2. family

  on saturday my son finally got around to getting his driver's license, and then on monday, he bought his first car.

  you might be thinking he is 16 or 17, but you'd be wrong.

  he is almost 22 and in his third year of college.

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  smiddy3

  That`s nice Tammy sounds like your son has his head screwed on right and I wish him well in his studies .

  He's very wise when it comes to money, even more so than his parents.

  Sounds like my boys and their parents

  
  
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  Lord of the Ring

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this pope is apparently not comfortable with people kissing his ring.

  should you meet him please be aware of this new light.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4qckk4atyy .

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  smiddy3

  There is no way the WT /JW religion will be around for another 2000 years ,the writing is already on the wall for them.
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  Went to the KH a few days ago.

  by nowawake14 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i actually visited the kh a few days ago.

  i just needed to see some friends.

  i hadn't been in months.

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  smiddy3

  I have reached out over the years to a few I considered good friends while in the "truth" for 33 years and even though a couple seemed genuinely pleased that I made that initial contact they have never bothered to reciprocate my call to them and that has been years ago now.

  My philosophy now is "If they don`t want to know me ,I don`t want to know them "
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  McFarland Fx W. Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lorain Ohio, 2016

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  just stumbled across this record of a child abuse case in ohio which apparently went to the ohio supreme court:.

  http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2016/2016-ohio-5462.pdf.

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  smiddy3

  Due to the way Watchtower handles these matters by involving elders, judicial committees, the service and legal departments, they rarely stay within the bounds of the clergy-penitent privilege.

  And are the rank and file members of Jehovah`s witnesses even aware that the governing Body / Legal department resort to claiming Clergy-Penitent privilege in a court of law ?,when they proclaim to their congregations they do not have a Clergy class within there religion ? Thereby separating themselves from Christendom`s religions ?

  Are they not Hypocrites ? Liars ? Deceivers ? of what is true ?

  
  
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  Jussie Smollett Charges Dropped!!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting breaking news!.

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  smiddy3

  the N word i would use is Nitwit just to jump on the bandwagon
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  Funeral Fashion

  by ThinkerBelle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a funeral to attend for a non jw family member and the jdub family member reminded me that i should not wear black.

  for the life of me, i can't recall where this belief came from in jw teachings and i'm born in.

  is there something in print or is that just a personal opinion belief?

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  smiddy3

  I have been to a couple of "worldly" funerals and most people just wear everyday smart casual clothing ,nothing black to be seen.

  However going back a few decades especially in Europe and of Italian descent black was probably the norm.
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  I got to give a speech at the University of Louisville today about JWs and Propaganda

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today my wife and i went to college.

  although not allowed to go to college as jws we got to lead a class today and it was really special to be able to do that.

  the class was an honors class on social media and psychology and i created a presentation around the propaganda and manipulation used against us as jws.

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  I plan to watch this later ,sounds like a great opportunity you both had.
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  Awake February 2013: Where do they find these people?

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  professor massimo tistarelli:.

  "my sister gave me a copy of the book life - how did it get here?

  by evolution or by creation?

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  smiddy3

  What a very interesting thread ,I truly enjoyed it .
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  My face in real life

  by blisterfeet in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so after years of being out of the orginization, and using a pseudonym i have put my face out there for the world to see.

  the repercussions have been real.

  but i am also convicted in my stance.

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  smiddy3

  I enjoyed the video and it was a pleasure to see a knowledgeable interviewer on the subject of JW`s conducting it .

  I just have one small gripe.If i had no knowledge of the JW religion at all , and I watched this video I would have got the impression that she cut herself off from her own family after leaving the religion .

  Nowhere did she say that they her family shunned her or disowned her for leaving the religion .

  I tried to look at it as though I was someone who didnt know anything about JW`s and that`s what I came away with.

  Otherwise I truly enjoyed the whole presentation.

  And good luck to you m` lady ,I wish you well.
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  The Watchtower logically prefers everyone that knows TTATT to disfellowship themselves

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  every active jw that stays in hiding their knowledge about ttatt is a hole in the watchtower wall.

  i propose those who can stay in, should, especially if they have high positions.

  how else can we know what they are up to?

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  smiddy3

  I can see value in that now to some extent ,however I do believe its something they themselves have to experience that will wake them up and not something someone says to them .