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  Charles Manson Is Dead

  by Bangalore in

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/obituaries/charles-manson-dead.html.

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  scratchme1010

  My taxpayer money supported the pathetic life of that loser. Good riddance.
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  stupid questions

  by road to nowhere in

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  paragraph 4 today: "what are we gonna consider?

  " maybe that is the article title?

  the other is: "what will we consider next week?

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  scratchme1010

  paragraph 4 today: "What are we gonna consider?" maybe that is the article title? the other is: "what will we consider next week?"
  

  They have to accommodate for their lowest level of literacy that will follow their nonsense.

  Not to be crass, but what does that say about you paying attention to that nonsense? You are obviously above it.
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  "entitled" talks

  by road to nowhere in

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  one thing that bugs the heck out of me is the exclusive use of entitled when offering the name of any talk or article.

  can;t it ever be "on the subject of", named, titled, called, about or anything else.. i guess technically it is a correct usage, but entitled always (to me) means gives the idea of being in a special privelege, having a right to something or such..

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  Feel happy is that's what bothers you about them.
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  The end of this system is so very near.....NOT

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses - warwick, new york.

  “yes, the end of this system is so very near!

  is that no reason to increase our activity?… reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service.

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  ...the end of this system is so very near!

  I have to give it to them, they have been masterful at surviving out of that bullshit for over a century.
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  Where to go for the 'Deep Things'?

  by cobweb in

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  2. bible

  as someone who has been out a while, i wondered what publications a jw would turn to now if they want to do serious bible research.

  are there any meaty jw publications left?

  i haven't heard of the insight books being revised.

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  Are there any meaty JW publications left?
  

  There never were. They were bloated BS, now they are lean BS. Still BS.
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  Do you like clouds?

  by compound complex in

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  scratchme1010

  Nice picture. Thanks.
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  Dirty comment my witness mom said to me

  by Jayk in

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  "you're getting very cocky and its gonna get your cock thrown out of here" my step dad then starts laughing and im just speechless at that point.

  i just moved back home, i was 19 because and needed a place to stay.

  she thought i was backed a corner and had no where else to go.. we where having a argument over something probably really stupid.

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  scratchme1010

  Depending on what happens after, I think in the future that incident may become a funny memory.
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  I'm coming back to the forum after 10 months, and new challenges...

  by Mandrake in

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  2. family

  i haven't been here for about 10 months and just looked over some topics to update myself, well i came back for a very particular reason... my family was, father, mother, sister and i... the split up (4 years ago), only my father remained jw, my sister left but lives with him, and i've been living by myselft over the last months sharing an apartment with my girlfriend (worldly) an his brother (worldly) (we are a "modern family" hahahaha).... so the relation with my father have been in many different phases the last 4 years, having in mind that he cheated my mom with her best friend (woman) within the congregation an married her just few months ago... so today it's my birthday and i called dad and told him that i had a great time anyway and that to be "even more pagan" i set up my christmas tree today.... he had never questioned me for dating and living with my current girfriend nor tried to "bring me back to the congregation", but he replied to me: "hey, talking about being a pagan, i'm not confortable with things now because i want us to como closer together again and do more things like having lunch or whathever and your are now df, can you talk to the elders and take back the letter you sent them da-ing so we can share more?".

  i don't know what to do, i really mean what i wrote in my d.a.

  letter, i needed to vent what i think of the borg now, i'm no way taking it back, those are like my luther's theses ... i can't believe my father divorced my mother on no biblical ground, continued dating her best jw friend, and 3 years later they got married and are a happy respectable "christian" couple... and now he suddendly is not confortable with me because i sent a letter to the elders telling them i no longer believed the same shit they do... my sister simply stopped attending meetings and dated worldly boys, celebrate xmas, birthdays and stuff, but with me is different just because i have a clearer idea of who i really am and i'm trying to live by that.. i thinks this whole thing is unfair, he is totally blackmailing me, it's been years to get to this friendly level with my father, and now he is adding this awful pressure.

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  ...can you talk to the elders and take back the letter you sent them DA-ing so we can share more?"

  I know it's not an easy situation, but I'd remind him that you taking that action is not the only option He has to accept that he can talk and have lunch with you, and that he has the option of doing so and respecting your decision.

  He can blackmail you only if you see it as a one-way street. Relationships go both ways. So the way I see it, it's not true that he had not "tried to bring me back to the congregation". He is trying to bring you back to the congregation, and this is probably battle one of probably a series of things that he will start wanting from you in the name of your relationship.

  He must respect your decision. What he's doing is very manipulative, and you're not even noticing. He's the one responsible for not having a good relationship with you.
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  Death of a last Grandparent

  by ScottyRex in

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  still read this forum from time to time, and a long time member originally since early 2000's.

  recently lost my last surviving grandparent, my great and wonderful nan.

  what a flood of emotions that released!

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  scratchme1010

  My condolences. Thanks for sharing.
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  question of the day does a religious org have the right to hold confidential info on one of its members

  by poopie in

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  to keep confidential records on a person and not inform the person..

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  scratchme1010

  Wasn't that the same question from yesterday?