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  Stephen Fry says everything I believe in two minutes

  by cofty in

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  "it is perfectly apparent that god is monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect whatsoever.

  the moment you banish him, your life become purer, simpler, cleaner; more worth living in my opinion.".

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  William Penwell

  I agree
  
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  Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)

  by berrygerry in

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  interesting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.

  http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.

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  William Penwell

  I know one thing that this cult will never get another nickel from me or my two sons who have no use for the cult either.
  
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  Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)

  by berrygerry in

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  interesting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.

  http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.

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  William Penwell

  I knew of a case here locally that the mother gave all her money to the WT because her children were not good dubs. All that did was sour the children even more against the WT. I think this could be challenged if there was no money left to the children. I have to say my parents were fair and the inheritance was equally split between all of their children dubs and non dubs. 
  
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  Serena Williams

  by New day in

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  i am a big tennis fan and today i watched serena williams win the australian open, one of the four tournaments which make up the pinnacle of achievement in the tennis world, the grand slam.

  in her victory speech the first thing she said was that she thanked her god jehovah for the victory.

  now i know that rumours have circulated for a long time as to whether she is a baptised witness or not, but she is definitely associated with witnesses .

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  Not defending the dubs here but her statement, "the first thing she said was that she thanked her god Jehovah for the victory", does not sound like a good dub to me.
  
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  Upcoming meeting Re: KH Construction

  by pixel in

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  fresh from the "press":to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territoryre: local design/construction department broadcastdear brothers:the work of constructing and maintaining theocratic facilities throughout the unitedstates branch territory is indeed great!

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  29:1) with this in mind, we are pleased to informyou of a special meeting to be presented on saturday, january 31, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. easternstandard time (est) to all elders and circuit overseers in the united states branch territory.the meeting will be approximately two and a half hours in length and will includepresentations by members of the local design/construction department, the united statesbranch committee, the worldwide design/construction department, and a member of the governingbody.

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  William Penwell

  Sounds like they will build these new KH along a busy street so anyone walking by can just walk in. Then they will probably have brothers and sisters in the front lobby welcoming people, answering questions and handing out literature. This is not my mothers religion anymore. Seems like there goal is to become more efficient in the witnessing work. Especially in metropolitan areas where mostly condos and door to door witnessing is becoming harder and harder to do. I wonder if there will still be banging on doors?
  
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  Upcoming meeting Re: KH Construction

  by pixel in

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  fresh from the "press":to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territoryre: local design/construction department broadcastdear brothers:the work of constructing and maintaining theocratic facilities throughout the unitedstates branch territory is indeed great!

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  29:1) with this in mind, we are pleased to informyou of a special meeting to be presented on saturday, january 31, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. easternstandard time (est) to all elders and circuit overseers in the united states branch territory.the meeting will be approximately two and a half hours in length and will includepresentations by members of the local design/construction department, the united statesbranch committee, the worldwide design/construction department, and a member of the governingbody.

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  will be discussed  =  will be presented and you have to accept it (and no discussion is allowed)

  I remember when they used to vote on something in the KH about contributing to the society. It was like, "I motion we send the KH surplus money to the WT to further the kingdum work". "I second that motion". "All in favour raise your hand". Well you knew it was a farce because these motions all were unanimous. I do recall one brother question that maybe we should not send all the money as it would be nice to keep this in case of an emergency. I thought he made a good point but was vilified by the rest of the elders for questioning their motion.
  

  
  
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  I just went to a "wordly" funeral/memorial service.

  by William Penwell in

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  as my topic stated, i just came back from a co-worker memorial service that was not a witness.

  the minister did get into the religious stuff a bit but that was expected.

  i just respectfully listened.

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  I am fully aware of the scripture that says God works in mysterious ways but I'll be damned if anyone from any religion will convince me that the Lord dropped that tree on that school bus with three innocent children in it because heaven needed three more angels.

  Also can you imagine the horror those poor little girls may have experienced just before they died? Then they say it is a loving god. I mean if an all powerful god wanted to call them to heaven at least he could have taken them peacefully in their sleep.

  I've been to funerals where everyone has been laughing because of the stories and anecdotes about the character who's departed. That's surely the way to be sent off - with your friends and relatives remembering the best about you and what you were like.

  Yes there was a few times where they had the people in attendance laughing. If you knew the diseased you would know she was very out going and enjoyed a good laugh.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  I just went to a "wordly" funeral/memorial service.

  by William Penwell in

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  as my topic stated, i just came back from a co-worker memorial service that was not a witness.

  the minister did get into the religious stuff a bit but that was expected.

  i just respectfully listened.

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  As my topic stated, I just came back from a co-worker memorial service that was not a witness. The minister did get into the religious stuff a bit but that was expected. I just respectfully listened. Then they had different ones stand up and pay tribute to the individual and the floor was open to anyone else that wanted to say something. This is good although it dragged the service out a bit. I think all together it was close to an hour.I like the idea that friends can say something on behalf of the deceased unlike dub funerals where it is all a big sales pitch for the religion.

  Now the only thing I had trouble with is on the handout it says that "god had called this person to heaven" and "that he only takes the best". Not meaning to offend anyone here but what a load of garbage. So god in his infinite wisdom leaves the bad ones here on earth?  Also what type of a loving god kills someone with an awful disease just because he has called them to heaven? Just another reason why I do not believe in a god. 
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  Hello

  by Garrett in

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  hello forum,.

  i'm new here and not sure where to post.

  so, i'm 21 years old and currently a baptized witness, however, i'm slowly making my mind up to leave and here's why.. first, there are certain things that make no sense to me in the organization.

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  William Penwell

  I came to these conclusions 40 years ago. Just remember that 99.9% of the population are not JW's, so you have a whole new world out there to discover. Just as there was in the congregation, there are good and bad people. You just have to be careful who you choose for friends.
  
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  Map of blasphemy laws

  by rebel8 in

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  wth canada?!

  that one surprised me the most.. end-blasphemy-laws.org.

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  I wouldn't count on the present government doing anything about these laws.