William Penwell

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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

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  Yeah it's not like they ever invade your space at 8 am on a Saturday morning banging on your door and telling you your gonna die if you don't join their club.

  This is not the issue here and we should be above that. I do not agree with Muslims belief but I have enough respect not to go into their house of worship and make fun of them.

  I loved the composure everybody else maintained. Very dignified indeed.

  What a jerk!!!

  Yes they were very composed and it will only make outsiders looking at this video feel sorry for the JW's in attendance.
  
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  Petition to Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status

  by ABibleStudent in

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  fyi, if you feel that scientology's tax-exempt status should be revoked, you can sign a white house petition to revoke its tax-exempt status at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/revoke-scientologys-tax-exempt-status.. i signed the petition even though i have mixed feelings about this petition.

  i would prefer that dangerous cults like scientology be reformed by suspending its tax-exempt status until it makes needed changes and i do not like targeting a specific organization when the whole system should be changed.

  on the other hand this type of action may help to promote debate about revising the tax codes in the us.. i do prefer revising the tax code like i wrote about in revise tax code to protect children from sexual abuse .. peace be with you and everyone, who you love,.

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  I wished I could sign it.
  
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  The Science Is In: God Is The Answer...

  by OUTLAW in

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  the science is in: god is the answer.

  research shows kids raised with spirituality are happier and healthier in the vulnerable teen years.

  why arent we all signing up?.

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  For every example of how religion has made humans better people I can show you examples of the opposite. One example is the middle east. Mostly they are all the same religion and they can't get along.
  
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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

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  But similar OPs seem to fall into a generational and gender like/dislike of these types of sophomoric actions. In other words, these types of incidents seem to play well with males under the age of 35 or so. I"m watching this as an ex-Dub who has no love for the Dark Lords and I'm feeling sorry for the rank and file at this Memorial.

  I think this is a reflection of society as a whole that the younger generation have no respect for anyone. With the advent of the internet, cell phone cameras they think anything is free game to video and post on youtube. If you read my postings you will know I have no love for this cult but as another poster said it made even myself feel sorry for the dubs there. I can picture my elderly mother sitting there and upsetting her.
  
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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

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  I have a really silly question- what is with the flowers on the stage? I know in Christian churches it is common place for large arrangements on holidays, why don't jw's consider this being part of the 'world' to do the same? or do they always have flowers?

  The witness looks at this as a memorial to Christ death and resurrection. Thus the flowers. I seem to recall at all the memorials I have attended they had flowers. As far as being a worldly custom you have a good point but with witness this is always inconsistent.

  I have already stated as being in the camp of NO this is counter productive. Comes across as childish and immature. Reminds me of the time the teen idiots followed us from door to door heckling us. All it did was made us look good in the eyes of the house holders and united us in the fact that we were being persecuted for the "truth".
  
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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

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  Not to offend you but I do not know what you are trying to accomplish here. If you think this will change the average dub thinking you are wrong as you just came across as a bunch of "wacko apostates". It only justifies in their minds that they are being persecuted for the "truth" sake.
  
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  The end

  by Garrett in

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  oh...my...god.... i can't.. well, i am officially done trying to explain things to them.

  they talk in circles, and their excuse for everything is "imperfect men".

  imperfect men!.

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  Circular arguments, reminds me of my ex. I would get so flustered that I would feel like hitting my head on a wall. You can't win. You have to learn to plant seeds out doubt in their heads and let their own common sense reason with them.
  
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  The witnesses got away with covering up another molestation case

  by recovering in

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  http://www.webpronews.com/jehovahs-witnesses-get-only-partial-dismissal-in-child-molesting-case-2015-04.

  i find it extremely interesting the comment of one of the posters who is studying with the witnesses.. frank j karasienski 3 days ago .

  individuals are flawed..... looking at this article it really makes it look like an organization is hiding the situation.

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  Reading some of the responses I see the Dubs are out in force to try and put their own dis-information out there. Seems like when they get challenged their only response then is to call the person an idiot. Some Christian organization.
  
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  I'm confused about the Memorial? Great crowd?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  this was my first memorial thinking outside of the box.

  last year i was starting to have questions but this is the first year i noticed a lot of bs.

  can anyone clarify a few things for me?.

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  This never made any sense to me either. Like you had to actually touch the cup of wine and plate of crackers to make it official. Just more dub BS.
  
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  Here at last, My JC letter. No response but heard thru the grapevine that I was DA'd anyways.

  by Question_Mans_interpretation in

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  hello all, i finally got around to posting my letter to my judicial committee meeting requests.

  sorry its kind of long, it came to 4 pages because of the special meeting requests.

  tuesday january 28, 2014.

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  Now a days they don't even need an announcement at the Kingdum Hall. I posted on another post how someone in our family now has decided that my son is not a good associate due to a post he made on Facebook and my son was asked not to go to a family function. My son has being doing the slow fade for the last 15 years. We think we know who might have said something and if it is this person he is a f*ing hypocrite himself.