Captain Schmideo2

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  "The likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed"

  by nicolaou in

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  2. current

  presidential hopeful ben carson of course.

  this isn't another gun control debate, i just thought it might be fun to have a topic where we can dump all the hysterical quotes from the candidates.. it's a deep and plentiful mine folks!

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  “follow me around . . . it will be boring”

  Gary Hart, Democratic candidate for President, when confronted about rumors of womanizing. Weeks later, photo evidence emerged of womanizing, and he was out.
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  The new changes is a clear indication that we are one step closer to the end...

  by RobertT18 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that was today's topic over a group chat of my cong's young jbots.

  apparently the rumors are circulating everywhere i go, even people from the spanish congs are talking about it.

  what's really sad is that the majority of people are already seeing this as "clear" signs of the end coming.

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  "it's a Sign, alright...'Going out of business!' " -Jeanine from Ghostbusters
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  America Mass Shooting: 10/1/2015

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since this will be the norm in america, perhaps we should put a date on each of these topics.

  can't really put school mass shooting because too many to choose from.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nus9BZlAfQ
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  A call from family - Armageddon this month!

  by kaik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i very seldom receive a call from my jw siblings, i mean seldom.

  i can count them on my hand in past 10 years.

  while we talk about mom a lot and i am in touch with her, i was very surprised when i received this call.

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  The next time I hear this, I will challenge: "I will wager you a dollar against me mowing your lawn in Paradise for 2000 years that it will not happen."
  Of course, JW's don't bet, but....
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  The Heartbreak of having a brainwashed friend

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, recently, i made a reconnection with a long lost jw friend.i first met her when i was about 12 or 13, and she was about 10.. she was a lovely young lady, very poised, very intelligent, a cut above the other girls in the hall.

  easy to talk to.

  i was in love with her.all the boys in the hall loved her.

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  Please keep in mind...
  I am NOT looking for a romantic relationship in this. I am married, and I intend to stay that way. That ship that could have been had sailed decades ago.
  I do care enough that I would like to see her happy, (which she seems to be) except a lot of that happiness is based on a fantasy, a lie that she has believed all her life.
  
  As far as the food "tasting as Jehovah intended"- she is very much into organic, non-GMO produce, and feels that what eat now is not as it should be. (She's probably correct on that score.)
  
  
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  Bethel Layoff Notices arrive under Bethellite doors

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just heard from a reliable source that some at the canadian branch have received their lay-off notices under their doors at bethel.

  don't know what the letter looks like.

  probably something like, " the tribe has spoken, bring us your torches"

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  "I wonder how it felt to be the person who had to shove those letters under the door."
  
  "Better them than me!"
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  "Alarmageddon"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  " alarmageddon " .

  this term came to mind as i thought of just how weird it is that witnesses actually look forward to seeing billions of people killed..... also, at how strange it is that the org has repeatedly tried to work out the date or time for it to happen.

  (although they will deny doing this ...but the old publications and talks etc are there on record!

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  If anything, many of the true believers I know (like my mother in law) just exist in anguish over the idea that their sons, daughters, siblings, parents, will die because they refused to believe in "The Truth" (tm). Or that disfellowshipped family members will return "before it's too late". They also believe, beyond all reason, that other loved ones will be resurrected from death due to Jehovah's mercy, giving them a second chance to become believers. I am sure there are a few assholes out there who can't wait to see people burn in flames: "They'll be sorry they ever laughed at ME!", but, so many of them live in a special distress over a much anticipated event.
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  Letter from Brazilian Branch: Buildings

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this letter will be read in all the congregations of brazil on the service meeting this week.

  (google translation - original available)originala todas as congregacoesprezados irmaos:nao ha duvida de que jeova tem abencoado ricamente seu povo no mundo inteiro.

  isso fica evidenteno aumento do numero de publicadores e no notavel progresso espiritual de nossa organizacao.

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  All I can say, if this is not enough to shock people into waking up, then nothing will. They will be just fine with rolling out the barrels of Flavor Aid laced with cyanide, drink drink drink, see you in Paradise!
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  The Heartbreak of having a brainwashed friend

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
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  so, recently, i made a reconnection with a long lost jw friend.i first met her when i was about 12 or 13, and she was about 10.. she was a lovely young lady, very poised, very intelligent, a cut above the other girls in the hall.

  easy to talk to.

  i was in love with her.all the boys in the hall loved her.

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  Doubtful, but there is hope!
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  The Heartbreak of having a brainwashed friend

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, recently, i made a reconnection with a long lost jw friend.i first met her when i was about 12 or 13, and she was about 10.. she was a lovely young lady, very poised, very intelligent, a cut above the other girls in the hall.

  easy to talk to.

  i was in love with her.all the boys in the hall loved her.

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  So, recently, I made a reconnection with a long lost JW friend.
  
  I first met her when I was about 12 or 13, and she was about 10.

  She was a lovely young lady, very poised, very intelligent, a cut above the other girls in the hall. Easy to talk to. I was in love with her.All the boys in the Hall loved her. But if she noticed all the attention, she found it amusing, and wasn't at all cruel about it.
  Her parents, or rather, her Mom and her Step-dad, were very adept at keeping a force field around her. They couldn't stop people from talking to her at the Hall, but they definitely would stymie efforts in letting anyone with a Y chromosome do any activities with her at any other time.
  As a result, there were many aspects of her and her life I never really knew.
  So, about 30 years after the last time I ever saw her (by then, I was about 20), I now reconnect with her, both of us in our "mature years".

  It has been very exciting to know her again! After all these years, I find out that she has hidden artistic talent, she teaches art workshops, she has a food blog, she went to culinary school, she's more interesting now than when I knew here then. I am almost afraid to say it, but, dang it, I am still in love with her, much as I was when I was 12.
  But, like a grinning, ugly Jack in the box, that old cult speak just pops out in the chats.

  "I will be SO glad when Jehovah's kingdom is here, and the food tastes like he intended it to taste."
  "So looking forward to the paradise."
  "People are so lost without the kingdom hope."
  
  I haven't had the heart or the balls to tell her that my wife and I don't go to meetings anymore, that I don't believe in all this crap anymore, and that, if we are lucky, we are only going to be here another 25 years before the inevitable happens.
  
  In her personal life, she has been through a lot:married young (to escape her home life), husband turned out to a be phony, immature dick who abandoned her with to small children to raise on her own, siblings no longer Witnesses due to various personal problems, and I know she has to cling to something to give her hope and assurance in her life.
  But WHY does it have to be this made up, fairy tale, pie in the sky bullsh*t?
  With her looks, intelligence, and talent, she could have had a much better 30 years if she had used those to better her life choices, rather than subduing those talents, rather than marrying a jerk who didn't deserve her to escape a stepfather who was same way. So many things she could have done, but instead, she is waiting for a pipe dream that will never happen.
  
  Sigh.
  
  It only intensifies the feeling that so many of us lost so much of our lives in the past 30 years, and for nothing, not even a bowl of lentil soup.