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  So, I went to the memorial service of a man I have known since childhood...

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  i have been on a fade for years, so this is the first time i have been in a kh for months.the deceased was barely 52 when he died.

  from cancer.

  one year younger than me.the memorial was the standard "read the obituary column word for word, then do the jw commercial for 25 minutes" plus a new twist (to me), they played a video called "around the corner" https://youtu.be/tfccoyp0vsu.

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  Nope, no misinterpretation.
  Oh, and this:
  "In lieu of flowers, please send a contribution to the Worldwide Work for Jehovah's Witnesses".
  
  I imagine they took the pennies from his eyes as well...
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  So, I went to the memorial service of a man I have known since childhood...

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been on a fade for years, so this is the first time i have been in a kh for months.the deceased was barely 52 when he died.

  from cancer.

  one year younger than me.the memorial was the standard "read the obituary column word for word, then do the jw commercial for 25 minutes" plus a new twist (to me), they played a video called "around the corner" https://youtu.be/tfccoyp0vsu.

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  I have been on a fade for years, so this is the first time I have been in a KH for months.
  
  The deceased was barely 52 when he died. From cancer. One year younger than me.
  
  The memorial was the standard "read the obituary column word for word, then do the JW commercial for 25 minutes" plus a new twist (to me), they played a video called "Around the Corner"
  https://youtu.be/tFCcOYP0VSU

  And I remember how, when I was a young and hearty 18 years old, being told I wouldn't have to worry about getting old in this system of things. And that was 35 years ago. Guess what? I am old, too.
  
  They were using that expression, "Just Around The Corner", when I was younger than 18. That corner is a very, very long corner.
  
  https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/print/alfred-frueh-just-around-the-corner-new-yorker-cartoon_u-l-q112znz0.jpg?src=gp&w=300&h=300

  I have gotten to pondering about the situation so many witnesses are in, and I am reminded of this anecdote:
  
  

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2071319/Fake-bus-stop-keeps-Alzheimers-patients-from-wandering-off.html

  In a nutshell, in order to keep patients from wandering off the grounds of the nursing home, the staff constructed a fake bus stop. The patients will wait at the stop, for a bus that isn't coming, and it keeps them on the grounds.
  
  And that is what the Paradise Hope (tm) is. It's a fake bus stop that keeps the inmates calm, and keeps them on the grounds of the Borg.
  
  And many of us were waiting at that bus stop for a very, very long time. And gave up our youth, our opportunities, our futures, for a non-existent bus.
  
  I will miss my friend. He was, by all accounts, a decent guy. He was too young to die. And he got lied to, just like I did. Like you did, Like we all did.
  
  Thanks for listening. Glad I have a forum to put these thoughts out there.
  
  
  
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  Charles Manson Is Dead

  by Bangalore in

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  2. current

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

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  You know, I believe Charles Manson was a scumbag and a pimp and a sociopath, but I have a hard time believing the official LA District Attorney's version of the story: That Manson was some kind of cult leader who used drugs and hypnosis to make an army of blind followers to do his will.
  Could he manipulate his "girls"? Sure! Most pimps are very skilled at that, and apparently, Manson had taken Dale Carnegie's course on "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and twisted it to his line of business.
  I'm sure a low-life like Manson just reveled in the fame he finally got with this trial (he was a frustrated musician, with dreams of becoming big like the Beach Boys and the Beatles), and milked the crazy, demonic image of MANSON for all it was worth. But this whole "we are gonna generate a race war and I'm going to be the new Jesus" sounds like a put up job to me, one that Bugliosi ran with to make sure he could get a conviction for murder against Manson.
  When he was interviewed by Geraldo Rivera (a "journalist" whose career is a running joke) he played up the whole loony cult leader thing for all it was worth. Ain't no bad publicity if it's free publicity.
  The guy with actual blood on his hands in all of this is Charles "Tex" Watson, who is still alive, and still in prison. Hopefully, he goes to his dark slumber after some very painful, lingering disease.
  
  
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  writings of Conan Doyle.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just began to read the above.

  yes he is the man who created the fictional detective sherlock holmes.

  in his first story called the "scarlett letter" he deals with (i stress this is fiction) with a couple escaping from the new paradise just founded in utah of the mormons.

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  When Doyle wrote his tale, this particular incident was still fresh in people's minds:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre
  
  
  The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks began on September 7 and culminated on September 11, 1857, resulting in the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by members of the Utah Territorial Militia from the Iron County district. The militia, officially called the Nauvoo Legion, was composed of southern Utah's Mormon settlers (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the LDS Church). Intending to leave no witnesses and thus prevent reprisals, the perpetrators killed all the adults and older children—about 120 men, women, and children in total. Seventeen children, all younger than seven, were spared.
  
  
  
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  My ex-bethelite buddy found TTATT through his prostitute friend.

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so yesterday evening i get an invite through facebook fro a name that was familiar, but i couldn’t place the face.

  after clicking on the page i saw a close-up pic to realize it was a friend of mine from 15 years ago at bethel.. when this guy arrived at bethel he was big time.

  he was in early 20’s and had given up a job as an engineer at what was one of the largest electronics companies in the world.

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  So, was he in trouble because she was a hooker, or because she encourage him to give up this worthless shit?
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  School inspection is just like a CO visit.

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so our school has just had the school inspectors in, looking and observing lessons.

  the similarities with a co visit is uncanny.. how well behaved teachers, members of staff and pupils are..

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  When the company I worked for was associated with a national office, every year we would get a visit from a "regional manager", and the two weeks leading up to it were "clean the office" "Clear the tickets" "sign these fake inspection sheets" etc.
  Realized that the CO visit was exactly the same. That's when his visit (the CO) lost its awe for me.
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  Freak out over a magic 8 ball toy

  by charity7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just had a jw freak out over some magic 8 balls that i have.

  next thing you know i turn my head and it was thrown into a box to get rid of it.

  is it because it has the word magic in it?

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  http://web.randi.org/swift/yes-no-goodbye-the-ouija-board-used-for-spirit-communication

  Speaking of "ouija" boards (literal translation-Oui:yes, Ja:yes, or , "yes-yes boards"), here is a great article about the decidedly NON-supernatural origins of this game.
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  Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze

  by betterdaze in

  1. social
  2. humour

  “best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

  the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

  source: lohud.com.

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  I notice there is no exit for this maze. Once your are in, you can't get out (especially if you were 'born in'.)
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  Favorite Quotations from Movies

  by compound complex in

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  "the way you walked was thorny, through no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end.

  now you will have peace for eternity.

  " -- maleva, the wolf man.

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  "If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up..."
  Max von Sydow,(who once upon a time, actually PORTRAYED Jesus!) "Hannah and Her Sisters"
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  North Korea's Holiday Resort and Understanding Kim Jong un's political goals

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reuters news agency published a north korean perspective, a little different to most recent reports which focused on this small nations bombs and rockets.. today's story was about the resort town of wonsan - a seaside resort in north korea's where the report claims that the kim family has a residence.

  i'm posting this reuter's report because it may provide some balance to the way westerners may imagine north korea.. the main focus (by western journalism) is on nk's nuclear tests and missile tests and nothing else.

  that aspect is, without doubt, a matter of deep concern.

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  Captain Schmideo2

  Well, why not? Here in the US, the county's leader is a nut job who is making life for the lower classes almost impossible, meanwhile, the Dow is hovering just below 23,000 points, so life is GREAT for the moneyed classes and upper middle class. As long as the "right" people benefit, then it's all good!