i have known all of them over the last 15 years, talked at length with them, and knew what their wishes were, the copyright holder and spouse spent even more time with them socially and helping them set up their arrangements for when ray and cynthia passed.
i don't believe that anyone else on this board or others was a confidant.
there is no need to prove it to anyone but the copyright office which is satisfied with this.
JeffT. Yes, it is just a book. Most people here don't like piracy. It shouldn't come down to piracy. The relevant issue is whether or not the copyright owners will do the right thing or not. If we keep applying pressure and asking for accountability then hopefully they will put away their gold fingers. Time will tell...
Either way, this book being pulled off the market, as it currently is, is a huge win for WTBTS. Coincidence?
makes me wonder what "flashed" before his eyes at moment of impact/death.http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/82584838-story
i have known all of them over the last 15 years, talked at length with them, and knew what their wishes were, the copyright holder and spouse spent even more time with them socially and helping them set up their arrangements for when ray and cynthia passed.
i don't believe that anyone else on this board or others was a confidant.
there is no need to prove it to anyone but the copyright office which is satisfied with this.
I personally don't give a rat's tail how the copywrite owners make their money. There is no doubt in my mind that this book should be available on the internet freely so that as many people as possible can read it. It is the responsibility of those in control (the Dykstras?) to make it happen.
Many people who read the PDF will want to buy the book (as i did). It can only help the cause and it will help line their pockets with the money that made this whole thing an issue in the first place. We'll no doubt see their true intentions depending on what they do in the near future... If they provide an avenue for reading the book freely or through a donation arrangement then I can see that this isn't just another money grab.
a korean man named lee jin-gyr fell in love with a life sized pillow called a " darkimakura" .
the pillow has the image of a cartoon character named fate testarossa on it from an animated cartoon mahon shaojo.
the 28 year old man takes the pillow with him everywhere and they eventually married.. this is part of a growing subculture of men in japan who engage in relationships with pillows that have cartoon characters on them.
I'm not sure what a darkimakura is, but we have "daki-makura" here in Japan, which most people use as a pillow to cuddle up with. "Daki" means hold and "makura" means pillow in Japanese. They come in all shapes and sizes and most are just plain pillows shaped like small punching bags.. There are some however that have anime pictures or depict anime characters that I have seen.
I'm not surprised that such a personalized version of a dakimakura exists for men. Many Japanese men here would rather have a cyber girlfriend, blow-up doll or watch cyber porn than actually go out and find a real flesh and blood woman to have a relationship with (including my brother-in-law). It baffles me why so many men are inept at interacting with women here. But if that pillow or blow-up doll fills that need for them then who am I to judge?
just thought i'd introduce myself and share my story.
up front, i'm not bitter.
okay now that that's out the way..... i first heard "the truth" when i was about 14 years old from a friends mom who was studying.
since i just signed up and posted a few times without doing this yet, here is my story..
i think that i became a jehovahs witness because of my immaturity.
i had some quirky personality traits, and i joined finding that i fit in because, as i said to myself: these people get me.
Great post! I mostly agree with it. It deserves a thread of its own.
The world's religions make God so puny, small hearted and human. It's no wonder that so many people want nothing to do with the god that mankind has put on the altar.
If their is a great designer, I'd like to buy it a drink because we've got a lot to discuss. Sadly, I think I'll be drinking alone though.
saw similar title in a google search so thought i'd read more and now simply have to share my experience if anything to hear that i'm not insane and it is that simple.. met and fell madly in love with a witness, and her with me.
what began as love at first sight turned into a 6 year relatiomship which simply ended very bluntly.
there were many painful twists and turns along the way, first from her inability to leave her husband, then my mistake in finding someone else as i simply couldn't take the pain of her coming and going with such simplicity, but in the end she got a divorce and suffered many consequences within 'the truth', and i sorted my issues which were many and admittedly dug with my own hands and stupidity in trying to protect a young girl who had done no wrong in this long affair.. eventually we found ourself on what i believed to be the home straight.
nope sorry i got nothing.. wouldn't it be really interesting though if somewhere there was a theist who could challenge unbelievers with facts and evidence?.
today has been a horrible day.
what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.
i was in shock and didn't ask how.
watchtower teaches jws that christ's presence began invisibly in 1914. they also teach that the start of christ's presence coincides with the start of the last days.
whether you believe in the bible or not, watchtower claims these teachings come from the bible.
so does the bible actually agree with them?
