Posts by Gypsy Sam

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Dub Glossary

by Farkel in

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many of you have already seen this, but there are also many new ones posting and lurking.

this is a little handy reference to help you understand dub-speak.

i've updated it an added a number of new terms and expressions.. ----------------------.

JW uncle in hospital

by finally awake in

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i just found out that my uncle, who is a staunch jw elder, has an aortic aneurism and is in critical condition.

he's in his late 70s and he probably won't survive.

he lives several hundred miles away, so i don't see myself making the trip for his funeral..

Gypsy Sam

I'm sorry to read of how this was handled. Healing thoughts are with your this time.

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The Memorial campaign: What question from a householder would have made you think?

by Faithful Witness in

i know that soon, the jws in our area will be out in full force, on their hit and run campaign with invitations to the memorial.

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did you ever encounter a householder during this campaign, that made you stop and think about what you were doing?

I honestly think if one person had mentioned the change with blood fractions being allowed and said something to the effect how pleased that made them that now we'd be giving back to the community by also donating blood, that would have started me questioning. Out of any comments I've made to active JW's, this gets them thinking the most.

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Jason Cobb's new podcast explaining Menlo Park scandal

by Rufus T. Firefly in

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https://soundcloud.com/jtv-16/jtv-podcast-ep1.

this podcast is very interesting, especially the latter half.

in a nutshell, the scheme is this: after determining that a complete kingdom hall remodel will cost the congregation $100,000.00, the regional building committee arbitrarily inflates the estimate to $250,000.00, fleecing the congregation and misappropriating the additional funds for other purposes.

Gypsy Sam

Has anyone from here reached out to him? Apologies if I missed that somewhere in previous posts.

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Jehovah Witness Yahoo answers Nazi's at it again

by Watchtower-Free in

i just had the question below reported by jws and removed for "misuse of question format" .. .

it received a bunch of outraged reponses from people critical of the jws and i'm sure shocked.

a few jws also .. .

Gypsy Sam

Wow! I've never seen this quote! Great find, well, disturbing actually, but this is a keeper.

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Newbee

by DullBookworm in

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i have not been a sister for the past 19 years, i asked to be da'd as i had started smoking aged 12 and at 19 no longer wanted people to think badly of the jw's over my conduct.. for 19 years my father, an elder, has tried his damndest to bring me back.

he kept contact sometimes more, sometimes less, always under the threat to stop the contact alltogether.

at one point he managed to not speak to me for several months.

Gypsy Sam

Welcome! You will find support here. It's nice it have you join us. Jwfacts is one of my favorite sites to go read when my still in JW family stresses me out.

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Did you have a bad reaction to flu shot?

by compound complex in

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thanks for sharing.. coco.

Gypsy Sam

I don't get the flu shot. I also avoid the antibacterial soaps which seem to be everywhere! My daughter and I eat healthy, exercise, get rest and honestly are in good health (I could lose a couple pounds). We haven't been truly sick in years And aren't in high risk situations that could warrant thinking about the flu vaccine.

I work (in an office) with some people that think the flu shot should be mandatory. It disturbs me how quickly people will give up others rights.

Stay healthy CC.

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Mexico/Malawi $$$$$?

by OUTLAW in

anyone who was a dub many years ago remembers people dying in malawi for the wbts.in malawi,dubs were encouraged not to have anything to do with the government and many were murdered..in mexico,it was profitable for wbts to encourage the people to do what the people in malawi were not allowed to.

i have 2 questions: was there a monatary or political gain in it for wbts?.if those people didn`t die for profit of some sort for wbts,what did they die for?.for one,i know dead dubs sell magazines,the profits from that probably helped wbts acquire property in mexico...outlaw