Oubliette

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  Job Hunting Advice

  by Phaedra in

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  2. friends

  what might you recommend to someone looking for a job?

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  Preparation is key.

  What kind of job are you trying to get?
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  I think I was off the day they taught ...

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  does anyone else have those things that everyone else seems to know ... except you?

  it's like you were off the day it was taught in school and you don't know that you don't know about it.

  but everyone else does.. i have a couple .... first, days of the month.

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  Oubliette

  prologos: starboard right and green?

  I LEFT my RED PORT wine at home
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  The Watchtower are humans

  by WireRider in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower are humans.

  they have never had any conversation with any god, let alone one by a made up name.

  they never had any power at all bestowed upon them.

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  In fact, the 7 buffoons allegedly running the WTBTS aren't even particularly bright or inspired (in the ordinary sense of that word) leaders.

  Let's review: It's a cult!

  
  
  
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  Message from an elder

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  elder: plese watch the november programm on jw broadcasting.. me: what i hope for is the change of the doctrine that states that jesus is not the mediator between jehovah and all jw's but only between jehovah and the 144000. i believe jesus is my mediator even if i am not one of the 144000. .

  elder: may jehovah open your mind and heart.

  me: may he open everyone's mind and heart.

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  Elder: Please watch the November program on jw broadcasting.

  Me: I already did, that's why I no longer need to come to the KH. I can get it all on my iPad!
  
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  Science Will Never Contradict The Bible

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so claims nuclear physicist

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  Science and religion can never be in agreement. They are fundamentally different world views. To suppose otherwise is ignorant.

  Religion is about alleged REVEALED knowledge; Science is about knowledge that can be DISCOVERED.

  Religion is about an elite individual or group that must be obeyed without question; Science is all about the question.

  Peer review is essential to how science is done; in religions, your opinion is not wanted.
  
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  Message from an elder

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  elder: plese watch the november programm on jw broadcasting.. me: what i hope for is the change of the doctrine that states that jesus is not the mediator between jehovah and all jw's but only between jehovah and the 144000. i believe jesus is my mediator even if i am not one of the 144000. .

  elder: may jehovah open your mind and heart.

  me: may he open everyone's mind and heart.

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  ParadiseBeauty, it was quite an epiphany when I realized that it's not really about doctrine. It's about control and obedience.

  For the WTBTS, the Bible is merely a prop.
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  Science Will Never Contradict The Bible

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so claims nuclear physicist

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  Dr. Brandon van der Ventel says of the Genesis account in the Bible, “It points to God as the all-mighty Creator: a timeless, spaceless, immaterial and personal Being who is both the explanation and cause of the universe.”

  He neglects to mention that this same God is a capricious, narcissistic, genocidal maniac that will kill you if you happen to guess incorrectly about which of the countless religions on Earth are representing him and which are not. Also, God needs money. Please send some, just don't send it to the wrong religion or, guess what? He'll have to kill you!
  
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  JW sisters reaction to the cutbacks

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i had gone away for a rest and came back to pick my animals up.

  (yes we share one common thing.

  the love of animals).

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  LisaRose: there are so many signs of trouble it's getting harder and harder to pretend that everything is fine.

  True dat!
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  Message from an elder

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  elder: plese watch the november programm on jw broadcasting.. me: what i hope for is the change of the doctrine that states that jesus is not the mediator between jehovah and all jw's but only between jehovah and the 144000. i believe jesus is my mediator even if i am not one of the 144000. .

  elder: may jehovah open your mind and heart.

  me: may he open everyone's mind and heart.

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  So the elder didn't actually say why he wanted you to watch it.

  I hate when people do stuff like that. It's bad enough he treats you like a child telling you what to do, but it's really dumb when he can't/won't even say why.

  Next month text him: You really need to watch the December jw.tv broadcast!

  If he asks why, respond, "Watch it, you'll know!"
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  I think I was off the day they taught ...

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  does anyone else have those things that everyone else seems to know ... except you?

  it's like you were off the day it was taught in school and you don't know that you don't know about it.

  but everyone else does.. i have a couple .... first, days of the month.

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  Oubliette

  I can do stoichiometric calculations and identify the spectator ions in a net ionic equation or analyze the harmony of a Bach four part chorale, but I can never remember which side of the plate the knives and forks are supposed to go on.