I agree with Lois. I think they are doing this to get rid of the word "school" in any meeting titles because of the potential liability issues with pedophiles.
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October 14, 2015 BOE
by wifibandit inoctober 14, 2015 .
re: signs announcing meeting times .
https://infotomb.com//38v6n.
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Hilarious Whatsapp message received - FIRST day after Big D
by cognitivedizzy ina hilarious stupid wa message is being circulated amongst jws in my area / country.. i had a hearty laugh at the ignorance and stupidity and brainwashed mentality, different people may express different emotions so you have been warned.
day one after armageddon it seems ages since we last heard the gunshots and screams, today has been really quiet.
the last few weeks have been sheer terror.
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Blondie, thanks for posting that much more likely scenario if JWs were right. Thankfully they are not. -
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Pioneer Service School Videos
by wifibandit infirst, i'd like to give a big thank you to the anonymous person who provided me the files.
second, if you have the rest of the english videos, or anything else you would like to leak, please pm me.. download links in the descriptions and here.
english:.
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Oubliette
Those guys are just strange.
They obviously don't make much use of the white board.
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What is the best debate you've ever read on this board...
by The Rebel inwho won, and why?.
the rebel..
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A nuclear war take place and a 1/3 of the world population is wiped from the face of the earth.
by James Mixon inhow many of you would return to jehovah, wt?
better yet, how many jws would walk???.
i do believe it will happen one day....
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If Baskins-Robbins quit serving Raspberry sherbert, how many of you would return to Jehovah?
Is just as relevant a question.
The answer though is this: you can't "return" to a non-existent, fantasy being.
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Double Standards in the JW world
by nevaagain inno other organization has so many written and unwritten rules like the jws.
so it comes to no suprise that there are a lot of double standards.. even though the end is "near", wt is building new and bigger offices.
while the small jw should live in a closet and should make plans to have a bigger house in the new world.
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In the matter of Paul v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, opined that:
"The Witnesses … have developed an elaborate set of rules governing membership."Now if a judge from the US Court of Appeals says the have elaborate rules, then you really know they have elaborate rules!
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Earliest Life on Earth Pushed Back Another 300 Million Years
by cofty inresearchers have found evidence of ancient microorganisms that lived in what is now western australia at least 4.1 billion years ago.
if confirmed, the discovery suggests that life originated on earth 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
.... the ancient microorganisms in question were found trapped inside zircons formed from magma in western australia.
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Cofty, thanks for posting this, very interesting.
The article referenced in the OP also had a link to this related article:
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Had an interesting weekend
by iwasblind inwhat an interesting weekend.. went to a "worldly" conference for work.
i met the most amazing people with so many different beliefs.
even so i shared and spoke about god freely and without being judged.
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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'
by wizzstick inin short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
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Oubliette
We were clearly talking about how compelling it was to independent 3rd party observers, not what impact it had on the people concerned.
Not so.
I just re-read the first three pages of this thread and none of the comments were concerned with what "3rd party observers" would say, not even your first comment on the thread on page 3. They were all concerned with the internal effects on congregation members.
I just think a few extra rules about fashion is a tough sell.
How is it we are on page 36 of this thread and you STILL think it's about clothing?
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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'
by wizzstick inin short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
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I think many unconnected 3rd parties would find it perfectly reasonable and expected for a conservative christian group.
I for one couldn't give a shit about what anyone OUTSIDE the cult thinks about this. I'm concerned for people I know and care about that are INSIDE the cult and that will be adversely affected, now so even more than before.