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  You gray hair ones here, is time moving slowly or can you see the hour hand moving?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i swear, time is moving so fast.

  the only time i know what.

  day it is, is by looking at the news paper.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Jgnat, what a sneaky way of telling your age!
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  You gray hair ones here, is time moving slowly or can you see the hour hand moving?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i swear, time is moving so fast.

  the only time i know what.

  day it is, is by looking at the news paper.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Prologos, your analogy of the internal clock dropping digits and therefore fewer being counted is close to an idea I've had about the speeding up of time as we age.

  I've thought about how as we age, our senses become duller, and we take in fewer bits of information. Fewer data is read by our brain as "faster."

  I dunno, though, I'm "only" 42. But, I've been going gray since I was in high school and if I didn't have a very friendly relationship with Miss Clairol I'd be nearly completely gray. ;)
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  The Spanking Room: A Child's Eye View of the Jehovah Witnesses

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone read this book?.

  the author is sending me a copy, just wondered.

  just published in july!.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I routinely got dragged to the basement to get whacked. I screamed so loud that a pioneer gleefully reported that another little girl thought there was a monster living in the basement.

  But, what got me was that bringing coloring books or other things to occupy children was looked down upon because it wasn't spiritual. All you got was the Book of Bible stories and that was boring.
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  They continue to drop like flies

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, the jws continue to bleed their young ones, so far in my local kh 3 were dfd, one girl just turned 18 this month and packed her bags and said goodbye to the cult and her cultish parents, another young 18 year old man decided to have a non-jw girlfriend and decided to stop attending and is no longer a witness.

  they continue to leave and wt leaders dont give a damn.

  they dont do anything to help kids be successful and live a healthy life.. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  I finally had the chance to watch this and it's very thought provoking. Thanks for this.
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  Breaking News: Five White NYPD Officers neck choke an African American Guy for breaking up a fight

  by Scott77 in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ae_1405660548.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Some cops are just on a power trip and harrass people because they can. When my husband was younger he got pulled over for no good reason. The only thing the cop would say was he thought he saw a weapon. He asked my husband if he had any weapons in the car and he answered truthfully that yes he had a compund bow locked in the trunk because he had been hunting that morning, but there were no firearms. He showed his hunting license.They asked to search his car and he refused. He ended up handcuffed on the side of the road for 3 hours with multiple cops and eventually the supervisor there all because of a non existent handgun.

  He finally allowed them to search one part of the car at a time with the agreement that he was there watching so they didn't plant anything. They ripped his car apart. When they popped the trunk open, there was the hunting bow just as promised, but no handgun. They were obviously pissed off as my husband started laughing at them for wasting 3 hours of their time for nothing. He got the cops name and badge number and reported it to his cousin on whose property he had been hunting who was an officer for a different agency, but managed to get the cop reprimanded.

  Cops just like to harass young people to intimidate them and to look for easy tickets and arrests so they can get promotions. They tend to go much harder on boys than girls though. I've never been harassed and any time I get pulled over for speeding, I pull the keys out of the ignition and throw them on the dash so they know I won't flee,

  keep my hands in plain view, tell them I need to reach into the glovebox to get my registration so they know I'm not reaching for a gun and smile politely. And if they ask if I know why I've been pulled over, I just say no and when they inform me, don't make any admissions of guilt. I've never had a problem and a few times I've only got a warning!
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  The American Way - to Health

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  some interesting comments:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjgoubmo0m.

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  GrreatTeacher

  We have a "Cadillac" plan as a benefit from my husband's employment. When his union was negotiating a new contract, the company threatened to drop the coverage. They sent us a letter stating that if we wanted to continue the insurance by self paying, it would be $20,000 a year. The contract was signed and we still have the insurance. No cost to us (though certainly part of the compensation package) and we have a $600 deductible, not including doctor's visits which are a $20 copay and not including prescriptions which are a maximum of $25. We also have a mail order pharmacy benefit for maintenance medications which cost $16 for a three month supply.

  So, stay out of the hospital and don't need surgery and we have it really good (we don't even have to pay the deductible, just the copays)......until my husband loses his job or the insurance is renegotiated in a new contract.

  By contrast, my brother has to pay in to his insurance at his job and he has a $3000 deductible...and they're getting ready to have a baby. So, there goes $3000.

  This makes no kind of sense in a developed country.

  In other ridiculousness, my husband hurt his back at work and had to have back surgery. It was covered under Workmen's Compensation, but they still sent the bills to us - $100,000 worth.

  So, if you want to hurt yourself, try to do it at work.

  Also, emergency departments , by law, have to treat everyone. That's why it takes 5 hours to get seen in the Emergency Department, it's clogged with uninsured people with ear infections. But, passing a kidney stone? Sorry, here's a gurney in the hallway so you can lie down while waiting...
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  Writing campaign to Washington DC papers in view of International Convention

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ive heard from a credible source that the landover (dc) international convention is important to the society in view of the 100 year anniversary of "kingdom rule" and the location being near the capital of the "seventh world power".

  perhaps they hope this particular international sends a message.

  we know that come convention time usually there is some feel good fluff piece in the newspapers about the watchtower religion.

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  GrreatTeacher

  IMHO, focusing on one compelling idea would be more likely to interest an editor.

  I'm thinking the 100 year anniversary of Christ's rule. They will be celebrating it as a positive, but we might be able to point out that the JWs are an endtimes sect that originally preached the end of the world would come in 1914, then changed their doctrine to 1914 being the beginning of the end when God's Kingdom started ruling invisibly.

  It's a current issue that might interest an editor and it's something the JWs are actually proud of so we wouldn't appear like disgruntled ex members. They could also relate it to the Harold Camping prediction of the end that is still fairly recent in the public consciousness.

  Just an idea.
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  When did the line become so blur? Convention souvenirs & JW.org

  by fredPotato in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am pretty sure it has been discussed before here, but i just wanted to express how repulsive it is to me to see all that jw.org worship.. after looking at this picture, can you tell me where the jws are heading to?.

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  it makes me want to vomit.. cheers..

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  GrreatTeacher

  How can I get the red cameo necklace with JW emblazoned at the top? It would go with so many of my floral dresses and I wouldn't feel so left out around worldly people wearing crosses!
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  Keep asking, keep seeking, keep believing. ..turns out to be true

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while it has been thoroughly discussed before, it has of course recently arisen again- a suggestion to believe in christ and just keep seeking, asking, believing that a personal proof and maybe even a revelation will present itself.

  as it turns out, that is probably true.. page 194 of bart ehrman's how jesus became god explains it well:.

  ...the ability to distinguish between self-generated events (that is, imaginary sensations originating in the mind) and externally generated ones (that is, those induced by causes exterior to the mind) is a real skill that humans acquire, and like all skills, it is likely to fail under certain circumstances.

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  GrreatTeacher

  So, just because you see it, hear it and feel it doesn't mean it's true.

  Ever been in a psychiatric hospital? People there see, hear, and feel things that aren't real all the time. It's hard to convince them that it's not real, but, funnily enough, with medication it will go away.
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  I'm sitting here listening to a JW try to recruit somebody

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm at starbucks .

  just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.

  my hands are shaking.. wow!.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Not bitter, no scriptural knowledge after 20 years? That kind of proves they are not really a religion, but a publishing (and now real estate holding) cult. Glad you've seen the light.