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  Some thoughts on the new midweek meeting

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new midweek meeting has been running for a month now.

  here are my thoughts on how it is going so far:.

  1) elders are looking frazzled from being on virtually every meeting and having to prepare unfamiliar formats for items.

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  GrreatTeacher

  CLAM = Candy, Lollipops, and a Movie

  It's their new plan to raise attendance at the midweek meeting.

  Hopefully with the fun new format, fewer children will be dragged to the back room to be beaten. ;-)
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  Reveal News: "Another Judge Criticizes Jehovah's Witnesses Court Tactics" by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/another-judge-criticizes-jehovahs-witnesses-court-tactics/.

  another judge criticizes jehovahs witnesses court tactics.

  by trey bundy / january 11, 2016 .

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  GrreatTeacher

  York County, PA is infested with JWs. Maybe a bid to get a more sympathetic jury?
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  shunning is bad

  by Sabin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i had a phone conversation last night, i'm not proud of myself but that is how the cookie crumbles.

  started off all well & good then up came the arc which i was informed was all propaganda & the oct 2012 polices i got from the internet are apostate & not true.

  so i lost the plot, completely lost it, & let out everything i was feeling.

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  "The Borg actually believe that shunning is bad and wrong unless they are the ones doing it." - Sabin

  That is so true! She actually admitted to you that shunning is wrong, but can excuse the org when they do it.

  She couldn't admit this contradiction?

  Let me guess, no?
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  Would I lie to you?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given recent posts on the forum and discussion, maybe we could play this game: would i lie to you?

  in the uk we have this tv programme where minor celebrities tell weird or embarrassing stories about themselves and the rest of the participants have to guess if it is a true story or made up.

  when the others have voted then the person reveals if the story is true or false.

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  Ah, sherherdless, I suspected the first story was true. It is hard to understand how your wife can know all of that and then stay, but sometimes people overcome cognitive dissonance by doing anything to justify their current opinion. I hope she does continue to listen to these stories and that she eventually changes her mind.

  Also, I reread my Bill Cosby story and it really was unclear. The boss left the kitchen, locking the door behind him. Good pointer!
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  Would I lie to you?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given recent posts on the forum and discussion, maybe we could play this game: would i lie to you?

  in the uk we have this tv programme where minor celebrities tell weird or embarrassing stories about themselves and the rest of the participants have to guess if it is a true story or made up.

  when the others have voted then the person reveals if the story is true or false.

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  GrreatTeacher

  The story about my husband meeting Bill Cosby was true. Good guess, SBF.

  The story about the Secret Service chasing my husband out of Dick Cheney's fishing hole did not happen...to him. This is a local legend that absolutely happened to the friend of the cousin of that guy at work!

  Urban legends usually have a grain of truth to them. Dick Cheney did actually own a piece of property around here and he does act like his name. :)
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  I predicted a lottery number from a pattern, is the lottery NOT random or is random held to a universal force?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've studied and observed several lottery patterns.

  this one is now gone so nothing lost by revealing it.

  i had a certain history search and noticed that almost each week the past few months a list of numbers not used recently were being used 1 per week.

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  True, EOM, each number has a 1/69 chance of hitting, but it's not cumulative. Each time the dice are rolled, so to speak, that individual number still has a 1/69 chance of coming up.

  When you speak of a number being "over-due," that's the gambler's fallacy.

  It's not like each time a number doesn't come up, the chances move up to 2/69 and then 3/69 and then 4/69, etc.

  Unless the lottery is fixed, which seems like it might be a possibility. :)

  I remember you now; you're the thinker. Thanks for posting a thought-provoking topic and warming up my brain cells.

  Best of luck with the lotto!
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  Would I lie to you?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given recent posts on the forum and discussion, maybe we could play this game: would i lie to you?

  in the uk we have this tv programme where minor celebrities tell weird or embarrassing stories about themselves and the rest of the participants have to guess if it is a true story or made up.

  when the others have voted then the person reveals if the story is true or false.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Pete, your story one about Aerosmith is easily disproved because of the date (1999). The only time the tour stopped in Atlanta was 10/3/98.

  So, I'm going with your being a distant relative of Lady Di.

  Also, I think the Presbyterian minister story is false. You made several converts at a church, while you were still in high school?

  I'm going with the naked GB member.
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  I predicted a lottery number from a pattern, is the lottery NOT random or is random held to a universal force?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've studied and observed several lottery patterns.

  this one is now gone so nothing lost by revealing it.

  i had a certain history search and noticed that almost each week the past few months a list of numbers not used recently were being used 1 per week.

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  So, Saintbertholdt, if there were 5 dice, each with 45 sides, the number of possibilities would be 45 to the 5th power? (45*45*45*45*45)

  I have a cheesy calculator. 45 to the 4th power is 4,100,625. If I multiply that number by 45, I get an error.

  So, basically that's a huge freakin' number of possibilities. I don't know how to analyze which number is most likely to be thrown!

  I like math, but took statistics in college a long time ago. Thanks for your insight!
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  Would I lie to you?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given recent posts on the forum and discussion, maybe we could play this game: would i lie to you?

  in the uk we have this tv programme where minor celebrities tell weird or embarrassing stories about themselves and the rest of the participants have to guess if it is a true story or made up.

  when the others have voted then the person reveals if the story is true or false.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I'm guessing number one is false.

  Dropping the towel is totally a thing. My BIL did it as ateenager and it happened to me once when I was about 7 years old. Ick!
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  Would I lie to you?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given recent posts on the forum and discussion, maybe we could play this game: would i lie to you?

  in the uk we have this tv programme where minor celebrities tell weird or embarrassing stories about themselves and the rest of the participants have to guess if it is a true story or made up.

  when the others have voted then the person reveals if the story is true or false.

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  GrreatTeacher

  My husband was a hard worker from an early age and at age 14 found himself working the catering service in a large convention hall. Security was tight because the headliner that night was none other than Bill Cosby. The boss had to leave the kitchen and told my husband that he was locking the door and not to let anybody in. A few minutes later he heard a banging on the door which he ignored. Then it came again and again with urgent shouts of "Let me in! Let me in!" My husband faltered, but then decided to open the door. It sounded like someone might be in trouble. He gingerly opened the door and a giant hand came down on his head. It was huge, the fingers tickling his ears. He was terrified, and when he looked up he realized it was Bill Cosby! And, behind him was his boss! "I told you not to let anyone in!" the bossman hissed. "This was a test!" My husband thought he would be fired. He was 14 and already his career had ended! But, then his boss laughed and told him that it was just a joke. He had just wanted to let him meet the Cos'!

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  Living close to Washington, DC, in a rural suburb, there are often politicians who escape to this area for a little R and R. They are pretty good at hiding, but occasionally they make their presence known. My husband is an avid fisherman and was out in a rural waterway. He had just heard of an excellent hidden fishing hole and was there early trying to catch a bite. It was a still morning and still dark. My husband grew up in the city and the absolute darkness was slightly terrifying. Suddenly, he heard what sounded like someone cocking a gun. It took him a second to realize that there were two figures standing near the bank. The figures said, "Secret Service. Don't move." in a controlled but commanding way. Well, my husband was frozen in fear and couldn't move anyway! A small boat pulled up next to his. Two Secret Service agents told him to get the hell out of there. When my husband asked what was going on, they said, "This is Dick Cheney's property now. You need to find a new fishing hole now and never come back!"