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  It looks like I will become an elder this week!

  by outofthebox in

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  that's right guys.

  as i told you before, they boe have been considering me for the eldership.

  which i don't care for, but since my family is stuck in this cult, i guess i can use the new position to help them see that the holy spirit has nothing to do with me being an elder.

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  scotsman

  we want to remove the old WT traits not pursue them.

  LOLSounds like Watchtower speak to me.

  Hypocrisy is a human trait, and we all engage in it to differing degrees. Feigning a belief while attending meetings, accepting the label of JW while not believing their doctrines are, to me, hypocritical. But understandable. LittleToe is one of the few who left with integrity, and no hypocrisy, but that route isn't for everyone.

  OOTB may manage to be an elder for a while, but it's unlikely he'll sustain it. If you cease to believe then you'll only remain for the power trip, and he doesn't sound like that. Please note that I'm not saying "power to you" to OOTB - i think he's on a hiding to nowhere that he'll find unpleasant an unproductive, but i'm not prepared to damn him.
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  It looks like I will become an elder this week!

  by outofthebox in

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  that's right guys.

  as i told you before, they boe have been considering me for the eldership.

  which i don't care for, but since my family is stuck in this cult, i guess i can use the new position to help them see that the holy spirit has nothing to do with me being an elder.

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  scotsman

  sheesh we're a right black'n'white bunch.

  he'll be a hypocrite, big deal. Those of you that are actively fading are hypocrites too. I'm intrigued by the cut and dry way 'elders' are painted, as all powerful monsters. A few are, most aren't and there are lots that were a complete waste of space - im sure ootb can fit snuggly into the last category.

  But then again, maybe i've been out too long.
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  It looks like I will become an elder this week!

  by outofthebox in

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  that's right guys.

  as i told you before, they boe have been considering me for the eldership.

  which i don't care for, but since my family is stuck in this cult, i guess i can use the new position to help them see that the holy spirit has nothing to do with me being an elder.

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  scotsman

  LOL any idea that your appointment may rock people's notions of the power, or existence, of the holy spirit is out of the question. Like you I was appointed an elder while not believing in it and when I eventually cracked and left, THAT event was taken as evidence of the holy spirit. I think you're underestimating the JW mindset. But i totally understand why you are taking the path you are. Good luck.
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  Every JW Parent should watch Juno.

  by jefferywhat in

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  what a great film on how good parents should react.

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  scotsman

  It seemed a good template for lots of parents. But some JW parenting's a little closer to that in There Will Be Blood.
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  Hitchens with Maher - JWs highest turnover rate.

  by Mincan in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4o38bxnwc8.

  apologies if this has been posted already..

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  scotsman

  I'm with slimboyfat & Heathen

  People leave the JWs and no longer identify with them, unlike many other groups. I get the impression from lapsed Catholic/Jews/Mormons and Muslims that they still identify with their faith of birth while no longer practising it. Few lapsed JWs will label themselves as such, even if they are believers, because it's instilled into them that unless you are Witnessing you're not a JW.

  This would explain the difference in some of the figures.
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  I like gay people.

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  in fact, if what you are has 'people' after it, no matter what it is, i like you.

  you don't have to club baby seals to be my friend.. myeah..

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  scotsman

  Actually the weding party you pictured was in need of a gay wedding director.

  Those dresses were a little... well, Frank (Martin Short, Father of the Bride) wouldnt approve.........

  ~Hill

  LOL
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  China purges cats for the Olympics

  by frozen one in

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  i own cats.

  this news story about the latest move in china's preperations for the olympic games is just nuts.

  i avoid buying products made in china whenever possible (almost impossible).

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  Didn't Athens do it too?
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  I like gay people.

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  in fact, if what you are has 'people' after it, no matter what it is, i like you.

  you don't have to club baby seals to be my friend.. myeah..

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  scotsman

  I'd think the positive contributions of gays in arts, science, and such would sway a angry white man like me. to tolerance .. cause they have.

  The gay contribution to science arts and society has always been there but went on unnoticed until some got militant and started waving flags and going on marches. You're obviously not the angry white man you like to present yourself as!
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  I like gay people.

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  in fact, if what you are has 'people' after it, no matter what it is, i like you.

  you don't have to club baby seals to be my friend.. myeah..

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  scotsman

  Gay people are like everyone else, a mixture of cool, middling and tossers.

  Hillbilly said:

  What puts us angry white men off about gays is the freak parade that the media wants to front as the Gay image. Heteros dont make that kind of statement about our lifestyle and those extremists that get all the attention on Gay Pride day sort of scare the un-initiated.

  I beg to differ, every day the hetero lifestyle is waved in our face. You need to look at advertsing, sitcoms and movies a little more closely. Gay Pride marches are a response of a minority and previously suppressed group in response to this. The marches didn't start as celebrations, they started as protest and in many countries still are. You just need to look at the events that took place in Russia last year.

  While not being a Pride attending gay man I appreciate that these marches contributed to the relative freedoms I enjoy today.
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  APOSTASCOTLAND

  by Dansk in

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  would someone seriously consider arranging for an apostafest up in scotland next year?

  i know i'm asking this early but i feel it would be good to put the feelers out now.. obviously, it would have to be a location easy to get to - so that means stornoway is out!

  sorry, ross & xena.

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  scotsman

  Lol, I was just in that part of town and wondered what was going on.