Posts by Oculos Aperire

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Smiley happy people

by Simon in

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up here in canadia we have a lot of filipino people doing jobs that many other people may not want to do.

we often come across them working in low paid jobs at mcdonalds or other fast food places or the bottle depot or wherever.. but boy, do they seem happy !.

not only do they always seem to be really hard working and dilligent but also genuinely happy with big beaming beautiful smiles.. they must have some different outlook on life that works great - anyone know what it is?.

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Lets take a peek behind the curtain..

All that glitters...

http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2008/08/30/exploited_workers_canadas_slave_trade.html

Canada’s modern-day slaves

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/life/canada%E2%80%99s-modern-day-slaves-filipina-nannies

The Current Situation of Filipino Youth in Canada: Family re-unification, young Filipino women, and racism

http://www.ccnc.ca/accop/index.php?section=content/essays/essayMain.php&sub=content/essays/charleneSayo/charleneSayo.shtml

Filipino workers exploited: 44,000 file class action lawsuit

http://www.rajchouhan.ca/news/filipino-workers-exploited

Foreign Worker Exploited and Fired by Denny's Wins ESB Case.

http://forum.canucks.com/topic/302841-foreign-worker-exploited-and-fired-by-dennys-wins-esb-case/

.. and then I saw a Filipino lady write this:

Why do Filipinos love to smile?

Filipinos love to laugh and smile even in times of adversity, trials, and troubles. We can always see this during news when the camera, instead of capturing depressed people, is most of the time showing people who are smiling and waving frantically at the camera – ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES. We always smile not because we are being stupid or just unaffected. We smile because we believe that despite of the hardships and difficulties we encounter, there is still hope. We know that somewhere out there, there is God who will give us strength and courage to face our day-to-day problems. We trust in God so much. We believe that no matter what happen, everything will be alright. That’s the reason why Filipinos SMILE.

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moving & want to delete my account

by Ontario_guy in

i am moving next week to edmonton, alberta with my brother and want to delete my account.

i need some time away.

how do i delete my account for good...?.

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Create a seperate user account on the computer and have a password. if your brother is an obedient JW he will never come on this site anyway.

Are you not too big to be sharing computers?

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Demonic Cat... (probably)

by Oculos Aperire in

1942 consolation.

all issues of the magazine consolation (published by the watchtower society and distributed by jehovah's witnesses) for 1942. the magazine was later renamed awake!

from 'consolation' magazine - 4th march 1942. .

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In the very same magazine the few months later. A clever cat is blatantly demonic... a clever dog.. is just fine!

Jun 24 1942

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Visited Beth Sarim today

by exwhyzee in

my sister in law has been shunned by the family since she da'd herself at the age of 18 and moved out of the house.

i always insisted that my wife keep in contact with her and made sure she knew she had a soft place to land,with us, should she need it.

even at the risk of it getting us in hot water with the pioneer,elder,bethelite family members there was no way we were going to let her disappear into the wild blue yonder on her own.

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Here's the Org's version of events in Consolation Magazine May 27th 1942

http://www.archive.org/stream/1942Consolation/1942_Consolation_small#page/n321/mode/2up

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Demonic Cat... (probably)

by Oculos Aperire in

1942 consolation.

all issues of the magazine consolation (published by the watchtower society and distributed by jehovah's witnesses) for 1942. the magazine was later renamed awake!

from 'consolation' magazine - 4th march 1942. .

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1942 Consolation. All issues of the magazine Consolation (published by the Watchtower Society and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses) for 1942. The magazine was later renamed Awake! in 1946

From 'Consolation' magazine - 4th March 1942

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A Brief History of Racism in Watchtower Publications

by cedars in

i've just completed a lengthy article on the history of racism in the society's publications.

many people (including myself, until recently) aren't aware that the society's early publications were brimming with racist rhetoric, and this only calmed down as the public mood towards racism changed, most notably with the civil rights movement in the 50s/60s.. a few "headliners" from the article are:.

russell segregated blacks from whites for viewings of the photodramarussell believed that the skin of a black man would turn white during the millennial kingdomunder russell, the society's publications portrayed the black races as "degraded" and the white race as "superior"rutherford viewed the blacks as a "race of servants", and spoke of "sobering the southern negro" in an article against prohibitionunder rutherford, the golden age slammed uncle tom's cabin (a work that helped end slavery) as being "the work of satan"; the same article branded spaniards a "backwards race"rutherford accused "jewish business men" of "oppressing the peoples of many nations"in 1929 the golden age (acknowledged by the society as essentially the same magazine as the modern awake!

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From the 'Consolation' Magazine 1942 - Page 27

Incredible that the Society though it the decent thing to blank out what us obviously an expletive before the 'N' word but keep the even more offensive 'N' word there for all to read. Says something about their atitude back then don't you think?

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Stoning sinners to death

by jws_rock in

so we've adopted the refusal of blood transfusions given how the bible clearly states it's a sin to reintroduce blood into the body once it has been shed; however, why don't we still stone sinners to death (just the really bad ones) like they did in they did when times were purer?.

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Dear jws ,

It was not my intention to humble you or anyone else :) Sorry if it came across that way. I myself am working every day on humbling myself especially in regard to what I thought I knew.. or accepted without question from the JW education program.

I now have to re-examine and question everything I have been taught from the society's literature over half a life time. I have put the 'literature' aside and am looking at what the Bible itself says on things. I also can no longer let others do my thinking for me.. I can not let others define what I believe.. or define who I am// I can not let a group of old, white dudes living in a private luxury bomb shelter I will never ever meet or get to know define for me what I believe or what God's thoughts are on any matter. They don't even know themselves what they believe.

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there is more info available here than anywhere that I know.

by Truth seeker 674 in

as a truth seeker.

all i seek is truth!!!

i am a truth seeker.

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It's so true. I find myself here every day now.. it's become my breakfast, dinner and evening meal and late night snack. I think it's one of the only places where you can come and talk about anything that's on your mind spiritual or otherwise without fear of being marked, shunned, lynched or drawn and quartered. No one is judging anyone so you can just be yourself.

A fascinating community of some highly intelligent individuals that generously share their knowledge, research and experiences. Just hanging out here is therapy and healing in itself. I for one am grateful for the presence of this unusual collection of characters and am glad I found this place. No one is trying to lead me astray.. or into darkness.. or to worship Satan.. or to drink blood. Quite the opposite in fact. What I find here is friendliness, acceptance, open mindedness, open debate and of course the all important understanding, support and contact that we all as humans need. So I guess what the org says about apostates is not true either eh? In the short time I have been here I am noticing new ones popping out of the woodwork and surfacing every day almost which too is very encouraging to see how many are now waking up.

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Stoning sinners to death

by jws_rock in

so we've adopted the refusal of blood transfusions given how the bible clearly states it's a sin to reintroduce blood into the body once it has been shed; however, why don't we still stone sinners to death (just the really bad ones) like they did in they did when times were purer?.

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" the bible clearly states it's a sin to reintroduce blood into the body once it has been shed".???

Where does it say that? Would you kindly show me please? My Bibles of which I have about 70 now say no such thing. They simply says we must not 'eat' it and nothing more.

I do wish people would keep the Bible and their personal interpretation separate and resist the need to make meld them. Mixing the two has been the cause of no end of harm.

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Zimmerman Not guilty

by mouthy in

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Hi Simon.. of course the videos are one sided and can only remain so because the other man is dead so he can not make any and his version of events can never be heard.

What these clips do show however is that Zimmermans story is full of contradictions and flaws that can be clearly be heard from his very own mouth.

What even any of us may consider facts or evidence or truth about any of this, the issue and fact remains that not one person here know the real truthabout this situation and what really went down.

There is no point in arguing about any of it.

Simon you seen to have way too much faith in men and jury decisions. As I said before maybe we have to go along with with their judgements and decisions but that does NOT MAKE THEM RIGHT, TRUE OR JUST.

Of course in this case you agree with them as it supports all your previously expressed and pre -determined notions. But that again is not truth either is it now. It's just your opinion, mixed with your desire, and peppered with your prejudice.