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  9 dead in ‘hate crime’ shooting at historic African American church in Charleston

  by pronomono in

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  2. current

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/17/white-gunman-sought-in-shooting-at-historic-charleston-african-ame-church/.

  this is such a shame.

  i've always thought about things like this happening because of how crazy some people are, especially in regards to religion.

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  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/17/white-gunman-sought-in-shooting-at-historic-charleston-african-ame-church/

  This is such a shame. I've always thought about things like this happening because of how crazy some people are, especially in regards to religion. I could easily see how this could happen in a JW Hall with the mental anguish and turmoil from shunning and strained family relations, especially when the person already has a mental illness.

  I realize that this is most likely a racially motivated hate crime, so it's a little different than the above scenario. Anyways, my heart goes out to the families that have lost. They went to church to find peace and security in their God, but he did not protect them. Sadly, the families will be turning to God for comfort thinking this must have been part of God's will to get a few more angels.
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  Why do you still give talks?

  by 1tMakesNoSence in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  assuming you are still sitting there because of circumstances.

  why do you still give/don't give talks?i ask this because i have to give talk no.

  3: love and obedience bring happinessnwt p. 26 4-6 (5 min.

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  I stopped giving talks when I started feeling like a hypocrite. Funny thing is, after missing a number of my talks and 6 months of regular meetings, they still haven't gotten the clue and removed me from the TMS. I still get picture texts of my talk slips to my cellphone, including one just last week.
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  I had breakfast with 50+ JWs on Sunday

  by zimunzucz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we pulled into a hotel parking lot saturday around 6pm on the return leg of a wonderful family vacation to new england - an then fate stepped in---a man in a suit got out of a car with the rest of a picture perfect family.

  i immediately noticed all the name tags--- and my blood pressure spiked 50pts- damn!!

  i was booked in a 4 story hotel full of jws-- the only time they took off the name tags was in the swimming pool- they were so proud of themselves.. at 6:30 am the hot water went cold in the wife's shower- what do you expect on the 4th floor when a herd of jws is trying to get ready at the same time?

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  Kudos. A mighty fine witness you gave there, especially with you being able to keep your cool. Now they're going to be wondering how a mentally diseased apostate can make so much sense. How much else has the Watchtower been wrong about?
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  Resurrection - cell phone edition

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. family

  i have an oldish phone - a samsung galaxy s3.

  i don't feel the need for anything faster or better because i don't use it a ton.

  i hardly ever call anyone or have anyone call me and it's mostly used for emergency remote access to the forum, to play the odd game and to text the kids to let them know i'm picking them up or they want to be picked up from somewhere (maybe i should sign up as an uber driver?

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  I've had a good experience with Cyanogenmod too. I used it to turn an old smartphone into a fancy mp3 player, basically my own android iPod touch. Things do run so much better when you have the power to declutter all the crap and install just what you need. The guys at XDA do an awesome job documenting what you need to do for your specific phone.
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  These Aussie girls are popular around the world for lipsing

  by barry in

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  2. friends

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmpqusqcjfg.

  what on gods earth is the world coming too.

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  Wow.... lol.

  I'm speechless. Not sure if that's a good thing or not, but it was mildly entertaining for wasting 3.5 minutes of my life. It's not the worst thing I've seen. The 26 million views is more disturbing, and how they're getting rich off that crap.

  You'll be asking what this worlds coming too after you watch this........ Wait for it.... It gets weirder. lol
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  New David Splane Video: No 1900 Year Faithful Slave

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  governing body member david splane has a new video on tv.jw.org where he talks about all the horrible things committed by martin luther and the protestant reformers.. his conclusion is that there has been no faithful and discreet slave on the earth during the past 1900 years (before 1919 i guess.).

  he also says that maybe there were a few anointed on earth, maybe not.. he did add an interesting statement that he doesn't condemn the other churches just for misunderstanding the bible because the society has done that.. another odd point, was that he actually mentioned catholic missionary work in a somewhat positive light, while totally condemning the reformation views on predestination..

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  So....since Wycliffe, Luther, and others were disqualified because of their belief in predestination, shouldn't the WTBTS presidents and/or GB be disqualified by their previous beliefs on 1874, 1914, 1920, changing blood doctrine, 1975, changing generation teaching, and all the other "old" light. By their definition, assuming they are 100% correct today (which we know they are not), there's only been a faithful and discreet slave for two or three years. Inconceivable!
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  Music buffs.Here we go again. List you're all-time favorite Guitarists

  by flipper in

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  hello ya'll.

  was just listening to great guitar music from some of my favorites.

  who are your all time favorites?

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  ...And Steve Lukather
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  Why a new "World Headquarters"?

  by 4thgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just dont get it.

  the gb moved to patterson and are conducting business from there, right?

  they are not printing as much literature as they once were and they are still operating walkill for the magazines...er a ....pamphlets.

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  The real purpose probably has to do with money. Brooklyn has become a very expensive place to live. They make a ton of money off the sale of the Brooklyn facilities, move upstate to Warwick where its cheaper, still have money left over from the Brooklyn sale, and now they can get by on less donations from the R&F. Not to mention, they bought a large forested area, where they can turn it into their little paradise, separate from the temptation of the large city. It's sad because Warwick has a unique cultural history that a big corporation coming to the city would upset. I guess money talks though.
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  What are you gonna do when the existence of god is disproved?

  by Doltologist in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in 1897, j.j. thomson discovered the electron.

  this was the first constituent part of the atom which, for 2,000 years, was thought to be indivisible.

  today, we know of 18 elemental particles following the recent discovery of the higgs boson, the so-called god particle.. back in 1897, most people believed in god because there weren't even any theories as to how the universe came into being.

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  God's silence is proof enough for me. Although, it's not substantial scientific evidence, it's all I need. I remember about a year ago, after dealing with a year's worth of cognitive dissonance, the thought that I could be losing everyone I love at a moments notice, and the knowledge that I had been lied to so much in my life in regards to the "Truth", I broke down into intense prayer and meditation calling out to Jehovah in my mind....... Silence ........... Repeatedly I prayed to him intensely........ Silence. Finally, I said "F%@K this! F%@K YOU, JEHOVAH. Curse you and die! Right? If you're not going to help me, then f%@king kill me like you said you would in the Bible.".......... Silence.

  It was at that moment when I hit rock bottom that I realized I was alone in the universe, that there was no God, at least for me. Once I came to that realization, a deep peace settled in on me like nothing I ever experienced in my life as a JW. It was that moment that helped me come to terms with my own mortality. And it was that moment that helped me come to terms with the eventuality that I'll most likely lose everyone I love in the near future because of my views.

  I'm not saying that my views are the correct ones. I'm open to changes of viewpoint and increases in knowledge, even if it leads to the exact polar opposite of what I once believed. That's where I am now with the belief in the existence of God, from one extreme to the other. But that's enough for me.
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  JW.ORG posters held up at a sports game?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  remember the christians who like to hold up john 3:16 signs at sporting events or large crowd gatherings?.

  i wonder when we will see witnesses follow that example and hold up jw.org signs at the next big sporting event or concert.........

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  Sort of like the "See you in paradise posters" everyone holds up at the international conventions.... It'd be a small step up to sporting events.